I completely love this show. The dancers are so amazing, they work so hard, they wear their hearts and moves on their sleeves and what do they get? Three crazy-ass judges who are more wrapped up in their own nonsense than they are the dancers performing in front of them. It's practically an art form to rip on the [url http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/American-Idol/American-Idol-General-Comments/73]American Idol[/url] judges, but I actually prefer them to the crazies on [url http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Think-Dance/Think-Dance-General-Comments/22435]SYTYCD[/url]. Cases in point:

Mia "Spiky-haired" Michaels: The woman is ego personified! Granted, if you like her style of choreography, she's completely brilliant. But, she really started bugging me this year during the auditions — she actually said to one of the dancers, "I really want to see you doing my work, so I'll put you through." Never mind everyone else, Mia, as long as that dancer is your puppet. Even when she likes a routine, her voice oozes condescension and disappointment... like she could have done so much better. She's definitely that dance teacher I would have hated!

When she's not judging, and the dancers perform one of her routines, she's all smiles and cheers and thumbs up! But when Courtney and Gev did a Mandy Moore (not the pop star) contemporary routine, she ripped it apart. I watched it three times and thought, like Mary and Nigel, that it was amazing. Then, she had the nerve to tell Kherington to smile less in the beautifully touching waltz choreographed by Jean-Marc in honor of his daughter. The other judges disagreed and told Mia she was nuts, but she got all snippy on their asses and told them she "has the right to her opinion." She does… she's a judge, but clearly, she sounded like a petulant mean girl and the audience "Boo-ed" accordingly.

Mary "Screamin' Banshee" Murphy: Good God, this woman can get on my last nerve. However, unlike Mia, I don't feel any mean-spiritedness in her commentary. It's more Paula-like (positive with an added dose of hideous fake tanning and wardrobe choices) but she never shies away from criticism when necessary. But, seriously, could she stop the screaming? I can only imagine how deaf the other judges are by the end of each episode. Oh yeah, and stop the WOO-HOO! And "two tickets on the hot tamale train!" Is this kindergarten? Sometimes I think she actually breaks the sound barrier when delivering her praise.

Nigel "Grabbin' His Crotch" Lithgowe: I don't know what got into Nigel this week. Perhaps he's still suffering from PTSD after being "kidnapped" into a dance routine last week. This week, he got out of his chair like a possessed demon and started running around and screaming "Yes!" after watching Katee and Joshua's Broadway routine. Then, when he was critiquing Comfort and Chris, he leapt out of his chair and grabbed his crotch to demonstrate how "weak" Chris' gangsta moves were. He told Chris to be more like the Hulk, then proceeded to turn into said green monster, complete with bared teeth and bulging veins. We get it Nigel... you used to be a dancer. No need to scare the little kids at home to drive your point across.

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