Two dancers are headed home for summer vacation
Im calling malarkey.
Do you hear me, America?
Im calling A BUNCH OF MALARKEY.
Credit: Adam Rose/ FOX
She still broke it down.
That bear suit is a metaphor for the entire competition.
Welcome to double-elimination night.
This piece is quick.
Paula says Emma is made for TV, while Maddie coos, You are such a good little tapper!
Remember when being three years older than someone felt like a lifetime?
Not to sound like Maddie, but Tahani is a good little actress!
Maddie, heartbreakingly, notes that she can relate.
Nigel creeps it up for her: Dont worry girls, Im coming home.
Its good to see a paso that doesnt rely on the swoopy skirt.
The judges love it, so theres no need for Ruby to fire an arrow at their feast.
Next week, maybe.
Jordan and Jake
Choreographers: Pharside and Phoenix, Hip-Hop
Song: Bad Man by Missy Elliot feat.
Vybez Cartel & M.I.A.
A story: My favorite high-school hip-hop routine I ever witnessed was set to a medley fromDrumline.
Those girls were my heroes.
Anyway,Im upset.
She gets down in SHAPELESS BEAR SUITS; band uniforms are nothing.
Cat, my hero, keeps it real: Do you?
are models on the runway this week but are they ambi-turners?
Im not even sure theyve nailed the model part, but thats the costume more than anything else.
(What should we call it?
Tahani, at least, injects her usual personality into the piece; J.T.
doesnt quite get there.
This isntSo You Think Youll Be Able to Dance Eventually.
Its like the whole show stopped to breathe at once.
Sean Cheesman choreographed this number for his father, whos currently struggling in the hospital.
I have a dance dad, Cheesman says.
I hope he can see this.
I actually gasped when Sasha took Jordans face.
When the piece ended, I wrote in my notes, TOO SHORT.
Were not getting any more.
But what we got was special.
NEXT: Are you ready for some football?
Jake just wants the ball!
Put him in, coach.
(Extra point goes to Nigels Deflategate joke about Tom Brady.)
You know how to be naughty girls, Nigel says, ruining the moment.
All moments, really.
Paula is proud of him, and so am I.
J.T.
I went into this ready to watch J.T.
Im weak for all of that.
Robert is making crazy-genie eyes over here, and J.T.
is quite literally just riding on his shoulders.
I do, however, very much like the idea of J.T.
as a kind of pocket genie.
He wouldnt even have to grant wishes.
Id just like to carry him with me and maybe ask his advice.
Kida and All-Star Fik-Shun
Choreographer: Misha Gabriel, Hip-Hop
Song: The Buzz by Hermitude feat.
That front flip was unbee-lievable, she says.
You guys are all the buzz.
Nigel goes on to steal both compliments.
Thats got to sting.
None of us ever stood a chance.
Paula says Tate is the same gift every week, but Im not sure I agree.
Tate has been almost too polished before.
Shes tapped into something much more real here, and shes a more interesting dancer because of it.
(Shallow aside: There is no way to make Kathryn look matronly.)
Now to the elimination.
Because the show is taking a two-week break, the judges cant save anyone this week.
Both dancers in the bottom two are going home.
A link to her first solo was the best argument I had in favor of this season.
I hope she keeps the bear suit.
See you on the other side of the Olympics, America.
