World of Dance, By the Numbers – Week 1
For those of you used to seeing this sort of feature on PureDWTS, recognize there is no work for me to do here, just more of a tabulation and keeping track of how the various dancers are doing with the judges. After a few weeks, perhaps we will see some patterns to the scoring, or by the end of the season we will recognize that one dancer, one team or one Junior is always standing above the rest when it comes to average score.
Here’s how the scores looked for Week 1.
Points of interest to me – I liked The Kinjaz best of the night but they were not top of the leaderboard, not that it matters since the point was to qualify. They aren’t dancing against each other just yet. My second favorite of the night? Keone and Mari. They have a real charm about them that I loved and I loved the style. There was no one that I didn’t like at all, just those two were my favorites.
Kinda hard to make the argument that Derek is the “nice judge” in looking at the scores since Jennifer gives the high mark as often as he does…and Derek was the low grader on D’Angelo and Amanda. I suspect that he will grade anything ballroom a bit tougher – afterall, he knows what he’s looking at. But I think Jennifer was right – it’s not that he’s “nice” it’s that he’s a “sweetie”.
NeYo, on the other hand, IS the tough one. He was the low score on five of the seven groups that performed. But he’s never mean or condescending, which I loved. He just doesn’t grade on a curve. 🙂
I will be curious to see what other dancers don’t make the cut. Nxt Lvl were pretty damn good. What was missing was the charm of Keone and Mari, the cool of Les Twins, or the out and out amazingness of Kinjaz or Diana Pombo.
What did you all think…and are you ready for week 2?
Thanks for this! I’m looking forward to see what we get tomorrow night!
Thanks for WoD Wk One’s By the Numbers!
I agree with the numbers and reviews, and honestly forgot that Nxt Lvl was featured in that episode. They were good but seem to be missing the personality that other groups are bringing.
Thanks, Heidi. Glad there’s less math for you with this show!
My fav was def Kinjaz. They seemed like a hiphop/zen fusion, if that makes any sense. I loved that they “suspended” all other movement to focus on a nuance. Just spoke to me in a way that fast/frenetic hiphop just doesn’t. “I want more” too!
My first time seeing Les Twins. Liked them. What is nice about this show is the body of prior works you can research to see more if you like. That’s appreciated. LT has been around the block a few times, but doesn’t always win. (and I can now tell them apart)
Looking forward to wk 2.
Princess H, thank you for the WOD numbers post. One of the things I truly appreciate in the judging is that the judges weren’t nasty.
Yeah, have to agree about Nxt Lvl. I actually liked their routine, but it was too short. Like you you were starting get into their routine, then it ends. It didn’t have the punch I was looking for like some of the clogging routines I saw on YT.
Certainly looking forward to week 2.
I loved Kinjas the most too. I liked Ne-yo for the same reason. Really looking forward to tomorrow night. I love that it’s only an hour long.
After a difficult weekend, I am so ready for the second episode. That and seeing the new Wonder Woman movie this weekend.
❤️
Heidi you’re right about about the charm of Keoni and Mari. It’s an easy, genuine charm too. Not the flip the switch stage charm you see sometimes on reality competitions.
I loved The Kinjaz. It’s great when a hip hop or B boy crew can tell a story with unique and innovative moves and staging.
And now for something completely silly.
The abbreviation for World Of Dance (WOD) sounds like the name of General Zod’s twin brother, who’s a disappointment to him because instead of wanting to destroy Superman and take over the earth, Wod only wants to raise space bunnies and watch the sunset.
It was Kinjaz for me too.
I did find myself a bit disoriented, for a moment, reading a ‘numbers post’ and finding no snark, disgust, or outrage. It all seems so Annie Hall ‘la-di-dah!’ Actually, a lovely counternote to the vitriol oozing from other quarters, so thanks for that!
I just found Fikshun’s qualifying performance on yt, and it’s amazing!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8JFG727qjg
Great technique, musicality & very creative as usual, but he usually incorporates a lot of comedy in his numbers, this one was deep and emotional. Love the emotion on his face. He is one of my favorites EVER in hip hop.
I watched afterbuzz tv, only because Kristyn Burtt was in it, and I found out all the episodes of the show have already been recorded. I thought it was live, and when I found out Fikshun was going to be on it I thought “how is he going to do this AND sytycd at the same time??”, so now I know the answer to that. What’s remarkable is that the winner hasn’t been leaked yet! Which is great, I don’t like spoilers :]