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Memo to So You Think You Can Dance

Can we please ban this phrase from being used for the rest of the season?

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Memo to So You Think You Can Dance Australia.

Can we ban the phrase “Comfort Zone” for the rest of the series, please?

Last night it was used by both judges and host. It’s such a TV cliche these days, especially in Reality.

We know the dancers are tackling areas of discipline that are not their speciality. It’s the whole premise of the show.

Last time this issue was raised here was March 2008 in reference to So You Think You Can Dance Australia and It Takes Two.

ps….and preferably the word “yeah?” at the end of sentences too, yeah?

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  3. Also can we ban Jason saying “For the people at home” before every comment.

    Yes Jason it’s a TV show… we understand that it’s all for “The people at home”.

  4. Shelly, I actually had more issues with the choreography – a couple last night were really shockingly bad concepts or good concepts but not realised in the dance. Two offenders that stick out were the one with the telephone and the pair all in white to the love theme from Romeo and Juliet. Really ordinary choreography. As for the dancers – there were a few shockers, but then, there are always a few at this stage. Will be interesting to see how the results go this evening – it’s always a surprise first round!!

  5. Yes, very good points about the use of cliches, ad nauseam, in reality competitions. Whilst I realise it must be difficult to come up with something new when speaking to contestants who are taking part in a contest week after week, the judges do have to put a bit more thought into it. The word “journey” is so far beyond cliche that it is not funny. The constant “yeah” after every third word (yes, I’m speaking to you, Coleman and Calombaris) is also supremely annoying. I blame Jamie Oliver for popularising that particular vocal quirk. I sometimes wonder how much TV presentation coaching and instruction these guys are given after they take on the judging role. It is not easy to suddenly be thrust into a role like that and there is definitely scope for some of our reality judges to have vocal and TV presentation coaching, that’s for sure

  6. Can we stop them making excuses for poor performances? “It’s really hard for ballroom dancers to do other styles, it’s really hard for hip-hop dancers not to think, it’s really hard to learn rhumba in such a short amount of time”.

    Seriously, dancers in past season have already proved all that is a bunch of lies! Don’t making excuses for choosing bad dancers in the top 20!

  8. agree with peps – everytime jason refers to someone as “fella” I think he’s trying to mimic aborginial colloquialism which he should really try and avoid! and interestingly it typically ends in disappointment for the recipient

  12. Better than Australian Idol – Dicko used to say, after someone’s act:

    “What you are is a performer. What you did was a performance. What we saw was you performing.”

    Hitting my head against the wall brings less pain than watching that show.

  14. I’ve been getting annoyed by the number of time Jason and Matt say that something is ‘ridiculous’ when they mean ‘brilliant’. The way you did that was ridiculous. That performance was rididculous. No, Jason and Matt, you guys sound ridiculous.

  15. Can we ban Jason saying the phrase ‘Dance is my whole life’ as he says it quite a bit and it gets quite annoying

    If dance is your whole life then what are you doing as a judge on a tv show.

    “You should be dancing, yeah!”

  16. I was so thinking exactly the same thing watching the show last night..Coleman always agrees with himself after every sentence by saying “yeah”..A really annoying habit!!
    I think the “comfort zone ” statement is so widely over used too..Just by competing in a tv show, they are out of their comfort zone..

  17. I also noticed that two of the judges used the expression “go out there and shine” in the promos leading up to the shows’ premiere. It probably wouldn’t have been as noticable in an hourlong minute programme, but that sort of repetition can be quite grating within such a tight timeframe.

  19. That’s a very British thing to do yeah? Jamie Oliver does it a lot yeah, and it annoys the hell out of me yeah!

    It’s kinda like how we put “yeah nah” at the start of sentences.
    Yeah nah that was a good dance.

  21. When I saw the title of your article, I thought you were going to refer to banning them saying “yeah”…

    But they have to keep saying that… What other drinking game would we play?

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