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Memo to So You Think You Can Dance

Can we please ban this phrase from being used for the rest of the season?

Memo to So You Think You Can Dance Australia.

Can we ban the phrase “Comfort Zone” for the rest of the series, please?

Last night it was used by both judges and host. It’s such a TV cliche these days, especially in Reality.

We know the dancers are tackling areas of discipline that are not their speciality. It’s the whole premise of the show.

Last time this issue was raised here was March 2008 in reference to So You Think You Can Dance Australia and It Takes Two.

ps….and preferably the word “yeah?” at the end of sentences too, yeah?

42 Responses

  1. I had several issues and criticisms for this show.
    Firstly, specifically with the Australian Season 1 running, Natalie as a host was useless. She just had no dance knowledge or understanding, that was clearly shown whenever she attempted to comment on the performances. The extent of which was usually just repeating “that was so fantastic.” Just sounded so unintelligent.
    Also Bonnie Lythgoe as a judge was unbelievably weak. She didn’t provide any expertise or real advice. Usually just commenting on inferred sexual tension between dancing couples, or making severely immature commentary about outfits, or just her overall opinion. Which would only ever amount to appraisals like “what style!” “just go for gold!” I just got no feel of true expertise or qualifications from her at all.

  2. I’m not saying that the dancers are all bad – it’s just that no one is standing out yet. And they admit they select dancers to get a broad range of people and dance styles into the competition. Which is tantamount to admiting that they didn’t actually select the “best” 20 dancers in the competition – just the 20 who fit their criteria.

    I really hope that everything mentioned here improves this season – concept, chore, judges and dancing!

  3. Also someone give Matt Lee a Cold Shower…. Lately all the majority of his Comments to the Female Dancers have amounted to is ‘these girls are so beautiful/ youre/she was/ you looked – Hot’… Haha. 😀

  4. i do Love this show, but pleeeeease don’t make me sit through another 2 hour show!

    there’s only 15 minutes of actual dancing out of a total 120 minutes! they could really compmress this to a 1-1.5 hour show!

  5. Can we also Ban the phrase “Give it up for….”

    How about a round of applause call me old fashioned, but that makes more sense linguistically that “donating someone higher….”

  6. Can we please have people in it who are there for their dancing ability rather than their backstory next time? It seems like everyone on this series has a tragedy or are young parents or something, and have a cry about it. Where are the “yeah, I just like dancing’ people?

  7. @Cairns
    They prob did copy David but we were saying the same thing in our house last night during the show so I doubt he was the only one to notice.
    Either way who cares… if they did see it here then they put it on tele tonight and it was funny!

  8. I would also add saying that you are out of your comfort zone is stupid by the Top 20. They all had to compete out of said comfort zones in the audition weeks and were judged okay enough to make it through.

    I think Nigel in the US show after a few weeks cracked it and said he would no longer tolerate that as an excuse. I think in Season 3, in an era of reality TV, nothing can be deemed:

    ‘totally unexpected’
    ‘never expected to feel a connection to these people’
    ‘My journey has been/is going to be/will be…’

  9. I agree – ban Bonnie from speaking. I’m sure if the air coming out of her mouth had feelings it would claim it was meant for something greater.

    Regards,
    Shane.

  10. I met Jason Coleman on New Years Eve at a party in the city that I was working at (security) and he was choreographing the performance…he must have called me fella at least 10 times even though I introduced myself using my name!!! Having said that, he’s actually quite a nice ‘fella.’

  11. Contestant: You see.. *sniff* ..My journey.. *sniffle* has been so so hard.. *breaks down crying* My cat miffles died three years ago and i never got over it and that’s why i dance. *sobs* dancing helps me get through it all.

    Jason: Wow! That was fabulous crying! Here’s a ticket to Sydney!

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