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<\/a>JT and Robert.<\/p><\/div>\n
I have to admit\u2014I was one of the people who was upset when I learned the contestants this season would be children<\/em>. I didn\u2019t want the opportunity to be taken away from people who could get jobs out of it. And need<\/em> the the jobs! Dancers have so few opportunities to begin with with, and I definitely didn\u2019t want this<\/em> show, which was created to support<\/em> them, to deprive them of more of those chances.<\/p>\n And besides, I thought, how good could kids between the ages of ten and thirteen be anyway? What dance fan wanted to suffer through that<\/em> all summer?!<\/p>\n But, boy have these young dancers surprised me! In a great way. I actually look forward to seeing them perform each week, especially JT and his pro partner, Robert.<\/p>\n JT and Emma.<\/p><\/div>\n As much as I absolute appreciate and enjoy all<\/em> the kids, (pictured in the big pic at the top, with their pro partners\/mentors,) I\u2019m sure everyone can figure-out just who my favorite is, though. Little JT is my number one, of course, and tiny tapper Emma is my fave girl. She\u2019s so sweet. And I cannot believe her tiny little body is capable of all that tap dynamism. (In case you\u2019re wondering who my least<\/em> favorite has been, even though I admire them all<\/em>, I hate to say it, but Jordan, as sweet as she is, is it, mostly because of her sloppy feet. I can’t believe not one of the judges ever called her on it, but the three who are not<\/em> Nigel just don\u2019t want to give any<\/em> criticism. Jordan rarely ever even pointed her toes, and even her flexed<\/em> feet never had the tension they should. But I do<\/em> love her beautiful little smiling face and happy personality.)<\/p>\n But really, all the kids are truly amazing. I love the dedication that ones so young have! When I<\/em> was twelve, (and a student of dance for eight years, at that point,) my 6th grade class was just learning the butt-easy schottische step, to do in a borough-wide dance festival! [Note: I believe we were told that that dance was a German folk dance, but I just found-out right now that it originated in…Bohemia! Is that even a place<\/em>?! I thought it was a lifestyle<\/em>!]<\/p>\n JT. Just look at that face!<\/p><\/div>\n The one thing I hate about this \u201cNext Generation\u201d season of SYTYCD<\/em> is how hard it is for the kids to be in eliminations. As much as they try to make these kids feel okay with being eliminated, it\u2019s so much harder for them than it is for the usual contestants, who are in actuality just a few years older than they! [Note: Yes, \u201cthey\u201d is the correct word here\u2014you add the \u201care\u201d at the end to find-out that I\u2019m correct. You don\u2019t say \u201c…than them<\/em> are;\u201d you say \u201c…than they<\/em> are.\u201d So, when you drop the \u201care,\u201d you\u2019re left with \u201cthey.\u201d Get it? You know I have to grab these lessons where I can. I hope you benefit from them.]<\/p>\n So, now we\u2019re down to it. With just a few weeks to go in this year\u2019s competition, my prediction is the same as it was the second I first saw this kid\u2014JT will be the winner! How could he not? Besides how downright adorable he is, he\u2019s really an excellent dancer. And I\u2019m sure that his seriousness about it all, (you can always see how hard he\u2019s trying,) is endearing him to fans of the show who don\u2019t care about \u201ccute.\u201d And the fact that he\u2019s paired with Robert, perhaps the most beloved dancer ever on this show, who fans were pissed came in only third for his season, adds more votes for JT. (I just hate that no more voting by phone deters many of us, Mr. X and me included, from participating. Mr. X is totally into his phone, apps, Facebook, and technology, but even he<\/em> doesn\u2019t want to vote by these complicated, and identity-revealing, methods.)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>