Chelsie and Mark were eliminated. They were easily my faves. *sigh*
In terms of the girls, all 3 were really strong, and as much as I love Katee, I loved Chelsie and Courtney more, so I had hoped they'd be the ones to make it. For the guys, the decision was obvious. The judges clearly had their favorites (Twitch - anyone else notice how they sort of breezed by his awful Mambo performance? Mary gave him props for "pretty much sort of keeping time"?
What? Even my brother, who is a huge Twitch fan, said that it was clear favoritism); so, essentially Mark wasn't going to make it (especially not against Josh, that boy is a
beast XD). Mark's solo tonight was
fantastic, though. I wish he'd used that one last night, it may have tipped things in his favor (since Twitch's solo was also rather lackluster). Too bad voting isn't available in Canada. I'd've voted till my phone broke.
Oh well, the remaining dancers are all spectacular and wonderful, so I'm not angry in the least, just sort of sad that Chelsie and Mark didn't quite make it. Ah well, at least they'll be on the tour, I guess.
I'll definitely post some videos once they're available.
[EDIT] VIDEOSSSSS ~
Mark's Solo (results show):
KICK ASS, OMG, I LOVE HIS WEEEIRD QUIRKY STYLE. It's so different from the usual contemporary fare, he really stands out <3
Chelsie's Solo (competition show):
And this is why Chelsie was eliminated. The girl is fabulous, can adapt to different styles, has massive sex appeal, not to mention the legs of a goddess... but she cannot perform a decen solo to save her life. I still believe that after four seasons, Snow was the only ballroom-latin dancer who could pull off an engaging and charismatic solo, that wasn't just randomly flailing around the stage doing promenade walks. (Okay, Lacey was decent too)
[EDIT 2] - While I'm on the topic of Snow... some more videos! Considering that
many people didn't see season one, I feel it's my duty to expose the masses to the kick-ass that was Snow >)
( Videos behind the cut, 'cause this entry is getting way too big XD )