Do we have any SYTYCD fans out there?  Yeah, I am most definietly one of them.  I just love watching, and wishing, that I could dance like that.

The 2010 season started off very nice, with some terrific dancers!  Most notably missing from the action however was Mary Murphy, whom I know many, many people miss dearly.  I was a fan of her dance knowledge, but not so much the screaming fits she would have.  To each their own thought!  Many in our forum outright miss her and think the new panel is too subdued.  I actually enjoyed it.  I am also very happy to see Mia Michaels returning to the show, and really hope she will be choreographing many of the dances this year.  No one beats her in my opinion.  She has always been the choreographer on the dances that touch me most.

The dancer that made it through that stood out the most to me last night however was Teddy.  You may remember him last year, little blond kid who was wearing a very stand out lime green with plaid-ish shirt – I loved his dancing last year, seemed whimsical.  Last year unfortunately, he didn’t make it out of the Vegas rounds.  This year for his audition, he dressed all in a black suit and tie, and did an incredible, and incredibly sad dance, seeming to end with a sad little boy deciding to end his life.  It was certainly touching, and he had so emotion in it.  It was terrific.

Now for those of you that are fans of the show, you know that this year, SYTYCD powers that be have decided to change up the format.  This year, instead of 20 contestants (10 couples) they have decided to only go with 10 contestants.  Dancing as their partner with them will be “All-Stars” from seasons past.  I am really excited to see some of the All Stars they plan on bringing back.  I have included a list of the “All Stars” due to come back to dance this season at the bottom of this post.  Also different this year, only one dancer will leave each week, and they will switch partners weekly.

I liked having 20 new contestants, but I also like the all stars coming back!  I just don’t know if I will love the season, or feel a bit disappointed.  I guess we will see!  Coming back, as promised are:

1. Twitch, Season 4
2. Kathryn, Season 6
3. Pasha, Season 3
4. Allison, Season 2
5. Ade, Season 5
6. Comfort, Season 4
7. Lauren, Season 3
8. Mark, Season 4
9. Anya, Season 3
10. Dominic, Season 3
11. Courtney, Season 4

From what we have learned so far, Kayla, Russell, Jakob and Legacy didn’t make the cut.  :(  Those were faves of mine.  I wanted at least one of them!  Who are your faves?  Did they make the cut?  Click here to come tell us in the forum!

Yakksters, Real Superpass has another special surprise for Big Brother fans – an interview with Russell and Michele. Join us at the Yak where our very own Ahrean will be transcribing the interview as it happens, Live Thursday, October 1 @ 9PM EST/8PM CST! Click here to read along and be sure to join in on the discussion. Don’t forget to register and join us at the Yak with everything else we’ve got going on in the Big Brother off-season!

And we’re down to 5 … Click below to see who was evicted from the BB house! Join the discussion in our forums!

Russell was evicted by a vote of 3-0.

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Jeff used the POV and removed Kevin. Jeff nominated Russell in his place.

Natalie & Russell are nominated for eviction.

Okay Yakksters, as you all know, I always do the show thread, every night it airs, I type it up for you as it happens. I had a VERY hard time doing so on Tuesday, August 11th’s episdoe though as my hands were shaking from anger.

I don’t work for CBS productions, so I have no idea how hard it would have to be to wittle down 24/7 feeds into 42 minutes of aired showtime, 3 times a week. That being said, if you’re going to show the fights, and the controversies, you would THINK you’d also show it in a way that it doesn’t seem slanted, unless you want to avoid bad publicity…….which is just what CBS did tonight.

So, you ask, what happened?

For the last several weeks, whenever Chima has been aggravated by Russell, she’s thrown out the insult of “terrorist” at him, due to his Lebanese background. Never mind her making fun of his ear, as she says “cauliflower ear” (Russells’ left ear is deformed), but she also at one point referred to him as Osama. This was an obvious reference to Osama Bin Laden, the most wanted terrorist in the world.

On tonight’s episode of Big Brother, however, her remarks were edited and shown in the context of her backpeddling efforts, after DR advisements that she tone it down (this is our supposition). So what did they show? They showed all of his rants, interwoven with her saying he was a terrorist b/c he is terrorizing the house. They did NOT show her calling him Osama, they did NOT show her calling him a terrorist in the derogatory sense. CBS wanted Chima, after her clip on Sunday talking about her rape, to seem sympathetic. And heck, they didn’t even show her remark about wanting to entice Russell into a fight, so he’d assault her, go to jail and hopefully he’d be raped.

Russell is no angel, by any means, but after Chima’s first week slaughter of Braden, which she later admitted to amping up to cause drama, it makes her much worse in our eyes.

So what’s the big deal you ask? Why is this so upsetting? It upsets us b/c the casual would NOT know about Chima’s real intentions with her remarks and think that only Russell was in the wrong. If you want to show the truth, show the WHOLE truth, not just a truth spun so casual viewers don’t think some maniac is running loose in the Big Brother house.

And let’s also not forget, Chima plans to throw a hissy fit of epic proportions should Jeff use the Coup D’etat on Thursday (which we REALLY hope he does). CBS and persons in the DR are frantically trying to figure out a way to keep her calm, but after Chima’s repeated defiance of production, why bother? Obviously they’re going to let her run loose in that house and not show who the REAL maniac is…….and it’s not Russell.

Chima, the current HOH on Big Brother 11, discussed the awful events in her life in 1999 where she was raped and attacked by a serial killer who’s since been put to death. This tragic even we’re sure left an indelible mark on her life and we applaud her courage to push past it.

That being said, while we cannot judge how she’s chosen to live her life since that terrible day, what we can judge is what we see every day on the Big Brother 11 live feeds. And what we’ve seen in the last couple of hours has to be the most vile things ever uttered on Big Brother.

Just a short while ago Chima was remarking to Jessie that she would like to entice Russell into a confrontation culminating in him, Russell, hitting her so she could charge him with assault, get him thrown in jail and then he’d be raped on a daily basis. If that weren’t bad enough, she proceeded to call him Osama.

Those of you with live feeds have had to endure the fish all day long because of her repeated declarations that Russell is a terrorist. Earlier she tried to backpeddle and say it’s because he’s terrorizing the house, not an actual terrorist……..and one might believe that had she not just called him by the first name of the most wanted terrorist in the world.

It’s one thing to be outspoken, but it’s another thing to first trash one man on live national television (Braden) and now proceed to trash Russell. Yes, he has a temper, yes he has said and done some nasty things as well but he’s NEVER risen to the levels Chima has tonight.