Billy Bell

'So You Think You Can Dance's First Double Elimination: Jose and Billy React
2010-08-02 / TV Squad
... first double elimination of this season's 'So You Think You Can Dance', self-trained B-boy Jose Ruiz and classically-schooled contemporary dancer Billy Bell were sent home. Neither seemed particularly shocked: Ruiz told us he was proud of how far he'd gotten while Bell said he'd "gotten used to being in the bottom." Bell also spoke ... it's because I felt like I accomplished all I needed to accomplish already on the show. It was my time to go and I accepted it and rejoiced in it. In just two weeks I'll be back for the finale and then a week after that, we start rehearsal for tour. It's not over,...

So You Think You Can Dance Eliminations: Jose Ruiz, Billy Bell
2010-07-30 / TV Fanatic
... for the final spot in So You Think You Can Dance 's coveted top four, there was simply no way Lauren could lose out to Jose Ruiz or Billy Bell. None. Jose had been sneaking through for weeks, no doubt benefiting from injuries to other more talented stars. Billy? Perhaps he...elimination, fighting Lauren and Kent for the title of America's Favorite Dancer. Are they up to the challenge? You never know. Both have grown significantly, and you can't predict what America is going to vote for. So much depends on partners, choreography, costumes, etc. It's a popularity contest as well as a talent show...

Were the Right People Voted Off So You Think You Can Dance?
2010-07-30 / BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
Because of all the injury craziness over the past few weeks, two contestants were eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance: Billy and Jose. It made sense to even out the numbers since no one went home last week, but I was sad to see Billy go. I think it was definitely Jose's time, however. Did you agree ... the competition. Of course, if no one is voting for Billy than it was right for him to go home. I was going to start voting next week just because I wanted to keep Billy in, but I was a week too late! Still love the show. Billy should not have gone home. Yet, at least. He's the best dancer ...

'So You Think You Can Dance': Bye Bye Jose And Billy, Plus Allison Iraheta ...
2010-07-30 / Idolator: All About The Music (blog)
... stage! Does that mean Lauren is still too injured to dance?!” Thankfully, Lauren’s nebulous injury last night only kept her out of the opening number. ... perform in his B Boy style (and dare we say better?). Jose’s time had finally run out and we think even Billy Bell knew that there was no way Lauren Froderman was going home...show last night came to an end and we realized for the first time in three weeks the judges, not the fickle finger of fate, had offed two beloved dancers. Then it really hit us that this summer sensation we’ve called So You Think You Can Dance season...

So You Think You Can Dance eliminates Billy Bell and Jose Ruiz
2010-07-30 / Reality TV World
... Think You Can Dance eliminated Billy Bell and Jose Ruiz and determined its Top 4 seventh-season finalists during last night's live broadcast of the Fox reality dance competition. Bell,...Think You Can Dance's judging panel after they ended up among the week's bottom three vote-getters based on home viewer votes cast immediately following Wednesday night's live Top 6 performance show. Prior to Bell and Ruiz's eliminations, So You Think You Can Dance... you can take with you. And definitely those guys [the final four finalists] right there," Bell said. "I'm just so blessed to have just a new family...

Billy Bell ('So You Think You Can Dance')
2010-07-30 / All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
...Billy Bell has always been a hit with the judges, the public vote often left him in the bottom three on elimination nights. This week, a double elimination against some of the competition's toughest competitors meant it was time for Billy to head home. We chatted with the Juilliard-trained dancer about his time on the show...it. The doctor did clear me to dance, but he left it in my hands as to whether or not I would perform and I was just in too much... endeavours? "Oh definitely. I think that's why we all go on the show, really, because even if you don't win, we're all winners in a way. We all get...

So You Think You Can Dance Season 7: Conference Call with Billy Bell
2010-07-30 / Realitywanted
...Gina Scarpa Billy Bell entered season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance as a frontrunner but had to leave the Top 20 before the first performance due to illness. He returned in season 7 and...night's live elimination episode, he and breaker Jose Ruiz were eliminated from the competition. Today, Billy spoke to RealityWanted and reporters in a press conference call about the injuries this season, the critiques ... had fun doing my solos. A. Billy: That's almost why we go on the show. Only one person wins but realistically, we all win. We get that exposure. A. Billy: Stacey is amazing! I've known her...

So You Think You Can Dance Week 7: Can it Be, a Week Without Injuries?
2010-07-29 / Huffington Post
...and I forget." (I'm paraphrasing.) Next Robert dances a Stacey Tookey contemporary dance with Kathryn. Wow, what a beautiful song (a slowed down version of "Heaven is a Place on Earth") and what a gorgeous routine! One of the best contemporary routines I think I've seen on the show. I loved how original some of the lifts...of his performances thus far on the show. Billy was fine; he didn't quite seem as precise and as full-out as Robert. Weird that I'm saying this because I usually feel the opposite about them. So tonight there will be two eliminations. Here's hoping Lauren, due to injury, isn't ...

So You Think You Can Dance Season 7: Top 6 (Again) Performance Recap
2010-07-29 / Realitywanted
...So You Think You Can Dance, six people still remain because last week no one was sent home. This means that the pressure is even higher this week since two will be going home Thursday....a playful and fun performance filled with great dancing. The two of them were flirting through dance across the stage. His only criticism was to let himself go a little more. Dancer: Lauren Song: "(You Make Me ... Robert Song: "A Beautiful Mess (From A Raining Jane Sessions)" by Jason Mraz Dancers: Billy and Ade Billy played the role of a homeless man while Ade plays a business man. The two together show how far...

'So You Think You Can Dance' top 6 results: Another early favorite says ... - The Star-Ledger
2010-07-29 / NJ.com
'So You Think You Can Dance' top 6 results: Another early favorite says goodbye (but at least he left ....com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2010/07/so_you_think_you_can_dance_top_11.html"> last night performed almost flawlessly last evening, lands in the bottom three, along with Jose Ruiz and Billy Bell . Ouch. You know the judges were hating that choice. Obviously... next week, the viewers will decide who gets the final two berths. They decide to keep Lauren, although Nigel doesn't really articulate why Billy had to go. He says that Billy's "slightly androgynous style" didn't connect with audiences, ...

So You Think You Can Dance Season 7: Top 6 (Again) Results Recap
2010-07-29 / Realitywanted
... continue on. I don't think we could handle losing another dancer due to injury or health problems. Kent and Jose join Cat on the stage first. Hmm, I wonder who's safe and who's in "dangah" of going home. Yep, it's Kent who's safe. Next up is Billy and AdeChike and despite his ... a very obvious decision from the judges. Following a performance from Allison Iraheta, Nigel delivers the results and it will be the last decision by the judges. America will take over from here. Jose is eliminated first, followed by Billy. Lauren will be dancing next week, along with AdeChike, Robert, and Kent....

'So You Think You Can Dance' top six recap (again): Today Kent Boyd becomes a man - The Star-Ledger
2010-07-28 / NJ.com
... season's "So You Think You Can Dance"? He's a wonderful dancer with a great personality, adorable, warm, guileless and utterly unthreatening to the pre-teen voting bloc. There will be two dancers ousted tomorrow night; last week judges felt they couldn't make a decision because Billy Bell decided not to perform ...on the show. "That wasn't anything short of art." Kent and Jose, Broadway choreographed by Spencer Liff : We pitied Jose to be paired with Kent. He just doesn't have Kent's height, Kent's syncopation, and most important, Kent's jazz hands. Adam predicted a Kent-Lauren finale, though...

Guest Blog: So You Think You Can Dance: The Top 6 Part II
2010-07-28 / fwdailynews.com
... not faking his injury, so I don't want ot hold that against him. I think Robert should definitely be safe. I am guessing the bottom three will be Jose, Adechike, and Billy? or Lauren if she is injured. Crap! This season is kiling dancers! It really is dance for your life. Dang. Ok. Not blogging results show, so you better...

'So You Think You Can Dance' recap: Top 6 perform (for real)
2010-07-28 / Reality Check
... make it through the performance shows. Hmm. Seems like maybe another little dig at Billy for not performing last week? He doesn't think, however, that this was...dancing and the steps. Mia says it was sheer perfection and tells Stacey thanks for keeping her on her toes as a choreographer. She also calls it Billy's best performance of the season... Billy's a big cheesy pizza. And then, "OMG, that was so hard!" She says everything was right. Adam says they just split the vote and...home. So up until this last performance, it has felt tonight like the judges were all about Lauren and Kent being the final...

"So You Think You Can Dance:" Ring that Bell
2010-07-28 / Los Angeles Times
... that Billy Bell should have been sent home, but this Wednesday he made the judges look smart for keeping him in the competition. While the judges heaped praise and predicted that Lauren and Kent would make up the top two, I'm now a Billy believer: I hope he makes it to the finale. The...called his performance "flappy" which actually made sense in the replay. I think this may signal the end for Jose, although Nigel explained why he hasn't been present in the group numbers to date: Jose was nursing a groin injury. Finally we got a girl-girl dance this season, as Lauren and Allison danced a Tyce ...

So You Think You Can Dance Season 7: Top 6 Performance Recap
2010-07-28 / Realitywanted
...So You Think You Can Dance, six people still remain because last week no one was sent home. This means that the pressure is even higher this week since two will be going home Thursday....a playful and fun performance filled with great dancing. The two of them were flirting through dance across the stage. His only criticism was to let himself go a little more. Dancer: Lauren Song: "(You Make Me ... Robert Song: "A Beautiful Mess (From A Raining Jane Sessions)" by Jason Mraz Dancers: Billy and Ade Billy played the role of a homeless man while Ade plays a business man. The two together show how far...

So You Think You Can Dance Elimination: No One!
2010-07-23 / TV Fanatic
...show effectively moot, Billy Bell was in the same position last night. Billy, who didn't perform with the top six Wednesday, was on the block with Robert Roldan and Jose Ruiz. Lauren Froderman, Kent Boyd and Adechike Torbert were safe. Thursday, Billy sat in the audience and didn’t participate in the group dance... out. Obviously Alex wasn't returning from his injury at any point this season, but Ashley wasn't nearly as badly hurt. Why not give her the chance to come back too? It's strange. Do you agree with the So You Think You Can Dance judges' controversial move? Are they making up rules...

'So You Think You Can Dance': Enrique Performs And Everybody's Safe-For Now
2010-07-23 / Idolator: All About The Music (blog)
...Season 7. Instead of having to break the bad news to a beloved dancer, an injury arises and does the eliminating for them. That is until last night. With Billy Bell opting to sit this week out (even with a doctor’s permission to dance), the judges finally had a chance to use their powers to send a dancer home... to have dropped his last name) and Pitbull performed “I Like It”. Between Enrique’s...votes that kept them safe, but it was worth nothing because no one was going home. What do you think of the judges decision not to eliminate anyone? Who do you think is heading home...

'So You Think You Can Dance' gives Billy Bell a pass and cuts no one
2010-07-23 / Reality TV World
... reality dance competition opted to eliminate no one during Thursday night's seventh-season results show, which followed Wednesday night's Top 6 performance show in which dancer Billy Bell decided not to perform, citing an unspecified knee injury, despite having been cleared by doctors. Since he didn't perform on Wednesday's show, Bell was -- just as how the show had handled last week's and Alex Wong's injury the...

'So You Think You Can Dance' - '1 of 6 Voted Off' Recap
2010-07-23 / TV Squad
...Billy Bell exit stage left because of his injury, or was another dancer who had underperformed sent home? Was Lauren's butt mentioned? Did Mia say something needed more "Tsssss?" Or did something totally unexpected -- even for chaotic season seven -- happen? We'll answer those, and other questions, in typical 'So You Think You Can Dance' fashion...elimination show featured a classical dance performance from the Grand Ballet Company as well as a revival of a great season three routine from All-Stars Neil and Lauren by choreographer Wade Robson. The show... Finally, it was time for the verdict: Billy ...

Recap: 'So You Think You Can Dance' Results - A 'SYTYCD' First
2010-07-23 / HitFix
...show seem pretty trivial. Which, in the big picture...Billy in the bottom, it’s time for the American Ballet Theater to perform a bit from Don Quixote, which is quite beautiful as long as you don’t think... us move on with the eliminations. I really can’t ...home, honestly. Unlike yesterday, Jose dives right in to a physically challenging break dancing routine. Which is fine. But, again, I’m thinking... wasn’t a good song when it came out,...final credits since the first show, but was the judges’ decision the right one? When Nigel pointed out that Billy chose not to dance...