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Thursday, August 16, 2007
8/17: Congrats Sabra on SYTYCD
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Given the dynasty factor, I thought Lacey Schwimmer would bring home the crown on “So You Think You Can Dance” and join her brother Benji from season two. But surprise! She was out first among the top four. I was rooting for Sabra Johnson and she did end up winning the third season over Neil Haskell and Danny Tidwell.
What’s amazing is Sabra has had only four years of formal dance training. She shows such natural warmth, something I thought was missing from the runner up Danny, who arguably was one of the best technical dancers I’ve ever seen. I also enjoyed watching how she would change her hair around, sometimes an afro, sometimes straight.
Interestingly, Sabra is half black, half white — just like Jordin Sparks, winner of this past season’s “American Idol.”
CREDIT: Andy Sharp/AJC
And it was great the finale highlighted Kennesaw State student Brian Gaynor, 20, doing his robot to “Ain’t No Other Man.” The man has a spinal disorder, but it hasn’t stopped him. “Just being up here and dancing for everybody. Family, friends, judges. I mean, I was just pretty nervous being up here,” Gaynor said. Choreographer Shane Sparks wants to put him in a movie. Here’s a story we wrote about him a couple weeks ago..
8/16: Seacrest hosting duties at the Super Bowl
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The always busy Ryan Seacrest is going to host the pre-game and halftime Super Bowl shows this January, according to TV week..
Meanwhile, auditions have moved to Charleston, S.C. Registration numbers at 6 a.m. were estimated by the Associated Press to be about 4,000. I didn’t bother estimating the crowd in Atlanta at registration.
And here’s a shot of me and Jill from Clay Aiken’s concert last night:
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