So You Think You Can Dance? Recap 6/18/13: Malece, Animators in Top 20
In So You Think You Can Dance?, 33 dancers are whittled down to 20: Hip Hop Dancers Fik-Shun and Mariah; Contemporary Dancers Nico, Mackenzie Green, Tucker Knox and Jasmine Harper; Tap Dancers Aaron Helvy, Alexis Juliano and Curtis; Animators Jade Zuberi and Bluprint; Malece Miller, Hayley Erbert and Carlos Gomes; Ballroom Dancers Alan, Brittany, Jenna and Jive Dancer Paul Karmiryan; Amy Yakima and Jasmine Mason. Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe says that they took risks and put some dancers who might not take the rigors of the program, in the top 20. First to be brought into the Green Mile judges’…
The Voice Live Finale Recap: Will Michelle Chamuel & Usher Shake Up Team Blake?
The verdict’s out: Team Blake is unshakeable and Danielle Bradbery shows ‘em why. Season 4 ends with the youngest contestant (ever to appear in the show) steamrolling the competition and giving Blake Shelton his 3rd consecutive victory. Michelle Chamuel comes in with the second highest number of votes and the Swon Brothers in third. The unequivocal fan support for Danielle proves what Blake has seen in her since she first auditioned: pure talent with the capacity to make country songs endearing to a massive audience. Kudos to Blake for relentlessly pursuing his country strategy this season. The finale performances are…
The Voice Live Recap: Teams Blake & Usher Battle in Finale Performances (6/17/13)
The Voice culminates its 4th season with a two-day finale, the first of which happens tonight with the top three’s live performances. Tonight goes down as the showdown between reigning champ Blake Shelton and new kid on the block Usher. Three months after the show premiered, we see Blake having 2 in 3 chances of bagging another title with either The Swon Brothers or Danielle Bradbery. Nevertheless, R&B superstar Usher is putting up a big fight with Michelle Chamuel, a feat which we have seen throughout this season. The finale performances have the three artists singing two songs a-piece. We see…
MasterChef Recap: Kathy Prieto Endures 3 Tests, Loses on 4th by Narrow Margin
MasterChef resumes with 16 cooks subjected to pressure-filled challenges that include feeding Pasadena’s off-duty firefighters, serving gourmet burgers in Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant in Planet Hollywood Resort and whipping up the most sumptuous butter-poached lobster in Ceasars Palace’s rooftop. In the end, the gutsy Kathy Prieto from Bronx, New York narrowly loses to “Italian Stallion” Luca Manfe. Kathy’s out but her time in the show has proven the judges that all she needs is exposure in the kitchen where she’s bound to succeed. Throughout the first hour, the cooks endure the repercussions of creating 101 steaks for Pasadena’s off-duty firefighters. Two…
America’s Got Talent Recap: Extraordinary Opera Singers Mesmerize Judges
Auditions continue on America’s Got Talent where the acts with the most impressive routines move on to Las Vegas week. Tonight, we see judges Howie Mendell, Howard Stern, Heidi Klum and Mel B. discovering the most entertaining acts in Texas and New Orleans. Excitement and fascination comes from two artists who possess the most unusual gift that one would never expect just by looking at them: an operatic voice. The reaction everybody had as soon as Susan Boyle sang her first line happens all over again, this time with Travis Pratt and Jonathan Allen, both of which we’ll be seeing again…
