Alex and Lauren perform a Fosse inspired Broadway piece by Tyce

Alex received rave reviews for his performance of Sonya's contemporary piece last week, but he was not able to continue the trend this week.

I think he did a good job. The dance simply was not as stunning as last week's piece. However, you can tell how talented his is technically and musically. He captured some of the stylized tension and release of the Fosse style, just not in every moment. There was a disconnect between different dance phrases. I was not impressed by the transitions out of his trick steps. It was like "trick step" - "stop" - "back to the dance now" - "stop."

I am not worried about him though. He has enough fans, even this early in the competition, to keep him out of the bottom. I am sure that there are plenty more people out there like me who were super excited to see him return this season after being heartbroken last season when he couldn't get out of his Miami Ballet contract.