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 First, let me begin by saying that on my second day as a 30-year-old, I have officially experienced my first senior moment, when I forgot to bring my pictures from the show with me to work. So (apparently I'm the only one on the internet who loves torture enough to spend the time to get them), instead of all those screen caps I normally provide, I will be using clipart to illustrate last night's event. Carry on.
Things heated up last night, as The Top 10 - and more importantly, the group of dancers going on tour this fall* - were revealed last night on So You Think You Can Dance. Of course this continues the trend of seeing dancers you like in the bottom 3, but the upside is that we got to see better solo numbers in an otherwise relatively boring results show.
 The opening dance number was set to a Ne-Yo song, and incorporated the trend of wearing LED-lit outfits, causing the performers to glow in the dark. Fairly cool, and it totally reminded me of that movie from the 80's called Special People, wherein this woman runs a black light theatre company for...special people. Anyone remember that besides me?
We also learn early on in the show that the popping battle is ON for the finale! Cat hinted at a behind-the-scenes concern about ratings when she said something about it being the only reason people might watch the finale. Nigel seemed a touch irritated by that and said "Well, they'll watch the finale because of what the show IS, to find out who won." YOU IDIOT!
See the results, and more clipart, after the jump!
 The first two couples out for results were Comfort & Thayne, and Katee & Joshua. Obvies, Comfort & Thayne are in the bottom three, as expected. Mia comments that perhaps America is trying to tell you something. Next out on the chopping block were Chelsie & Mark, and Jessica & Will, and the latter are in the bottom three. Mary said her heart was aching to see them standing there, because their contemporary routine was sensational and one of the best dances on the show, period. She said she'd be fighting for the two of them in judges' deliberations.
Now it's down to the last two couples. I thought it might be Courtney & Gev, because they'd been in the bottom several times before. But amazingly, it is Kherington & Twitch, and they must dance for their lives. Nigel once again bestows deep advice upon the dancers, saying "Anything you do in life, it's about consistency." His point was basically that just when you think you're safe, you're totally not. Or something like that.
The special dance performance this evening is from The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, in celebration of their 50th Anniversary. These 3 shirtless, statuesque men come out and perform a dance called "Revelations." They should have called it "PerfectManBody-ations," because these guys were in top form. It's nice to see what the pros can do...their leaps and turns were absolute perfection. RUN TO THE LORD indeed.
 The solo dances were pretty good last night, Comfort definitely stepped it up since I'm sure she knew she was on very thin ice. Thayne's dance had a touch of Mia Michaels weirdness to it, and Jessica's solo was boring as hell. Will did a dance that appeared to be an audition for Alvin Ailey, which ended with a death dive off the stage, nearly into the audience. Kherington was the second person to dance to OneRepublic, which made me question if the producers of the show force them to dance to whatever crappy music by the guest that was on the previous week. Twitch's dance was the highlight of the solos. He actually had a story behind it - the routine was based on a painting he had seen about a crazy conductor. The dance itself was also really really good.
 Then we have our very very SPECIAL musical guest, Katy Perry. I might be old for saying this, but I really can't stand this song. First of all, what in god's name is she wearing? It's like she has a child's dress on, and it makes her legs look weirdly long and disjointed from her body, as if they belong to a mannequin. Also, the song itself is atrocious. It's called "I Kissed A Girl," and perhaps you've heard it on the radio recently. Actually, I heard it 13 years ago, in 1995, when it was called "I Kissed A Girl" by Jill Sobule, when it was actually racy and controversial at the time. Katy's cheese ball facial expressions and backing-track muddled voice made it all sort of unbearable to watch. Hopefully we won't be seeing a solo number next week set to this song. (Though, a GROUP number, wherein all the ladies kiss each other? HOT.)
Finally, the results! Kherington is the first to be called forward, and is, unsurprisingly safe. Nigel says she's not just a pretty face, and has grown a lot. Nigel then reveals that his mind was changed during the course of the judges' conversation. He says that Comfort really brought it during her solo tonight, and that Jessica's was disappointing. But looking across the season, they felt that Jessica was the stronger dancer, so Comfort would be going home. You know, a lot of people have complained about Comfort, but I did like her - and I really liked the speech she gave. She can't fake technique, but at least she has class, Mia, you troll!
 Now for the men. Twitch is called forward. Nigel says that his being in the bottom three has woken everyone up and reminded them that they need to vote. He loved seeing Twitch's unique style during the solo, and they felt that they certainly couldn't lose him at this stage of the game. So it's down to Thayne and Will. Nigel comments that Will would not be out of place with the Alvin Ailey men on the show tonight, and so Thayne, you're done. Nigel comments however, that "This is one of the times we would have liked to keep all the guys and lose two girls." Ouchy for Jessica, but I couldn't agree more.
From this point on, I'm not going to lie, this will start getting really emotional for me. I really like everyone in the Top 10!
*UPDATE: I just found this quote on the L.A. Times website, written by someone who went to the taping of the show:
"After the cameras had stopped rolling, Nigel teamed up with another member of the production to make a shocking announcement: The top 10 dancers aren't the only ones going on tour this year ... four more dancers will be making the trek. And two of them are Comfort and Thayne!"
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