Step It Up And Dance premiered on Bravo last night, with 12 contestants, lots of tears, and a fabulous-looking Elizabeth Berkley serving as host. Let's take a quick look at how the four openly gay dancers fared.

First Impression: I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so, so ... scared!

Dammit! Okay, in my own defense, that was not a Nomi Malone reference ... it was a Jesse Spano reference! But I promise, no more!

First up, we have Miguel Zarate.

First Impression: Tim Burton crossed with Jellybean Benetiz (which reminds me, what the hell ever happened to Elisa Fiorillo?)

The 24 year old Miguel is definitely the front runner, not only among the four out dancers, but the entire competition. At the first competition on the show, the other dancers immediately tag him as the man to beat, and he projects an air of invincibility, with a whiff of obnoxiousness. He's not afraid to state his opinion about the other dancers (about Michael, another gay contestant, he says simply "he's not good. I've seen him at other auditions, and he's just not good". MEOW!). He quickly becomes a BFF with another gay dancer, James, and he calls the two of them "the mean girls ... the plastics".

Outcome: Miguel sails through the first show. the only hitch for him was when guest judge Nancy O'Meara told him he needed to "butch it up" in the future. "I don't care if you like boys, girls, giraffes, or monkeys, i just need you to man it up a little more". He asks "did i look like a fag on stage", and she responds simply "yeah, a little bit". (at which point guest Spice Girl Mel B. looks horrified).

Prediction: The eventual champion

See how the three other gay dancers fared after the break!