Speaking of SYTYCD, on last night’s finale Ellen Degeneres was a surprise guest. She “replaced” Alex on the repeat of  his routine with tWitch.

So You Think You Can Dance is one of my favorite shows. The show features in the past the top 20 dancers (the just concluded season only featured top 11 due to the new format which they were paired each week with an all star – contestants from previous seasons) from over thousands who auditioned. [side note: There also is a SYTYCD Australia as well as several other countries like Canada, UK, Greece, Malaysia, Polands, Scandinavia, Benelux and Norway] The level of dancing has always been topped from season to season. This season featured Alex Wong a former principal at the Miami Ballet Company. He gave up his position there to be able to go on the show. He initially auditioned two seasons ago and got to Vegas (the top 100 or so and where they are whittled down to the top 20) but his company didn’t allow him to go on leave to participate in the show. He I think is one of the best dancers the show has ever seen. I was in awe when I watched the routine that he danced with Allison Holker (season 2) – Hallelujah:

But one of the more memorable ones he danced was this routine by NappyTabs with Twitch (Season 4) – Outta Your Mind:

He danced the routine as if he was a hip-hop dancer. From ballet to hip-hop haha! Too bad though because I was really rooting for him to win ( I think a lot were) but then the following week during dress rehearsals he injured himself and it turned out that he lacerated his achilles tendon and couldn’t continue to compete. (I hope he had something like a NC health insurance to cover the operation) He was given a pass to Vegas week for next season, I hope he takes it up. Season 7 saw Lauren Froderman crowned America’s favorite dancer.

Posted Pepsi’s earlier, now more commercials in line with the World Cup.

Nike – Write the Future (full-length):

Hyundai

MTN South Africa – Two world wars and one world cup:

Coca-cola: History of Celebration:

This is just funny. Tom Cruise as Les Grossman, the lunatic producer he played in Ben Stiller’s movie Tropic Thunder dances with JLo.

Check out the performance of Justice Crew on the finals of Australia’s Got Talent – then go and vote for them: sms JUSTICE to 199 77 77 2 or call 1902 55 333 7.  Voting closes 12:00pm (AEST) on 11/06/10. Good luck Justice Crew!

Ok, this has already been making the rounds of blogs, twitter and fb. In Glee’s Dream On (season 1 episode 19), in a dream sequence Artie stands from his wheelchair and dances. They do a flash mob to “Safety Dance”. What caught pinoy’s eyes is the background – Jollibee! The leading fast food chain in the Philippines. It was shot in Eagle Rock Plaza in Los Angeles. And apparently, Chow King is just across Jollibee in this mall.

Here’s a screen shot:

This has been making the rounds on the net for a while now and really Michael V is a genius when it comes to this ..

Here’s the spoof of Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance by Michael V on GMA’s Bubble Gang:

One of my favorite shows is How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) for fellow fans out there .. here is HIMYM’s “Wedding Bride” trailer ..

One of nice things with technology and the internet these days is that we are able to watch news or shows from home. Home in this case being the Philippines. Aside from being able to catch up on news and what not, it’s nice to once in a while be able to watch teleseryes, sineseryes or whatever they call it nowadays. I admit I watch more of taiwanese or korean series online but sometimes there are pinoy series that catch my fancy. The other day I just started watching Diva which stars Regine Velasquez, Mark Anthony Fernandez and TJ Trinidad. It’s about Sampaguita (Regine) and her trials and journeys to become a singer ( I think haha, I’m only a few episodes in and it has been airing since March). You see she was born ugly but with a great voice but the Regine that was shown at the start of the series is a beautiful one so let’s see how she transforms from the ugly duckling to the swan.The comedy in the show is campy but for some reason I like it

Here’s part one of the first episode…

With the wonderful technology we have now, it is no wonder that a lot of people shooting to internet stardom. Whether it be for a funny thing they do, for a certain talent they have or just something that catches peoples fancy.  Recently, one that has been getting media attention is Lin Yu Chun, a Taiwanese boy that performed Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You pitch perfect. He is being referred to as the Taiwanese Susan Boyle, he is now in the US appearing on different talk shows.

Here he is with William Shatner doing Total Eclipse of the Heart ..