No surprises during the "So You Think You Can Dance" Final Performance Show of the Season

Well tonight is the 2 hour Season Finale for Season 8 of "So You Think You Can Dance." I was hoping that the very obvious frontrunner Melanie would finally face some real competition from the other 3 dancers and be challenged in the finale by some difficult dance routines.

Well neither happened.

Tadd just struggled on one routine with Sasha and didn't look like he had the right type of clothing on for that routine.

Marko looked a bit too goofy when he danced with Sasha.

Then the guys had to do an unfamiliar stepping routine together at the end of the show. Nigel then tells them after they are done dancing their last routine that he still thinks a woman was going to win this year.

On the women's side, Sasha was better than Marko and Tadd in the numbers she danced with them. However, she didn't look very believable dancing with either of the 2 remaining guys.

And that leaves us with obvious frontrunner Melanie. You knew it was probably going to be her night when after doing a Disco routine with Marko that she got no critique but just compliments from guest judges Kenny Ortega and Katie Homes despite that her Disco number was far from flawless. This Disco routine just proved my point that Melanie may not be as good in the many styles she was never chosen to perform in this season, and we will never know that for sure since the show is ending this week.

Melanie's routines after the Disco routine were just the typical Melanie-type routines we have seen in weeks past. Why couldn't we have seen Melanie do a hard hitting hip hop routine with Joshua or Sasha's routine with Mark which would have been out of her comfort zone instead of her contemporary style wearing the usual fancy dress?

I have no idea who I really would have liked to see win this season. I might have rather seen one of the Top 20 dancers who went home early on win instead. While Melanie is a great dancer, I can't really root for her because she hasn't been challenged like former winners of the show have been. And Marko was only in the finals because of his partnership with Melanie most likely. Tadd is good, but all star Joshua was much better than he was last night. So out of the 4 remaining, I think I would have to root for Sasha, but that is only because I believe she has been challenged the most of the 4 remaining dancers.

So tonight Melanie will most likely win Season 8 of "So You Think You Can Dance" unless Sasha pulls a really big upset which is unlikely since she wasn't allowed to shine like Melanie was all season long.

I am sure hoping for an upset tonight!