The TV Addict 

I figured out the other day why I don’t like this show. It’s because I also don’t like Idol. I don’t like the weeks of audition episodes followed by prolonged weeks of calling and voting. I want professionals to pick good, talented people and then I want to watch those professionals evaluate, critique and eliminate them like Top Chef.

Plus, it’s all diluted because people know if they do a wacky audition or have a sob story they’ll end up on tv.

Dear TVaddict and Shanna:
Have you really watched the show all the way through? I for one love it for how it IS NOT like Idol.
SYTYCD audition rounds last two to three weeks, unlike Idol’s six weeks or more. They do show some bad dancing, but a lot of what they show are really good dancers who just are not able to do other styles and therefore not really suitable for the show. Idol hurts your ears a lot during auditions, but with bad dancing more often than not you just laugh a little.
Instead of being a popularity contest like Idol, the judges actually pick the bottom three each week before allowing America to vote. I prefer the Top Chef way of leaving it all to the judges too, but that isn’t a perfect system either. (Lisa making it in the top three as of last night. Ugh!) At least with the SYTYCD system the judges decide a lot more than on Idol, where they become nothing more than commentators after auditions.

I don’t watch reality shows so I can think about how I would do the situations better. I would never assume that I could do Survivor, and I think most people would be surprised at how hard it would be if they tried. I watch SYTYCD to see things I could never do, for the occasional brilliant routine (most are good, but some are amazing), and to route for someone who works really hard at what they do so beautifully.

I will take Idol any day over SYTYCD. There have been a number of talented people on AI and Canadian Idol, and when you find someone you like, it’s fun to watch them on the show and then to follow their career and buy their CD afterwards. With SYTYCD, I just couldn’t care less about dancing. At all. It’s just pointless to me. And is there anything to follow after the show ends? Where does any contestant go from there?

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