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(S03E09) This week started out much like the last results show with a big production number featuring the remaining dancers. Shane Sparks choreographed the performance to Wade Robson's music. It was very fun with some break dancing and some big stunts thrown in for good measure. I think my favorite part of the opening though was that Sabra was highlighted in the big finish. If she won't step up and grasp the spotlight, might as well thrust her into it.

And right about there is where the results show stopped making sense to me. Between the results of the vote, and the way the producers grouped the couples as the results were revealed, I was caught off guard right away and didn't really catch up until the very end.

(S03E03) With one last stop in Atlanta, the audition tour for season three comes to an end. I think that's a good thing. The audition episodes aren't terrible or anything, but the sooner the show can get down to the serious competition, the better. That is where So You Think You Can Dance really shines.

Nigel and Mary were once again joined by Shane Sparks to take a look at what the South had to offer. All things considered, Dixie did pretty well for itself. There were a lot of good dancers, and a few not so good, but it all made for an entertaining night. The one thing that I thought stood out as being odd was the lack of contestants being put straight through to Vegas. It's probably more a quirk of how they decided to edit this episode than anything else. But it did seem like there were a lot more contestants that got the immediate yes in the other cities.

(S03E02) I'm really not sure what the programmers over at Fox are doing. 90 minutes last Thursday, two hours last night, and an hour coming up tonight seems rather random. That's just one of the fun bits of the summer television season I suppose. As strange as the scheduling is, Nigel and Mary were back with a couple of their judging pals to see a ton of contestants in Los Angeles and Chicago.

After a premiere that was too heavy on the lesser contestants, this second episode had a much better selection. There were some great dancers and some really interesting stories. Of course, we also had a selection of auditions from people that obviously were not going to be moving on. This group was much better than the one we saw last week though. After the jump, a look at some of the highlights.