US American dance show

[southsjc]

Jamie was the first Top 20 contestant eliminated from a popular dance show this season. His jeans were pulled down to reveal a nice pair of blue briefs and apparently led to his elimination. Too many (voting) viewers may have been offended. I WAS looking forward to seeing more. Oh well.

[deusex]

I saw it too, although I don't think the voters were offended, the routine was just weak and just didn't "hit" hard enough for a hip hop routine. Loved the underwear sighting though.

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I also want to add that I think Nigel who made that comment is completely sexist. He practically drools and compliments a girl when she's sexy but when a guy comes out and shows his bare chest he comments that the "audience" may take offense.

The shows name is So You Think You Can Dance btw.

[SweatyAussie]

I also want to add that I think Nigel who made that comment is completely sexist. He practically drools and compliments a girl when she's sexy but when a guy comes out and shows his bare chest he comments that the "audience" may take offense.

The shows name is So You Think You Can Dance btw.

This Nigel guy sounds as though he would get along well with a twit called Alby Mengels who used to host nature programs on Australian TV. For some reason that was never explained, he always was accompanied by a female assistant (various different ones at different times) wearing skimpy revealing shorts or swimwear. Recently he was asked about that, and he said he felt he had to do that "so people wouldn't think I was gay or something". Talk about a dickhead, as if anybody could have cared less. David Attenborough never seemed to obsess about that.

[deusex]

Nigel is the producer of the show. Not sure if you saw the Australian version of it, but Bonnie, who was one of the judges on the Australian version, is Nigel's wife. She's very nice but for a judge kind of useless - she basically loved everyone and provided very little constructive criticism.

Personally I enjoyed the Australian version much better - mostly because they didn't have Mary Murphy as a judge who's shtick is to scream - and I mean high ear-piercing scream - really annoying. The funny thing is she was a guest judge on the Australian show one week and to see the other judges react to her was priceless.

Guess you can tell I'm a huge dance fan. Despite my few complaints I love the show. That and Dancing with the Stars are the only reality shows I watch.

[The Bondsman]

Nigel is the producer of the show. Not sure if you saw the Australian version of it, but Bonnie, who was one of the judges on the Australian version, is Nigel's wife. She's very nice but for a judge kind of useless - she basically loved everyone and provided very little constructive criticism.
There was an amusing incident for those in the know here. Mid-season Bonnie was absent for a week or two from the judging panel. Some feeble on-air excuse was given, BUT it appears she flew home to break up an affair Nigel was having with some other women while she was in OZ!
Actually, the "other women" was none other than Priscilla Presley, ......but that's only of interest to those who care a rat's left one about so-called "celebrity" carryings on.
(Me? I love Dame Edna's quote: "Clelebrity is the new non-entity really!")

Funny, but you know my gaydar went off the dial every time that old poof Nigel spoke! His overly done Trumped-up bouffant hair and outfits were enough to rival Liberace.

The thing I really hated were all the chicks who thought "dance" meant the sort of stuff you'd see in a strip club, or on a pole at some dodgy bar!
All that pelvic thrusting, wide leg-openers, rolling around and bloody hair tossing and lifting!
SO many guys in all the series here and USA got the chop for appearing shirtless, (they were told they were "relying on it"), and every week the male judges would drool and enthuse over some fake-blonde slut struttin' around in a tiny bikini, pouting her puffed up mouth and lifting her hair and making goo-goo eyes at the crowd?
Oh Pur-lease!
Over here, I'm sure there was some action going on between judges and contestants behind the scenes.......and there were so much over-emotional "blubbering" I wanted to call it "So You Think You Can Cry?"
And could anyone, ...anyone stop host Natalie Baithingthwaite from SHOUTING????

[SweatyAussie]

and yet, I still get people asking me why I don't own a TV.

I'll buy one when I hear and see evidence that the quality of programs has improved to the point where they are worth watching.

[The Bondsman]

I'll buy one when I hear and see evidence that the quality of programs has improved to the point where they are worth watching.
SweatyAussie, if that was the criteria, no one would ever have bought an Ediphone! :D
And in our collective defence, there WERE some contestants who could really dance, .......oh, and the perve factor wasn't too bad either!
'Nuff said?

[deusex]

Agreed Bondsman!

I have always loved dance, and these contestants put their all into this competition. I really believe the demands put on these young dancers is extreme both mentally and physically. I agree that there's too much crying, but I also feel it's real emotion.

[SweatyAussie]

SweatyAussie, if that was the criteria, no one would ever have bought an Ediphone! :D
And in our collective defence, there WERE some contestants who could really dance, .......oh, and the perve factor wasn't too bad either!
'Nuff said?
Guess so :( not knowing what an Ediphone is

[The Bondsman]

Guess so :( not knowing what an Ediphone is
Ahh, the Ediphone, .....invented by Thomas Alva (what sort of a dumb name is Alva?) Edison, .....1847-1931, U.S. inventor(?) and general ripper-off and patenter of other people's ideas.
I believe the Ediphone was originally invented to record and playback dictation, but quickly became a very early form of phonograph? ....er, radiogram? ....er record player?, ....stereogram? ....HiFi?.....tape deck?, ....cassette player?, ........er CD player?, ........Walkman?, ......MP3 player? .........an iPod???
Any of these ring a bell?
Go look in your attic!