Its Sunday Night fever all over again! And the Semi Finals are finally here! In conclusion, it was a very interesting round to see how the different teams could interpret their given theme 80s. Kudos to the Dhool team for bringing up the competition to the next level by incorporating it with themes and letting the groups battle it out. This gives it a very tight feel of how a competition should be, unlike the previous Dhools. Its good that all the groups have to come out with new choreography rather than them reusing their own stuff. Its a face of challenge to see who makes the best out of a situation being out of their comfort zones. Now first Lets look at the 3 groups who made their way through to the Finals.
RSR
These girls put up an awfully new concept for the Semi's! And you know what? We SO dig it! The '80s famous Yindian ugly betty' hair and the half saree's with metallic - coloured jackets over them just screams 80's!!! And Rajini, we don't even need to elaborate on that. What we loved in their dance was the fact that the girls weren't afraid to express horrible, horrible face expressions to depict them being the 'oorex's' they were suppose to be!"Anybody can kiss me!!! Vait vait vait a minute, vithout touchinggg me!", that was uber funny! Expressions are a definite improvement from when we've seen them in the beginning. Keep up the good work, girls! Special shoutout to the Girl in Red jacket! Girl! You did justice to the whole song with your expressions and dance moves! With that cute lip sync it just add well to the whole concept and character. Well done! Their semi's are a definite improvement from their Quarters. Very creative. We can't wait to see what these girls have in store for us in the Finals. You go girls, make Yindian females in
Tridiac
Lets face it, Tridiac their forte lies in Hip Hop. So attempting to do something out of the box for 80's did prove to be a little bit of a challenge for these boys. And it was evident that these boys had abit of a difficulty executing the dance according to the theme. Mmm... Their piece was awfully messy, with alot of people running here and there, running in and out of formations. Come to think about it, our Dance2This crew thinks that there wasn't sufficient practice, given the amount of time they had (which was actually quite alot). It's actually quite sad to see something like this happening, because firstly, there’s alot of hype when it comes to these boys, and because expectations were high, even a small let down seems over exaggerated.
Having said that, the idea of the concept was good even though it was 'inspired' from somewhere, its quite safe to say that it suited their chosen song well. Satish did a good job in pulling off the rich man look. And the rest... lets just say that they did a good job as... veleikaarans Haha, joke'u boys joke'u. Well anyways, these boys were among your choice of who should be in. We hope they give us more dance and less action in the Finals!
Killabeez
Clear cut one of the best dance for the night! Killabeez have won our hearts back! After a disappointing Quarter Finals performance, they really brainstormed and came up with something new. It was a really enjoyable dance to watch. We could see that the beez tried, and what can we say, they pulled it off well! Fantastic job boys, you guys are back on the map! Welcome back! And the thing that we have been noticing about these beez are that they enjoy experimenting with new formations, other then the usual boring ones that we always see. That’s definitely a plus plus.
And we couldn't resist but write on this. The 2nd round! Killabeez were hilarious with a capital H! The idea of a spaceman and a caveman is quite corny but both of them did a wonderful job. We were laughing off our seats! The space suit 'mandae' lookes a tad bit too big for his head though, that just added to our amusement. Great job and congrats fellas!
On the Fence
Kali Dancers
In contrary to what many people have to say, Kali Dancers, in our eyes, didn't do as bad as many people claim. Their costumes, energy and expression were very well done. After watching them a couple of times we think it's safe to say that these are the 3 aspects in which Kali excel at. And their infusion of many different types of dance into their piece is also a commendable effort. Although we did like Kali in the Semi's, there was 1 thing which we totally hated. Wrong wrong wrong song choice. Like Sri Devi said, there’s so many other songs out there, why this one? None of us got the hang of the song, so we are guessing that there’s one major put off point. Maybe these folks wanted to give us something new? Might that explain the awful song choice? We don't know. It's sad to see these dancers go. But for what they were worth in Dhool, they gave everyone else a tough fight!
Shoutouts to Synchronix and Anarchy
Fantastic fantastic fantastic effort. You guys have been giving us a new performance 3 weeks in a row and we think that that alone is a big achievement! It would have been much better if the organizers had put all the wildcard teams in the finals, to give ample time in getting a new piece ready, but they didn't and that decision did not work to either both your benefits. Mmmm... Anyways, why did both these teams end up in the first Semi's? A little illogical, if you ask us. But what’s done is done, and we just wanted to give the both of you our shoutouts! It is really hard to come up with an idea, choreography, costumes and props in one week. Its definitely an effort worth mentioning. Our hearts goes out to the both of you teams! You guys have made a name for yourself in Dhool'08 and put up a good competition till now. So keep the passion alive guys!
Having said that, we did see alot of effort put into this weeks performance by all the teams. It was really enjoyable to watch all the teams put up their act. As we sadly bid our goodbyes to the 3 teams that have been eliminated this week, we can't help but wonder which 3 teams we will have to say bye bye to next week. The competition is running on full force and if you don't keep up with it, you just might be the ones bidding audieu. We cannot wait for the next Semi's featuring:
Agni Reloaded
Apsara Asia
Aerocratz
Chakraz
Mera Naan Joker
Version 2.8
You must be kidding us! All the big names chucked into the 2nd Semi Finals! We see a tough battle in store. Who will reign? Its up to you!
Before we go on to the reviews, here's a shmaal shout out to Haresh:
Yo Dude, whoever you are, thanks for the awesome videos! They are crystal clear and you upload them up in a jiffy! It takes effort and it certainly helps everyone especially our fellow dancers. You have brought them to the next level - onto worldwide net. For that, you have our thanks! Nandri fellow Indian!
Now, the 2 groups who got in:
Mera Naam Joker
Clearly the winner in out poll this week, we knew somehow that these Jokers would get in! And they did!
A much better performance compared to Danz Arena. The piece on a whole was very fluid, and gelled together very well. Basically, the song, their movements and their expressions were up to par with everything going on around them.
In contrary to what Miss Lavanya said, we kinda liked the costume. It was different. We think they could have done better with the selection of fabric, but other then that the structure was new and different. It was a tad but plain, but it was an effort, can't say no there. So Kudos to Mera Naam Joker! You boys have redeemed yourself! We'll see you in the Semi Finals!
RSR
Jiggu Jiggu costumes makkal! Haha. The idea of having a 2 sided costume was certainly out of the box! Nice idea on that!! It could have signified the whole concept about snakes, and how 2 headed they could be sometimes. Not too sure on that though, but on the overall, these girls were good!
Something about their performance made if feel like it was from the 90's tv performance. And that is NOT an insult! Its Just a feel of the concept and the whole dance, that’s all. And we think that ladders are the trademark to this group. So far every performance of theirs involves their beloved step ladders! Their choreography and formations definitely suits their concept. But but but, the one thing we noticed in this performance was how awfully cramped up on stage they were. We kind of concluded that this was because of their formations. And girls, expressions were still bland. Why girls, why? Maybe the costume and masks overpowered the whole dance like how Miss Sridevi pointed out? And and and, only 1 person was missing in the dance. Haha, whatever it is, you are all in the Semi's! We hope to see you (and your ladders) again! All the best!
On the Fence
Anarchy
We applaud the effort for thinking of doing something different! This is one of the niche performances for the night. Costumes were extremely unique, it doesn’t strike you as attractive on first glance, but it tends to grow on you the more you watch them. Their dance was really one of a kind. Simple, Straight, Special (any other S u can think of) just like the costumes, the piece grows on you eventually. This junior group of Anarchy 99 is making its way back for the wildcard round! Let’s wish them all the best!
Mega Highlight
Today's highlight is on our very own Vadi's Sms Rap. Thanks to Haresh who uploaded that particular bit; our Dance2This crew came up with our own Rap for the Dhool'08 team. Makkalae's this is on behalf of you guys...
To counter this, here's Dance 2 This's very own rap:
*The song is from Prabhu Deva's Yezhaiyin Siripil (Yeppa Yeppa Ayyaapa). So sing along with us!
Yeppa Yeppa DHOOL Appa
Kannulae SMS votingae Kaathapa
Verum SMS panna sonna pothuma?
Namma kaasu yengae pothupa?
Yen SMS Un SMS
Namma SMS Yellam Panam!
Un SMS Yen SMS
Namma SMS Yellamae Panam!
Ayyo!
Panam Panam Panam
Athu namma podura Panam!
SMS SMS SMS
Athae konjam kaatavendum neeyum!
DhooL!
Yeppa Yeppa DHOOL Appa
Kannulae SMS votingae Kaathapa
Verum sms panna sonna pothuma?
Namma kaasu yengae pothupa?
And lastly, just for laughs, we made a shmaal video.
The 4 Quarter Finals are over! The wildcard round is up next! Groups in Ungal Choice round are as follows:
4Dee Krew
Anarchy
Apsara Asia
Chakraz
PFD
Synchronix
Basically all the groups who were on the fence are in! This battle is going to be one hell of a tough fight. Who are the final groups who will lock their places in the Semis to join Tridiac, Version 2.8, Kali Dancers, Agni Reloaded, Killabeez, Aerocratz, Mera Naan Joker & RSR? YOU decide!
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