nigel lythgoe: the eliminationprocess at the moment is really tough for us becausewe've grown so much to like these kids. mary murphy: it was a littlebit easier on the guys, for sure, because curtis hasalready fallen down.
watch full episodes of so you think you can dance, all of them had fallen down,actually, into the bottom. but the fact that he's injured,the fact that he's not going to be able to dancefor several weeks because of his shoulder, of course thatmade the guys easier.
and that's why we didn'twant to see their solo. we've seen all their solos,and so that was a very quick decision. curtis holland: i think thatit's a very minor injury, so i don't think it's goingto be long. so i'm just waiting toget back on my feet and go back at it. nigel lythgoe: with the girls,we don't know why mackenzie is not in the top three.
we just don't understand that. so we're always goingto save here. and then, with jasmine, again,terrific girl, great dancer. so it was just leftwith alexis is the one that's going. alexis juliano: we wantto go to new york. we both realized that we wantto be in "newsies." curtis holland: i justwant to dance. i just want to go out andjust do more, you know?
mary murphy: i hate thatcurtis couldn't dance. but at the same time, it madehayley look like she just came out of "forever tango." leonardo barrionuevo:yeah, she did great. she did the argentine tangowith me, actually, and choreography from both of us. and she did a great job. hayley erbert: it was reallydifficult to get down all the choreography.
i really wished curtis could'vedone it because he was doing amazing inthe entire dance. mary murphy: i think amy andfik-shun again hit it out of the ballpark. i think that wasone of the best performances of the night. even with their slip,i just loved it. du-shaunt 'fik-shun' stegall:oh my goodness, i feel like every week it goes by faster,so it's like, before i know
it, i'm performing. i feel like i didn't evenlearn a routine earlier that week. amy yakima: for haiku, i wouldhave to say, if you saw my mess-up today, i had a littleslip on a napkin, and i fell on my butt on stage. so my advice would be, thingshappen, and no one's perfect, even us on tv. and we make mistakes, butyou have to keep going.
you have to keep dancing. you have to keep going,and keep going. and things happen, bad thingshappen, but you've got to keep that character. you've got to remember whyyou still love dance. nigel lythgoe: for me, bonniestory's routine was outstanding tonighton bullying. i think it's incredible whenchoreographers come on and use us as a social platform.
and hopefully, it hit home witha few people tonight. spencer liff: we weren'tsure what was going to be up with curtis. he had gone to the hospital,and he was seeing a specialist. so i was prepared tostep in for him. it was an eye-opening experiencebeing on the other side of it because i'vechoreographed for five years on the show, and i've neverdanced on that stage.
so it was kind of surrealto be on the flipside. sonya tayeh: i'memmy-nominated. it's crazy. it's becauseof the show. it's because they've opened up avenue for dance that i never thought would be opened. and i hope it lasts forever. i had alexis and nikofor contemporary. and that was really one of thehardest pieces i've done in terms of how much emotionalconnection they needed.
and i think they just didsuch an amazing job. nico greetham: it definitelyshowed america a different side to both of us. if any dance was going to beeither alexis or i's last dance, i think this dancewould've been the best. jonathan platero: i haven'tbeen back since season 5, where i was a contestant, so itwas pretty cool and surreal to be back as a choreographer,and the contestants i got were amazing.
i got alan and malece week,and they killed it for me. alan bernsten: wereally practiced hard for this number. we really wanted to get it. so we gave it our all. paul karmiryan: this week, itwas just completely different. it was more fierce. it was more confident. and i feel like it was a perfectroutine to show off
technique, to showoff character and performance ability. i'm really happy we gotto work with sonya. and i'm really happy that shepushed us to our limit to show the best that we could do. tucker knox: working with lutherwas one of my favorite experiences that i'vehad so far. jenna johnson: hereally cares. and he wants you to do yourbest and be your best.
so i loved working withhim so, so, so much. this question is for otbirds-- 14 for me. tucker knox: and mine was 15. i went to a competition in newyork city and saw what the world of dance had to offeroutside of my small town. and from then on, i just wantedto work my butt off to be able to be a part of it. jasmine harper: on the show, ithink you always have to be
prepared, no matter what becauseanything can happen. the bottom three has been sounpredictable throughout this journey, so you just haveto be prepared. and when i heard my name, ijust immediately had to go into survivor mode. i wasn't, like, oh my gosh,i'm about to leave. i couldn't think about anythingelse but i have to save myself and dance formy life in that moment. aaron turner: and then,did you see her solo?
it's because she wasin survivor mode. she was incredible. i knew at that moment shehad cemented her spot. i knew. it was out of control. jasmine harper: i don'tknow thank you. aaron turner: it was. you've got to see it. it was something else.
alan bernsten: a few kicks. malece miller: a few. he elbowed me in thenose a few times. alan bernsten: she kicked me inthe balls once, just once. malece miller: it wasa little rough. alan bernsten: butit was nothing. malece miller: itcame out great.
alan bernsten: it lookedbeautiful. mackenzie dustman:i'm mackenzie.
paul karmiryan: and i'm paul. paul and mackenzie: and you'rewatching "danceon."
