So a quick recap on last night first:
Jessica and Will-- The jive was lively, the flip over was nice, and her dress was ugly. What can I say? I feel sorry for her and am not won over by Will. As for the contemporary routine... honest to goodness, I felt like I was sitting through a sex scene. I think, though, had I not been so embarrassed that I would have enjoyed the emotion behind the scene.
Comfort and Thayne-- In the Broadway she was hot. Him? Not so much. In the smooth waltz, her dress was pretty and she looked gorgeous and ethereal in that lift, but it seemed wooden in places and there was no passion.
Kourtni and Matt-- Hip-hop, hmmm? I thought her scarf was a mistake, for starters. And smooth or not, it was too soft for my tastes. The middle-end was better and they were more in synch, but it was all just okay (I thought he did better than her). In the mambo their outfits were so UGLY!!! Who on earth hired these designers? She shakes rather well, but the judges were right. There was no
together fire.
Chelsea and Mark-- She needed to be smoother and quicker in that waltz. All in all, not as good as last week and I thought they should've made lip contact at the very end

And again, another ugly dress in the foxtrot, but she stepped it up for me.
Twitchington-- Yeah, I bought into the name, but only because it's shorter to type. The pasa doble was strong and fiery, though it didn't feel like a "fight". And the outfits were good. But WOW the contemporary was good. It was so sweet and sorrowful and different. I wondered somewhat if there should have been more together passion (as opposed to individual passion just aimed at the other person), but didn't know if that was actually possible due to the storyline. And did anyone see their faces when the judges said that the lovesick thing was "believable" with the two of them? Priceless.
Katee and Joshua-- Her hair was awfully funky in that contemporary number, but her expressions were good and both of their movements were very sharp and crisp. All in all, very nicely done and very cool. The West Coast Swing... no. Not really, no. Her dress fringe thing was hideous, she smiled too much, and it just lacked pizzazz. The end? That was cool.
Courtney and Gev-- She was hitting harder than him in that hip-hop number! I was so proud. She was really rocking it and being totally believable. It was actually pretty good and I liked it, which the judges did not. This was totally opposite from the Broadway number, which the judges loved and I didn't. I felt like they could have gone bigger, somehow, and the flop on the floor at the end was just overdone.
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As for tonight, I was totally at ease to let Matt or Gev leave, but then Gev pulled out that AWESOME solo, so leaving was out of the question. As for the girls, I found brown Courtney's solo frenetic, Comfort's boring, and blond Kourtni's at least marginally interesting. Go figure that the only one I liked was booted.