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" Welcome to Reality Redux, weekly recaps, reviews and occasional rants about some of your (and my) favorite reality shows. We&amp;#039;re kicking things off with So You Think You Can Dance, and auditions are already under way. Last night&amp;#039;s episode took us to Atlanta, where Billy Bell was first up. His performance was merely good, not amazing, but the judges were impressed enough to send him straight through to Vegas. Atlanta was off to a good start. Would the momentum continue? Not judging by the next dancer, Amber Jackson. Nigel said she was a great dancer but a lousy performer, and I have to agree. She was staring out into space when she should have maintained eye contact with the judges. Nigel even called her out about it. No surprise that she had to dance to impress in the choreography round. (She didn&amp;#039;t make it.) The downhill spiral continued with Adam Shankman look-a-like Travis Denison. His manic, fake hip-hop routine was laughable. I thought I was watching an accountant trying to get funky. Obviously it was a &amp;quot;No&amp;quot; from the judges. Speaking of the judges, I just have to get this off my chest. Lil C has to be the worst judge on the show. He rarely makes sense and when he does manage to say something comprehensible, it&amp;#039;s basically a repeat of what the other judges just said. Please producers, put us out of our misery and let Lil C do what he does best: choreograph. Mary (love her!) was surprisingly quiet last night\u2026well, quiet for Mary that is. Here&amp;#039;s hoping we&amp;#039;ll hear some screams from her very soon. OK, back to the auditions. My favorites: Jamal Jackson, Victor Smalley and Thomas Hamilton (who reminded me so much of Brandon from last season). Least favorite: Jonathon Bryant. Talk about arrogant. You better be an amazing dancer if you&amp;#039;re going to argue with the judges during their critique. And unfortunately for Jonathon, he wasn&amp;#039;t. Most inspiring: Without a doubt, Jessica Jensen, whose hand was amputated because of cancer. It was amazing to watch her dance. Her passion, spirit and determination came though with every movement. It&amp;#039;s a shame that she didn&amp;#039;t make it to Vegas, but I think the judges were right. She was a good dancer, but not an exceptional one. Tonight, auditions head to New Orleans. No that should be interesting. We&amp;#039;ll have plenty to talk about tomorrow. See you then. \u2014Angela Ebron, Articles Director "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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