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This past Thursday marked the 100th episode of So You Think You Can Dance and the show was definitely an excellent one start to finish. They had three award winning routines that were performed on the show over the span of the last five years as well as a guest performance by Katie Holmes. Unfortunately Katie did not perform in front of the studio audience, but the performance was excellent to watch.

There were also a lot of the alumni from the shows past seasons in the studio audience last night both dancers and choreographers. With all of the goings on in last nights show it really made for a carnival/good time feeling and a great celebration of the shows 100th episode. Although one male and one female dancer were ultimately cut it really didn’t do anything at all to darken the mood of anyone at last nights show.

As usual the show started off with a group routine danced by the Top 8. The routine was choreographed by Mia Michaels who is a choreographer that has been with the show since it started. The routine was danced to the song “One” from A Chorus Line and was a very entertaining piece. Mia is a choreographer who likes to use props in her routines and the use of mirrors in this one was a very good visual for the audience.

After the opening routine it was time for Kat to bring out the Top 4 female dancers and find out who was and wasn’t safe. I have to tell you that I was a little bit surprised by the voting results and the make up of the bottom 4 last night. For the gals Kayla and Janette were in the bottom 2, which did not surprise me. I always seem to be expecting Kayla to be in the bottom and cut.

After the commercial break the first guest routine of the evening was performed. The routine is called Hummingbird and Flower and was performed by alumni Hok and Jaime to the song “The Chairman’s Waltz from Memoirs of a Geisha. This routine was choreographed by Wade Robson form a previous season as well as for tonight and it was easy to see why he won an Emmy for this routine the first time.

After Wades routine Kat Deeley brought out the Top 4 male dancers in order to find out who wound up in the bottom 4 last night and this is where I was surprised. The 2 guys who were in the bottom were Jason and Brandon. Jason being in the bottom did not surprise me probably because I am used to seeing him there. However seeing Brandon in the bottom was a great surprise, which shows that the fans don’t always get it right.

The next guest routine was called The Bench and was performed by show alumni Travis and Heidi who happen to be cousins also. The routine was choreographed by Mia Michaels in a previous show as well as last night and was performed to the song “:Calling You” by Celine Dion. Mia Michaels won an Emmy for this very powerful routine and it definitely deserved the award as far as I’m concerned.

When the show returned to air after Mia’s routine we got to see the dancers in the bottom 4 perform their solos again. While all four dancers are extremely talented and danced their solos incredibly well I found that the solos performed by both Brandon and Janette to be the better two solos of the four. As I said the solos were incredible and I was not lacking for entertainment watching them again,

After the soloists were done with their performances it was time for the last guest routine of the night. The routine was called Ramalama and was performed to the song Ramalama also. The song was done by Roisin Murphy and the routine was choreographed by Wade Robson. This was a very odd looking routine and reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s thriller, which is no surprise since MJ gave Wade his big break.

Of course once all of lat night’s festivities were over it was time to get down to the results that everyone was eagerly anticipating and that was who is going home. I have to tell you that the final results of this part of the show surprised me somewhat too, but at the end of the night two have to go. The two dancers who found themselves going home were Jason and Janette, and it was Jeanette’s leaving that surprised me.

Well that’s all on So You Think You Can Dance for now on Simple Man Entertainment but we will be back next week for the Top 6 show and the results. I hope you all enjoy the videos and have a fantastic weekend my friends CIAO4NOW!!!!!