America Got It Right: Joshua Allen Can Dance!

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3.5 musical bars

= The duration of my scream when Joshua Allen was crowned America's favorite dancer last night on So You Think You Can Dance.

(See number 5 on my Best of Season 4 list.)

Okay, I admit it. I have a crush on Joshua Allen.

It's been developing for the last few weeks now, as he grew increasingly "maa-cho" (as Nigel says), causing me to think that, despite his slightly effeminate accent, he isn't gay after all. (A girl can dream.)

Or maybe it was this moment:



If that doesn't make you need to change your underwear then you probably don't have eyes. In which case, I highly suggest you find someone immediately who can describe to you in florid language how Joshua Allen's bull chest looks bare and the set of his jaw as he flings Katee around like a cape and...


Sorry I had to go change my underwear.

No Really, He Can Dance

Sexiness aside (aren't you glad he got his braces off last week?), Joshua Allen really is the ultimate American Dream manifest.

He comes from a poor background, exchanging chores for dance lessons at the local studio when he was a child. He began the season self-effacing and soft-spoken but soon stepped into his role as hottest dancer I dream about touching strong male lead who, a week before that pase doble, ran his hand over his clothed chest and said, "Wait 'til you see the rest of it" - and then turned charmingly embarrassed into Cat Deeley's shoulder.

He took on every style they threw him and he, along with runner-up Twitch, were the only two men strong enough to dead-lift their partners above their heads for brilliant spins in their respective ballroom numbers.

He and his family deserve the money, the recognition and the role in the upcoming Step Up 3D (Yes, I know. Shut up, you wish you were in it).

And I would let him drag me across the ground any day.