The two Capetonians Cleo (19) and JJ (20) got cut from the Top 16 contestants amidst tears and shock in tonight's results show of So You Think You Can Dance at 19:00 on SABC1.
The two contestants became the first two to leave the top round of the second season of the SABC1 dance reality show. Cleo and JJ were among the bottom six contestants of Saturday's live show and both received the least number of votes. The elimination of the freestyle dancer JJ, who also entered So You Think You Can Dance last year, shocked the studio audience who gasped in disbelief. His fellow on-stage contestants were equally flabbergasted - several of whom started crying openly and ran to a dazed JJ who ended up being surrounded by fellow contestants who wanted to hug him.
The remaining 14 So You Think You Can Dance contestants – Sne, Gerrie, Boipelo, KayB, Darren, Takkies, Lulu, Xolani, Shelley, Bonwa, Kai, Carl, Tumie and Ash – will perform live again on Saturday at 18:30. This time the couples will be broken up and dancers will now be drawing new random dance partners with a couple getting axed next week. I'm told that choreographers Monde Pellem, Mark Dooley, K-Roc, Kelsey Middleton, Greg Maqoma, Rafick Hoosain and Dumisani Jele will be putting the contestants through their paces in kwaito, quickstep, fast hip-hop, jazz-blues, fast Afro-fusion, tango and pantsula dances. Next Wednesday's results show will include a guest performance by kwaito star Chomee with another two contestants who will be getting axed.
