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So You Think You Can Dance 4: Round of Eighteen Eliminations

by Chandra on June 24th, 2008

So long, Susie Garcia and Marquis Cunningham!

The June 19th second round of eliminations on So You Think You Can Dance weren’t all that surprising. The bottom three couples were:

1. Chelsea Traille and Thayne Jasperson because the judges complained mightily about their failure to execute their routine effectively
2. Susie Garcia and Marquis Cunningham because they didn’t live up to their potential while dancing in a style both should be very adept with
3. Comfort Fedoke and Chris Jarosz because Mia Michaels and Nigel Lythgoe’s irrelevant comments about Chris’ whiteness made his obvious efforts seem much less worthy than they actually were

After watching the solos, Nigel, Mary Murphy, and Mia decided to give Susie and Marquis the boot. I completely agreed with the first choice, especially since I’ve never felt Susie was a strong enough dancer to be in the Top 20 to begin with. The choice of Marquis was a bit odd, however.

Instead of recognizing his solo as truly dancing for his life, the judges characterized it as trickery and gave him the ax along with his partner. As much as I like Thayne and Chris, I have to admit Marquis performed a lot better than both of them when it came time to step up to the plate.

Take a look at the solos after the jump and judge for yourself.

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