For the climactic Top 6 episode, dancers and choreographers amped it up to produce one of the best shows of the year and there are now no certainties. Which 4 dancers do you think deserve a place in our Final? Australia, the decision is over to you.
Top 6 Sunday Night Summary
There was no “standout couple” on Top 6 night – because all 3 couples and all 6 dancers were absolutely outstanding. Talia & BJ got a standing ovation for a Napoleon & Tabitha Hip Hop that was adjudged “the best routine of the season”. But Ben & Amy moved the audience to tears with a searing Lyrical routine and Charlie & Kat rocked the house with their own Napoleon & Tabitha Hip Hop. How do you decide who to vote for when they’re all brilliant and all deserving?
#1 Boys’ Trio – Supple’s Cops & Robbers
That clever boy, Supple, came up with a simply brilliant concept that had each male dancer playing both cop and robber to “King of the Beats” by Matronix.
Matt thought they were “three really strong versatile dancers” but had no individual notes because he was “caught up in the story”. Bonnie said they’d all done a “good job” but liked BJ’s flip, warned Charlie not to let the prop rule the dance and watched Ben “every step of the way”. Jason thought “Ben owned that” and Charlie “popped a little harder than BJ”, who was “left behind slightly there”.
#2 Talia & BJ – Project Moda 40s Beach Scene Jazz
The ever-creative Project Moda boys came up with a 40s Jazz routine that had BJ playing a geek to Talia’s hard-to-get beach babe. The track was Yellow’s “How how”.
Bonnie said the routine was “different to the extreme” but noticed BJ nearly dropped Talia towards the end. Talia said it was “kind of fun” but Jason saw her face and said it didn’t look like she was enjoying it. He loves Project Moda’s work but didn’t like the routine and found it hard to adjudicate because there was “so little dance content”. Matt agreed but loved Talia’s fuete into the attitude turn and thought BJ had “great comic timing”.
#3 Kat & Charlie – Napoleon & Tabitha Magic Money Hip Hop
Native Hip Hoppers Kat & Charlie nearly dropped dead when they found they’d not only scored their own genre – but that their choreographers were the world-renowned Napoleon & Tabitha from the US series of SYTYCD. They danced to "Arab Money Remix" by Busta Rhymes.
Jason said they were both “absolutely fantastic”. Charlie really “sits into this stuff” and he just wished Kat hadn’t kept poking out her tongue. Matt “loved the unison”, thought Kat “killed it” and Charlie “nailed it”. Bonnie said Charlie had got his head together after last week and “kicked it through that door”. It was “on the money”.
#4 Amy & Ben – Jason Gilkison Paso Doble
The show’s “senior dancers”, Amy & Ben, teamed for the second time in the competition in a Paso Doble by the master himself, Jason Gilkison, to a track about another deity: “the Jesus Christ Superstar overture”.
Matt loved the look on Amy’s face that said she was “in that place” but spent the routine watching “masculine” Ben. Bonnie “loved the routine” because of “proud” Ben and the way Amy “got right into character”. Jason C had huge expectations but was “left a little flat”. After the boos subsided, he said it “didn’t build, didn’t lift and didn’t go anywhere” – but hoped the audience would still vote for them.
#5 Talia & BJ – Napoleon & Tabitha Addiction Lyrical Hip Hop
The busy Napoleon & Tabitha had also choreographed a routine for Talia & BJ that had him playing an alcoholic to her long-suffering girlfriend. The track was “Dead and Gone” by T.I. (featuring Justin Timberlake).
Bonnie said she “lived the story and it was “the top routine of the night”. Jason went further, saying it was “the highlight of my entire week, if not my entire year”. He loved the “honesty”, the “unison” and the “amazing ownership of the characters”. Matt went further still, saying it was “the best routine of the series”. Talia had “wiped the floor” and BJ had produced “the best dancing I’ve seen you do”.
#6 Kat & Charlie – Jason Gilkison Tango
Kat & Charlie not only got a Tango routine from Jason Gilkison – they got a pep talk from him about how they weren’t displaying the hunger to go further in the competition. Would this routine turn it around for them? The track was “Got to get through this” by Daniel Bedingfield.
Jason C “loved that routine”. He told Kat “that’s the best performance I’ve ever seen you give” and that she showed “a maturity beyond your years”. He said she’d been off balance but Charlie gallantly took the blame. Matt also thought Kat was “sensational” and loved the “sharp footwork”. Bonnie said the sparks Jason G had been looking for had turned into “wonderful fireworks”. She also thought it was Kat’s “best performance” and didn’t know how Australia would separate the boys.
#7 Amy & Ben – Divorce Papers Lyrical
For the final couple routine of the night, Amy played a wife serving divorce papers on reluctant husband Ben. The Lyrical piece was by Ame Delves – who conceived the famous Romeo & Juliet “fabric” routine for Loredo & Talia – to “Fall for you” by Secondhand Serenade.
Matt said they had “portrayed the characters brilliantly”. Ben was such a “great lyrical dancer” and Amy’s scissor lift was “sensational”. Bonnie loved Amy’s jeté turns and Ben is great “with everything he does”. Jason thought it was a great comeback and that this “brilliant routine” would resonate with the audience. “Great work, great commitment, great, great, great, great great”.
#8 Girls’ Trio – Kelly Aykers Cabaret
The show’s final number had all three girls dressed as Sally Bowles from “Cabaret” in a Jazz routine by Kelly Aykers to “Wilkommen” from the original soundtrack.
Bonnie saw Kat fall off her final pirouette but thought Amy “hit those kicks” – as did Talia. Jason said Amy missed a beat at the top of the routine and was “devastated” for her. He also noticed Kat’s lapse so in his estimation, “Talia, you won”. Matt thought Kat was not the only one to come unstuck with the fuetes at the end, but had trouble differentiating who was who in their identical costumes. Overall he thought they’d done a “fantastic job”.
Decision Time – 6 into 4 won’t go
They were all great and we know none of them deserves to go home – but 2 have to. Which 4 dancers most deserve a place in our Final? Which 4 have been most consistent over the 8 weeks of the competition so far? Who has not only delivered in their own genre but killed the others as well? The dancers are counting on you, Australia. Please vote – and vote wisely. See you Monday night to discover who has survived what will certainly be a knife-edge vote.
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