First we have a group routine choreographed by Christopher Scott and Sonya Tayeh that has been hyped ridiculously. Seems there is some sort of tornado or hurricane a comin' because the contestants are being blown away (plug for Carrie Underwood's album). This is indeed worth the hype and a great way to kick off the night - well done. Watch the performance below:
The full judging panel featuring Nigel, Mary, Tyce, Debbie, Adam and Lil C all talk about what an amazing season it has been (though I don't recall seeing most of these judges for more than one episode), and they each pick their favorite dance to be performed again. There are some gems like Travis Wall's "Titanic" routine featuring Ryan Gosling Matthew and Audrey, and Tabitha and Napoleon's "Love Cats" routine featuring Will and Amelia. My brain stops functioning, however, when we get to Mary's choice as see proceeds to tell us how moved she was by Tyce's "Holocaust" piece.....but she actually says "hollycost" instead. A couple of things here: 1) Mary, for God's sake, don't mispronounce Holocaust on television (or ever). 2) When the hell did Tyce's suitcase routine become a Holocaust routine? This was never mentioned when the routine aired the first time - it was mainly thought to be more of an immigration "what happens when you must move on and begin again with all of your belongings in a suitcase" number. Are we making this performance far, far more important than it is for a reason now? Did SYTYCD's Emmy win for lighting suddenly make show more serious in taking on tragic times in history? If so, Matthew and Audrey clearly needed to die at the end of their "Titanic" routine rather than look at each other lovingly....
Moving on.... after a few more routines from the season we are treated (finally) to another new number, this time choreographed by Christopher Scott featuring Christopher Scott, Cyrus, Twitch and Comfort. The group catches Cyrus cheating at a game of poker while animating and essentially blowing my mind. The moves they do with their suspenders are just awesome. Here's the video:
Dragon House (Cyrus’ crew) is also featured tonight, and SYTYCD's favorite dancer ever to not make it to Vegas, Bryan Gaynor, joins them. The final group routine of the evening, however, is YOUR Top 10 with this season's All Stars dancing a jungle/Lion King dance choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon. There is a "Circle of Life Remix" involved (which is pretty intense), and the Final Four reach the top of what I assume is Pride Rock and tower over the remaining dancers at the end of the number. Tiffany is adorable, bit Simba was cuter.
The Final Four are also allowed to choose their favorite dances of the Season, with Eliana choosing the "Bang Bang" routine she did with Alex Freaking Wong, Chehon choosing the Argentine Tango he did with Anya (huh?), Tiffany choosing the "The Power of Love" dance she did with Ade, and Cyrus choosing last week's animation routine with Twitch. This is the final overall performance of the evening which leads me to speculate that Chehon might not have this in the bag after all. Now I'm nervous. Let's get to the sealed envelope, Cat!
Results! The girls are up first, and Eliana and Tiffany cry as they watch the video packages of their respective SYTYCD journeys. Cat un-velcros the ridiculously loud envelope and (drum roll) ELIANA wins!!! They escort Tiffany off stage in a flash so we can talk to Eliana.... except we don't talk to Eliana.... we barely put the mic near Eliana because we are running out of time and still have to announce the guy winner.
As Chehon and Cyrus watch their journey videos, they too are crying. The package includes footage of the judges "saving" Chehon and also mentioning that Cyrus has never been in the bottom. Hmmm. You are truly starting to put me in suspense, Nigel. I hear the loud bubble wrap sound of Cat tearing open the envelope and (drum roll) CHEHON wins!!! Cyrus is also ushered off stage quickly, and they bring Eliana back on so we can talk to the two winners....except we really don't talk to them then now either. However, the confetti and tears are nice, so we'll just go with that.
There you have it, Americer - Season 9 of SYTYCD is over. Congrats to Eliana and Chehon. I definitely believe they earned their titles, and I do hope their careers take off now (and by that, I don't mean "I do hope they are All Stars next year"). As for the runners up, I'm sure Adam Shankman will find roles for them in one of the next dozen Step Up sequels.
Stay tuned for recaps of The Voice and The X Factor once those shows go live in the next few weeks. Til then!
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