Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated

Host Cat Deeley is decked out ominously in black as she welcomes us to the show and tells us the judges will have to eliminate one more guy and one more girl. We open with a modest Napoleon and Tabitha Dumo routine featuring all 12 dancers wearing jackets which turn out to be glow-in-the-dark. Cat explains that three couples with have to dance for their show lives and were introduced to Mia Michaels, Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe. Results Time, First Four: The first couple up for judgment is Comfort & Thayne, and we're reminded how mediocre the judges' responses had been to them. Katee & Joshua's look back was more positive, especially given that they had been on Mary's "Hot Tamale Train." Comfort and Thayne are the first couple in the bottom three, while Kat and Joshua are congratulated by the host for being safe this week. Mia thinks it was "inevitable" that Comfort and Thayne are there and that the couple isn't hearing what America is telling them. Mia does say she would like them to return for next week. Results Time, Second Four: We remember how well Jessica and Will's first routine was received by the judges, though their second number was a little light on the technique. Both of Chelsie and Mark's routines went over well the previous night. Cat can tell us that one of two pairs is in our bottom three. Chelsie and Mark, it's . . . . not you. So Jessica and Will are going to have to dance later on (ah, duh). Mary's "heart is aching" to see Jessica and Will having to come back later in the show, having loved the couple's first routine and finding Will generally "magnificent." She tells the pair she will "fight for them" if the need arises. Results Time, Third Four: Courtney & Gev's cha-cha-cha had Mary in hysterics, with their second routine almost equally well-received as well. Kherington and Twitch started with a krump, which the judges (especially Mia) loved. Their second dance? Not so much. Kherington and Twitch, "it's you" in the bottom six, Cat tells us less dramatically than this recapper would have liked. Nigel thinks that is evidence nobody is safe, given that Kherington and Twitch have been favorites of the public. It's all about consistency, he says, and adds he thinks they'll probably be safe this week. Guest Dance: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (three shirtless dudes) performs its "Revelations" routine, consisting of a series of individual dances to that cool song from the end of "Thomas Crown Affair." Solos: White-hoodied Co