Last week this already troubled season got even more screwed up when the judges decided not to eliminate any of the contestants, despite the fact that Billy voluntarily sat the week out, Jose continued to stink up the joint, and they were both in the Bottom 3. Instead of sending home either deserving candidate, TWO of the dancers will get cut this week. That just doesn't make any sense. On to the madness....

After the intro dances (Lauren got the biggest crowd reaction, which was a pleasant surprise) Cat announced that we're two weeks away from the finale. So I guess that means it'll be a Final 3? Kent and Lauren are pretty much locks at this point, leaving just one slot open. And then Cat made a big deal about no dancers being injured. How sad is it that? Poor, cursed show...

Joining the panel was Toni Redpath, a ballroom dance champion. I've seen Toni on the show a couple times, but she's hardly a well-known entity. Why was she on the panel as opposed to, say, Mary Murphy? Why do we need a fourth judge at all? Answer: we don't need a fourth judge.

For his All-Star number Kent pulled cha-cha with my favorite fox, Anya, to "My First Kiss" by 30!H3 and Ke$ha, a.k.a.'s a copy editor's worst nightmare. I thought Kent bombed his cha-cha the first time - more specifically, Anya devoured him on stage - but the judges loved it. I was curious to see if had grown in his believable masculine energy since Week 1. I wanted to rip off that stupid gauzy overshirt on Anya; it drove me NUTS. Anya still dominated the routine, and Kent still overdid his Kent faces, but I found him a lot less neurotic and goofy than the first time. There was noticeable improvement, and he did seem to actually lead Anya this time, instead of following her around like a puppy. His lifts were impressive, and Kent pulled off sexy instead of cute. Nigel agreed that Kent started out the show as a young boy, but he's matured into a "man dancer." Toni thought Kent did a better job this time around, and actually gave him a critique with specific advice, which was a welcome change of pace from Kenny Ortega's non-comments last week. Mia felt that Kent's dancing was too crunchy in the piece, lacking flow, and specifically brought up the faces. Kent tried to make excuses for the face, saying that it's "just him." I don't accept that, sorry. You're a performer, you need to perform different styles. Adam echoed pretty much what everybody else said, although said it was overall a very strong performance.

Robert picked contemporary with Kathryn for a contemporary piece by Stacey Tookey set to "Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Katie Thompson. First, I need to say that I hated this version of that song; the quavering, overdone voice actually distracted me from the performance. I may be too wedded to the Belinda Carlisle original (and its hilariously lame video). The story was a couple sharing its last moments before one of them went off to war. This should be an emotionally charged piece, but there wasn't a lot of meat there. It was pretty, and technically it was well danced, but I didn't get any resonance. It was just...nice. And then the twist ending: Kathryn was the one going to war, not Robert! Wacky! Nigel loved the connectivity of the piece, in terms of the partnering and the emotions. I just didn't get it, I'm sorry. Nigel praised Robert for reigning in his goofiness, and basically pimped him to the viewers. Toni boiled down her criticism to, "Would I want to be the woman [Robert] is dancing with? And the answer was yes." Kathryn said she didn't remember the past few days she and Robert were so connected. Mia called the beginning of the number "sacred" and the dancing overall "mature." I do think she ended up speaking to what I was feeling, which was that Robert wasn't connecting emotions to the movements; he was just dancing the moves.

Jose's solo, to "Giant Squid" by RJD2. Some banal stepping, some mediocre spin work, some decent leaping, one cool move in which he glided across the floor. His solos are getting better, but they're still so bland compared to any of our former hip-hop dancers (with the exception of S5's dreadful Tony). I just have such a hard time believing that he was the BEST hip-hop dancer this season had to offer.

AdeChike pulled jazz with Courtney for a Tyce DiOrio number set to "Manteca" by Dizzy Gillespie. Lots of cool tricks in this routine, although the two of them didn't actually dance together for the first quarter of it. I will confess that I've never entirely understood what separates jazz dancing from several of the other styles, but this was sexy and athletic and fun to watch. AdeChike performed very well in it, acting the part better than he has in weeks. And Courtney was a sexpot as always. Adam went first, and did his usual stall by throwing it to the choreographer and filled up his time by babbling while not saying anything of consequence. He's so transparent. Cat actually broke in halfway through and said, "I'm never starting with you again." Please, god, let that be the case. Finally he told AdeChike that he did a tremendous job, but needs more relaxing of the back. I don't know. Mia thought it was a great performance, but that AdeChike needs to balance his athleticism with the style. I can actually see that; his jumps and strength outshined his finesse and funk for sure. Nigel didn't feel that AdeChike let go enough, even though the energy and the movement was great. He wanted more abandon, and wants AdeChike to just enjoy the ride at this point. That seems like stupid advice when the race is getting tighter and tighter.

Lauren has bunny slippers that she has named Joshua and Leviticus, and I just loved her a little bit more for that. Her solo was to "Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin, and she was wearing a poorly fitting nightie that she should reconsider. The dancing was lots of twirls and kicks, but so full of joy. That's why I like watching her dance: the warmth, the personality that just flows out of her, well, naturally.

Jose picked hip-hop with Comfort for a number by two new choreographers I've never heard of, set to "Try a Little Tenderness" by Otis Redding. I would like to point out that this is the third hip-hop routine Jose has pulled on this show. The whole thing was very old-school, and I mean REALLY old-school - the costumes were almost 40s-ish. Jose didn't dance for the first 20 seconds or so of the routine - it was all Comfort. Finally he got in the game, but it was hard to notice. He has absolutely no stage presence. They weren't together. Jose doesn't hit hard AT ALL. Comfort dominated this routine the way Anya dominates the ballroom numbers. It was a boring routine that seemed like kindergarten-level hip-hop from my perspective, and of course Jose couldn't even pull that off. Nigel loved the "cool, funky feel" and the style, and he pointed out that Jose hasn't been dancing in the group numbers lately due to a groin injury. They should replace these kids with robots. Nigel said that it wasn't quite Jose's style - BUT THIS IS HIS STYLE! - and he found Jose's dancing flappy and uncomfortable. Toni was "absorbed" in the character of the routine, and his shmoozy qualities. There was no character! He just sat there with that dumb grin! Mia shot it down: there was no swagger, and the whole thing did not work. Adam said that Jose needed to dance "the intention" of the piece. How about he just actually dance the piece? He couldn't even pull off the basic physical steps; let's focus on that before we start encouraging him to worry about the performance aspects.

Billy's solo set to "Lights Go Down" by Telepathe. Billy hit his solo harder than Jose hit his hip-hop number. It was this bizarre blend of spins and kicks and jagged, hard arm movements, and even a...bird flap? He seemed to give up at the end, but I may be reading my own biases into that after last week's SkipGate.

Kent solo; I love that Robert called him "silly and oblivious." Set to "A Song For You" by Elliott Yamin. Most of Kent's moves were fairly standard, save for this one awesome flip kick where he landed on his back. But as usual, the kid threw himself fully into his moves. I genuinely respect that.

Lauren grabbed Broadway with Allison for an all-girl routine choreographed by TyceDiorio, set to "Who's Got the Pain?" from "Damn Yankees." Boy, Tyce loves that show; this is the second number from it this season. The two of them weren't together at all in the first chunk, and Allison really showed Lauren up. The routine got better as it went along, and once they were in synch it was pretty great. But Lauren still seemed somehow heavy in her leaps. Adam did some more stalling before calling Lauren an "All-Star already," and then had no critique. Come on, Adam. That's actually your style. You have nothing to say? Why is this guy wasting a chair? Mia actually echoed Adam's no-critique critique, but said that Lauren forged ahead of the rest of the competition, even though it wasn't a terribly memorable piece. Nigel had a great Freudian slip and called the show "American Idol," which of course he is in talks to go back to. He said that this routine wasn't as exciting as the original with Bob Fosse, which was true, but also told Lauren that she'll be in the finale. Well, duh, Nigel. One more cut after this week, and the judges have been making all our eliminations, so they're not going to bag the last girl.

Robert solo to "A Beautiful Mess" by Jason Mraz. The best solo Robert's done in weeks. Very fluid, the guy didn't stop moving the entire 30 seconds.

Billy picked contemporary (you could almost feel the irritation rolling off Cat when he picked it) with Ade, choreographed by Stacey Tookey and set to "Mad World" by Michael Andrews. Billy was a homeless man, and Ade was a sharp-dressed businessman who avoided him. Billy's dancing was intentionally wild and all over the place, while Ade's was hyper controlled. And then they realized they knew each other and started dancing together, in synch. It was a very cool routine, and Billy danced it beautifully. As much as I believe he should have gone home last week, he was excellent in this number, down to his facial performances. Mind you, he HAD to be amazing, given that it was his style, and he got an entire week off. The judges, save Nigel, gave him a Standing O, and we saw that Toni Redpath's dress was so short that I nearly saw her redpath. Nigel asked directly how Billy's knee was, and said that they made the right choice last week, since they got to experience that; Billy danced with maturity. Mia called it sheer perfection, and that it was Billy's best performance of the season - absolutely true. Adam said that Billy was just "born on the show," which may have been true - Billy has struggled throughout this competition - but I have a hard time rooting for him fully, despite that fabulous routine, after the stunt he pulled last week.

AdeChike solo to "Pretty Wings" by Maxwell. Not a great solo. He focused a lot on jumps and athletic tricks, which he had already shown us tonight.

Jose and Kent got a Broadway number by Spencer Liff set to "From This Moment On" from "Kiss Me Kate." They played construction workers mooning over girls passing by. Kent was the eager young guy, and Jose was the experienced older dude with swagger. Again, precious little dancing from Jose for the first half of the routine. He had some half-hearted b-boy moves toward the end, but other than that he was pretty much just fighting to keep up. And Kent mugged the whole time, but it was Broadway, so it worked. It was a cute routine. Adam said that it was a very successfully executed 1940's movie-musicals. He told Kent that it's going to come down to him and Lauren (DUH). He gave Jose the "...for a  hip-hop dancer" line; come on, we can't be making those kinds of rationales at F6. Mia said that Kent has found his home - yes, this is precisely the type of dancing Kent should do after this show ends. He's better at this than Evan was two seasons ago. She said that Jose kept up. "Kept up" is not acceptable at F6! Toni gave Jose a backhanded compliment, saying that because his character was older and wiser he could "get away with being less physically adept." OUCH. Nigel loved it, but said that Jose got screwed by having to dance it with Kent, because it showed that he didn't have that style. Jose doesn't have any style. And then he more or less gave Jose the send off he should have gotten weeks and weeks ago, by telling him how much he's grown in the other styles (no) and his own (sure). He basically told Jose to pack his bags tomorrow, and let us all pray that that is the case.

Lauren and AdeChike got a foxtrot by Jean-Marc and France, set to "Fever" by Beyonce. The routine started off with a fabulous lift, but it was downhill from there. Lauren was a little too smiley for such a sultry number, and I barely noticed AdeChike at all. In general I thought it lacked the heat it was clearly supposed to have. I didn't really feel a connection between the two of them at all. The lifts really were great, since they're both terrifically athletic dancers. Nigel said that the routine wasn't a great way to end the night, given some of the stronger routines that had preceded it. He found the connectivity between them great, so that's the second time tonight I didn't feel a connection that the judges got. Toni said that, since they aren't ballroom dancers, a lot of the specifics were off, which I don't accept as an excuse at this point. Mia said that AdeChike was a great partner, but when he was on his own he was disconnected, whereas Lauren was graceful and sensual. Adam felt that Lauren wasn't competing, she was just dancing, while AdeChike looked too concerned that Lauren was safe, which is a problem. I thought the judges were very kind to Lauren there.

For the final routine Robert and Billy got Bollywood by Nakul. There was a lame, vaguely offensive package introducing the concept, two dancers auditioning for a part in a huge Bollywood movie. Eh. Billy looked utterly ridiculous in his little outfit. He even seemed kind of embarrassed. Robert really committed and I thought he was much better than Billy. His natural goofiness was a good match for this showy style. I'm glad we're seeing Bollywood so regularly on this show, but this was probably my least favorite Bollywood routine of the season. Nigel loved it, and called it one of the best he's seen with two guys. He complimented Robert's finishing and hands, and worried over Billy's knees. Toni babbled about pizza and hamburgers, and apparently Robert is a hamburger, which apparently is a good thing. Mia said that everything was right with the number - when did the judges stop actually judging? Adam said that Billy surged tonight (not on that number), while Robert was brilliant, and he wants nothing to do with the elimination decision tomorrow. Interestingly, Cat got right on him about it, and you can tell that she remains legitimately frustrated by last week's cop out. I think she's had it with this panel just as much as we have.

Predictions: Jose is going home. He really has to at this point. I think the judges were way too kind to Lauren, who I think had a pretty crappy night overall. Billy slayed the first routine but got beaten by Robert in the second, and has SkipGate hanging over him. Kent was excellent and will rightfully win this competition in two weeks. Robert ranged from technically good to great. AdeChike didn't really hit a home run all night, and I think he could be in trouble.

And then, right before we signed off, Cat informed us that Lauren was backstage with the medic. THIS FUCKING SHOW! Search the contestants' rooms; someone has voodoo dolls, I swear it!