If you're one of the few people on here that know me pretty closely, you would be privy to the fact that I absolutely love the TV Show So You Think You Can Dance (It comes on Fox, Wednesdays at 7cst and Thursday at 8cst). There are a few reasons I love it so much:

1. I love dancing in general
2. Hot boys (and girls if you're male) scantily clad [their sexual preferences vary]
3. Good Great entertainment

If you're not familiar with the show's format, let me enlighten you. The first 2-3 weeks are the auditions, in which the show travels to several major cities around the US (and once in Mexico) looking for dance hopefuls. Much like the American Idol auditions, you get some really awesome dancers and some dancers that are so delusional they should be round-house kicked to the face. It's entertaining in itself. When you audition, there are 3 options for you: Straight to Vegas for further auditions, the choreography round to see if you know how to learn and perform a routine on the spot, or you go home.

Once they've picked all the best dancers (about 150), it's off to Vegas where the dancers endure vigorous auditions in many different styles and are subsequently eliminated after each round depending on their performances. By the end of all the rounds, they end up with about 30 or so of the best in which they have to whittle down to 20 (10 girls and 10 boys). 

Now is when the fun begins! Each of the following Wednesdays, each of the couples performs a dance randomly chosen. The judges critique them after each dance but it is up to America to call and vote for their favorite. Note: I said favorite not best. Although, they probably coincide because all the dancers are phenomenal.

On the following Thursday, they have the “Results Show” in which they determine the bottom 3 couples based on the lowest amount of votes. All 6 dancers must then perform a 30 second solo of their own personal style of dance in order to impress the judges. It is then the judges’ job to choose one boy and one girl to go home that week. The remaining couples repeat the process the next week.

Now that you know how the show works, let me get on to the subject at hand. The other day I was watching Chelsea Lately on E! and during the “Round Table” segment where they bash celebrities and such, they said that SYTYCD was the “trashy” version of Dancing With the Stars [DWTS]. This really made me angry and I’ll tell you why. Simply put, SYTYCD is so much better of a show than DWTS. I’ll tell you why:

1.The dances on DWTS aren’t as good as SYTYCD because the stars are not trained dancers. I’d much rather watch [both] people that know what they’re doing than one professional and one struggling “star”.

2. Most of the dancers on SYTYCD have been training and dancing their whole lives, dreaming of being dancers. They put their heart and soul into dancing and being on the show really makes their dream come true. It's not just about getting on TV and publicity and all that like with DWTS.

3. All of the dancers are physically fit and in shape to do the various dances required of them. So there is little to no risk of bodily injury. Plus, it’s nice eye candy for us. I don’t know about you but I would prefer not to watch Cloris Leachmen  or Steve Wozniak dance. While the professional dancers are quite good looking, that's only half the dancers. ALL of the SYTYCD dancers are hott (with two T's).

4. With SYTYCD, there is a wider variety of dances which makes it more fun and exciting. Since the "stars" aren't trained in dance, they can't pull off many of the styles.

5. Its amazing seeing someone who is proficient in popping and locking do a contemporary or ballroom dance. Especially when it doesn't even look like they're struggling. It equates to the "stars" doing something they can't do like dancing in general.

6. With DWTS its just like "hey there's some people dancing, cool" but with SYTYCD, they tell stories with their movements, they make you feel things and make you think.
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There are probably a thousand more reasons why SYTYCD is better than DWTS but I don't have all day and this is getting pretty long.