Seriously? OMG! WTF?

"CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT"

Each dancer will dance a total of 5 dances.The "Championship Show" will be taped on Monday and aired Wednesday, August 9th. The "Grand Finale Results Show" will be aired live on Wednesday, August 16th. BENJI’S CHAMPIONSHIP DANCES 
Viennese Waltz with Donyelle
Salsa with Heidi
Hip-Hop Duet with Travis
Group Dance, Solo Dance

HEIDI’S CHAMPIONSHIP DANCES  
Disco with Travis
Salsa with Benji
Broadway Duet with Donyelle
Group Dance, Solo Dance

USA Swing Net
I can not wait for Wednesday’s So You Think You Can Dance! I hope that Benji Schwimmer and Heidi Groskreutz are the final two. Oh and that Benji is the winner! You go boy! Benji! Benji! Benji

"So You Think You Can Dance" rolls out the first part of its finale (9 p.m., EDT/PDT, Wednesday, Aug. 9, Fox) with four high-steppers in tow.The winner will get $100,000 and opportunities to advance his or her career in dance. The winner will be crowned on the Aug. 16 installment."This season we’re giving (away) a car, an SUV, a $100,000 and a year’s contract, should the dancer want it, with the Celine Dion show," says executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, who is also a judge on the show."It’s already been written. We’re not sure if that’ a prize or a punishment."Last season’s winner, Nick Lazzarini, didn’t take the lush apartment in New York that he won. Instead, he took the money from it.Lazzarini joined a company out in Los Angeles, but he really hasn’t pursued the commercial dance aspect of his career yet.Season One dancer Blake McGrath will be showcased in an upcoming cable TV series.Like the finalists on "American Idol," the dancers of this show can translate their exposure into more work, either with professional dance teams or in venues such as Broadway. "Other contestants have really blown up and used their exposure from the show to continue down their path," Lythgoe says. "I think (Season Two) contestants … with this exposure … (will) be able to jump down whatever avenues they want to go down."

Knoxville News Sentinel 

I know I am going to get slammed by Benjelle fans, but if Donyelle went tonight I would not be upset. I think if she was not with Benji from day one she would’ve been out a while ago. I also think that if Travis and Heidi were together from day one it would be a much different show. Travis and Heidi brought it yesterday and so did my fave Benji, but Donnyelle seemed off especially during her solo.  Obviously I think Natalie and Ivan should go tonight, but anything can happen. All in all, all I have to say is Benji, Benji, Benji!

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This came from his MySpace fan page, so I am not sure if it is true or not. I hope it is not. 

In between rehearsals for the Fox reality show “So You Think You Can Dance,” Bensalem dance instructor Heidi Groskreutz reflected on the beat of Bucks County. Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey have a different rhythm than California, she said via a phone interview from Los Angeles. “People on the East Coast just tend to move faster. They have a different rhythm,” she said. “Out here, it’s much more laid back and I’m just not a very laid-back person.”Anyone who’s seen Groskreutz dance knows that’s very, very true.Her students at Bensalem’s La Luna Dance Studio, on Bensalem Boulevard, describe Groskreutz as a “Maserati” on the ballroom floor. She has danced her way into the top six finalists on the popular dance competition, which airs again Wednesday on Fox.Until then, she’ll likely just keep dancing. “Every single day, we spend between 10 to 12 hours dancing,” she said. “We have to be ready to go some days at around 6:30 a.m.“I just try to take many, many vitamins and get as much sleep as I can. I also try to eat as much as I can,” she continues, adding that she doesn’t need to count calories after 12 hours on the dance floor.Groskreutz has been dancing since age 3 and is a six-time champion of U.S. swing competitions. Her dream is that the Fox show will open doors to commercial work in television and movies and jobs that pay well. Being a dancer doesn’t pay very well, she added.“It got to a point where I was spending so much money on training that I didn’t know if I’d have enough money to eat,’’ she said. She also doesn’t buy into the myth that some people are good dancers and others aren’t.“Dancing is all mental,” she said. “With everything in life, it seems to be about staying focused. If you want to make something happen, you can make it happen and that’s what I continue to tell everyone I teach.”Groskreutz was born in New Jersey and moved to California when she was a child. She moved back to the East Coast and now lives in North Jersey.

Philly Burbs (story) and Heidi’s MySpace fanpage (photo)

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