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"   Last night&amp;#039;s auditions in the Big Easy didn&amp;#039;t disappoint. Nigel was MIA, off to England to pick up an honorary degree, and boy, was he missed. I mean, come on, Mary, Lil C and Adam (Nigel&amp;#039;s fill-in at the judges table) sent Shelby (&amp;quot;Skip&amp;quot;) Skipper straight through to Vegas. I think Skip skipped a crucial stop at the choreography round. Yeah, his New Orleans Bounce was fun to watch, but all that shaking and bouncing made me want to call the paramedics. Was he dancing or having a seizure? He needed to prove he could do something beyond this one unique style of dance. But the judges thought otherwise and he&amp;#039;s off to Sin City. Was I the only one wondering what was up with Mary? Did she take some Ambien before her critique of Skip. I thought I was watching Paula Abdul for a minute. Mary did have a spot-on moment, though, when she introduced Mary&amp;#039;s Rules of What Not to Do: hat pulled over your eyes, reaching out to nowhere, rubbing your body, and men&amp;#039;s booty shaking. And how awesome was it watching Adam demonstrate the don&amp;#039;ts. Adam Shankman shaking his booty? Enough said! While cool street style helped Skip get to Vegas, the same fate didn&amp;#039;t await Micah Mixon. His popping B-boy moves got him to the choreography round, but that was it. OK, let&amp;#039;s get to the good stuff\u2014a few of the standouts that deserved their tickets to Vegas: Jonathan Litzler: He brought an acrobatic wow factor that the judges loved. Me too. Kimalee Piedad: A theater arts ballroom dancer who was truly amazing. Those gravity-defying lifts? Unbelievable. Jakob Karr: He made that routine look effortless. Mary finally started to wake up and get excited. (Thanks, Jakob!) Next week, the final round of auditions head to Salt Lake City. After that, the competition really heats up. \u2014Angela Ebron "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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