So You Think You Can Dance Top 10

First and most important . . . what is Cat Deeley wearing tonight? Gold lamé, plus a lot of bronzer. It's . . . not the most flattering frock she's worn. Her hair is good, though.

Jessica. Of course my first response is “If she can walk in those heels, she can dance. Faker!” Then “my side” -- who's heard of someone who can't dance because she hurt her side? Then of course I feel like an ass when she reveals she has two broken ribs.

Joshua/Courtney. Wow! That's a lot of lighting and costumes and other special effects. I kind of wish they had just come out and danced, instead of acting out some weird, sexed up Frankenstein story.

Chelsie. Good, solid routine. I don't think she's going anywhere. Who is watching this show? Who is voting? I've assumed teen and pre-teen girls. But does it matter? I bet a lot of people like Chelsie – she's so little and cute.

Mark/Kherington. Say what you will about this show, the on-screen personalities are about a million times classier than the ones on American Idol. Even here, when they hate the entire thing (with good reason), they're really nice about it. Mark is wearing higher heels than Kherington is.

Gev. Oops. Not really dancing and his best move didn't come until after the song ended. Still, he's not lazy -- check out those arms.

Twitch/Comfort. Wow. Journey. This is a routine to Journey. That's all I can think. And then so much for the judges being nice. They were at least constructive -- except for maybe Little C., whom I didn't entirely understand -- but not nearly as kind as they were to Mark and Kherington.

Courtney. Very good routine, not much to say about it -- about what you'd expect her to do.

Katee/Will. That's an interesting pairing. Tyce Diorio. This is going to be great – two of the technically best dancers, right? – or disastrous – if we finally have to hold Will accountable for a so-so routine. I call it a disaster, but the judges love it. Is it possible that Will is hypnotizing America with his smoking bod? Plus did Nigel just admit that they were too harsh toward Katee during the auditions?

Mark. Oh no -- this is the "Bohemian Rhapsody" routine we saw during auditions. Learn a new routine, Mark! It's good, though, and Mark's clowning afterwards is a lot less distracting than usual. What a gaywad, though.

Gev/Chelsie. I liked this, but maybe not as much as I expected. No, it was really good. I just decided. It was a smart, well-choreographed routine. It's nice that two halves of the two high-chemistry couples from the first half of the season (ie, Gev and Courtney and Mark and Chelsie) were able to communicate a real connection to one another -- I agree with I think it was Nigel, who gave a lot of the credit to the choreography.

Comfort. Still too big for this damned show. What are we going to do with her?

Twitch. Jesus. Best of the night. I think he actually ended in time with the end of the music! Twitch isn't going anywhere anyway, but Jesus! This routine really makes the other guys -- especially Gev -- look bad.

Joshua/Courtney. Wait. Everyone is doing two routines in addition to a solo? Now I get why Mark danced "Bohemian Rhapsody" again. Holy shit, though. Joshua is going to win this thing. He's so great. I barely saw Courtney (whom I usually love) -- both fluid and masculine.

Katee. Bitch did an interpretive number to "This Woman's Work." I'm done.

Mark/Kherington. That Jamiroqui song from Center Stage. I think Tyce Diorio saw that movie, too. I liked this better when Jody Sawyer did it. I think it says a lot about Mark's chemistry with Chelsie (and his lack of chemistry with Kherington) that Mark seems really, really femme this week. Seriously, too -- do these two hate each other or what?

Will. This is both very good and very boring. Even Cat doesn't have anything to say about it.

Twitch/Comfort. That was exactly right. There we go. Really good chemistry. Little C. explains "buck," which I still don't get. Comfort is super-gracious about the "You usually suck, but not tonight!" pile-on.

Kherington. Good -- about what you'd expect.

Will/Katee. Pas de deux. To "Imagine." Huh. And yet -- sooo much better than their first routine. It's nice that the judges are coming around on Katee -- I noticed this last week, as well. Is she the most highly-praised of the women now?

Joshua. Really good. Maybe not as good as Twitch's? But as good as you'd expect, based on what we've seen of Joshua this season -- a little startling, even, because we haven't seen him dance solo since Las Vegas.

Gev/Chelsie. Seems like old times. Seriously. So Chelsie danced circles around Gev, basically led him around like an old dog, except that Gev is so game and the trust between the partners is so strong that you almost feel like it's intentional. Wow. Mary said what I was thinking -- it was a little like Dancing with the Stars. 

I can't tell who's going home. Mark, must be -- and either Comfort or Kherington.