Fourth-placer Cher Lloyd was one of my favorite contestants of "The X Factor U.K." Season 7 (she's certainly the only "X Factor" hopeful to land on the NME Cool List), ever since she turned her swag on during her first, Soulja Boy/Keri Hilson-inspired "X Factor" audition. Now the superhumanly confident, will.i.am-championed 17-year-old (yes, she's only SEVENTEEN) has upped her swagginess in her retina-scaldingly bright video for her debut single, "Swagger Jagger," and the clip has landed on my personal cool list, for sure.

"Swagger Jagger" has pretty much everything you'd want from a Cher Lloyd video: a neon wardrobe that looks like a giant Rubik's Cube exploded all over her in the middle of a paintball fight, an army of superfly breakdancers that look like they just moonwalked out of a time machine set for 1987, abundant hair extensions that make Beyonce's hairdo seem positively au naturelle, an old-skool boombox the size of a house, Fergalicious (Cher-a-licious?) rapping, a

"Thursdays...they suck," hostess Cat Deeley griped at the start of this week's "So You Think You Can Dance" results show. Yep, they sure do, Cat. Especially when the wrong contestants go home.

Granted, this week's elimination night wasn't quite as hard a blow as last week's, since only two dancers (compared to last Thursday's whopping four) went home. And perhaps it is harsh to say that the "wrong" dancers got cut, when really, in a season as competitive as this one, there are no "right" dancers to eliminate--all are worthy, and all could have easily made the top 10 in a past "SYTYCD" season. But still, I have serious issues with who was eliminated this week, particularly among the girls.

Two of the couples in the bottom were Ashley and Chris and Caitlynn and Mitchell, as I'd predicted. Although Caitlynn and Mitchell's samba this week was superb, I figured they'd be in danger simply because they did a less popular genre of dance. (Let's face it: Couples who get contemporary and hip-hop

Vicci Martinez may have gone far on "The Voice" this year, but this wasn't her first attempt at reality-TV fame. She was on "Star Search" as a teenager in 2003, making it to the second round on that show. But more interestingly, a year before that, the Tacoma singer-songwriter auditioned for the very first season of "American Idol" and scored a golden ticket to Hollywood--but decided not to stay on the show, walking away from a chance to compete against (and possibly beat?) Kelly Clarkson on what was soon to become the biggest TV talent competition in the world.

Speaking on "The Voice" finale red carpet this Wednesday, Vicci talked frankly about this surprising decision. "I know I was only 16 then, but my instincts kicked in just reading the contract," she revealed.

She also said the interview questions asked of her by producers during her brief "Idol" run didn't sit well with her. "I was like, this is mean," she said. "Some of the stuff that they were asking me, that's not what

After losing four very amazing dancers last week, "So You Think You Can Dance" easily rebounded this Wednesday, thanks to the 16 also-amazing dancers that remained. But Thursday will be a whole other story. It's going to be another VERY tough call for the judges, and the voters at home, this week.

Here's how everyone did...

Sasha & Alexander - Contemporary
A touching and very original Dee Caspary routine to "Belong" by Cary Brothers, centered on a yellow piano--with Alexander cast as a pensive, lonely musician and Sasha as the long-lost muse who haunts his work--this number required just as intense an emotional connection as the returning-soldier Nappytabs routine they did last week. I think their chemistry was convincing here, just as it was last week--but, just like last week, I think Sasha outshined Alexander. She always does, and as great as he is, I honestly think Alexander was incredibly lucky to pull her name out of Cat Deeley's hat at the start of this season. Sasha is a force