Loved that there were three guest judges and that each of the judges was allowed to pick at least one routine from the season for us to see again. We've missed the guest judges since the auditions were over, and wish we could see more of them. Ah well, season 7 auditions are not so very far off.

Check out more about the season finale after the jump!

We don't know what Nigel's talking about when he says that he still thinks Ashleigh has better chemistry with Jakob than she does with Ryan. We almost wonder if there's something about Ryan that rankles Nigel a bit. We also think that both Ryan and Jakob do a fantastic job of partnering with all of the female dancers and that chemistry is something they both project in spades, regardless of dance partner.

SO there is a lot to think about this week. All the performances are in. Tomorrow a single winner will be announced.  

Why do we continue to sing Russell's praises?  Find out after the jump!

Mollee has just exploded and shined for her last 4 routines in the last 2 weeks. It's been so gratifying to watch her grow and grow up. We wanted to go give her a big squeeze when she was so crestfallen but obviously concentrating on being gracious and a good sport. Her heartfelt thanks to the judges just about broke our heart and we were a tiny bit bewildered that she was the pick to go home after that lovely Viennese waltz and the Broadway number. We are 100% sure that her career is going to be spectacular, though, and that's a comfort. After college though, we hope.

More after the jump!

This week's SYTYCD had us bewildered as to how anyone could possibly choose between the dancers. Every one of them has something unique and brilliant to offer, and we're so glad that we are not the ones who have to decide who makes it to the finale next week and who goes home tonight. We're even struggling to come up with any sarcasm.

Jakob and Mollee's Viennese waltz, above, was spectacular. We liked Mollee's former partner Nathan well enough, but seeing her just explode in these last two weeks makes us think she was being held back. Her maturity and performances have really been unexpectedly fantastic. She waltzed as though she'd been waltzing this since early childhood.  The waltz seemed effortless, serene, and joyous.  Bravo, Jakob and Mollee! 

The first SYTYCD results ep since we've established the top 10 was a nail biter!  Honestly, we don't want anyone to go home.  They're all so great and have a range of different styles, and they each bring something to the table that we would miss very much.

The first Top Ten show of SYTYCD was full of memorable moments. We love that we've moved on to the leg of the show where the dancers are voted for individually, the judges no longer eliminate, and all the old pairings were split up and randomly reassigned. 

It made for some very interesting moments -- some spectacular...and others less so. 

So yesterday on So You Think We Can Dance we had the Top 12, and now we have the Top 10. Ouch. The judges had to figure out which two dancers to cut from what will be a national, city-by-city tour, but they could only choose from the three couples who didn't get enough votes to make them safe. Then, individually, each dancer had an opportunity to convince the judges to keep them on via a solo routine.

Some did better than others. More after the jump.

Alas, contemporary is just not our thing! It's just not! Sigh. All we could do was stare quizzically at our screen during the entire performance above on So You Think You Can Dance. Sure, they're supposed to be statues in a museum, but then... what? Weird. But the judges and audience seemed to love it, so yay.

And then it was two contemporary dancers vs. a hip hop guy for the male solos. Once again, we just didn't get it. We enjoyed Kevin's performance. It was impressive. (Though none of them were as impressive as in their auditions.) But apparently the two contemporary dancers impressed the judges more. Grrr.

On the other hand, everyone agreed the Bollywood exhibition dancers were fabulous. Photos and discussion after the jump.

Wednesday's So You Think You Can Dance was the first live results show of the season and it had some real surprises.  The opening cast-wide number was fun in a sort of Scorpion King meets Road Warrior way.  What's amazing to us was given how the costumes obscured most of the dancer's identities unless the viewer really concentrated, Russell (yes, he's still our fave) and Ryan really popped on camera.  

Tonight we got eight engrossing performances on So You Think You Can Dance, and now it's up to the audience to point the finger at who will be on the chopping block tomorrow. We have to say wow, what a wide range of material! We were blown away a few times, worried a lot more. We were really hoping there would be another stunner like the Bollywood piece from last week, but we're forced to admit that we just weren't all that stunned this week.

So, in honor of audience voting finally opening up, we're going to go right ahead and list the performances we liked most to least in order of our preference -- starting with that one right up there.

Karen and Kevin were a ton of fun to watch -- doing the hustle of all things. We usually like these guys, but tonight they were especially great as they really had the chemistry. We swoon!

Now, vote in our poll, then see our own personal rankings after the jump.

This week as we watched So You Think You Can Dance, we were pretty grumbly about everything from costumes to baseball to who had to dance for their lives. But only because we have such high expectations and affection for the whole shebang. (How can you not love a show that produces scenes like the above -- thanks, Jakob and Ashleigh!)

This time the judges once again chose who went home, thanks to the World Series -- apparently this national pastime thing takes up so much primetime they can't fit in a results show again this week. Whatever. It's not so bad when the judges completely agree with us, but when we have irreconcilable differences with them -- like tonight -- we're left shaking our fists at the sky and plaintively asking "Why??? Why couldn't this have been left to a phone vote!?!"

Tell us in the poll (and comments!) if we were all alone in these sentiments tonight. More after the poll and the jump.

Oh Brandon. Brandon, Brandon, Brandon. We barely knew you. Seriously, you were put into a pretty impossible position and we were sad to see you cut from So You Think You Can Dance before you really had a chance to show us what you could do. Eliminations from the top 20 started tonight, but it wasn't a matter of voting from the audience -- the judges chose which guy and which girl was sent packing.

At the end, we had no idea which two women would have to dance for their lives, but alas, we were pretty sure you would be on the chopping block. You and Pauline were an absolutely adorable couple. You had some of the best chemistry, and we enjoyed watching your waltz, but in a year where everyone else knocks it out of the ballpark every time... well... sorry. We look forward to seeing you next year, if the rules get bent enough that we can do that.

More after the poll. And the jump.