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As we all know Wednesday night was the first night of the competition of the long awaited season five of So You Think You Can Dance. Ten couples got the chance to dance to routines from some of dances greatest choreographers, and show us the fans and viewers what they can do. During the first show of the season there were many memorable performances and there were also a couple that were not so memorable.

Today we are going to go over the results from last nights show and talk about who danced for their lives and who ultimately got the axe and went home. As I said there were a lot of great dances performed Wednesday and a couple not so great, which made the job for the Judges of the show a little difficult. In the end I think the judges made the right decision and cut the right couple, although I think the female dancer that was cut was cut because of the poor performance of her partner.

The judges for this weeks show were Nigel Lythgoe, and Mary Murphy who are the permanent judges and guest judge Adam Shankman who is a world renowned choreographer and film producer. During their critique on Wednesday night’s dance routines I would have to say that they were very accurate in their professional opinions of each couple. I would also have to say that I think they did a great job last night when they picked the three couples who would dance for their lives singly in their own styles.

After all ten couples in three groups had been brought out on stage and seven of them had been pronounced safe we found out which ones were not. The three couples who were picked to dance for their lives based on Wednesday’s performance were Tony and Paris who were judged on their performance of a Hip Hop routine, Vitolio and Asuka who performed a Broadway routine, and Karla and Jonathan who performed a Cha Cha routine.

Paris Torres was the first to dance for her life and did so in the contemporary style of dance. While she is obviously a talented dancer I think that she did not give the judges or the audience her best performance.

Tony Bellissimo who is Paris’s partner danced in the second position in his chosen style which is Hip Hop. However I would have to say that is performance like the Wednesday performance left something to be desired.

Asuka Kondoh danced third in the group and did so in the Latin style which is her specialty. While Asukas performance was last night was great to watch she also did not perform this dance at her best.

Vitolio Jeune who is Asukas partner danced fourth in the contemporary style. I think his performance was excellent, but it could have had just a little bit more of his personality injected into his performance.

Karla Radomski danced for her life in the fifth position also in the Contemporary style. Karla is another very talented dancer, but last night her performance while better than Paris’s was still weak.

The last person to dance and in the sixth position was Jonathan Platero. Jonathan performed his routine in the Salsa style. His technique was great, but there was none of himself in the routine, but as I said he was great technically.

After these six dancers had performed for the judges it was time for them to go back stage and deliberate. In the judges absence we were treated to a performance by teen sensation Sean Kingston. As far as my critique of his performance goes, I don’t think he has the greatest voice and I don’t think his dancers would make the cut in So You Think You Can Dance either. Mercifully this performance was short and we got to the commercial break safely.

After the commercial break the judges were back and it was time for their critique of singles dance routines performed last night. While everyone waited with baited breath for the critiques to be over I had already pretty much figured out who was going and who was staying on the men’s side. It was the women’s side that I was not to sure about, but I was not surprised by the judge’s decision either. At the end of it all Asuka, Karla, Vitolio, and Jonathan were moving on to next week and Paris and Tony were going home. In Paris’s defense I will have to tell you that I think Tony’s Wednesday night performance may have helped to end the contest for Paris.

Well that is it for this weeks posts on So You Think You Can Dance, but we will be back again next week to bring you more on this awesome show. By the way enjoy this video it was my favorite performance on Wednesday night a Jazz routine with Evan and Randi, and as hot a routine as it was you would have never guessed that Randi is married. Have a wonderful weekend my friends CIAO4NOW!!!!!