World of Dance, By the Numbers – Week 5

No World of Dance this week due to the Fourth of July – Happy Independence Day everyone!! Despite there not being a show this week I figured I would post this now and give people time to think about it.

Another incredible week last week on World of Dance. Still a great show. But I have to make a comment on some complaints I’ve seen on social media.

Complaint number 1: “Derek, shut up, confidence is all part of Les Twins style, it’s part of battling, yadda yadda yadda” combined with some version of “you don’t know what you’re talking about” or “you’re just racist”.

Heidi’s answer: Oh grow up. When the “confidence” is against an opponent of a similar style and who was as successful in the first round as you were (like, say FIK-SHUN – you scared, Les Twins??)…and it occurs ONLY during the dance, then you might have a point. But I don’t think there is any question that the self-proclaimed “best dancers in the world” chose a dude at the bottom of the leader board doing a style they have little respect for and absolutely nothing in common with INSTEAD of a guy who’s style is very similar to theirs and who was also close to the top of the leader board. Les Twins had first pick and they went to the bottom of the leader board and proceeded to be arrogant as hell which was a complete turn off.  Even Ne-Yo questioned their choice – it’s an obvious question to ask, especially combined with the “confidence” that Les Twins was showing (that WAS off putting).  How do “confident” men pick a tapper at the bottom of the leaderboard? What were they afraid of?? The confident “best dancers in the world” would have picked Fik-shun. But they didn’t, which begs the questions. Read more..

July 4, 2017 I Written By

I'm a nerd and proud of it. Two degrees in geology also means I love BEER. :-) I'm also a Derek lover - proud of that too. So don't scream at those of us on this site and call us a bunch of "biased Derek-lovers" - it's just ME. :-) It may sound like I hate DWTS at times, but really, I'm just a snarky nitpicker from way back. And I'm cynical and jaded too. But I do love DWTS. :-)

NBC’s World of Dance, Season 1, Week FIVE – LIVE Blog

Well, tonight we finally get to see if all the promo is true or if it’s misleading as hell. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m referring to all the promo that seems to imply that Kyle Van Newkirk beats Les Twins in their duel. I’m skeptical…but then I’m skeptical about all reality shows, no matter how cool the concept is or how cool the judges are. Mainly because once the judges and the contestants walk away, it’s left in the hands of producers to edit it how they see fit. And producers are producers no matter what reality show you look at. Granted, these producers haven’t yet plumbed the depths of, say, the Bachelor producers…but how long will they restrain themselves? 🙂

Damn you, AGT. You got me again.

Okay, who’s up first?

Diana Pombo picks The Posse. Man, I don’t know who to root for. Normally I would be for the Posse, but the previews have Diana looking pretty kick ass too.

Once again, I feel obliged to mention how much I love Jenna Dewan Tatum in her role on this show.

The Posse going first. Did that seem short or was it just me. This number was less impactful than their first number, but still very good. I certainly like the group contemporary more than the single, over wrought routine. I suspect they will get blown out by Diana, sadly.

Diana pretty much killed that number. I am not a contemporary fan, but that was tough and not flailing and angsty. I dug it. I might actually now like her better than Eva Igo and it was reversed in the first round.

And the winner is….Diana with a 91.3. That’s pretty much on target. Makes me a bit sad for the Posse.

Next up: Super Cr3w versus Royal Flux. Since Royal Flux wasn’t shown during the qualifiers, I’m going to go out on a limb and say they don’t make it. And it’s another contemporary group which is just not my thing. 🙂

First in the duel is…Super Cr3w. Small sync issue. Loved the assembly line thingy. Loved the shapes they made. Their formation got a bit off toward the end. That was pretty damn good, but I’ve seen groups I liked better on this show.

I knew this was right up Derek’s alley, as he’s all about clean formations. I don’t disagree.

Now for Royal Flux. Dang. Commercial.

That first lift was pretty genius. Nice sync. Seems over all rather simple compared to their competitors. Julianne used a similar harness for MOVE Beyond.

Derek throwing out his inspirational messages. Judges being kind – I really liked the routine, but I feel like Super Crew blew them away.

And the winner is…Super Crew with a score of 89. So it was pretty close! Good for Royal Flux. Maybe next year.

So, who’s next? Another dang commercial. 🙂

The Lab versus Boys of Temecula! Go LAB!! Yes that was me being biased. The Lab should take it since they were featured more in the Qualifiers. We’ll see.

Up first – The Lab. Strong start. Kinda weird theme that ended up working. Great trick in the middle. Like seeing all the judges dancing. Not sure if that was as strong as their first number, which I totally adored.

Derek booing Ne-Yo is a favorite moment of the night so far. 🙂 Oh Derek. Bad pun. 😉

Now, The Boys of Temecula. Oh crap. I loved that. I loved their sync. I loved how their costumes played into the dance. This is going to be a close one.

Ne-Yo. Chorus Line ran on Broadway for so many years it ain’t funny. Don’t be Simon Cowell.

And the winner is…the Lab with 89.7. Okay, I’m down with that and I think I agree. But I did enjoy the Boys.

Okay Ne-Yo, I forgive you – that was a great pep talk. That was in Derek territory for inspirational.

And finally, the big dogs – Les Twins versus Kyle Van Newkirk. Les Twins showing some real respect (deserved) to Kyle.

Up first – Kyle Van Newkirk. Looking’ sharp. Like the stick. He’s going full out for sure. The spin on the stick is super hard without falling. Don’t see how he beats Les Twins though. We’ll see.

Les Twins will be up after yet another commercial.

Here we go. Starting out dark. Oh man, super cool. Don’t even know what to call some of these moves. And a twin was killed in the end. Pretty amazing indeed, JLo, but the two routines and styles are so extremely different it’s hard to judge.

Ne-Yo asks the questions I’ve been wondering all week – why pick Kyle. They had a decent answer that I’m not sure I buy.

The winner is….Les Twins with a 92. And World of Dance enters the race for highly misleading promo rivaling The Bachelor.

P.S. Agree with Derek about the confidence almost being off putting – although I would take out the “almost”. That kind of attitude makes me want to see someone take them down.

June 27, 2017 I Written By

I'm a nerd and proud of it. Two degrees in geology also means I love BEER. :-) I'm also a Derek lover - proud of that too. So don't scream at those of us on this site and call us a bunch of "biased Derek-lovers" - it's just ME. :-) It may sound like I hate DWTS at times, but really, I'm just a snarky nitpicker from way back. And I'm cynical and jaded too. But I do love DWTS. :-)

World of Dance, By the Numbers – Week 4

I have to say, I really like the duels concept. I also appreciate that the high scoring duelers get to pick their competition in their category. And that means that for this upcoming week, Les Twins – the high scorers in the upper division – picked Kyle Van Newkirk who is the LOW scorer. That seems….unsporting, to say the least.

Of course, this is a reality show. Do we really believe that, A) Les Twins are actual competitors and not ringers brought in to bring eyes to the show (like the Jabbawockeez), and B) that the contestants REALLY picked their competition with no outside influence?? Ordinarily, I would give it more of a chance – for one thing, it needs to get as much attention as possible in order to continue to exist. And for another thing this show BENEFITS anyone who appears on it, regardless of how far they go. For that reason, I appreciate it. But we can’t lose sight of the fact that it IS a reality show. So I can’t give Les Twins too hard of a time. Yet. 🙂 Also…the matchup of Les Twins with Kyle seems tailor made to get a ton of PR, which is exactly how they’re promoting it. It seems so…set up. Contrived. I guess we’ll have to wait and see how it goes down. And if Kyle REALLY wins. Despite these questions, I still LOVE the show…the dancing is first rate.

Anyway, let’s look back and the Qualifying scores in each Division:

So, if they go in order, Les Twins had the first pick in that Division and picked the low scorer, Kyle. By the same token, Eva Igo picked Kyntay…but if they really went in order, Eva had last pick and could only pick the last remaining dancer(s) in that Division – Kyntay. She would have had no choice. Swing Latino would have had second pick and they picked the last place team in their division (correction, second to last) – a somewhat logical choice in this instance, but still it seemed like David versus Goliath. It actually ended up being close.

Another duel was a heartbreaker – Keone and Mari versus Quick Style. Again, they likely had no choice. Neither team was in the top five, so they were likely the last two groups standing in that division. But in looking at the tables, I realize that the Upper and Team Divisions currently have odd numbers. It makes me wonder if some of the 45 dancers not shown so far are going to make an appearance in the duels as cannon fodder. Kinda hard to have duels with odd numbers. Based on what we know so far, Pasion has to pick either Luka/Jennalyn or DNA – and whoever is left doesn’t have a dueling partner. Hmmmm…..sure enough, watching the show again reveals that there are indeed people on the roster that we didn’t see in the qualifiers.

I also take back what I said earlier. Eva didn’t have last pick but second to last.

Anyway, let’s look at the Duel scores.

Fik-Shun was high scorer so he picked and went first. Swing Latino was higher than Miami All Stars and they also went first. Then they switched it up and had Kyntay and Keoni/Mari both go first in their duels despite being the lower scorers. Of course, we don’t know if that is the true order…it could have changed in editing.

Basically, I think the right picks were made and the right people went through. Love Quick Style and I’m bummed out that they went against Keone and Mari, who are one of my absolute favorites. That one was too close. Scores I disagree with while agreeing with the winner was Eva versus Kyntay – there was NOT that much of a difference score-wise between them, although I do think Eva won.

Some people improved on their qualifying scores and some didn’t – no idea yet if that is going to mean anything in the long run. I suspect not. Some of the difference between qualifiers and duels were very minor, like Fik-shun versus Nick Daniels. Others were quite massive – Miami All Stars gained 7 whole points while Swing Latino lost a couple points. Unfortunately for Miami All Stars it wasn’t quite enough. Kyntay also gained a few points while Eva lost one – not enough, once again. Keone and Mari gained 6 points also, while Quickstyle lost a couple.

I’m not seeing any patterns here, yet. You?

June 26, 2017 I Written By

I'm a nerd and proud of it. Two degrees in geology also means I love BEER. :-) I'm also a Derek lover - proud of that too. So don't scream at those of us on this site and call us a bunch of "biased Derek-lovers" - it's just ME. :-) It may sound like I hate DWTS at times, but really, I'm just a snarky nitpicker from way back. And I'm cynical and jaded too. But I do love DWTS. :-)

‘World Of Dance’ Season 1, Week Four – The Performance Videos

Below are the performance videos for World Of Dance Week Four courtesy of @Idolxfactor1 and WOD Official You Tube! We’re posting them as soon as we can, so, keep checking back….

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June 20, 2017 I Written By

Just a music and dancing fan here ....and a lover of life, nature, animals, and spending as much time as possible camping all over in our travel trailer. Favorite Quote at the moment: "Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching, and live like it's heaven on earth." ~ William Purkey. Follow me at: Voguerista Twitter & Voguerista Soundcloud. To view my photography site, see Lisa Kay Photography.

NBC’s World of Dance, Season 1, Week FOUR – LIVE Blog

Okay, time for the Duels!! Very curious to see how this is going to work out.  So far, we know the following duels:

Kyntay vs. Eva Igo

Fik-Shun vs. Nick Daniels

I’m going with Eva and Fik-Shun, although I’m worried about Fik-Shun since Nick seems to be doing a media tour unlike any of the other contestants. And yes, that does kinda piss me off. Are all TV producers SO TRANSPARENT when it comes to who’s going to win, or is this just a coincidence??  I guess we’ll have to wait until week 10 to find out the answer.

Meanwhile, Derek appears to be doing press with Keone and Mari???  Perhaps a clue as to who will move forward tonight?

Okay, duel loser is eliminated. Harsh? Perhaps. I think some will be much harder than others.

Sounds like the duelers picking who they want to face off against??

So Fik-Shun picked Nick Daniels. Oh boy. Don’t agree with NeYo – I’m definitely Team Fik-Shun in this one.

Okay, I’m going this far more than Fik-Shun’s first number in the Qualifiers. Very cool. Dynamic.

Now – Nick. Yeah, not impressed with the flexibility. Bring me some dance. Seems like Nick has a lack of control when going for power and fast moves. I feel like I’ve seen this before.

I’m going to go shake all the judges. I agree with JLo, but I didn’t see the emotion. I feel like this is Fik-shun’s but this show has the same stupid contemporary bias as other shows.

Oh thank god. I was starting to get worried that this was going to be SYTYCD all over again.

I heard that Fik-shun was “second highest scorer” so he picked…where did the highest go?

Next up – Swing Latino versus the Miami All Stars. This one should be easily Swing Latino’s. Was not impressed with Miami All Stars the first time around.

I don’t know is adding tricks based on the competition is going to pay off.

Swing Latino up first. This is a cohesive group, which is something Miami didn’t have last time. And so freakin’ fast. I dug it. Feel like it needs to be a bit cleaner in a few spots.

Miami All Stars have some work to do. They keep making the mistake of having too much stuff going on. It’s hard to watch just one thing. Okay, that got seriously better in the middle of the dance. The whole last half was pretty cool. This one is a tough call. I think I would still go with Swing Latino, but I dunno.

Oh really, a commercial break?? Cute with the eye covering Derek. I feel ya. 🙂 I’d like to feel ya too. 😉

And as I anticipated, Swing Latino takes it. Classy winners and losers so far. Nice.

Next up Eva Igo versus Kyntay. Okay, they’re showing these out of order so we can’t be sure if they picked each other for a reason or because no one else was left.

Anyway, my money is on Eva Igo. She was just so cool. But Kyntay can’t be underestimated.

Kyntay up first. Okay, those girls kicked ass. That was really good. It started a bit slow for me, but it really went crazy after that.

These commercial breaks are kinda mean tonight….

Come on, Eva!! Okay, she was crazy good, but the slower tempo might have hurt her against the dynamic Kyntay. But the judges are raving, so, hard to say. I did like her first routine better.

Low score for Kyntay. Eva takes it easily. Kinda surprised by the disparity – but Eva is a beast.

Next, Quick Style against Keone and Mari by process of elimination This is going to be a heart breaker. I love both these acts, damn it.

BTW, World of Dance just advertised for auditions for a next season. 🙂

Keone and Mari are up first. I absolutely loved that routine. So clever, so different. Very sweet and lovely.

Quick Style up next. They were very good, but I have to go with Keone and Mari – that’s just more my style. I liked Quickstyle’s first routine better. This is a tough one though.

Wow, Keone and Mari took it, but not by a huge margin. NeYo is upset, but I think they all were.

And can I say that I’m impressed that WoD resisted the urge to do a cliff hanger until next week? 🙂

So what did everyone else think?

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I'm a nerd and proud of it. Two degrees in geology also means I love BEER. :-) I'm also a Derek lover - proud of that too. So don't scream at those of us on this site and call us a bunch of "biased Derek-lovers" - it's just ME. :-) It may sound like I hate DWTS at times, but really, I'm just a snarky nitpicker from way back. And I'm cynical and jaded too. But I do love DWTS. :-)

World of Dance, By the Numbers – Week 3

So…why are the Jabbawockeez allowed to be mellow and Ian Eastwood isn’t? Just asking. They didn’t get a significantly higher score than Ian did, but the commentary was very, very different. I think that even these judges are susceptible to star power – and make no mistake, the Jabbawockeez are already stars. Well established stars who had their own Vegas show, am I right?

So that begs the question that I’ve seen floating around the internet: is it fair to have well established dance stars compete against complete unknowns? It’s hardly the same as DWTS, where the public votes and therefore it gives the a leg up in terms of fanbase. And, unlike some other sites, I do draw a pretty hard line between Jabbawockeez and someone like Fik-shun. I don’t think Fik-shun is either well established nor a millionaire so I don’t have a problem with him competing at all. But having the Jabbawockeez compete is almost like having Derek himself compete – he’s famous and probably no longer needs the money, although it’s always nice. 🙂 So…is it “fair”? Read more..

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I'm a nerd and proud of it. Two degrees in geology also means I love BEER. :-) I'm also a Derek lover - proud of that too. So don't scream at those of us on this site and call us a bunch of "biased Derek-lovers" - it's just ME. :-) It may sound like I hate DWTS at times, but really, I'm just a snarky nitpicker from way back. And I'm cynical and jaded too. But I do love DWTS. :-)

Pure World of Dance Season 1, Week 3 (Qualifiers) – Power Rankings

NOTE: Apologies on the lateness of these rankings – work was a nightmare today, as I’m now down one team member due to her being on maternity leave; additionally, I found myself having to go back and rewatch some acts – there were just a crap ton on last night’s show.

Holy “wow, maybe we should have thrown more acts into the first two episodes!”, Batman – last night felt a tad frantic, as if they were trying to cram in a ton of acts after only really featuring less than ten in both of the previous weeks’ qualifiers.  And we STILL did not see all of the 45 acts on the full list of contestants – so does that mean we aren’t actually going to see some of the acts at all? Or are some of the acts coming into the battle rounds without their initial qualifier performance being shown, and they’re gonna tell us more about them in the coming weeks? I don’t really know how all of this is going to shake out, but if watching a few seasons of AGT has taught me anything, it’s that if they don’t show your initial audition on the air, and you just kinda show up in the Vegas week rounds, then your odds of advancing are probably not that great. If they don’t see fit to show you from day 1, then they likely don’t think you’re worth it. I hope I’m proven wrong in the case of World of Dance. Read more..

June 14, 2017 I Written By

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World Of Dance Week 3 Steady And Strong TV Ratings Again, Other TV Rating Breakdowns

Good news for World Of Dance’s TV Ratings once again. According to TV Line, last night’s World of Dance drew 8.1 million total viewers only down slightly from the previous week’s viewers of 8.42 million. It also delivered the “most-watched Week 3 of a new summer alternative series in nine years” (since ABC’s Wipeout drew 10.5 million in July 2008). More at TV Line.

Also, WTOP has an interesting breakdown on all the primetime shows. “World Of Dance” is really doing well with the best of them. Though note how some of the top rated Reality shows (like Dancing With The Stars, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette) are down some from previous years….

Through three episodes, the show’s average of 7.2 million viewers is down 11 percent from last season’s edition, Nielsen said. But it’s on par with other editions of “The Bachelorette,” which averaged 7.7 million in 2015, 7.6 million in 2014 and 6.9 million in 2013.

Viewership for the most recent edition of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” was down 8 percent from the previous year, and “The Bachelor” was off 6 percent. CBS’ “Survivor” was down 5 percent and NBC’s “The Voice” was down 6 percent, Nielsen said.

ABC was dominant in prime time last week with two games of the NBA Finals between Golden State and Cleveland. The network averaged 6.8 million viewers, while NBC was second with 5.5 million. CBS had 4.8 million viewers, Fox had 2.1 million, Univision had 1.7 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 880,000 and the CW had 820,000.

Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.33 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.81 million, USA had 1.44 million, HGTV had 1.39 million and TBS had 1.34 million.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.9 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.9 million.

For the week of June 5-11, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NBA Finals: Golden State at Cleveland, Game 3, ABC, 20.1 million; NBA Finals: Golden State at Cleveland, Game 4, ABC, 19.01 million; “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.53 million; “World of Dance,” NBC, 8.42 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.88 million. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 7.04 million; “Celebrity Family Feud” (Sunday), ABC, 7.03 million; Stanley Cup Final: Pittsburgh at Nashville, Game 6, NBC, 6.99 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 6.74 million; “Celebrity Family Feud” (Thursday, 9 p.m.), ABC, 6.25 million.

Fascinating!! More at WTOP.

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Just a music and dancing fan here ....and a lover of life, nature, animals, and spending as much time as possible camping all over in our travel trailer. Favorite Quote at the moment: "Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching, and live like it's heaven on earth." ~ William Purkey. Follow me at: Voguerista Twitter & Voguerista Soundcloud. To view my photography site, see Lisa Kay Photography.

Pure World of Dance Season 1 Contestant Profile: “Pasión”

Wasn’t Pasión amazing last night on World Of Dance? I love Flamenco dancing and lots of passion, so I was in heaven. 🙂 So, who is Pasión? They are a group made up of four dancers: Timo Nuñez, Fanny Ara, Defne Enc, and Genevieve Guinn. Their group is named after Timo Nuñez’s show which opened in 2012 as a tribute to his late grandmother. Pasión is breaking frontiers to bring contemporary flamenco to the American stage and now here they come to bringing their passionate talent to World Of Dance. Note that Timo Nuñez has been on “So You Think You Can Dance” in the past.

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Just a music and dancing fan here ....and a lover of life, nature, animals, and spending as much time as possible camping all over in our travel trailer. Favorite Quote at the moment: "Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching, and live like it's heaven on earth." ~ William Purkey. Follow me at: Voguerista Twitter & Voguerista Soundcloud. To view my photography site, see Lisa Kay Photography.

‘World Of Dance’ Season 1, Week Three – Performance Videos

We plan to post the performance videos of World Of Dance Season One, Week Three below courtesy of @Idolxfactor1 and World Of Dance You Tube. Keep checking back as the night progresses for them all to be added.

ETA: Coverage below includes full performances of all the qualifiers that they didn’t have time to show in full on the show.

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June 13, 2017 I Written By

Just a music and dancing fan here ....and a lover of life, nature, animals, and spending as much time as possible camping all over in our travel trailer. Favorite Quote at the moment: "Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching, and live like it's heaven on earth." ~ William Purkey. Follow me at: Voguerista Twitter & Voguerista Soundcloud. To view my photography site, see Lisa Kay Photography.