We started watching So You Think You Can Dance when it was in its third season. The one where Sabra won. We’ve been hooked ever since. We cheered Joshua on in season 4 and were a bit disappointed Brandon lost to Janine in season 5. We’re dance fans for another reason of course, but I digress.
So of course we watched the auditions for season 6 and were just as nervous about the Choosing of the 20 as the contestants were. Okay, maybe not as nervous. I’m always trying to find Filipino faces on TV and am generally happy to see Asians. So last night, I think I spied one who didn’t make it into the esteemed 20—a guy with the last name “Dumlao”— and I think one who did.
According to the SYTYCD blog, Pauline Mata is from West Covina and “enjoys karaoke and eating”. It doesn’t say what her heritage is but as I’ve been told by many Filipino friends, West Covina is also known as “Adobo Country”, after the name of a very tasteful and popular Filipino dish. One, I might add, that virtually every Filipino knows how to cook, my non-cooking self included. That and the fact that karaoke and eating are two favorite Filipino past times make me assume she is FILIPINA.
I’m so excited for her if she is! If she’s not, I’m still excited for her because she made it through in spite of spraining her ankle and not getting to dance a final solo!
I hope she makes it much further than my other suspected Filipino from season 5, Karla Garcia. (This just in from a Google search. She is!)
Who am I hoping will make it to the top or at least near there? Russell the krumper and Legacy the b-boy. And of course, Pauline.
It’s too soon in the competition though to know who’s gonna come out on top. At this point, it’s anybody’s season.
