SYTYCD Top4不負責報導 - 實境秀

我找到一篇TV Guide的報導挺有意思的,不過有提到top 4內容,
不想知道的人請不要看.....

























這篇文章講到製作單位有鑑於上屆參賽者受傷過度,

本屆他們對參賽者好多了--還帶top 4去spa!!

這也解開了國慶日停播之謎--原來是要讓參賽者休息!!

還有講到評審(主要是Shane跟Adam Shankman)對top 4的看法.

最後有提到Travis內舉不避親,大力捧Danny....

Travis也點出這個比賽女性參賽者很難贏--因為都是女生在投票!!

不過Lacey有她哥哥的fans愛屋及烏,所以應該能突圍吧!

雖然我滿心想讓Danny贏,但我畢竟只有兩支電話兩隻手......

文章原出處;
http://www.tvguide.com/news/dance-backstage-report/070814-02

以下是報導內容,有點長:

So You Think You Can Dance Backstage Report:
Who Are the New Front-runners?
by Deborah Starr Seibel

Hairspray director Adam Shankman was standing just outside the So You Think
You Can Dance soundstage when he first heard the news that Pasha Kovalev and
Lauren Gottlieb had been axed. "That is freaky," said Shankman, who is
himself a former dancer and choreographer. "I called it. I knew it! I said,
'It's gonna be Pasha and Lauren.'"
Monday night's show had actually been taped last Thursday, and reporters who
had witnessed the outcome, including myself, had been sworn to secrecy. But
it was surprising to find that even Shankman — a two-time guest judge on the
show — didn't know what had happened until minutes before it aired on TV.
"Now," says Shankman, "I think it's going to come down to Danny [Tidwell] and
Sabra [Johnson]. Neil [Haskell] is the most improved and Lacey [Schwimmer] is
a great performer, but for me, it's Danny and Sabra."

No matter who takes the $250,000 prize, they're probably going to need to
sleep for a week. Last season the top four dancers were lucky they could
walk, let alone dance. Bruised and battered, they limped to the finale after
a monstrously challenging 10-week competition.

Donyelle Jones had a sprained big toe. Travis Walls' hip wasn't working.
Benji Schwimmer was getting painkillers injected into his back. "We had so
many injuries," says judge Mary Murphy. "We had a sprained knee. We had a
near broken toe with Donyelle, with all the cartilage and ligaments torn.
Dmitry had his heel sliced open all the way from the back of the heel around
to the toes. Benji was getting cortisone shots in his back and hips. Travis'
and Ivan's backs went out on them completely. It was really crazy."

"I could hardly move," recalls Travis, who was in the audience tonight. "None
of us could."

So this year, the producers decided to take a kinder, gentler approach. For
the first time, the dancers had a whole week off around the Fourth of July.
"Even if they weren't feeling fatigued, to have a week off made a huge
difference," says Donyelle Jones, also in the audience tonight. "They came
back refreshed." The top four this year were also taken to a local spa last
Friday for some serious pampering. "They're going to get a little spa, a
little massage," said executive producer Nigel Lythgoe. All day Friday? "Oh,
no, no, no," said Lythgoe. "They've got to work. They've got 11 or 12
routines to do next week between the last night of competition and the
finale." Says Murphy, "I talked to the kids and they're in pretty good shape.
We told them in Vegas (before the competition started in earnest), and I
think they took it to heart: Get your bodies prepared. And that's exactly
what they did. So just maybe we're going to see some of the best dancing out
of them in the finale, which we definitely did not have last year because of
the injuries. There's no way you can get the best out of somebody when they
have a sprained knee or a broken toe."

The top 20 this season will return for the finale this Thursday. Besides big
group numbers, they'll be performing the judges' favorite routines. As to the
two knocked out of the competition tonight, it came as a bit of a surprise to
Mary Murphy, who assumed Pasha was a big hit with the young girls. "I have a
feeling it was a really, really close call with Pasha," says Murphy. "The
little girls loved him. And all along we've been saying to Neil, 'You need to
get your shoulders down.' And his back always seems so rounded."

"I don't see Neil being the winner," says choreographer Shane Sparks. "If
hip-hop wasn't [one of the dances] on the show, maybe. But he's not the most
versatile." How about Sabra? "I like her," says Sparks, "but she's not my
type. If I were holding an audition, it would be Lacey all day long. She
killed everything all season. And nobody can touch her when she hits the
stage. She's got an inner sexiness, a confidence." What about Danny? "He's
the most incredible dancer I've ever seen," says Sparks. When you tell Sparks
that's quite a statement, considering the history of ballet greats, he says,
"I never paid attention to ballet, so I haven't seen them all. But for sure,
he's the best dancer who's ever been on this show. When he can do eight
pirouettes and then walk out of them like it was nothing? I can't do that. So
if I see a dancer do something I can't do? Then that's a good dancer."

"I don't think a girl will win because so many girls do the voting," says
Travis. "There's this girl thing. And I'm not saying this because he's my
brother, but I think Danny should win. Lacey has a built-in fan base because
of her brother. But Danny's created his own fan base. I'm so surprised he got
this far, because America doesn't go for the best dancer. And he's the best
dancer this show's ever had."

Better than Travis himself, who came in second last season? "Oh my god, yes,"
says Travis. Even if Danny doesn't think so? "He's crazy," says Travis.
"Really crazy."


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