There were a couple of interesting reactions to Faina getting voted off last week's SYTYCD. The first comes from FOX News Reality TV blogger Anna David (of AOTS: In Your Pants Fame).In her write up, Anna recounts how Faina wraps up all of the best story lines from a reality show...the girl who the other girls can't stand, the medical emergency, the partner who let her down...all the drama the show needs. Of course, she also points out what might be gender bias on Mia Michaels part in how she goes on and on about one of the male dancer's hands but just dismisses Faina as "terrific."
Television Without Pity's recaplet also examines a little judging bias, this time in of Nigel's apparent obession with Jessie (a.k.a. the girl who rubbed oil on herself during the tryouts). It also goes into the whole "where you let down by your partner?" garbage Nigel threw out there at the end. Clearly Faina was let down by her partner, if she'd been with someone like Danny or Pasha she'd never have sniffed the bottom 3. Still, apparently Jessie's rubbing of oil was too much to overcome for our little ballroom dancer from Russia, so I'll agree with TWP's closing statement "But you cut Faina. You're dead to me. All of you."
]]>So, now that Faina's gone from SYTYCD, the questions becomes who should I cheer for now? I have two of the girls in mind, which I'll be posting in just a second here....I also have some pretty hilarious recaps of Faina getting voted off...needless to say, a large part of the male audience of SYTYCD is disappointed. Here's Faina's final dance solo:
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Well, that kind of sucks, she was my personal favorite. I guess Lauren moves into my personal favorite slot now. It's too bad too, because if Faina had a better partner she'd still be in the competition. I'll post the videos of her final performances when they're up.
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Here's Faina and Cedric doing the Foxtrot this week. Faina is pretty funny in the interview as she jumps back and forth over the line between confidence and arrogance:
Egosurf:
Original Post -> Not on First Page
Audition Video -> #8
Video of Week 1's Jive Performance -> #9
Since I posted those Faina videos, I figured I'd see how I was doing with a quick little egosurf:
For the the terms "Faina Savich", I have 1114 egosurf points, with the 14th, 15th, and 17th, 18th, 20th and 27th results.
Here's the original post on the topic.
Since I've now got way too many _So You Think You Can Dance?_ clips linked to on this site, I've added them to a collection:
I had no intention of posting everyone of her performances, but since I've received requests for it, here is the actual first "partner" performance from the first week of _So You Think You Can Dance_:
So here it is. (you'll have to go through the whole intro, etc...no way I'm editing down a YouTube clip of this...)
I posted earlier that at this point in the _So You Think You Can Dance_ competition, I'm rooting for a latin / ballroom dancer from Russia: Faina Savich.
Here's her dance solo from the results show this week: