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"As Cat Deeley says, things are really heating up on So You Think You Can Dance now - we&amp;#039;re just three weeks away from the finale! With that in mind, our top eight are all going to perform twice this week - they&amp;#039;ll dance with an all-star, and also show off their solos. Of course, we do need a guest judge, and lucky us, because it&amp;#039;s the brilliant Jesse Tyler Ferguson! So after a group routine set to Woodkid&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Run Boy Run&amp;#039;, it&amp;#039;s time to get the competition underway!   Tiffany - solo We&amp;#039;re finding out more about the contestants before their solos, so Tiffany tells us about her life in Florida. She admits that she found her love for dancing after seeing her sister - four years older - in her dance class. In fact, she ends up gushing about how much she loves her sister, who&amp;#039;s helped her through everything. And her mom and dad are there, too, to say how proud they are! Then Tiffany takes to the stage for her solo, set to the Glee cast&amp;#039;s version of &amp;#039;I Was Here&amp;#039;. Will it impress the viewers? Witney &amp;amp; tWitch - hip hop Ballroom dancer Witney&amp;#039;s taking on East Coast hip hop this week, in a routine choreographed by Luther Brown. There&amp;#039;s only one problem... Witney doesn&amp;#039;t know what &amp;quot;ratchet&amp;quot; is! It doesn&amp;#039;t seem to affect her in the dance (set to Lil Wayne&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;My Homies Still&amp;#039;) because she looks amazing. Her hair&amp;#039;s flying everywhere, but you can still see her attitude shining through. Do the judges agree? Once Nigel stops trying to be street, we&amp;#039;ll find out... Nigel: &amp;quot;Do all 18-year-old young Mormon girls dance like this?&amp;quot; Nigel asks. He praises Utah for turning out &amp;quot;brilliant dancers&amp;quot;, adding that he&amp;#039;s pleased the judges chose to save Witney because she brings it every time. He admits he&amp;#039;s been waiting for her hip hop routine and says she lived up to it! Mary: Mary says that if she had a hat, it would be coming off right about now - &amp;quot;You were down, you were in it, you were frozen, you were sick... you were everything in that number. You had it all going on.&amp;quot; She praises the musicality of the routine and says it was &amp;quot;so cool&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;You got it done here!&amp;quot; she adds. Jesse: Jesse says both Witney and tWitch are &amp;quot;stars&amp;quot;, saying that Witney has an &amp;quot;amazing sensuality&amp;quot; she doesn&amp;#039;t need to work at. Still, it was nice to see her get &amp;quot;down and dirty&amp;quot; in this routine! He jokes about the bit of the routine where it looked as if she was waiting for a bus but concludes that the dance was &amp;quot;brilliant&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;entertaining&amp;quot;.   Will - solo Time for the adorable Will to tell us about his background! He admits that he used to be the &amp;quot;class clown&amp;quot; and get suspended all the time, before his mom suggested that he should try dance to stop him feeling &amp;quot;awkward&amp;quot;. Will&amp;#039;s mom is here, too, to reveal that she remembers her son telling her dance saved his life! Will explains that he got more involved in school and was even crowned homecoming king. The best bit about all this, though, is that we get to see Will&amp;#039;s cute home videos and pictures. Then it&amp;#039;s time for his solo, to James Morrison&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Better Man&amp;#039;. Is it enough to keep him in the competition? Cole &amp;amp; Allison - contemporary Sonya Tayeh&amp;#039;s here to choreograph Cole&amp;#039;s routine, which sees him playing a &amp;quot;soulless sad man&amp;quot;. Allison, meanwhile, is a &amp;quot;desperate woman&amp;quot; vying for his heart. &amp;quot;But because I have no soul, I have no heart,&amp;quot; Cole explains. &amp;quot;Sorry, Allison.&amp;quot; The routine - to Bjork&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Possibly Maybe&amp;#039; - is certainly gripping, but what will the judges think? Cat Deeley&amp;#039;s been shaken by it - she says it&amp;#039;s just as well she knows Cole&amp;#039;s nice, because he&amp;#039;s going to be in her nightmares after that routine! Jesse: Jesse jokes that Sonya is a &amp;quot;sick, demonic woman&amp;quot; - but he loves it! He explains that Allison is one of the greatest actresses So You Think You Can Dance has ever had, but Cole managed to reach her level. Comparing the dance to a promo for American Horror Story and describing it as &amp;quot;demonic&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;intense&amp;quot;, Jesse jokes: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m shaking and I need a cocktail. I loved it.&amp;quot; Mary: Mary thinks that was Allison&amp;#039;s best ever So You Think You Can Dance performance, and suggests that Cole will probably be in the finale if he keeps dancing like this! She raves about a number of &amp;quot;gorgeous&amp;quot; moments before saying that although the routine was creepy and a little scary, it was also memorable - &amp;quot;I loved it.&amp;quot; Nigel: Nigel describes the dance as &amp;quot;powerful&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;dramatic&amp;quot;, before noting that Cole has a &amp;quot;uniqueness&amp;quot; about him. He adds that it&amp;#039;s always hard to judge anybody dancing with Allison as she&amp;#039;s so great, but Sonya told him that Cole is her strongest partner this season. Good news for Cole!   Lindsay - solo Time to find out more about Lindsay! She grew up in Utah... and her mom happens to own a dance studio! She explains that it brings the family closer together - plus she got to work with Dancing With The Stars pro Mark Ballas and his mom Shirley at the studio. Plus, Lindsay&amp;#039;s mom Mindy is there to say she is the &amp;quot;proudest mom in the world&amp;quot;, adding that she knows how hard Lindsay&amp;#039;s worked for this. But will Lindsay&amp;#039;s solo - to Bond&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Senorita&amp;#039; - be enough to keep her around a little longer? Eliana &amp;amp; Ryan - quickstep Uh oh, it&amp;#039;s the dreaded quickstep! Jonathan Roberts is here to choreograph the routine, which has the concept of Eliana as a bored housewife annoyed when her husband returns... and doesn&amp;#039;t give her any attention. The routine, to Caro Emerald&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;That Man&amp;#039;, is really entertaining to watch, full of impressive tricks and fun steps. But what will the judges have to say? Mary: Mary admits that she joked she wanted Eliana to do quickstep because she thought that might be the only thing that could derail her. Turns out that&amp;#039;s not the case - Eliana was &amp;quot;spectacular&amp;quot;! She adds that her frame was &amp;quot;really good&amp;quot; (though she needs to be careful of her arms at times), and she loved the &amp;quot;waterfall&amp;quot; trick at the end, too. &amp;quot;So, quickstep on the list - check! On to the next one... Eliana, that was fabulous.&amp;quot; Jesse: Jesse decides to quote Mary: &amp;quot;Holy smokies, Lord have Murphy!&amp;quot; He says he has loved watching Eliana &amp;quot;transform&amp;quot; throughout the competition, adding that he can&amp;#039;t stop thinking about her dance from last week. Jesse suggests that her range of emotions is &amp;quot;extraordinary&amp;quot; and says she&amp;#039;s really accessible: &amp;quot;I feel like I know you, but I don&amp;#039;t.&amp;quot; He insists he&amp;#039;s not a stalker! But he does say he loves Eliana &amp;quot;so much&amp;quot; - she&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot;! Nigel: Nigel was impressed with Eliana&amp;#039;s technicality - she had possibly the best top line he&amp;#039;s ever seen on a non-ballroom girl. He adds that her personality goes with this dance - &amp;quot;light&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;frothy&amp;quot; - but says that she can turn into whatever style of dancer she&amp;#039;s asked to be. &amp;quot;That is remarkable!&amp;quot; he says.  Chehon - solo We get to find out a bit more about Chehon, who grew up in Switzerland but was born in Chicago and adopted by his parents. He says he couldn&amp;#039;t have asked for better parents, and also talks about leaving to go to ballet school when he was a teenager. Both his mom and dad admit that they were sad to see him go, but had to let him. So now Chehon wants to make them proud! His solo, to Max Richter&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;On The Nature of Daylight&amp;#039;, should manage that - the judges give a standing ovation and Chehon gets really emotional, because his mom is in the audience! Lindsay &amp;amp; Alex - jazz Sonya Tayeh&amp;#039;s here to choreograph Lindsay and Alex in their jazz routine, which is about the &amp;quot;tension&amp;quot; between two people - it&amp;#039;s meant to be &amp;quot;very sultry and smouldering&amp;quot; with a lot of sexual tension. But will the dance, to Gotye&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Somebody That I Used To Know&amp;#039;, be to the judges&amp;#039; satisfaction? Nigel: Nigel praises the choreography, track and the &amp;quot;tremendous&amp;quot; technical skill from Lindsay and Alex... but admits that he didn&amp;#039;t feel their sexual tension (getting boos from the crowd, obviously). He says Lindsay could be a fantastic dancer if she could add on that &amp;quot;second layer&amp;quot;. Still, despite that, it was brilliantly danced. Mary: Mary tells the audience to get their boos out of the way - she agrees with Nigel. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a no in the chemistry department for sure,&amp;quot; she admits. Still, she says there was a lot of great dancing, praising the &amp;quot;intensity&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;clarity of movement&amp;quot;, and the way they worked as partners (chemistry aside). &amp;quot;It was missing that extra element,&amp;quot; she adds. Jesse: Jesse brilliantly calls Lindsay &amp;quot;a-ding-dong-dorable&amp;quot;, saying her parents must be so proud. But he agrees, too - he thinks the chemistry was only &amp;quot;70%&amp;quot; there. He says Lindsay would get gold stars and an A+++ for her technical skills, but he wants to see an emotional connection from her.  Will &amp;amp; Lauren - hip hop Christopher Scott is here to choreograph this hip hop routine, set to the District 78 remix of Wye Oak&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Dance My Pain Away&amp;#039;. Funnily enough, it&amp;#039;s about Will dancing his pain away! Lauren, meanwhile, is playing a character who helps him get through that pain. The only problem is that Will isn&amp;#039;t too good at showing his serious side - and we see that as he completely fails to be serious in his video package. He&amp;#039;s too cute, right? Mary: Mary loved the routine, describing it as &amp;quot;intriguing&amp;quot;, and says she loves the feeling that she gets from Will and Lauren. She also praises Will for keeping his movements tight, articulate... even &amp;quot;perfect&amp;quot;! She&amp;#039;s criticised him before for being too big and sloppy, but not this time. Now, Will just has to believe in himself. Jesse: Jesse says Will is &amp;quot;ridiculously adorable&amp;quot; and talks about how Will might as well be covered in puppies with stickers saying: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m an adorable puppy.&amp;quot; He adds that it was good to see Will more &amp;quot;stripped down&amp;quot; and notes how Will said dance saved his life: &amp;quot;You are such an example of why arts are so important in schools.&amp;quot; Nigel: Nigel thinks the routine was tough, as Will and Lauren didn&amp;#039;t really get a chance to dance together. But Will really &amp;quot;controlled&amp;quot; his personality this week, so it wasn&amp;#039;t too cheesy. He loves the concept of the routine, too, though he says Will won&amp;#039;t feel down tonight: &amp;quot;That was a really good job.&amp;quot;   Witney - solo Let&amp;#039;s find out about Witney, who&amp;#039;s from a small town in Utah... but has a big family! She says her mom decided to enrol her in dance classes because she had so much energy, and her parents have been &amp;quot;so supportive&amp;quot; ever since. Apart from, maybe, her dad - who admits that it&amp;#039;s tough watching his 18-year-old do some sexy routines in some pretty small outfits! &amp;quot;He doesn&amp;#039;t like the hot tamale thing so much,&amp;quot; Witney&amp;#039;s mom Jill says dryly. But will he be pleased with Witney&amp;#039;s solo, to Rihanna&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Where Have You Been&amp;#039;?  Cole - solo Cole talks about growing up in Honolulu, and admits he was &amp;quot;really shy and pretty awkward&amp;quot;. In fact, he was a bit of a &amp;quot;social outcast&amp;quot; who got picked on - so his parents decided to enrol him in martial arts classes. He thinks it gave him the confidence that he needed, and when he started dance classes - because he wanted to be an actor - he came up with his martial arts fusion style to make him unique. His solo is certainly captivating - could it help him continue in the competition? Cyrus &amp;amp; Melanie - jazz It&amp;#039;s fun seeing Cyrus and Melanie rehearse this Mandy Moore routine, as Cyrus appears to constantly say: &amp;quot;Woah&amp;quot;, while all Melanie can say is: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s jazz!&amp;quot; Cyrus had no idea jazz could be &amp;quot;this athletic&amp;quot; but will the routine - set to &amp;#039;Badder Badder Schwing&amp;#039;, and about two &amp;quot;cool people strutting their way through town&amp;quot; - impress the judges and help him stay longer? It&amp;#039;s definitely a fun routine - Cyrus is always super entertaining, right? Jesse: Jesse says that Cyrus is dancing with one of So You Think You Can Dance&amp;#039;s most &amp;quot;magnetic&amp;quot; performers... and yet he has so much charisma and spirit! He adds that he doesn&amp;#039;t know if Cyrus will win, but one thing&amp;#039;s for sure - he&amp;#039;ll always be synonymous with the show. He praises Cyrus for being &amp;quot;unique&amp;quot; and adds that he always rises to the occasion... but no-one can do what he does! Nigel: Nigel agrees that Cyrus&amp;#039;s personality &amp;quot;grabs&amp;quot; you - he&amp;#039;s a &amp;quot;little people magnet&amp;quot;! He points out that Cyrus has never been in the bottom three, so America must love him. He also praises Cyrus for improving &amp;quot;tremendously&amp;quot;, saying that So You Think You Can Dance is not necessarily about the best dancer, but America&amp;#039;s favorite. However, Nigel does remind Cyrus to do his homework about dance (he doesn&amp;#039;t know who Bob Fosse is). Mary: Mary points out that Cyrus is outside of his style every week - because no-one can do his style, so they can&amp;#039;t include it in the show! She admits that she&amp;#039;s in &amp;quot;awe&amp;quot; when he dances, because he hasn&amp;#039;t even had training - he&amp;#039;s done it all himself. Sure, the performance wasn&amp;#039;t completely perfect, but she says Cyrus is &amp;quot;extraordinary&amp;quot;, praising his spirit and energy.   Eliana - solo Eliana tells us about her life in Palm Beach - her parents divorced when she was 11, and she was the only one of her siblings to live with her mom. But they got really close (making it pretty difficult when she moved to ballet school in New York at the age of 16). But Eliana&amp;#039;s mom is &amp;quot;happy&amp;quot; that her daughter is able to do what she&amp;#039;s always wanted. And sure enough, Eliana&amp;#039;s solo - to &amp;#039;Infra 8&amp;#039; - is typically beautiful and stunning to watch. Chehon &amp;amp; Anya - tango Chehon admits that he was really confident... before he realised that he had no idea what a tango is! Will his hard work on his walks pay off for the performance, set to &amp;#039;Breathing Below Surface&amp;#039; by Jesse Cook? It certainly seems so - the dance keeps the audience totally captivated and earns a standing ovation from the judges. Cat even admits that she&amp;#039;s got chills! What will the judges say? Mary: Mary says there was something &amp;quot;really special&amp;quot; about this moment, admitting that the hair went up on her arms! She describes it as a &amp;quot;brilliant performance&amp;quot;, and her favorite number of the night. She admits she&amp;#039;s been tough on Chehon about his performance, but this week he had everything - &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s on the train! Chehon, you&amp;#039;re on the train!&amp;quot; Jesse: Jesse admits that he&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;stressing out&amp;quot; - how on Earth is he going to be able to send two dancers home? He praises Chehon&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;strong performance&amp;quot;, the footwork in particular. He jokes that Chehon is now on his &amp;quot;hot jalapeno bus&amp;quot;! Nigel: Nigel praises the routine, saying that it allowed Chehon to use his training and strength. He explains that Chehon and Anya had a &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot; connection and said his mom must be very proud of him.   Cyrus - solo Cyrus explains that he was born in Dallas, and when he was a kid his parents split up. He reveals that he used to love living with his dad in the summer, but sadly he passed away when Cyrus was ten. But Cyrus says his mom is a &amp;quot;soldier&amp;quot; who helped him get through it. In fact, his mom showed him his first wave - and now totally supports him and his dancing. As always, his solo routine is ridiculously entertaining - there&amp;#039;s just something about Cyrus that makes him brilliant to watch. The judges are loving it and the audience are cheering - Cat jokes everyone&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;going a little bit crazy&amp;quot;! Tiffany &amp;amp; Ade - contemporary Mandy Moore&amp;#039;s choreographing this routine, and promises it&amp;#039;s set to an &amp;quot;epic&amp;quot; song. Tiffany feels the same way - she dares the audience not to sing along, and admits that she wants to sing instead of dance at times! But what&amp;#039;s the track? &amp;#039;The Power of Love&amp;#039; by Celine Dion - what a classic? Luckily, the dance is even more exciting, and so beautiful to watch. It&amp;#039;s all lifts and swooping and smooth transitions. Do the judges agree? Seems so - they&amp;#039;ve given it a standing ovation! Jesse: Singing to the tune of &amp;#039;The Power of Love&amp;#039;, Jesse says: &amp;quot;That was amazing, those lifts are insane!&amp;quot; He jokes that he hurts just watching them, and again says he has no idea how to decide who&amp;#039;ll be going home. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve got to get out of here, I have something to do,&amp;quot; he quips. Mary: Mary describes Tiffany as &amp;quot;extraordinary&amp;quot;, saying this was her best performance of the season! Describing the dance as &amp;quot;phenomenal&amp;quot;, she adds that at times it looked like Tiffany was &amp;quot;bouncing off clouds&amp;quot; with the lifts. She says Tiffany made the dance seem &amp;quot;effortless&amp;quot; and adds that she is &amp;quot;so special&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;beautiful&amp;quot;. Nigel: Nigel says he knew the partnership between Tiffany and Ade would be &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot;. He says Tiffany is a beautiful technician and a beautiful partner and - kind of stealing Cat&amp;#039;s joke - he adds: &amp;quot;To quote One Direction, you don&amp;#039;t know you&amp;#039;re beautiful!&amp;quot; He says there&amp;#039;s a &amp;quot;humbleness&amp;quot; about her, and she just focuses on doing her work. &amp;quot;You are a real credit to this program,&amp;quot; he concludes. High praise indeed!  Who&amp;#039;s going home? But there&amp;#039;s not too much time for Tiffany to enjoy her praise, because we&amp;#039;re straight into the sad part of the evening - two dancers are about to be sent home. First off to discover their fate are the women, and we soon learn that Lindsay and Witney are in the bottom two (congratulations to Eliana and Tiffany.) It&amp;#039;s interesting that these two are both in danger, as we know they&amp;#039;ve been friends for ages, and Nigel picks up on that too. He says Mary&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;thrilled&amp;quot; two ballroom dancers got so far in the competition. But a decision has to be made and only one can be saved... and it&amp;#039;s going to be Witney! It&amp;#039;s sad to say bye to Lindsay, but at least she takes it well - she might be crying, but she&amp;#039;s laughing too. As for the guys, we quickly learn that Cyrus and Chehon are safe. Good news for them, but bad for Cole and Will, who both find themselves in danger. Who&amp;#039;ll be going home?  Nigel points out that they&amp;#039;re both very different characters, and it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;really difficult&amp;quot; to choose between them - especially as this is basically the last time the judges will have any actual input. But after speaking to the choreographers, they&amp;#039;ve made a decision - Cole&amp;#039;s going to stay! It&amp;#039;s definitely sad to lose Will, who was just lovely the entire time. That&amp;#039;s how close we are to the end now, though! So next week we&amp;#039;ll get to see Witney, Eliana and Tiffany battling it out for the women and Cole, Cyrus and Chehon giving it their all for the men. The finale&amp;#039;s drawing ever closer... So You Think You Can Dance airs Wednesdays on Fox. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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