Well, the season premiere of So You Think You Can Dance is only three weeks away. I can’t wait!! This show is the very best part of the summer TV season for me and I just know we’re in for another fantastic year.

Will we have more amazing ballroom dancers who will go on to be dance pros on Dancing With the Stars, like Lacey, Dmitry & Chelsea? Will we meet more incredible dancers that will capture our hearts, like Twitch, Benji or Danny? And will we see any of the dancers from America’s Best Dance Crew on SYTYCD this year? Or will some of season 5’s dancers go on to win ABDC like Quest Crew? We will start to find out when season 5 premieres on May 21 on FOX.

All I can say is that I am excited about the new season and to get you in the mood for it too, here are some photos of the dancers that were at the auditions for this season:

A contestant shows off her leap at the Los Angeles auditions.
[Photo: ©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Matthieu Young/FOX]

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One of the premiere dance companies is the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Any time they perform, it’s certain that the dance will be as nearly perfect as is humanly possible. I love to see them perform. They nearly always take my breath way.

And now, they have celebrated their 50th anniversary. And it was an all-star celebration too. Among the guests were Oprah Winfrey, Jesse Jackson, Soledad O’Brien and fashion designers James Mischka and Mark Badgley. Here are some cool photos from the event:

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[Photos: ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Joe Viles/FOX]

Tonight we found out that the bottom three couples this week were Comfort & Thayne, Twitch & Kherington and Will & Jessica. The minute we found out who the three pairs were, I knew it was going to be Thayne & Comfort to go home. Don’t get me wrong, I think Thayne is terrific! He is a wonderful dancer and he has that amazing personality that makes him so fun to watch. I will truly miss his smile!

[Photo: ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Kelsey McNeal/FOX]

And Comfort is a fantastic hip-hop dancer. And she’s beautiful to boot! But it became obvious that she didn’t have the level of training the other dancers have. The competition was simply out of her grasp.

I was also stunned to see Will, Twitch & Kherington in the bottom three. I knew they were safe this week. Like I said in yesterday’s post, I expect the three of them to be in the final four. Jessica, I’m afraid, may be next to go home unless she really pulls one out of a hat next week. She too is out of her league.

But now we know who the final 10 dancers are. They are the performers we’ll see on the tour this year. I can’t wait!!

[Photo: ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Kelsey McNeal/FOX]

Reality TV, TV, Television, so you think you can dance, SYTYCD

[Photos: ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Joe Viles/FOX]

Last night’s guest judge was Mia Michaels.

Nigel Lithgoe, Mary Murphy & Mia Michaels

[Photo: ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Kelsey McNeal/FOX]

It was an amazing night because of a whole new style of dance making its debut on the show and because of the extraordinary dance by Will & Jessica. But all of the dances looked great and I thought you would like to see the top 12 dance performances captured in potographs. Check them out:

Will & Jessica: Contemporary

[Photo: ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Kelsey McNeal/FOX]

Will & Jessica: Quickstep

[Photo: ©2008 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Kelsey McNeal/FOX]

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First of all, I need to confess that when I injured my back and had to stop dancing nearly daily I began to have weight problems in earnest. So I’m not sitting in judgement, it’s just what happens when a person who is used to the aerobic exercise of dance stops.

A case in point is this recent snapshot taken of Joey Fatone from the fourth season of Dancing With the Stars. When he came on the show, he was jokingly called Joey “Fat-One” and lost a ton of wieght because of the exercise of the dance. It looks as though he may need to take up dance again. Check it out:

[Photo: Lory/BuzzFoto.com]

joey fatone

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Here are some photos of some of the past and present Dancing With the Stars dancers out having fun on March 24. Pictured are Cheryl Burke, Christián de la Fuente, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Tony Dovolani, Drew Lachey, Jane Seymour, Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark Ballas.

Photo by Steve Buckely/BuzzFoto.com

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If you’re like me, you are eagerly awaiting the new season of So You Think You Can Dance in the US. And to make the anticipation even tougher, I found these photos of a press meeting on February 12 for the Australian SYTYCD Top 20 dancers. At times like these, I wish I could watch that show too…..

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I managed to snag these photos from the taping of the season premiere of America’s Best Dance Crew. Just look what we can see on tonight’s show! Rapper Flo Rida will be a guest performer on the season premiere of Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew.

The episode was taped at Sony Studios on February 5 in Culver City, California. This episode will airtonight, Thursday, February 7th at 10pm on MTV.

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Is it that Bruno Tonioli likes to compete with dancing women for things, or just a fun time at a gift lounge? I’m thinking it’s all in good fun. Here are some photos of Dance War choreographer, Bruno Tonioli, and Dancing With the Stars veteran, Lisa Rinna battling for the same “Good Karma” t-shirt. They were both at the Access Hollywood “Stuff You Must…” Lounge Produced by On 3 Productions on January 12 in Beverly Hills.

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Drew Lachey looks like he was his usual, fun self when he appeared on fuse’s “The Sauce” on January 10. Personally, I think he’s the perfect person to host Dance Wars. He is a singer that also dances. In fact, he dances well enough that he and his partner, Cheryl Burke won the second season of Dancing With the Stars.

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