So You Think You Can Dance is in the latter two, but fans still haven’t figured out the biggest change in season 17

Spoiler alert! This story contains spoilers for So you think you can dance Semifinals of season 17, “The Final Cut”.

There was a time when fans of So you think you can dance they weren’t sure if season 17 would ever come to fruition. Fox chose not to continue with the dance competition in 2020 due to the pandemic and it was unclear if or when the show would “play music again” for its dancers. However, the dancing gods smiled and Season 17 has new life this year, even if with a new dashboard SYTYCD judges and a different format, and somehow we already have the last two candidates. Even though we’re heading towards the end of next week, there’s still one big shift that viewers can’t get over.

The last three contestants performed three times in the semifinals, in front of the hip-hop dancer. Wilmington gasoline was eliminated, advancing Keaton Kermode Yes alexis war burton to compete in next week’s final for $ 100,000 and the title of “America’s Favorite Dancer”. This title, however, is something SYTYCD fans can’t redeem themselves and their complaints continued on Twitter during the penultimate episode of season 17. As one viewer put it:

The biggest change that happened in season 17 aside Nigel Lythgoe withdrawal from the table of judges – it was the first time in So you think you can dance history, the vote was not in the hands of the spectators at home, but was left solely in the hands of the studio audience and judges. As a result, many on Twitter don’t think it’s fair for the winner of season 17 to be nicknamed “America’s Favorite Dancer.”

Questions were raised during the season about whether the voting method of season 17 is right or not . The studio voting method works quite well for other competing shows, including Fox’s. the masked singerbut So you think you can dance focuses more on the growth of his dancers over the course of a season or their ability to take notes from week to week. This kind of knowledge isn’t something that the studio audience will have access to in the same way that fans watching from home will, as this fan pointed out:

Voting may be the biggest point of contention this season, but it’s far from the only one. The judges have spent the last few months on the defensive, like So you think you can dance candidate turned coach tic responded to fan complaints who initiated the hearing process, e dance moms alum Jo Jo Siwa he had to drop a truth bomb on their experience in the sector. After Matteo Morrison was fired for inappropriate behavior , Lea Remini was operated in late replacement and the king of queens the actress also applauded the critics telling them to make her enjoy the experience.

The voting format is unlikely to change for the final episode of season 17, but it will be interesting to see how the comments affect the show moving forward. For now, you can catch up this season with a Hulu subscription and tune in at 9pm ET on Wednesday August 10 onwards Fox to see who will be crowned “America’s Favorite Dancer” (or whatever you prefer to call it).