(I want Denys to win!!!)

Yay it's the finale of So You Think You Can Dance Canada this evening! I totally forgot to post about my experience watching a live taping a few weeks ago. We had to be there an hour before taping so we sat in a room where they had a "sign making" section and a TV playing old episodes of the show. When people were asked to dance for a segment my friends sister had us move towards the rope, you see she had been there before and knew they would let us in once that was finished so we were first in line to get in! Or so we thought, they had let in a few people before us so the catwalk above the stage was full but we got a primo spot beside the stage where the choreographers stand. Woot! They did make us move back a row as there were some kids coming in who were shorter than us and couldn't see......boooooo.....I'm just being an ass we could see perfectly!

The studio was much smaller than it appears on the TV as was the stage. I was surprised at how tiny it really was, they had seats in the back for VIP people AKA not us but we were standing right where all of the dancers came out which was fun. We could see legs practicing, stretching, moving around in the hallway beside us. We stood in the studio for well over an hour, waiting for the action to begin. They did test shots, had audience members go up and dance, had us smile and clap smile and clap smile and clap......you get the picture. We weren't allowed to bring anything in, no water, no gum (I snuck in some candies as I ALWAYS have a bottle of water with me and thought I would die for 3 hours without anything), some girl brought her cell phone in which was a no no but she refused to give it up. I'm surprised they didn't just turf her, I would have, thems the rules bitch! Oh well.....

The actual taping of the show itself seemed to breeze by. They only had to do a few extra takes of the hostess and the judges (hottie Blake was there) but other than that everything kept moving along nicely. The dancing was amazing, it was fun to see live and I really enjoyed it! Altogether we were in the studio standing for about 3 hours, which I gotta say wasn't horrible but my ankle was starting to bug me a bit cause you can't move around. The part that surprised me the most was the size of the studio, much smaller than I had pictured in my mind.

Now if only Nico had been there..........