Episode Report Card Kim: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Graduation
By Kim | Season 14 | Episode 19 | Aired on 05.22.2012
Dumb clip package about Jaleel White rehearsing for his final dance. No one cares. He's dancing to the Theme from Shaft. There are so many people on the dance floor that Jaleel barely had to dance. And I hate that Jaleel thinks he's so awesome. I will say that he does a good job matching the pro male dancers that are with them, but then he botches the lift and he and Kym are cracking up. At least he can laugh at himself.
Brooke is backstage to talk to Donald and Peta. They plan to get out there and have fun. Glad we had this time together.
Melissa is back to dance with Maks and Val in what I think was her best dance of the season. I'm glad she's doing this one again instead of some of the others. She really does need to work on that fishlip problem, though.
Roshon is also back, and he's going to do a freestyle instead of redoing one of his routine from the season. I think that's a good idea. Hey, you know what I learned from that freestyle? Roshon isn't that great of a hip-hop dancer. He's really good at popping and locking, but when it came to dancing side-by-side with Chelsie and trying to stay in sync - it wasn't great. Maybe I've just been watching too much America's Best Dance Crew, but it didn't do it for me.
Kelly Clarkson is here to perform a mix of her new single and "Stronger." Love her. Saw her in concert earlier this year and she's amazing. And I'll be recapping her new show, "Duets," which starts on Thursday! Tristan and Anna and Tony and Kym come out and dance while she sings. When Kelly starts singing "Stronger," I get goosebumps. I'm an old married lady, but if I was a single chick who just got screwed over by some loser, this would be my theme song. Everyone is fist pumping and the troupe members are out on the dance floor. They cut up to the backstage area and all of the eliminated contestants are fist pumping too. It's just a great song.
Clip package looking back at the last few weeks of the competition, which leads into Derek and Maria's tango. I'm curious if it will seem smoother now that they've each had some time to heal from their injuries. I kind of would have liked to see their jive again, but this is fine. It's actually about the same as last time for me. Maria sometimes lacks grace and they don't have the intensity they had during the season when it was all on the line. They got eliminated at the right time.
Next season is All-Stars. I am reserving judgment until they announce the cast, because it could be really awesome or it could be really terrible. I would love to see, for example, Gilles go up against Jennifer Grey or Kristi Yamaguchi. But I don't want to see Kate Gosselin or Bristol Palin or anyone terrible like that.