7:26 minutes in heaven

I’ll admit I haven’t followed all the ins and outs of this Miley Cyrus/ACDC dance battle, but 2.5 million YouTube viewers have!

As Gabe at Videogum puts it, this vid “makes you feel like America’s paving the way to a brighter future through the major industry of dance and somehow you’ve been left in the coal bin of history.”

So You Think You Can Dance: Recap: 4:01, Hour Two

Rijiy (“Russian for ‘redhead’”) strips down to his tighty-whities, red faux-hawk, and black dance shoes. Was that a good idea? He has to pick his undies out of his butt at one point. Nigel shields Mary’s face with a paper to prevent her from seeing the atrocity. Nigel says, “There are other costumes you could have worn.” Mary asks, “why were you running around in your underpants?” He says it was to signify “a clean slate,” something the judges could mold. Mia says she gets it, but it’s not working. She and Mary are cracking each other up like two bitchy seventh grade girls. Rijiy is going home. He interviews, “I’ll try something clothed next year.”

Choreography time! Travis Wall, Season 2 finalist, is teaching the steps. Jonathan doesn’t look at his partner. Nigel says, “Take away some of that arrogance and put talent there.” Goodbye, Jonathan. He interviews, “I think I’m too beautiful for this competition.”

Phillip and William are going to Vegas.

Day Two auditions after the jump!

So You Think You Can Dance: Recap: 4:01, Hour One

In case anyone forgets how this works: during the audition portion, each dancer gets a minute to perform his or her own choreography. If the judges can’t reach a decision after seeing that one-minute performance, they ask the dancers to stick around until the end, when they’ll learn a choreographed group piece.

First up: Devin Oshiro. She’s facing the back of the stage, which she continues to do for an agonizing twenty seconds or so. Finally Nigel asks if the music is wrong. Yes, that’s the problem. Why in the world didn’t she turn around and explain that? I don’t love what she’s doing–it’s modern, and there’s lots of head-tossing. Nigel thinks she’s incredible. He says choreographers will go crazy for “the facility which you provide for them, which is your body.” Mia says Devin will be “stupid” if she stays on the show, meaning that she’ll become stupid good. “You’re stupid if you don’t take this [ticket to Vegas],” Nigel says. Crickets.