NBC’s World of Dance, Season 1, Week SEVEN – LIVE Blog
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And here we go!!
We’re at the Cut. Two spots in each division. How will they do it?? Well, the judges are mentoring. And Misty Copeland is here – love her.
Two weeks of cuts. Starting now.
Love Jenna’s dress.
Each division gets a leaderboard of judges scores. Top two acts go through. Jennifer mentoring the junior division.
Diana Pombo is up first. And Jennifer is going to be a mess by the time this show is over. 🙂
Derek looks stunning in that suit. Got a bit distracted. 😉
Anyway, I love Diana but this is so standard contemporary. Angsty and flaily. She did it very well, but…
Great critique from Misty about the feet. The judges as a whole didn’t really seem to rave.
Diana gets a 92 from the judges. Very high, IMO. Not sure I agree with that, considering who is yet to come.
Immabeast gets an 84.2 – not long for the show since that is the first we’ve really seen of them and they were heavily edited. Loved the costumes, loved the attitude.
Now the M Sisters – hopefully they get away from the angsty failing contemporary that I’m so tired of. Love their dresses.
Okay, that was happy flailing. 🙂 It was good. But I have yet to be amazed. Or moved.
Okay, now someone will be eliminated depending on how they score…
And the M Sisters make it to the top 2 thanks in large part to Derek. They would have made it if he had only scored an 84.
And now for one of my very favorites – The Lab.
Don’t meddle with my Lab, Jennifer. Wonder who their choreographer is.
I love these kids. And that dance was INCREDIBLE!! Those faces. Go Derek! Go Derek!
Their energy is just amazing. If they aren’t in the final it might be a crime.
They better be number 1…
Okay, that’s a damn crime. An 86? Are they setting it up so that Eva and Diana both go through? That’s just wrong.
If Eva bumps The Lab, I will be Jabbawockeez Fan Level pissed….although I won’t hold on to it forever like they are. 🙂
Eva is not quite as flailing – and I like her edge. Derek emotional is not a good sign for my Lab. I might be mad at him for a few minutes.
I feel like the Lab (and other non-contemporary) are hindered by the non-tear jerking nature of their routines.
I’m officially pissed. Seriously?? Two contemporary dancers at the top of the division?? Over The Lab. SUCKS. They should be in the running to win the whole thing.
Now for the Teams being mentored by Ne-Yo.
Swing Latino is up first. And their first discussion is costumes? Okay.
I would be shocked if they make it through, just based on who else is in the Division.
When they’re not all in unison there is too much going on. But when they are it’s quite amazing. Although there were a few glitches I think.
LOL Derek. I think they’ve made a name for themselves, regardless.
Swing Latino gets a massive 92.5. Wow….that’s shocking but it makes me happy. Who are they trying to knock out?
SuperCr3w is up next. And they’re going “risky” for a B-boy.
That was very different. I was mesmerized the whole time. Maybe they saw that they have to beat the little contemporary girls.
Misty and Ne-Yo competing to see who can be the toughest. And they get an 88.5 thanks in large part to Derek. The key to Derek is his heart. Something his fans have known forever, but it’s really clear here.
So, it’s over already?? The sign of a good show is that it is over before you blink.
What did you all think?? I’m still miffed about the Lab but I’ll get over it. I doubt very much that’s the last we’ll see of them where as contemporary is kind of a dime a dozen.
Diana Pombo is good but does every Contemporary dance HAVE to be to a Sia song? She has amazing flexibility but I’m over seeing dances to Sia.
Ok…so that’s not a Sia song but Andra Day sounds a LOT like Sia! My bad
I was hoping something different from Diana, like a happy routine, but. Yes, she did really well and loved Misty’s comment on her feet. So on point (pun intended). Surprised that Derek gave the lowest score for her and Misty the highest.
Seeing as how the M sisters are from my area, Imma rooting for them 🙁 Thought they deserved a bit of a higher score.
Bye Bye M sisters….that was amazing from the Lab!
And there it is! Diana P was overstored! I liked The Lab better than Diana P :/
I’m annoyed too; I wanted Eva and the Lab. I honestly think some of the issue is the Upper and Team divisions are likely going to be Hip Hop/Urban heavy for the other 4 positions and they didn’t want a Hip Hop Finals to represent the ‘Olympics’ of Dance. Not necessarily fair but I think that was the issue for The Lab.
Boy that was a quick hour…not even through the Team division. On to next week.
STILL PISSED about the Lab though 🙁
Me too Kelly. Grrrrr. Derek is lucky he’s so gorgeous. 😉
Include me in the list of annoyed. I’m just so sad for my faves The Lab. I believe they should’ve been in the top two. Eva was better than Diana.
@EP Music, I have to agree with about the other divisions being Hip Hop heavy. that crossed my mind when I saw The Lab’s average score. Very unfair, indeed.
SuperCr3W all the way for me tonight. Man but the show was more rushed than ever. I really think they need to slow dance next season somehow.
Can’t believe the judges scored Super Crew that low. I think this was their best dance in terms of choreography, creativity and performance. It was a big risk, like Ne-Yo said, but it was worth it. To me, Super Crew stepped up and brought their performance to a different level of maturity.
In the Juniors, it should have been Eva and the lab. I don’t love Diana the way the judges seem to.
I really enjoyed the sisters performance, but if you can only take 2 acts, it would be The Lab & Eva for me. They got carried away with Diana’s score bc she went first…
Add me to the group of annoyed about the lab getting the boot. They were my second favorite out of what is left. I can’t believe that they had two contemporaries go through to represent the junior division. If that was the goal it should have been Eva and The M sisters. Diana is kinda overrated and was WAY overscored for her dance tonight. Had they not scored her so high I think the lab would have had a shot of making it through.
Super Crew honestly blew me away tonight, I honestly have had a hard time remembering their previous two dances but tonight was fantastic. Like I’m going to remember that. Derek was the only one that scored them correctly, everyone else scored way too low. But I think the writing is on the wall that Swing Latino may make it through to the finals unless if Ian and his group or someone else comes out and dominates.
I thought Eva was outstanding and deserved her spot in the final. I agree with many that the Lab was robbed, but it was probably more of a strategic cut since the upper teams are hip hop heavy. Diana I feel the same I’ve always felt about her, very flexible and a good dancer, but although she dances beyond her years, it felt more intermediate competition . Eva is a clean, beautiful dancer, amazing feet as Misty said and emotional dancing to a stripped down version of Creep is just everything in my book
Swing Latino I loved them, I thought their routine just raised the bar in terms of how they brought a flava so much more authentic than any West Side Story routine out there. And I liked the tossing of the sequins this time, if only to highlight their amazing footwork. Super Crew had some syncro issues but they did dance very well. I thought the Sisters were a tad underscored, as was the Lab. I thought the Lab was going to overtake Eva but they should have Diana’s spot. I will be very interested to see who gets into the finals from the group, and I still have fingers crossed for Keone and Mari in the upper.
I loved the Lab, which says a lot because I am not a Hip Hop fan. Eva dances way beyond her years and has stunning technique. I would expect both Misty and Derek to absolutely love her and feel she deserved to be in the Finals. Really, no one else tonight held my attention very long…sorry to say that.
The Lab was robbed! It should have been them and Eva. Both were spectacular last night.
Wow! I loved Super Cr3w! I really don’t understand why they didn’t scorer higher! This was clearly “out of their comfort zone” for their genre and they killed it! Shouldn’t they get top marks for that???
Two contemporary soloists in the final is one too many for me! Eva all the way. I, too, would have preferred The Lab.
Can’t wait to see next week’s show with Derek mentoring! Misty was a great addition to the panel! I hope they can do all the Cuts in one night next season. I didn’t like the way they “cut” up the Team Division Cuts. It seems very disjointed to me. Someone should judge the choreography of this show!
I think Diana is there because JLo sees a mini me in her. I do not think that is a reason to put her ahead of the Lab. My ranking for the Jr teams
1. Eva 2. The Lab 3.The Sisters 4. Diana 5. Imabeast
Well, as I said last week in regards to Jabbawockeez fans – no single judge can be credited or blamed for who stays or who goes, thanks to the averaging of scores. Derek is just as much to blame for Diana as the rest of them are – same goes for The Lab and SuperCr3w – both underscored in my opinion. Although Derek certainly tried re: SuperCr3w. And as I said in the post, I think the Lab is under appreciated because they don’t tug the heart strings the way Diana and Eva so obviously do (for the judges anyway – I was rather unmoved by the whole thing).
The Lab……………noooooooo!
For me the top 2 in the junior division should have been The Lab and Eva. I feel like I never see anything new or original in Diana’s dancing. That’s not to take away from her stage presence and theatricality, which she has, but it seems like she relies way too much on her flexibility and emotive face rather than proper technique and steps organically spun from the narrative.
I like Eva’s edge too Heidi. I never know quite what to expect from her which makes her interesting and excited to watch.
Swing Latino was freaking amazing. It would be amazing to see one or two teams move with such speed and synchronicity, but to see ALL the dancers moving that way is so thrilling.
It was weird for the show to be done right in the middle of the team dances.
I watched a documentary about Misty Copeland recently that chronicled her recovery after a devasting injury. She’d veer between confidence and strength and self doubt and vulnerabity. She waited a damn long time to named Principal Dancer. She’s inspiring and awesome.
Diana is good, Eva is better, she is slightly older and stronger and I honestly don’t think you should have individuals vs. teams – it’s a different level of expectation. If it were up to me, for Juniors – it would be the Lab and Eva. Like any competition judges have their favorites and I’m sure it’s hard not to be bias.