'SYTYCD:' Guest star blues

I must have fallen asleep in class the day Katie Holmes was declared the biggest star in the universe. Either that or she and Tom Cruise gave a boatload of money to the Dizzy Feet Foundation. How else to explain the great fanfare and trumped-up excitement over her pre-recorded, lip-synched performance on "So You Think You Can Dance" last night? You would have thought -- well, a month ago I would have said you would have thought that Michael Jackson was coming on the show to perform "Billie Jean." Sigh. At any rate, I was a lot more excited about seeing "The Hummingbird and the Flower."

It was a bad week for celebrity guests, given the complete extraneousness of Ellen Degeneres on Wednesday. For the first time I can remember, I thought she was consistently unfunny. "I can do that" only works once as a joke, and then only barely. (And apologies for not posting/griping sooner. Technical difficulties.) The night was only redeemed by the cancer routine, which was beautiful, and then provided great TV in the form of the heartfelt reactions.

In light of the 100th episode festivities, I've been trying to think of which routines from this season would go into the pantheon -- and which ones I'll still remember a year from now. The cancer dance is one. Off the top of my head, I also remember the Wade Robson thieves routine (more on that soon - sniff), the Mia Michaels poodle-butt dance, and the alien impregnation dance, which I doubt will win an Emmy, but still.

Which brings me to the week's elimination (need I tell you that a spoiler is approaching?). Like Mia and Nigel, I liked Janette best this season and wanted her to win. I'm on record saying so! And the thieves dance was what first caught my eye about her. It's not jus that her legwork is incredible; she brings a spirit and energy to every routine that sets her above the crowd, whether it's a modern number or an Argentinian tango. What was it that America didn't get?

Jason was less of a shock; his days were probably numbered anyway. Besides, Brandon's male-gigolo solo was pretty impressive, Ade rocked out the cancer dance, and Evan seems to have immunity. Ellen really loves him, too.

So were you as sad about Janette as me? As perplexed by the Katie Holmes adulation? And will you remember more routines from this season? Do tell.

Edited to add: On Twitter this morning, Nigel (@dizzyfeet) is mounting a feverish defense of Katie Holmes. Among his tweets:

Why hate on Katie? She's had no dance training and did this for publicity for the charity. Everyone lip synchs when they're dancing. MJ too

And:
I'm trying to figure out why Katie is being judged as a dancer. When a star throws out the opening pitch no-one says "ooh crap pitcher!"

Am I remembering wrong? Wasn't Holmes pitched as a fabulously talented triple-threat star? Didn't she tell Cat that she loved to sing and dance, and this would be easy? Talk about revisionist history...