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" We&amp;#039;re just a week away from the big So You Think You Can Dance performance finale, so things are really getting tense now! Maybe that&amp;#039;s why our top six - Witney, Chehon, Tiffany, Cyrus, Eliana and Cole - open the show with a dark, twisted Sonya Tayeh routine set to Kelis&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Scream&amp;#039;. Either way, it&amp;#039;s a brilliant way to begin! We&amp;#039;ll be losing two dancers at the end of the show, and the votes have already been cast, but before all that we&amp;#039;ve got a whole bunch of performances to look forward to. And here to help Nigel and Mary on the judging side, we&amp;#039;ve got the lovely Christina Applegate again! Let&amp;#039;s get this started...  Tiffany - dancing with all-star Benji Schwimmer (Jive) Jean-Marc G\u00E9n\u00E9reux is here to choreograph Tiffany and Benji&amp;#039;s jive, and explains that it&amp;#039;s set in a diner - there&amp;#039;s a guy (a great dancer) that all the girls like. But Tiffany won&amp;#039;t tell him what she likes about him! Tiffany jokes that both Jean-Marc and Benji are like the &amp;quot;Energiser bunny&amp;quot;, quipping that rehearsal was like a party! But will she be able to cope with the three cartwheels Jean-Marc&amp;#039;s dropped into the routine? Benji jokes that he&amp;#039;s heavier now (&amp;quot;sorry, Tiffany!&amp;quot;) but she says she&amp;#039;s up for the challenge. And boy, is she! What a way to start the show - the dance (set to Lillix&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;What I Like About You&amp;#039;) is fun, energetic and full of attitude. Cat can&amp;#039;t stop giggling, and the judges give it a standing ovation! Nigel: Nigel says the energy in the routine lifted the entire audience, calling the dance &amp;quot;absolutely incredible&amp;quot;. He praises Jean-Marc&amp;#039;s work, before saying that although Benji is the &amp;quot;best swing dancer&amp;quot; the show has had, Tiffany could keep up with him! He praises the flicks and also bigs up Tiffany for dancing so well in heels. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know how you got the style together so quickly,&amp;quot; he adds, describing it as &amp;quot;absolutely tremendous&amp;quot;. Mary: Mary thinks the dance was &amp;quot;amazing&amp;quot; and praises the duo for &amp;quot;kicking [their] little patooties off&amp;quot;! She has to mention how great Benji is, but says that if Tiffany entered a swing competition tomorrow she&amp;#039;d be right up there with him, because she was &amp;quot;killing it&amp;quot;! &amp;quot;I just like everything about you, Tiffany, everything,&amp;quot; she concludes. Christina: Christina starts by praising Benji, with whom she has previously taken dance classes! But although you get drawn in by Benji, he also brought up Tiffany. She says the performance was funny and beautiful, also praising Tiffany&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;fabulous&amp;quot; flicks. She says not many people get that movement, but Tiffany picked it up by osmosis!  Witney - Solo We&amp;#039;re getting to see messages from the contestants&amp;#039; families before their solos, and Witney&amp;#039;s mom Jill kicks things off by describing her daughter as a &amp;quot;magnet&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re so proud of you and so glad you&amp;#039;ve come so far,&amp;quot; she says, as her dad Tyler promises that everyone in their family is supporting her. But will Witney&amp;#039;s solo to &amp;#039;Malague\u00F1a&amp;#039; impress? It&amp;#039;s a paso doble and it&amp;#039;s certainly intense, sexy and strident. We&amp;#039;ll see! Cole - dancing with all-star Melanie Moore (Jazz) Cole points out that everyone thinks he&amp;#039;s an &amp;quot;evil twisted person&amp;quot; because of the dark dances he&amp;#039;s performed so far, but Melanie&amp;#039;s here to insist he&amp;#039;s the &amp;quot;sweetest person ever&amp;quot;! So choreographer Sonya Tayeh wants to show a softer side to Cole - this dance is about him hoping to get freedom from a relationship. But Melanie is holding him back - she&amp;#039;s being selfish! The dance, to Alex Clare&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Too Close&amp;#039;, is so entertaining to watch, as it feels really smooth but also ties into the music brilliantly. What do the judges think? Mary: Mary thinks the routine was &amp;quot;gorgeous&amp;quot; and says she was intrigued, because Melanie was lifting Cole as much as he was lifting her. She adds that while last week she was focusing on Melanie, this time it was all about Cole drawing her in and &amp;quot;slicing through air&amp;quot;. She says he &amp;quot;commands attention&amp;quot; on the stage. Christina: Christina starts off by praising Melanie (&amp;quot;you give hope when you dance&amp;quot;) but quickly moves onto Cole - she thinks he&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;masterful in every number&amp;quot;! She also reveals that she liked the androgyny of the routine, explaining: &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t know where one sex ended and the other began!&amp;quot; She acknowledges that Cole&amp;#039;s foot was &amp;quot;terrible&amp;quot; in the pirouette, but she doesn&amp;#039;t actually care because he&amp;#039;s so good! Nigel: Nigel also likes the way the routine messed with gender expectations, with Melanie lifting Cole more than he lifted her! He advises Cole that there can be a lot of strength in vulnerability, so he should think about breaking down his &amp;quot;martial arts armor&amp;quot;. He also thinks Cole adapted what he does &amp;quot;really well&amp;quot; to this style, and adds that he&amp;#039;s done &amp;quot;extremely well&amp;quot; in the competition considering he&amp;#039;s so unique.  Chehon - Solo Are the So You Think You Can Dance producers trying to make us cry? We get to see more from Chehon&amp;#039;s mom Edith, who had an emotional reunion with her son on last week&amp;#039;s show. &amp;quot;We are both very, very proud of you,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Not because of dancing, but because you are yourself.&amp;quot; She says that what he has achieved through his passion is &amp;quot;remarkable&amp;quot;, adding: &amp;quot;You are the most wonderful child there is. You truly are such an incredible special gift to us.&amp;quot; Sob! Anyway, Chehon&amp;#039;s solo - to District 78&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Way Back Home&amp;#039; - is really captivating. He just captures you with his power - very impressive. Eliana - dancing with all-star tWitch (Hip-Hop) Choreographer Christopher Scott describes this as the &amp;quot;most true-to-life routine&amp;quot; he&amp;#039;s ever created! It&amp;#039;s all about a ballet dancer who wrote a letter for the postman she has a crush on - but she won&amp;#039;t give it to him until they dance! Eliana explains that the routine&amp;#039;s hard work - they&amp;#039;re on the floor, up in the air - but Christopher is impressed with her: &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s funky!&amp;quot; And tWitch makes everyone giggle by joking that his job is to help Eliana &amp;quot;deliver a first class performance&amp;quot;. Oh, if he wasn&amp;#039;t so loveable... Anyway, the routine is unsurprisingly set to a District 78 remix of the classic &amp;#039;Please Mr Postman&amp;#039;, and it has fun moments. But what will the judges think? Christina: Christina points out that Jay-Z probably isn&amp;#039;t going to hire Eliana to be in his next music video - but &amp;quot;who cares?&amp;quot; She jokes that like American Idol stars singing the phone book, she would happily watch Eliana dance the &amp;#039;YMCA&amp;#039; for hours. Describing Eliana as &amp;quot;wonderful&amp;quot;, she also praises a &amp;quot;sexy&amp;quot; leap during the routine: &amp;quot;God did not intend for that to happen.&amp;quot; Nigel: Nigel&amp;#039;s said before that Eliana&amp;#039;s his favourite girl, and he says it again. However, he didn&amp;#039;t love the routine, explaining that it was a bit too much about comedy and character - he wanted to see more of Eliana&amp;#039;s dancing! &amp;quot;It really felt a little bit like a cheap burger for me,&amp;quot; he admits. &amp;quot;There was very little meat on it.&amp;quot; He says it was fun and she had fun with it... &amp;quot;But the last time you had fun we saved you, and we don&amp;#039;t have that opportunity this week.&amp;quot; Thanks for that, Nigel! Mary: Mary thought the routine was &amp;quot;really fun&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;really entertaining&amp;quot;. She agrees that Eliana is a &amp;quot;chameleon&amp;quot; who can do anything. She acknowledges that the dance might not be the most memorable, but Eliana does everything on point every single week.  Tiffany - Solo Tiffany&amp;#039;s mom Maria is here to say proudly that her daughter &amp;quot;lights&amp;quot; up the stage. Her sister describes Tiffany as an &amp;quot;amazing girl&amp;quot;, while Tiffany&amp;#039;s dad Brian is there to tell Tiffany to let the world see the &amp;quot;passion and love&amp;quot; she has for dance. Isn&amp;#039;t it all lovely? Tiffany&amp;#039;s solo - to Carmen Reece&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Just The Way You Are&amp;#039; - is also lovely. Will it help her in the competition? Chehon - dancing with all-star Kathryn (Contemporary) Tyce Diorio is choreographing this dance... don&amp;#039;t expect anything too upbeat! Tyce has been thinking about all the tragedies that have taken place and what it must be like to have your life in just a suitcase. Chehon admits that he can relate to the idea of living in a suitcase, though he&amp;#039;s used to having his guard up. Still, he&amp;#039;s hoping to bring a tear to everyone&amp;#039;s eye, and Kathryn is pretty convinced that he can do just that! The resulting dance, to &amp;#039;Eli, Eli&amp;#039;, certainly seems to move the audience - the judges are up for a standing ovation! Nigel: Nigel describes the routine as &amp;quot;incredibly emotional&amp;quot; and says he&amp;#039;s surprised by how the choreography can make you feel so much. He also praises the &amp;quot;terrific&amp;quot; technical side of the dance, and says he is &amp;quot;stunned&amp;quot; that such an emotional dance like this can air on a major broadcaster in primetime! Mary: An emotional Mary (tears in her eyes and everything) thinks Tyce outdid himself with this routine - it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;one of the most amazing numbers&amp;quot; she&amp;#039;s ever seen. She says one of the best things about her job is witnessing &amp;quot;magical moments&amp;quot; in people&amp;#039;s dance careers - and this was one of those special moments for Chehon and Kathryn. They &amp;quot;oozed passion&amp;quot;, she says, also praising Chehon for throwing himself, leaping and stretching across the stage. &amp;quot;It was just an honor,&amp;quot; she weeps. Christina: Christina also praises Tyce&amp;#039;s routine, before moving on to talk about Chehon. She says that he is a &amp;quot;master&amp;quot; technically - he can &amp;quot;dance circles around people&amp;quot; - but now she can see him growing emotionally too. She points out that when Kathryn touched him at one point his response was &amp;quot;visceral&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It was masterful from both of you,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;Unbelievable.&amp;quot;  Cole - Solo Cole&amp;#039;s mom Wanda is amazing - she talks about how she can&amp;#039;t stop &amp;quot;jumping and screaming like a maniac&amp;quot; when Cole does well, because he really deserves this. &amp;quot;I know every mother says that, but you have no idea what he&amp;#039;s been through and it&amp;#039;s his time,&amp;quot; she explains. Even her message to Cole is great: &amp;quot;Go kick butt, son!&amp;quot; Cole certainly does that with his solo, to &amp;#039;Night of the Wolf&amp;#039;. It&amp;#039;s really unusual, with jerky bits and smooth bits and a darkness to it. It&amp;#039;s definitely interesting to watch! Witney - dancing with all-star Marko (Lyrical Jazz) Choreographer Ray Leeper explains that this dance is about a couple on their wedding day... but Witney doesn&amp;#039;t want to marry! So while she&amp;#039;s trying to leave, he&amp;#039;s trying to keep her around. There&amp;#039;s lots of fun to be had as Witney jokes that her dad&amp;#039;s waiting for Marko with a &amp;quot;shotgun and a bat&amp;quot;, too! &amp;quot;Watch out, Marko,&amp;quot; she jokes. But will the dance, to Curtis &amp;amp;amp; Reinhard&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;No Nothing&amp;#039;, please Witney&amp;#039;s father? Or, for that matter, the judges? Mary: Mary is pleased to see Marko again and says he partnered Witney &amp;quot;up a storm&amp;quot;! She says that Witney is a star to her and praises her attitude in this dance. But she jokes that she doesn&amp;#039;t know why Witney would leave Marko - &amp;quot;You guys dance beautifully together like you&amp;#039;ve done it for six months straight.&amp;quot; Christina: Christina describes the dance as &amp;quot;really beautiful, really lovely&amp;quot;, saying that Witney has proved she&amp;#039;s not just a ballroom dancer. The only problem for Christina is that Witney does a lot of &amp;quot;hairography&amp;quot; - in other words, her face isn&amp;#039;t always visible! Other than that, though, Christina thought she was &amp;quot;beautiful&amp;quot;. Nigel: Nigel jokes that he wanted Marko and Witney to stay married so that Tyce could choreograph a divorce routine and make them all cry! Anyway, he says that Witney&amp;#039;s been saved by the judges a couple of times because they believe she&amp;#039;s a star. &amp;quot;You may not have been committed to this marriage but you&amp;#039;re certainly committed to every step you did there,&amp;quot; he adds. Eliana - Solo Eliana&amp;#039;s mom is &amp;quot;so excited&amp;quot; about her daughter being on stage, saying: &amp;quot;My heart just beats out of my chest.&amp;quot; She admits that she misses Eliana but urges her to dance her heart out and &amp;quot;remember that the joy inside of you shows on the outside of you&amp;quot;. Eliana&amp;#039;s solo - to Death Cab for Cutie&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;I Will Follow You into the Dark&amp;#039; - is just as gorgeous and stunning as we&amp;#039;ve come to expect. What a dancer!  Cyrus - dancing with all-star Comfort (Dubstep) Are you ready for the show&amp;#039;s first dubstep routine? Christopher Scott is back to choreograph this routine, which Cyrus is understandably very excited about. Still, the choreography is much harder than freestyling, he points out. And Comfort says they have to be &amp;quot;very clean&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;precise&amp;quot;. Luckily, they are! The dance, to the Skrillex remix of Benny Benassi&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Cinema&amp;#039;, is so entertaining. Cyrus never fails to entertain and it&amp;#039;s nice to see him doing what he does best. The judges seem to agree - there&amp;#039;s a standing ovation! Christina: Christina can barely be heard over the noise from the audience at first! She praises Christopher for the &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot; routine, adding that it was like it was &amp;quot;carved out&amp;quot; for Cyrus. &amp;quot;It was so wonderful,&amp;quot; she concludes (only adding that she wants to throw pens through the plugs in Cyrus&amp;#039;s ears.) Nigel: Nigel thinks this style is &amp;quot;remarkable&amp;quot;, because he never saw anything like it when he was dancing. He also heaps praise on Christopher and says Comfort &amp;quot;didn&amp;#039;t miss a step&amp;quot;. He adds that Cyrus is really good and points out that he&amp;#039;s never been in the bottom two, which answers viewers&amp;#039; questions about why he&amp;#039;s still in the competition. &amp;quot;America loves him people, duh!&amp;quot; he announces. &amp;quot;Duh!&amp;quot; Mary: Mary agrees with Nigel, saying there&amp;#039;s something &amp;quot;very special&amp;quot; about Cyrus. She points out that he doesn&amp;#039;t even know how to follow hip-hop choreography, but was &amp;quot;on point&amp;quot;. She adds that Cyrus and Comfort were a &amp;quot;perfect pairing&amp;quot;, and jokes that Cyrus is definitely in his &amp;quot;Comfort zone&amp;quot;. Oh dear, Mary!  Witney &amp;amp;amp; Chehon (Cha-cha-cha) Now we get to see the dancers performing with each other, and first up are Witney and Chehon! The duo are working with Jean-Marc G\u00E9n\u00E9reux on a cha-cha-cha, and Witney&amp;#039;s thrilled to be in her genre. But Chehon couldn&amp;#039;t feel more different - he says the dance is &amp;quot;kicking his butt&amp;quot;! Witney&amp;#039;s getting a bit worried, while Chehon says: &amp;quot;I just have to do my best not to disappear.&amp;quot; But will he survive the dance, set to Rihanna&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Where Have You Been&amp;#039;? Mary: &amp;quot;Oh my goodness,&amp;quot; Mary says, and it doesn&amp;#039;t sound like a good one, either. She says this was a big improvement on Chehon&amp;#039;s samba, but explains that he is still &amp;quot;uncomfortable&amp;quot; with Latin dancing. She&amp;#039;s the nicest person ever saying it, describing him as &amp;quot;adorable&amp;quot; and admitting that she hates to be the bearer of bad news. She says even the lift was a struggle. As for Witney (who she mistakenly calls Lindsay at first), Mary says that because of all the lifts we didn&amp;#039;t really get to see Witney&amp;#039;s amazing hips. She&amp;#039;s still a star and beautiful, but she&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;capable of more&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;So, you know, it was good,&amp;#039; she concludes. Christina&amp;quot; Christina says she didn&amp;#039;t notice anything after a &amp;quot;sexy&amp;quot; pli\u00E9 the couple performed at the beginning. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t remember any awkward hips or anything,&amp;quot; she says, practically whistling in an attempt to look nonchalant. Nigel: Nigel jokes that Christina &amp;quot;chickened out&amp;quot;! He says the lift &amp;quot;did fall apart&amp;quot;, and only Chehon&amp;#039;s strength saved the situation. He agrees that he would have liked to have seen more of Witney&amp;#039;s hips, but Jean-Marc was clearly trying to protect Chehon a little bit. &amp;quot;Tonight was disappointing, I&amp;#039;m afraid,&amp;quot; he admits.  Cyrus - Solo We discovered before that Cyrus&amp;#039;s mom Natalie taught him his first wave! She shows off her moves to us now, adding: &amp;quot;He does it a lot better than I do. That&amp;#039;s why he&amp;#039;s on the show and I&amp;#039;m not.&amp;quot; But of course she also has a message for Cyrus, telling him he&amp;#039;s inspired a lot of people and urging him to keep following his dreams. Cyrus&amp;#039;s solo, to Sarah Brightman&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Harem&amp;#039;, is typically captivating - we wouldn&amp;#039;t expect anything else by this point! Cole &amp;amp;amp; Eliana (Contemporary) Cole and Eliana are working with Mia Michaels, who was inspired by fighting rams for this dance. Cole admits the routine is &amp;quot;extremely physical&amp;quot;, while Eliana explains that as well as the emotional side of the dance, she has to throw herself at Cole and trust he&amp;#039;ll catch her. Mia doesn&amp;#039;t exactly bring down the tension by admitting that if someone&amp;#039;s an inch in the wrong place &amp;quot;we may have a casualty&amp;quot;. And as for Cole: &amp;quot;Eliana better be nice to me this week, or I just might drop her by accident.&amp;quot; Well, it seems that Eliana was very nice, because the routine is insanely good. Set to &amp;#039;Adagio to Strings&amp;#039;, it&amp;#039;s impossible to take your eyes off it. Amazing! And unsurprisingly, it earns a standing ovation. Nigel: Nigel is thrilled with the dance, describing it as &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot; and praising both Eliana and Cole. He says the pair danced it brilliantly and captured everybody - they drew the audience into the &amp;quot;emotion of it&amp;quot;. To finish, he thanks them and says they were &amp;quot;incredible&amp;quot;! Mary: Mary describes the dance as &amp;quot;absolutely mesmerising&amp;quot;, pointing out that the pair have a lot of &amp;quot;power&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;strength&amp;quot; in their bodies. She says the transitions were &amp;quot;blending and melting&amp;quot; and just generally can&amp;#039;t really stop gushing. Christina: Christina heaps praise on Eliana, saying it&amp;#039;s like there&amp;#039;s light coming out of her feet and you could take a beautiful picture at every moment of her dances. In fact, she thinks both of them are &amp;quot;remarkable&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;beautiful&amp;quot; and did a &amp;quot;great job&amp;quot;.  Cyrus &amp;amp;amp; Tiffany (Broadway) Cyrus and Tiffany are working on their routine with Spencer Liff, who explains that the pair are playing a 1950s teenage couple... who get up to no good when the parents leave! There&amp;#039;s lots of talk in rehearsals about how sexy it all is (&amp;quot;too sexy&amp;quot;, according to Cyrus) and Tiffany jokes that Cyrus wanted to practise a certain butt-grabbing section repeatedly. &amp;quot;Parents might want to cover their children&amp;#039;s eyes for this one,&amp;quot; Cyrus quips. The dance is actually super fun (even if Cyrus appears to have a little trouble with his jacket at first). Will the judges agree that it&amp;#039;s entertaining? Christina: &amp;quot;Oh, you dirty little birds,&amp;quot; Christina grins, joking that the dance was &amp;quot;very dirty&amp;quot;. She thinks the choreography was &amp;quot;splendid&amp;quot; and says the dance was &amp;quot;so much fun&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sassy&amp;quot; and had a lot of personality. She adds that Tiffany&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;one of the best&amp;quot;, but Cyrus can keep up with her! Nigel: Nigel agrees that the routine was &amp;quot;terrific&amp;quot;! He says he loves Tiffany because she&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;the girl next door&amp;quot;, and footage of her dancing with her sister as a kid has given him hope for a junior version of So You Think You Can Dance (which he&amp;#039;s been worried about because of pageants and that kind of thing - hello Honey Boo Boo reference). As for Cyrus, he agrees with his mom that the contestant&amp;#039;s inspired a lot of people - he never gave up and it&amp;#039;s been an &amp;quot;incredible&amp;quot; trip for him. Mary: Mary says the routine was &amp;quot;the cutest number ever&amp;quot; - she loved it! She says they are &amp;quot;two cutie birds&amp;quot;, describing Tiffany as a &amp;quot;superstar&amp;quot; and telling Cyrus that she loves him.  Who&amp;#039;s going home? Of course, it&amp;#039;s all about to get a bit sadder in the studio! After a brilliant performance from two stars of the Axis Dance Company, Sebastian Grubb and Joel Brown, it&amp;#039;s unfortunately time to say goodbye to two of our dancers.  First up, the girls - and the first to make it through to next week&amp;#039;s performance finale is Tiffany! There are lots of tears as she heads off the stage, leaving just Eliana and Witney. Eliana&amp;#039;s the lucky one to make it through, so it&amp;#039;s going to be goodbye to the gorgeous Witney (who I&amp;#039;m going to miss.) She&amp;#039;s so cute - even with her elimination she smiles and laughs and takes it unbelievably graciously. Next, the guys, and the first man through is Chehon! He&amp;#039;s followed by Cyrus - I&amp;#039;m thrilled to see him make it through, but sad to say goodbye to Cole, especially after his powerhouse performance with Eliana earlier. Still, he also takes it graciously. So that&amp;#039;s that - we have our four finalists. Now it&amp;#039;s just up to Cyrus, Chehon, Tiffany and Eliana to shine in next Tuesday&amp;#039;s (September 11) performance finale. Exciting stuff... So You Think You Can Dance continues Tuesday on Fox. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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