So You Think You Can Dance Canada - Top 12 Results

So let’s talk about the results.

Bottom 3 couples were Miles and Lara, Natalli and Francis and Danny and Allie. Of the six, Lara and Francis were eliminated. And god, Lara looked ghastly after she received the verdict. She put a smile on that looked like a skull’s and her unblinking, over-made-up eyes looked like the eyes painted on Captain Jack’s eyelids. A shame. You should have let out the pain, Lara. You have been so vibrant and fun to watch. Had you cried we would have cried with you, instead of for you. Maybe it is that stiff backbone that made you want to follow in B. J. Palmer’s path.

Do you think Lara should have gone, rather one of the five women left? Frankly, I’ve been disappointed the past couple of weeks by Lisa and partner Vincent, who I thought were best in class when the top 20 started. They don’t seem to have the versatility of the others, and I feel versatility is as important as mastery. If a dancer is the best ballerina in the country but can’t do hip hop as well as Tamina or foxtrot as well as Lara or salsa like Natalli, it doesn’t seem to me they should win this competition.

And what about Francis? It seems to me that Jean Marc, with his ballroom background, understands the male role in dancing in a way those judges whose backgrounds are more in the solo-style dances (ballet, hip-hop, break) just do not. As stated in the recap, I was actually starting to think of Francis as possibly the best all-round dancer in the competition.

So, in no particular order, here’s the top 10.

MEN
Vincent
Nico
Danny
Myles
Izaak

WOMEN
Lisa
Arrasay
Allie
Natalli
Kaitlyn

Were this a pairs competition, Nico and Arrasay would have already won. Now we get to see how they do when not in each other’s arms. My fear, which I share with Sheryl Lee (see the comments from last week and this), is that this competition is devolving into a battle of who has the best support group, like Canadian Idol and any high school talent competition you can mention. If that’s the case, the eventual winner will be Izaak or Miles, neither of whom can hold a candle to Nico or Vince. As for the women – a much closer group in terms of talent. Let me know what you think.