My thoughts:
I was sorry to see BOTH the tappers go, but they were weak dancers last night, and when the other options were both contemporary dancers (which is the SYTYCD darling genre), well I could see the writing on the wall.
I guess what's sad is that tap is really a dance unto itself; the skills required for it don't usually translate to other genres, and so even if a choreographer was doing a Broadway number for a tapper, they probably wouldn't be able to put any tap moves in there for them.

Ok, moving on.

That Stacy Tookey routine just SCREAMED "Mia Michaels 'Addiction' ripoff!" to me. Not so much the dancing, but the whole concept.

I really enjoyed the Wade Robson routine!

Other than that, oh kudos to the tango dancer (forgetting names). She handled the wardrobe problem in the best way possible, and IMO that alone should keep her from elimination, even if she had sucked at all the actual steps!

You may be interested to know a tapper finished in the final 4 on the Canadian show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBlsQGSs6jU


Here is a tap dance that the tapper Everett and his partner Tara-Jean did during the show. TJ was the overall winner.

Thanks for sharing that clip, really enjoyed that performance.
I'm a bit bummed about two tappers going home, and just goes to show they could do a tap routine if they really tried.

While I'm kidnapping your thread, here is TJ with the guy who came second, Vincent, who is a French Canadian ballroom dancer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIJmw42MtY&feature=fvw

They were always magical together.

And just to round out the top four, here is Everett with Jayme Rae.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MVGxvmefP8&NR=1

Here's another one of my favourites with Everett and Kim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jOhvCL-pKU

I don't know what her specialty is, but she does a serviceable job on the tapping. Just goes to show it CAN be done! Hear that, SYTYCD USA?

She is a contemporary dancer.