So You Think You Can Dance Quick Kicks: Rating the Top 10

· Billy Bell tried krumping last night and it looked like a Burger King Kids Club commercial. Now, he should end up in the Top 3 -- if not named the winner -- but his version of krump was just such a stretch, and not in the fun dance-y way. He showed aggression in his facial expressions, but unfortunately there were no chumps in the audience to wax like candles. (Copyright: V. Ice.) Not that great.

· Robert recast himself as tango master "Roberto" before attempting Argentinian shenanigans with his partner Anya. The harder Anya brought the freaky sex kicks and murder-mystery fierceness, the more Robert tensed up like a royal guard. She wiped the floor with him, which was smart since he was basically sterilized up there. After the dance, Robert inexplicably pretended to throw up. Don't try to relate to us now, sir.

· Melinda wore a dinner theater version of a Midsummer Night's Dream costume and sauntered on through this forgettable routine. And that's that! Bottom three, please welcome the queen of the fairies.

· Jose stole his sister's pajamas, and that helped rev him up for a Bollywood routine. The choreographers helpfully tried to incorporate some b-boy styling, but it was too late: India shut down its entertainment industry by the one-minute mark. When the judges laugh that it's "so wrong it was almost right," you know that makes a professional dancer feel good.

· Lauren had the misfortune of dancing to the worst Beyonce single ever, "If I Were a Boy," but she pulled through with believable angst and made this routine about domestic abuse actually work.

· Kent was assigned "jazz" this week, which is lucky, because if "jazz hands" were a person, it would be Wee Willie Wapakoneta himself. Jazz hands fell out of his eyes at one point. Anyway, the performance was joyous and a little too "Kent," as Mia pointed out. The boy has serious trouble adapting to the character of a dance, and I imagine this criticism will become a motif in the coming weeks. Still: JAZZ HANDS: THE PERSON. That'd play in Peoria.

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