E: Ah. That was satisfying. Feisty Jesse Tyler Ferguson returns to not actually judge anything. Cat operates on a whole other level – and reveals a shocking personal detail. Choreographers other than Travis Wall shine. And we finally hear the format for winning the show! It all comes together.
This week Cat’s dress is a t-length champagne gown with an art deco feel – the bodice is sleek and beaded and the skirt flows and flirts. She’s layered a double strand of pearls with silver chains. Instead of beginning with the group number – which is to say, showing us a pre-recorded segment – she chats before we see it. Actually, it’s likely still pre-recorded, because otherwise the cast would have had to quickly change out of their solo outfits, right? Oh, I don’t care. They changed the order of things up, that’s all. Anyway, before anything else Cat imparts the thrilling news that we will again have two winners, the top girl and guy. So whoever is left at the end of tonight will have a fifty percent shot at $100k. Wow. What’s it like not to worry about the results, Lithgoe, Cat asks, now that they’re out of your hands? Oh, I’m still going to worry and judge and direct the audience, he says. Alright, she agrees, you can give your opinions. They just don’t count. Oooh, sassy Cat!