I stand firmly by my assertion that "So You Think You Can Dance" is one of the worst show titles of all time. It also has the least catchy acronym ever: SYTYCD. No matter, though. The Fox reality competition continues to be one of the biggest summer shows around. And how is season 5 different from the first four, you might ask? Not at all. It's still riding the exact same formula that made it so popular in the first place, acting as an American Idol for dancers.

The early audition weeks completely mirror those Idol auditions as well with a mix of awesome and awful hoofers. Sometimes the dancers are so good, they cause the judges to cry and other times they inspire tears of straight up laughter. I'm not sure who my favorite from week one was. The finalists would have to be Storyboard P and Hobgoblin, who painted their faces green and referred to themselves as The Mutation, a woman who dressed up like a lion while randomly wielding two lightsabers, and another lady who took it upon herself to repeatedly point down angrily at her own crotch.

There was also the show's first same-sex ballroom dancing duo made even more interesting because only one of the partners was gay. Unfortunately, they flopped, and when I say flopped, I mean literally flopped, right down on the stage.

Of course, in this post Susan Boyle age, there always have to be a few inspirational stories as well, and "So You Think" introduced us to a contestant with only three vertebra. The most shocking thing about her appearance, however, is that the judges did not find an excuse to let her through to the next round. Another tearjerking tale involved a dancer performing a routine with an umbrella that somehow symbolized his dead aunt. He did make the cut and will be moving on to Las Vegas. But first, we still have more audition rounds to go, with the show moving this week to Miami and Memphis. Expect more tears, jeers, and decibel-splitting screeches from judge Mary Murphy. Now, if only they could do something about that show title.