Tonight was a sad night for me. I was pretty sure that somehow I wouldn't get my top three, and it's a done deal. The night started off with a group tribute to Michael Jackson. The only people that stood out to me were Michelle of We Are Heroes and Dominique of Rhythm City-- probably because they were in the front. The first crew to dance were We Are Heroes to Vogue by Madonna. It seems like the producers expected Vogue Evolution to make it to this challenge when deciding on the music. The ladies did well. The tut'ed with fans and were pretty clean. However, it always sucks to go first and I couldn't help but to keep thinking about what would Vogue Evolution have done if they made it to this week. Overall this performance seemed to have less attitude than the Stanky Leg performance, but I feel like it is hard when that song is practically token drag queen song. It's not fair to We Are Heroes that my sub-consious expected them to come out like some queens. Safe again this week and the trigger to my unhappiness was the Afroborike was safe. I don't hate them as people or dancers, but their popularity baffles me.
AfroBorike performed I'm A Slave For you by Britney Spears. Overall I was okay with the perfomance. I'll even admit that I liked the performance. I'm not sure if guys were suspended in the actual Britney performance or if they should creativity points for it, but it was a new opening stunt for the show. I'm surprised they even arranged that especially if it was purely AfroBorike's idea. Suspension aside, I liked the performance because it made me think about how memorable that Britney performance was. I could do actually do the Britney mimiced routine with them. So now the question is did I like the AfroBorike's performance or just like Britney's that much?
Finally Massive Monkees and Rhythm City had to battle to stay alive and unfortunately it's not the finale. Massive Monkees put it all out there to Tearin' Up My Heart. I seriously forgot about that perfomance, but OMG it was the hottest routine at the time. This NSYNC routine was one of those routines I wore my VCR out trying to learn. The Monkees started off slow and messed up a little in their straight choerography session but once they got into the stunts, they were going for the win. Cartwheel on the head! WHAT! Rhythm City were tasked with Wall to Wall by Chris Brown. They did a great job. They were clean and had stunts. However, nothing about it made you want to get on your feet like the stunts that Massive Monkees had just pulled off. RC's performance split the judges with JC getting pretty protective of the Bronx crew. I was surprised that JC was so vocal about his love for Rhythm City. In retrospect, I understand Shane's point about them not choegraphing their routine for a battle. At this point all the routines should be a battle routine because you never know if you'll be in the bottom. Plus these performances depend on that lasting image for the viewers. Sadly Rhythm City and the dream of an East Coast crew taking the title had to walk off the stage tonight. It sucks that stunt crews seem to have a one-up on choeography crews, but the real bummer is that I still don't see why AfroBorike is still around. Can anyone explain this to me? YouTube That Shit Award goes to Massive Monkees & NSYNC's Tearin Up My Heart VMA performance. Good luck to Rhythm City. I truly expected you to walk away with the prize. You deserved the chance to win it.
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