IMO - Courtney has had a lot of negatives from the judges because she is a true competition dancer. My daughter has done competition dance for 12 years. And it is evident, by the style she dances and even the music she chooses for her solos. my dd keeps saying "competition girl"
But she has fought back. I do think she is a much better technical dancer than Katee. What Katee has going for her is her theatrics. She is talented in acting and shows that personality. But remember Katee is the girl the judges almost didn't take -- it was down between her and her friend, and when Katee was negative they were going to take the friend.
Will being cut last week was the biggest loss to the show. Hands down - he should have won.
I usually do not like the ones with no technical training - they tend to be the hip-hoppers who are good at their own style, but struggle with everything else, and in the past have been voted to continue because of people who like that sytle. But Joshua is different, he has really stepped up and without the training before this show, he has proven himself capable of conquering every style. There are people who begin dance late in their (young) lives - Joshua is one of these. Also, I believe he has natural athletic and dance ability and he must apply and listen to everything these judges, teachers and choreographers are telling him.
This last week, I really thought Mark was better than Twitch. Twitch doesn't have much training in dance either - I think. And Mark did a much better job than Twitch with his 2 dances.
Also, to address the comment about Benji - Benji had immense talent - it wasn't all personality. His training was only in one style of dance - West Coast Swing - which most of us had probably never heard of before that. But Benji proved he could do every style. He had personality-plus, but he also had great dance style and ability
- just my opinion