It's been a very interesting week for the kids on So You Think You Can Dance. Monday it was announced that Top 10 contestant Jessica King was stepping down from the competition for medical reasons and that last week's eliminated hoofer Comfort Fedoke was being brought back in to replace her!  What?  That's crazy talk!  It was Tanya Harding in the green room with the lead pipe. I'm just sayin'...

Also on Monday, our very own Michael Jensen bombarded Executive Producer and Judge Nigel Lythgoe about the representation of gays on the show which may or may not have led to an on air shout-out to two gay choreographers. 

There's a ton to cover so let's jump right into Wednesday night's performance episode first.

The Host with the most, Ms. Cat Deeley (who was robbed of an Outstanding Host Emmy nod) starts things off by introducing Jessica King who tells us all that she broke two ribs and injured a third so she can't dance for at least 4 weeks but will be better in time for the tour.  Mind you, she's wearing the tightest eggroll of a dress and strutting across the stage with sass and ease which makes me wonder if she's faking it.  Can we get an investigative reporter on this?

For those of you that might be new to the show, once the competition hits the Top 10 things start to get a little more interesting.  Not only are the styles of dance chosen from a hat, but so are the couplings.  To add a little more drama to the show, starting this week each contestant will also be performing solos.  Right about now is when I need Debbie Allen to come in and do some inspirational speech about how this is where the kids start paying for fame ... in sweat!

This week's Judges: Lil C, Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe

Courtney and Joshua rhumba me to sleep

Welcome to our So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 Week 5 recaplet where in the course of two nights we were treated to some Alvin Ailey, some girl-on-girl song stylings courtesy of Katy Perry and her single "I Kissed a Girl" and one killer Bollywood number!

Can I just start by saying that you have to love a show that gives us a near flawless Bollywood routine. Joshua Allen and Katee Shean (pictured above) worked it out and I'm floored that middle America apparently loved this middle Eastern treat but I'm getting way ahead of myself. 

Let's start back on Wednesday night when the Top 12 performed two routines each - which I must say is tiring beyond belief.  Just sitting there on my couch watching these kids kill themselves with twelve routines was enough to make me pass out the minute the show was over.  It's like sympathy pains or something, after two hours I was spent.

*You can watch all of the Top 12 performances over at my TV blog: Ducky Does TV

Chelsie and Mark show Broadway's sultry side

My TV Boyfriend Mark Kanemura and Chelsie Hightower
First Dance: Salsa by Alex Da Silva  Kicking off the show with my new TV Boyfriend Mark and that cutie patootie Chelsie is as Martha Stewart would say, a good thing.  Both were smokin hot out there doing their salsa but there were some moments where they were anticipating each other and I hate being able to see that it's choreographed.  Pulling the curtain back to reveal how inorganic it really is ruins the fantasy for me.  Fashion wise, I think that everyone should have custom made pants because those suckers gave scrawny Mark the finest ass ... child!  The judges complained that Mark was too stiff and all I kept thinking was that's how I'd like my Mark...

Second Dance: Broadway by Tyce Diorio  I so wanted this girl power routine to be sexier and dirtier than it really was.  Chelsie should have been dominating that boy and at times she did but I wanted her to beat him down!  While there were moments of greatness, overall I felt a little let down.  Am I wrong?  Like Chelsie said, "That's a w-a-r-p"  Thank god she's beautiful and talented because based on her spelling ability I can't say she's Smarter Than a 5th Grader.

Comfort and Thayne try to step it up and ... well ... dance

Comfort Fedoke and Thayne Jasperson
First Dance: Hip-Hop by Napoleon and Tabitha  We've been waiting all season to see Comfort nail a hip-hop routine because that's her style and if this was what we waited for, I want my money back.  Comfort was solid but not hard enough to blow me away and sadly, I think this sealed the deal with wanting to send her home this week.  Thayne was a little too soft but did the best he could at butching it up (Nigel's term not mine) and riding comfort from one end of the stage to the other - wait what?  Cat called it "Hip-Hop Days of our Lives" and if that's the case, Comfort's breasts were performing their own telenovela in her yellow get up.

Second Dance: Contemporary by Mandy Moore  I'm so over Comfort and I feel bad.  She was slow, boring and sloppy which at times made it seem like Thayne was dancing by himself.  That can't be good.  My girl Mia Michaels called her out for faking it and she was so dead on.  This is the point in the competition where a dancer's lack of training really starts to hurt them and it's time for Comfort to go home. Sorry, girl.

Eight more dancers and the results show after the break!

Since I'll be lying on the beach in P'Town avoiding every clap of thunder (among other things clapp related) and every drop of rain projected to hit the Cape this weekend, I won't be able to watch the elimination episode of So You Think You Can Dance and write up a combined performance/elimination blog about it for Friday morning. That means today's recaplet will be a little shorter than last week and I'll be asking for your feedback as to who should go home this week. Audience participation is always more fun anway, right?

Week 4 Judges: The always loveable and adorable Napoleon (oh yeah and his wife Tabitha), the ultra-screamy Mary Murphy and the increasingly stick-up-the-arsed Nigel Lythgoe.

For some reason, someone decided it would be a good idea to torture the dancers as well as the audience by making each couple perform two dances in one night. No, this is not uncommon for the show but it is uncommon at this stage of the game when there are still 7 couples left to compete. It makes for far too much dancing and far too little pre-performance video which I'm a big fan of. Don't get me wrong, it was great seeing the dancers do their thang but I missed seeing the personality and more importantly the hardcore spills that come from rehearsal footage.

Shirtless Will and Jessica

Will Wingfield and Jessica King:
First Dance: Jive by Tony Meredith and Melanie Lapatin First off, as inappropriate as it is, the booty on Will is driving me crazy ... if I wore pants like his would my flat bottom look as bubbly and delicious? All I really remember from this routine was a backflip pull thru that Jessica did and I only remember that because I wrote down that it was banoodles (yes, I'm still trying to make banoodles the new bananas). For the first time all season Jessica was a standout! Mary talked about missed connections but I was honestly fooled and wowed by the routine. Damn, they're Jessica haters. We get it, you love Will; Jessica is the new Matt.

Second Dance: Lyrical Jazz by Mandy Moore Props! I love props! Why do certain types of girls look really good in old men's shirts? The routine was amazing and Will dragged her from one end of the stage to the other wrapped in that old shirt. Surely he gave her rug burn, which I'm certain was not her first time, I kid ... I kid! Note to the producers: Don't put the stunning shirtless boy in the background, we need to see that glory front and center! Their lifts were great and overall the routine was passionate and kinda dirty.

Now its time for our least favorite segment of the show ...

THE MOST HOMOPHOBIC REMARK OF THE WEEK: Courtesy of the toothy Brit at the Judges table who asked for a show of hands from the audience to see who wanted to dance with Will. When nearly the entire place went nuts, Nigel said to young William: "Will there were almost more girls than guys that had their hands up so I think you're okay." What the hell is that, Nigel? On a show about dance with a gay audience not to mention past and future contestants, that's a really ignorant comment to make. He's getting a letter from my hand raising gay loving self, toot sweet!

Mark and Chelsie in a standoff

So You Think You Can Dance has been krumpin' its way through Season 4 for a couple weeks now so I'm incredibly pleased to finally bring a recaplet to AfterElton.com!  You're probably asking yourself why it took three weeks of competition before we had a recap and the answer is simple... I've been riding Mary Murphy's Hot Tamale Train and just now had a moment to jump off and rehash the incredible performance and elimination episodes. (Ed: If "riding Mary Murphy's Hot Tamale Train" is a euphemism ... I don't want to know.)

Welcome to So You Think You Can Dance (dance, dance, dance)!

For those of you at home that are not SYTYCD fans, you're really missing out.  If you happen to be a die-hard Dancing with the Stars fan, you're insane, and I beg of you to tune in next Wednesday night and witness the brilliance.  Honestly, the kids on SYTYCD are in a completely different league and if this was Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Ozone and Enzo would be wiping the floor with that Christy Yamaguchi chick.  Sho'nuff...

As for comparisons to Step It Up and Dance or America's Best Dance Crew (I adore both), they're so different that you can't really compare them.

You'll find that my recaps are a little less about the technical side of dancing and a little about the snarky "oh no she didn't wear that" side of watching one of the gayest non-gay shows on television.  The only dance background I have involves a grade school talent show and something I got paid for during college that we do not want to mention here. Oh wait, curses...

Each season I pick a SYTYCD TV BOYFRIEND and I blog about all the dirty little things I'd like to do to those boys. It's harmless fun.  That's always a little awkward when we eventually meet or one of their sisters contacts me and hooks me up with backstage passes to the tour. (Enablers!)

Season 2's choice was the incredible Travis Wall and last season it was that cutie-patootie Neil Haskell. I'm still in the market for a Season 4 boytoy so I'm open for suggestions. Right now I'm leaning towards Twitch, Mark, or choreographer Napoleon ... so many choices, so little time!

Before we move onto the competition, I must say how incredibly fierce host Cat Deeley is.  The glamazon dances worse than Ellen but is hands down the best reality show host in the world.  She's gorgeous, funny, a fashion template and most importantly a goddess Mother to each and every one of the kids on the show.  She calls them he r"babies" and that, my friends, is adorable!

Host Cat Deeley

This week, one of my favorite guest Judges was back, Mr. Adam Shankman.  The Shank is loud, out and proud up there from the Judges podium and the man brings this incredible energy, honesty and knowledge to the show.  Judge Mary Murphy looked less like a Flintstones drag queen this week but still her make-up was heavy and that bedazzled dress a hot mess.

The dance world lost Cyd Charisse this past week and Exec. Producer/Judge Nigel Lythgoe said some kind words about the dancing legend.  For a show that is heavily watched by tweens (and me), I thought it was a nice touch and the clips they showed hopefully inspired one or two viewers to learn more about her.

Now on with the show...

Grey's Anatomy has long been a favorite of the gays thanks to out superstar T.R. Knight, but for this writer Grey's fell from Seattle Grace a long time ago. I'm fickle though, say "G.I. Joe's kissing another man" and my queer eyes are there!

I jumped at the chance to write about the military man-on-man action long teased, especially when I found out that Santiago from Friday Night Lights was going to be one of the hotties smooching one of my favorite Road Rulers.

Watching "The Becoming" was bittersweet for me; I had hoped to watch just this one episode and get out without being sucked back into the melodrama but knew it was risky. I was burnt to a crisp by Gizzie and Isaiah Washington so Grey's flatlined for me last season but I think I can move on unscathed ... which is more than I can say for our gay military boys at the center of the drama last night.

As the show opened I wondered how much of Meredith's selfish banter I'd have to endure before the reason for me tuning in popped up on screen. Thankfully it was within the first few minutes of the show that we were introduced to Darren Covington (FNL's Benny Ciaramello), the newest patient in McDreamy and Meredith's clinical trial of doom (the poor boy has a brain tumor).

Cue the stud in uniform named Todd Vernon (Road Ruler David Giuntoli) who was called in because he's Darren's "closest friend" and while things are looking bleak in the room, things are looking damn fine on my flatscreen! Two strapping young lads with a secret for some sexual healing; it's kinda hot...

Obviously Darren's upset that Todd showed up, seeing how he's being deployed in five days and all, but with only Meredith in the room Todd lets Darren know that he's not going anywhere and he makes his way to the bed and reassures his secret lover with a crazy intense stare that leads to one of the most sensual, emotional and damn near heart-breaking gay kisses I've ever seen on network television.

So much has happened on Big Brother 9 since last week, but I can't say that I'm loving the show any more than I wish I was. Since last we talked about BB9, Joshuah and Sharon became Head of Household, Joshuah was called a "faggot" by Adam, Joshuah and Allison had a total hissy that ended up with a reality first (a restraining order of sorts), and last night after a stressful elimination episode Joshuah was set free to fight for himself. From here on out, Big Brother has dropped the team aspect and each houseguest is on his or her own.

With our only remaining gay contestant left to his own devices, will Joshuah be able to maintain his friendships with the ladies (used loosely) of the house to further his game, or will he be one of the biggest targets after all the drama he's been involved in? I personally tend to think he will panic and pull back his outspoken ways in order to save himself another week, but the bigger question is whether or not the queer viewing audience cares enough to root him on?

My question to all of you is this: Are you invested in Joshuah as a gay contestant enough to want to watch him succeed, or have you already thrown in the towel and given up hope?

I'm severely bummed by Big Brother 9 this season and hope that this new twist will help get the game back on track.

Last week on Make Me a Supermodel the theme should have been stress because not only was the relationship between Ben and Ronnie Kroell tested but the bond between the audience and our strongest gay ally was pushed to the limits. For better or for worse tonight we'll find out if the gays gave him a pass or if he's dead to us.

Once again Prison Ben is at risk of going home but he's not alone as fellow Bottom 3 regulars Frankie and Casey are also at risk as Supermodel loses one more clothes hanger. Welcome to the liveblog for Week 9 of Bravo's gayest reality show to date, Make Me a Supermodel!

Last week while I was on vacation, Niki Taylor, Tyson Beckford and the other Judges decided to jeopardize the bromance between Ronnie Kroell and Prison Ben. Obviously I can't take a week off or all gay-straight loving hell breaks loose. I trust that you all voted to keep Ben around for yet another week (fingers crossed that you did the same for my boy Perry) and tonight we'll find out who goes on to become snow angels as the kids take to the slopes for a snowy shoot that tests their ability to capture speed and motion.

Take off your ski boots, grab some hot chocolate and snuggle up to the fire because Week 8 of Bravos' Make Me a Supermodel gets under way.

Have you all recovered from the shock that was Ronniegate? Last week when Make Me a Supermodel ended with our gay fave Ronnie Kroell in the Bottom 3, I knew there would be a huge outpouring of emotion and thanks to everyone that commented on our site and voted for Ronnie in the hours that followed.

I'm sure our efforts will be rewarded and tonight we'll see Ronnie snuggling up to Prison Ben! Do you think they exchanged Valentine's this morning? Did Ronnie run around the house stressing like Charlie Brown did with the little Red Haired Girl? I hope so. Squee!

Tonight the models will learn how to translate an emotional scene into a killer photograph and it looks like tensions run high as Perry gets a call from home. Perry honey, if you need a shoulder to cry on or a rebound date just give me or any of the viewers a holler, I'm sure we can make time.

Get ready to witness Week 6 of the gayest reality show on television, Make Me a Supermodel...

Last night on the premiere of Big Brother 9: Til Death Do You Part, gay house guests Neil Garcia and Joshuah Welch found out that according to Big Brother's super computer of gay match making from the future they would be paired up as "soul mates" and be forced to play the game together all season long. In a shocking twist, tonight one of the 8 teams will be eliminated.

Here's a frightening thought: Is there a chance the gays are going home tonight? Could Neiluah be gone before their reality celebrity name mash-up catches on or worse... before we get to see either of them in any state of undress? Tune in tonight as Big Brother Premiere Week continues.