Citation :So You Think You Can Dance, Canada Recap: The first top 20 show sells the sex
Posted: October 09, 2008,
By Daryl Sneath
Sex sells.
This adage must have been in the fore of the producers’ minds for So You Think You Can Dance Canada’s top 20 kick-off show.
Someone must have been in the ears of the choreographers and the costume designers, whispering and repeating, “Sexy. Make it sexy.”
There were certainly no bulky, shape-concealing getups on any of the female dancers (well, okay, there was one, but halfway through the number her partner ripped it off to reveal something skimpy beneath). Anyone flipping through the channels last night would have ceased their flipping at CTV, if only for the view.
The overwhelming sexuality did not go unnoticed by the judges either. Invariably, each of the four dance experts made comments after the performances with regards to how “hot” the female dancers were. Tré Armstrong called upon some of her Spanish to describe Cuban sensation Arassay: “Caliente! Muy Caliente!” And by the end of the show, judge Blake McGrath was left asking “Is this show called So You Think You Can Dance or So You Think You Can Model?”
The show started with a bang, bang, bang. Arassay and Nico won the praises of judges Tré and Blake (the two adjudicators most worth listening to), and Arassay, self-admittedly still perfecting her English, provided us with an epigraphic moment when talking about her mother whom she and her father left behind in Cuba six months ago to come to Vancouver. She said, a crack in her voice and hands to her heart, “I keep the love. Keep the love.”
The amount of air-time the dancers received tonight needs to continue. Fans were given the pleasure of watching performances more than listening to the judges. But with four experts on the panel, each with something to say, the commentary following each number has the potential to drag on. The judges would do well to take note of poet Fleur Adcock’s line, “This is my laconic style.” Hopefully, they keep their comments brief and to the point.
I’m afraid, though, “brief and to the point” are not words within judge Jean-Marc’s lexicon. “Creepy and metaphorically mixed,” perhaps, but not “brief and to the point.” The sexuality in the performances last night was suggestive, alluring, and inoffensive. But some of the comments Mr. Annoying made were disturbing and distasteful. He needs to listen to the way he sounds.
There was one moment, however, when he provided some comic relief, however unknowingly. When commenting on the brilliant performance by Vincent and Lisa, judge Jean sounded more like our old PM Jean when he told the two dancers, an expression of seriousness drawn across his face, that they were “a force to be recognized.”
Speaking of “speaking,” host Leah Miller is somewhat lacking in the skills of oration. She has the intonation of a nervous thirteen-year-old giving a book report at the front of the class. Her banter is without canter. She has no rhythm, no naturalness, no presence. She is choppy, too cutesy, and it often sounds like she is searching for something clever to say without ever being able to find it. In short, she needs a teleprompter or at least an earpiece through which the writers can feed her her lines.
In all, the first top 20 show was—in the words of our erudite judge Jean, giving us his best Schwarzenegger impression—“full out.”
Top 3 couples of the night
Arassay & Nico, Lisa & Vincent, Allie & Danny
Bottom couple of the night
Kaitlyn & Izaak
source:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand
/archive/2008/10/09/so-you-think-you-can-dance-canada-
recap-the-first-top-20-show-sells-the-sex.aspx
Le Top 20 Wednesday Oct. 8 at 8pm ET
Citation :TORONTO, Oct. 9 /CNW/ - So You Think You Can Dance Canada continues to
jump, spin and twist to new levels, delivering its highest audience ever last
night when 1.4 million watched the first-ever Top 20 Performance Episode on
CTV. The episode, which introduced Canadians to the talented Top 20 as they
performed hip-hop, ballroom and contemporary dances, among others - was the
most-watched television program in the country for A18-34 on a competitive
Wednesday night.
Also last night, CSI: NY won the night on CTV with 2.3 million viewers,
up 29% over last week's episode. Huge audiences in the key A25-54 (1.23
million) and A18-49 (1.12 million) demos saw Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and his
team solve a mid-flight murder.
Highlights of last night's episode of So You Think You Can Dance Canada
are now available on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca. The episode can
be seen in its entirety this Sunday, October 12 at 9 p.m. ET on MuchMusic.
Tonight, CTV presents the first-ever So You Think You Can Dance Canada
Results Show at 7:30 p.m. ET followed by the aftermath of Warrick's shooting
on the season premiere of CSI at 8 p.m. ET. All-new episodes of Grey's Anatomy
and ER follow at 9 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET respectively (visit ctv.ca to
confirm local broadcast times).
Source: Preliminary overnight data, CTV Total (BBM Nielsen Media
Research).
jump, spin and twist to new levels, delivering its highest audience ever last
night when 1.4 million watched the first-ever Top 20 Performance Episode on
CTV. The episode, which introduced Canadians to the talented Top 20 as they
performed hip-hop, ballroom and contemporary dances, among others - was the
most-watched television program in the country for A18-34 on a competitive
Wednesday night.
Also last night, CSI: NY won the night on CTV with 2.3 million viewers,
up 29% over last week's episode. Huge audiences in the key A25-54 (1.23
million) and A18-49 (1.12 million) demos saw Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise) and his
team solve a mid-flight murder.
Highlights of last night's episode of So You Think You Can Dance Canada
are now available on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca. The episode can
be seen in its entirety this Sunday, October 12 at 9 p.m. ET on MuchMusic.
Tonight, CTV presents the first-ever So You Think You Can Dance Canada
Results Show at 7:30 p.m. ET followed by the aftermath of Warrick's shooting
on the season premiere of CSI at 8 p.m. ET. All-new episodes of Grey's Anatomy
and ER follow at 9 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET respectively (visit ctv.ca to
confirm local broadcast times).
Source: Preliminary overnight data, CTV Total (BBM Nielsen Media
Research).
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