So You Think You Can Dance - Annoying Me Tonight

Nigel and some of the boy dancers, specifically.  Oh, and the costumers.

First Nigel tells 18 year-old Cassie that she wasn't dancing the Argentine Tango "sleazy" enough as the cameras showed a young boy in the audience.  Have fun explaining that one, parents.  Then he demonstrates how he should properly grab his crotch in a sufficiently butch manner while crumping so that it wouldn't look like he wasn't asking his mommy to go pee-pee.  Crude, sexist and inappropriate much, Nigel?

Then, in the pre-dance packages the dancers were asked to name the best and worst qualities of their partners.  All of the girls and half the boys named character and personality traits or dance abilities.  Half the boys said things like she's pretty, she has beautiful eyes I get lost in, her nice smile.  One of the guys even said that his partner's best quality is that she is pretty and her worst quality is that she is so pretty she has a boyfriend.  Um, I thought the point was to dance with her not hook up with her.  Sigh.

However I did love the barefoot contemporary Viennese Waltz except the flow-y dress that covered up her legs and his face when lifting her.  Also the popping routine by another couple was marred by the baggy outfits and jackets that prevented you from seeing any isolations and crisp, sharp pops and locks.  It only further hampered a not-so-great routine when the dancers might have benefited from better outfits.

I also loved the hobo Broadway routine and was thrilled to see the hip-hop dudes bring it tonight.