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So You Think You Can Dance: Results show

Guest blogger Lenni G. wraps up the week:

The show opened with a terrific group dance choreographed by Wade and Amanda Robson. And the music (Imogen Heap doing AHA!) was a perfect match for the routine. Nice Wade and Amanda, really nice.

So You Think You Can Dance: Noelle's feet don't fail her

Our guest blogger Lenni G. gives her take on last night's show:

Finally, a happy, almost totally positive, night of dance with host Cat Deeley channeling her inner "Balloon Girl" in dazzling and crinkled aluminum foil.

And our Sanford gal Noelle Marsh had another good night!

What to Watch on Wednesday: Olivia suspected of murder on L&O:SVU

New Adventures of Old Christine (8pm, CBS) - Jennifer Grey guest stars to date Richard, who is played by Clark Gregg and who is Grey's husband in real life. Confused? Dave Foley is back as Richard's friend who keeps trying to date Christine.

Glee (9pm, Fox) - Shuster divides the glee club into couples for a ballad, which is great till someone gets sick. Another bad idea: Finn has dinner with Quinn's parents. 

Law & Order: SVU (9pm, NBC) - DNA evidence identifies Benson (Mariska Hargitay) as the prime suspect in the murder of a biker gang dude. While Munch and Finn investigate the case, Stabler (Chris Meloni) works to prove her innocence. 

Top Chef (10pm, Bravo) - The remaining chefs take part in an extremely difficult cooking contest established by French chef Paul Bocuse. Bocuse's son Jerome, who is also a chef, serves as a guest judge along with Thomas Keller. A lot of other famous chefs also appear. Whatever -- we just want to see if this is the night Jen has her breakdown and what kind of assy thing Mike Volt says about our Kevin. 

Also worth mentioning: Robin Roberts interviews Janet Jackson tonight at 10pm on ABC, Noelle Marsh of Sanford continues to shine on So You Think You Can Dance (8pm, Fox) and Modern Family (9pm, ABC) is always funny. 

Sanford's SYTYCD contestant is feeling the love

 

 

 

It was a good week for Sanford's Noelle Marsh.

The "So You Think You Can Dance" contestant won raves for her Afro-jazz number, and sailed through to the next round.

It was a nice change from her shaky start.

It began with an injury that almost put her out of the competition and then a hip-hop number that the judges very much disliked.

 

So You Think You Can Dance: Nigel goes negative

Guest blogger Lenni G.cuts through the negativity and makes last name amends:

Welcome to the SYTYCD Results Show starring "Nigel the Almighty." And I mean "Almighty" in the worst possible sense of the word. Asked for his opinion on how America voting might change the competition, his reply was, "Some people might stay who should go."

And on that negative note, the evening proceeded with a veritable barrage of sniping, bitter and totally unnecessary comments from the man who would be the "Monarch of Dance."

So You Think You Can Dance: NC's Noelle boards the hot tamale train

Our gal Lenni G. is back with the 411 on the dancers, the dancing, and the judges:

No venting this week for me, though the stage is still too big and glitzy.

Thought I'd change the review a bit this week by starting with the really good couples at the front and the rest after. Why would I do this - cuz our local cutie, Noelle, who danced last, was fan-freaking-tastic last night.

So You Think You Can Dance: A shaky return for Sanford dancer

Guest blogger Lenni G is back, helping us with SYTYCD coverage. And today, she is not happy:

Time to vent about this season.

Judges-only voting should stop after the top 20 dancers have been named - the audience should be voting from that point forward. The judge's critiques have become so technical that we ordinary hoofers have no idea what they're talking about - it's depressing to really love a couple's dance and then have the "experts" tell us it was awful.

What to Watch on Tuesday: Visitors arrive to destroy mankind

V (8pm, ABC) - ABC "re-imagines" NBC's 80s sci-fi drama about carnivorous reptilian aliens known as "The Visitors" who invade Earth. The Visitors claim to be friendly, but their mission is to exterminate the human race. I'm not normally a big fan of sci-fi, but this show is very well-done. Starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet from "Lost"), Scott Wolf, and Morris Chestnut.

Biggest Loser (8pm, NBC) - The contestants are now competing individually. In tonight's episode, they all travel to Washington DC for a public workout at the Washington Monument, for a salad at the White House, and then a weigh-in on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Couldn't NBC have used some of this travel budget to film another episode of "Trauma?"

So You Think You Can Dance (8pm, Fox) - One local dancer (Noelle) remains on the show but she was hobbling around on a bad leg last week, so who knows...

Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel (9pm, Bravo) - In her latest stand-up show filmed at the San Diego Civic Center, Kathy Griffin dishes on Barbara Walters, the Gosselins, Levi Johnston, and Miley Cyrus.

Tabatha's Salon Takeover (10pm, Bravo) - Season two gets underway tonight, with Tabatha Coffey taking over a struggling salon in Chicago.

NC dancer is out, but not down

 

 

 

Don't feel sorry for Ariana Debose.

The 18-year-old contemporary dancer from New Bern (but now living in Wake Forest), isn't crying about her elimination last night from "So You Think You Can Dance."

In fact, she seems to have the whole thing in proper prospective.

"It's one TV show, it's not the be all, end all," she says in a phone chat. "I'm confident in my dancing."

So You Think You Can Dance: NC contestants' bad night

Our guest blogger Lenni G. is back, reporting on the dance and the drama:

If last night is any indication, this is going to be a weird season.

First, we found out yesterday morning that Billy Bell, one of the best dancers, is out - we don't find out what's wrong with him, just that, "His doctor won't allow him to continue."

So the show brings in hip hop guy, Brandon to replace contemporary Billy - not exactly an even, or really fair, replacement.

Next, shortly after the show starts we see Noelle Marsh (our Sanford girl) with a huge brace on her knee - Nigel announces that they are not sure whether she will be able to continue but they are giving her a week to find out.

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