This happens EVERY YEAR with this show and it drives me nuts. You would think I would learn to deal with it after three seasons. You would be wrong.

So after three weeks of initial auditions, "Idol"'s go-go cousin "So You Think You Can Dance" settled on its Top 20 performers. Know this: At times I actually like "SYTYCD" better than "Idol." For one, at least once a week I am blown away by what these young performers can do, and for second, there's no way you can fake your way through this show. People who have a really bubbly personality or who are extremely hot might get to hang around for another couple weeks, but if you're in the Top 6 you can really dance your butt off. You couldn't Blake your way into the finals by throwing around gimmicks and dressing like a crazy person.

So, I really do love this show. I haven't been blogging it as much as I should have, but it's been a decent season with some really wonderful dancers. Too bad nearly every one of them that we've been introduced to is cut before the Top 20. Seriously: of the finalists, fully 50 percent we have never seen or heard from before. Let's break it down:

Dancers we know:

-Anya (Russian female ballroom dancer No. 1; kind of pugsly face, enormous hooters)

-Faina (Russian female ballroom dancer No. 2, incredibly hot and much better than Anya)

-Jessi (the baby oil/suitcase girl; couldn't tell you what kind of dancing she does because I don't think she really "dances," just kind of moves around. Stripper?)

-Jesus (wine enthusiast; manic ball of lyrical energy)

-Lacey (Benji's sister; early Ashlee Simpson aficionado; swing dancer)

-Lauren (I honestly have no idea what her specialty is)

-Pasha (Russian male ballroom dancer; kind of a two-face)

-Ricky (flamboyant, weird lyrical dancer)

-Hok (breaker; clearly the Chosen One this season --- but he won't win)

-Dominic (breaker; goes by "D'Trix"; great dancing, bad face)

That leaves us with these 10 dancers we've never met: Cedric, Ashlee, Danny, Jamie, Jimmy, Kameron (we LIKE Kameron), Sabra, Neil, Sara, and Shauna. I literally do not think I've seen even a frame of Kameron, Sabra, or Neil dancing. That's ridiculous.

"Idol" does the same thing, of course. It gets us invested in these people and then they don't make the semifinals. I get that. But it never seems to do it to this degree. We'd never get a Top 24 with literally half of the contestants being completely unknown. It just doesn't happen.

I'm sure once the Top 20 take the stage next week I'll discover some new favorites. It always happens. But the editing is just so frustrating. Why spend so much time building up Olivia and that girl from Rochester if neither of them make the cut? What's the point of it? To fake me out? Well, frankly, I'd much rather get invested in some of these goobers you've deigned to throw at me for the next 10 weeks. Come on, Grandpa Nigel!