I was going to post my comments about last night’s show in response to FameThrowa’s post, but she went to such lovely effort to make her post spoiler-free, and my comments are chock-fulla-spoilers, so I figured I better make a separate post so people can be properly warned and all that. And also, so non-dance lovers can avoid my chit-chat altogether.

Here’s what I wanted to say about the two-hour final-four finale of last night:

• I loved it, but I did think last year’s was stronger — the final four had a better match of skills and better chemistry, so they just worked better together last season.
• My favourite number was the Wade Robson little foxes one, with the two girls, and I think the judges were TOTALLY HIGH in their response to the piece. I watched it three times and almost cried each time. Totally fabulous. It’s one of the few times I have absolutely disagreed with the judges all season.
• I thought Lacey was better last night than she has been all season. She finally managed to relate to her partners and generate some chemistry, she was truly excellent in all her pieces, and her solo finally came together to show us something meaningful (although it still wasn’t spectacular). I hear that she is the favourite to win, and up until now I would have been disappointed with that, feeling that she just coasted in on her brother’s coattails, but now I can feel satisfied that she really is a great dancer.
• I think Neil is the most improved dancer of the season. I actively disliked him for most of the season but he has totally turned me around. Loved all his performances last night.
• Both the lindy hop number and the cha cha number were entertaining, but obviously lacking in the kind of sharp skill that Benji and Heidi had last season, so I was a little disappointed. I wish they had picked styles of dancing that weren’t hard for the sake of being hard, but hard and also well suited to the final dancers’ personal styles. Seeing Sabra and Danny dance jazz, for instance, would have been so mind blowing.
• I honestly have no idea who will win. But I like them all, so I think I’ll be happy no matter what. And that’s a good thing!