'So You Think You Can Dance' recap: Viewers' Choice

So Ryan continues on to suck face with his wife another day, just as they were instructed to do during Tyce Diorio's jumbly and not altogether cohesive opening routine set to Billy Joel's ''It's Still Rock and Roll to Me,'' a.k.a., the B-side Diorio'd version from Twyla Tharp's Movin' Out. Mostly, though, the dance seemed to be a showcase for jumping Jakob (smattered with some choice Russell bits). And looked like some neighborhood taggers had their way with a black spray-paint can on the guys' right eyebrows.

But how awesome was that performance from the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers? Admittedly, when I heard Cat (who apparently was in a hurry this morning and put her corset on over her outfit) say the name of the group, I was a little dubious. Extraordinary dancers, really? It's like when diners claim that they have the world's best coffee. Or someone starts a story by saying, ''This is going to be the funniest thing ever.'' Really? This is going to be like how Ellenore promised her first routine was going to be one of the best SYTYCD dances ever, right? It only took a couple bars before my smug, convinced grin was gone, and the jaw was agape. Holy b-boys of power and might, that was amazing. Their moves were so intricate and sharp, so gravity defying and light as air, and yet so poetic that it was unreal. And set to a string quartet version of Coldplay's ''Yellow'' (and a guy in yellow sneakers!), no less? Loved. Seriously. Like those three guys who did the scissor kick leaps in unison? Or that guy at the end who effortlessly lifted himself up from bent arms to straight in his hand spin? Beyond belief. The whole dance was like the equivalent of a chocolate meringue and mint chip ice cream cake: cool and light and totally sweet. Okay, so I bit: Catch the trailer to LXD.

More grounded and of this earth but still fun was Snoop Dogg. And it's always a pleasure to have the Dogg in the hiz-ouse, as the rapper is always good for a SYTYCD shout out (or two or three). Plus, Snoop was nice enough to share his stage with America's Best Dance Crew winners Quest, featuring former SYTYCD contestants Hok, Ryan, and Dominic, as well as a couple ladies who seemed to shop at the same jean leggings store as Mollee (but out-bumped her in the booty-shaking department), and a posse of Jerkin boys. Plus, this gave the ''living legend'' (really?) a chance to show off his ginormous, blinged-out ''Snoop Dogg'' iced mic, which will no doubt be all the rage for the holidays.

What did you think? Did you, like me, have a mini heart attack when Kathryn was in the bottom two? Were you okay with the two that were sent home? Will the Noelle voters now vote for Kathryn? Who's on board with LXD in 2010? Anyone else also [heart] Jerkin?

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