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."

The three couples in danger after the viewer voting were Ellenore and Ryan, Pauline and Peter, and Karen and Kevin which gave "N the A" an opportunity to completely rag on Nathan of Nathan and Mollee who were safe. He basically called Nathan an immature punk with no desire to learn or improve. Way to be positive, Nigel, and way to make Mollee look more scared than a deer in the headlights. Totally unacceptable, Nigel.

Best moment of the evening had to be the Alvin Ailey dancers performing an exquisite routine exquisitely while the danger zoners got ready for their solos.

After the six solos, the judges rated the dancers and decided on which girl and which guy would be gone. And, of course, we have "N the A" announcing the results, which he started with - "None of the solos was decent enough for you to stay in this competition. None of you lived up to the previous season's solos." Hey Nigel, this is this season, not last season or the season before when the show was lucky to have some of the best rookies on the planet try out. Deal with it - not every season will set new standards.

What followed was the most inexplicable comment of the evening from Nigel with regard to Karen. He pronounced that she probably lost votes cuz she's so sexy and, therefore, intimidating to the younger viewers. WHAT?

Huge props to Karen, whose facial expression never changed during his rant. Ellenore didn't get the negative sexy thing, but she wasn't good either in the judges' eyes. That left "Poor Pauline" who was told that she is just too conventional, more like a person from an advanced dance class that she will now head back to since she is out.

The guys didn't get the same degree of "dis" from the Almighty, but he still could not get past telling them that they had better get better or else. Poor Peter, who was told he lacked star power, climbed aboard the Bye Bye Train.

One final thought - Nigel, you are really getting on my last nerve. This is not brain surgery, this is dancing and all the heavy-handed criticism is completely uncalled for. Lighten up, pal.

Some spelling corrections on my post from Tuesday night - It's Stacey Tookey, Sean Cheesman and Andy Blakenbueler. My bad though Andy, the correct version of your last name is still really, really long.