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It seems I'm really good at picking the runner-up on So You Think You Can Dance! Russell won this season's competition, and I guess I can't really complain.

Overall, this was a great season, and I can't wait to see what season 7 will bring.

The season 6 finale of So You Think You Can Dance is almost here (and this show is my favorite reality show) and four hours before I see the results (though they'll be available online before the show airs on the West Coast) I hereby predict that Jakob Karr will win.

Of course, I predicted Travis Wall would win a few seasons ago....

For most of the run of So You Think You Can Dance, I didn't mind Mary Murphy's screaming. But last night (the first part of the 2008 finale) it really, really bothered me.

I'm glad she gets excited about the dancers, but does she have to scream?

It was fun seeing Nigel scream back at her. But I wished he'd fired her instead.

UPDATE AUGUST 7, 2008: Joshua was the winner! And, for a finale, it was actually quite fun. I could have done without the Jonas Brothers (and this was the first time I've actually heard them perform/sing - and I wasn't impressed) and it would have been fun to see some of the past years routine instead of that montage. But overall, a really good show that actually kept me interested! /UPDATE

One nasty aspect of humanity that comes to light because of shows like American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance is this uncanny need for attention. Most people are well-developed mentally enough that we get our attention from those around us. (Or online... errr... welll... hmmmm...) But these days people are clambering for attention in the most unlikely of places - the reality TV show audition process.

Is it true? American Idol hasn't aired on the West Coast yet - it just finished its East Coast live broadcast - and technorati has posts regarding the winner...

David Cook? Seriously? My mother, who for the past few days has been saying that the other David, Archuleta, was going to win. And as far as I knew, he was the one to beat. (And beat Cook apparently did.)

(And I should point out that I barely saw any of this years shows - bits and pieces only - and I really didn't care who won. And you don't have to win AI to get a record deal - second place isn't that bad.)

Finally! May 22nd on Fox!

So You Think You Can Dance really is my favorite tv 'reality' show. (Okay, it's a competition show and not a 'reality' show, but it seems that people in the 'biz' can't differentiate between the two.)

Why do I enjoy it so much? Two reasons - 1) the people who actually make it to the competition are talented, and 2) they actually do something and not just stand there and sing.

I've been watching Fox's So You Think You Can Dance for a while now, and today, with part one of the finale over, seemed like a good time to say a few words about the show; namely, who I think will win.

Or rather, who I think should win.

Travis.

Travis should win this competition. Benji, however, probably will. I'd be surpirsed if Heidi won. Dumbstruck if Donyelle won.

And after watching for the last month or so, that really is all I have to say about this personality competition.