Final four move to 'Dance' finale
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And then there were four.So did America get it right?
As you probably know by now—and if you don’t, stop reading now!—Katee, Joshua, Courtney and Twitch are all headed for next week’s showdown to win the “favorite dancer” title.
Chelsie and Mark—sniffle—are headed home. (And for the national tour, of course! Go to www.fox.com/dance to buy tickets this weekend for a show at a town near you.)
Were the results a surprise? Well, yes and no. This contest has been so topsy-turvy in the last few weeks that any of the Top 6 could have moved on.
But wisely, Katee and Joshua were whisked right to safety—and even though Cat emphasized that didn’t necessarily mean they got the most votes, we all know she’s lying. These partners are by far the most popular dancers right now, and they’re very likely to be the ones battling it out at the very end of the finale.
Yet, could dark horse Courtney be a threat? I don’t think even she believed she would make it this far, since she’d been in danger a few times. She improved by leaps and bounds as the competition progressed, however, and the fans noticed and rallied big time.
How else could she have bested the teachers’ pet, Chelsie, who could do no wrong?
Seriously, when you think about it, how did Courtney beat out Chelsie, who, along with Katee, rarely received a negative comment from the judges? Now that I’m thinking about it, had Chelsie ever had to dance for her life?
Well, my guess is that Chelsie simply didn’t grow as much as Courtney did. Weird as it may sound, Chelsie being great ALL THE TIME may have been her undoing. Then again, Katee has been consistently great, too, and that certainly didn’t hurt her any. So what do I know? Maybe Katee’s hometown of San Jose was just majorly blasting the phone lines.
As for Mark and Twitch? Charisma seemed to trump quirky in this case, with a gracious Mark seeming genuinely happy for Twitch’s victory.
Nigel said that each one of the finalists polled over a million votes, but if I had to make a wager, it would be that Twitch and Mark were THISCLOSE.
And not to jump on the Mark bandwagon at this late date, but I was really charmed by his farewell speech. He hinted that he’d always felt out of place and unusual, so he was grateful that the audience liked his odd moves and kept him in the competition this long. Hooray, nonconformity!
Anyway, other than a few random tidbits—Joshua got his braces off! Six-year-old Lil’ Demon can break like the big boys!—that’s all the news from the dance floor. Because I’m not even going to get into the Lady Gaga performance, except to say, “What the hell was that?!?”
So tune in to the very last performance show next Wednesday, and find out Thursday who’ll be crowned the champion and walk away with the $250,000 prize—and a role in guest judge Adam Shankman’s new movie!
(Photos courtesy of FOX)
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