The most burning question about last week’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance wasn’t which one of the top 10 dancers is now the front runner. Nope, it was the mysterious "IV REAL" emblazoned across the shirts of a few of the dancers — clearly, it stood for "For Real," but what the heck does that mean?
Well, we’ve got your answer. A rep for the show tells EW.com that, as many readers have already speculated on the SYTYCD TV Watch message boards, "IV REAL" is an inside joke among contestants Comfort, Joshua, Twitch, and Will about Dance’s fourth season — i.e. Season 4 = IV = FOR REAL. Now we can move on to the second burning question of the night: What, exactly, was living in host Cat Deeley’s hair?!
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Yeah you figured it out!
I’m SO glad they finally cleared it up. It was getting ridiculous with how many people were coming up with conspiray theories
Glad someone brought up Cat’s poofy cotton candy hairstyle. When she turned sideways she reminded me of the creature in Alien.
Ahhh, season 4. And it all makes sense. But why were only the black dancers wearing it? Another conspiracy? Hmmm…..
I need to go back an skim through last week’s shows, because on another forum someone mentioned that they though Thayne had one on during rehearsals and they thought Gev had one on too.
I just spent 15 minutes searching hard online… I wish it had more significance
The only dancers wearing the shirts were the black contestants. nothing wrong w/ that!
wow, adam. you are not that bright.
I’m glad that I am not the only person freaked out by Cat’s hair last week… the dress was better than the one foofing up by her throat… but the hair was really really bad!
Now… WHere the heck can we get one of the shirts??!!
not buying the season four explaination
you can buy a shirt here- http://www.inktees.com/cgi-bin/store/cpshop.cgi/media_tshirts/inktees/5759806
Why does there have to be a conspiracy because the black dancers were wearing the shirts? I mean really?! *smh*
I guess the white kids aren’t cool enough for the shirts and the “faux gang sign”. LOL! Whatever.
mm Ya I know for sure I saw someone else wearing one of those shirts and I’m pretty sure it was Thayne. There’s got to be something missing from the explanation…I’m not buying it.
My take??? 4 African American dancers left on season 4 of the show. I think the white dancers should have been included but that is my take. Thayne was NOT wearing one last week!
I’m sure it means the 4 black contestants left on season 4… and what is wrong with that? Why do white people feel like they always have to be included in everything? Do they include other groups in ANYTHING they’re not forced to?? Why must everything have controversy behind it? Can’t they just be proud of the fact that they are able to represent in such a huge way?
I thought it was for the 4 black dancers left from the beginning…and for some reason someone feels the need to give a generic/PC answer of season 4. Its hard to be a black finalist in any reality show on TV, so good for them. Now Cat–notice she didn’t say wardrobe was nominated for an Emmy this week. They need to be fired because between her clothes and her hair, they’ve got her lookin a mess every week. Its sad when a ponytail is the best look going for you.
Okay… Keeping it real, as Shane Sparks would say… Can you imagine the uproar if just the white contestants had worn them? I’m just sayin’… I prefer to be colorblind.
Must every damn thing have to be about “black and white”?!! I mean, damn. Can’t these kids just go bout doing them? If they want to wear freakin’ T-shirts with “IV Real” on them, good for them! It’s not that deep. Go bout and think of other things, like, why is the America economy a piece of sh*t?
There was another guy wearing a IV real shirt and it was Gev! It’s not all about race for Christmas sake! It’s just a cool idea that will almost certainly be marketed and sold en mass, for better or worse. IVREAL
Some of you people are total idiots. GEV WAS WEARING A SHIRT! Last time I checked…Gev wasn’t black.
Some of us are total idiots? Cee you are an idiot. Who care if Gev is black or not. I’ve looked around the internet and it says the same thing about the t-shirts, that it stands for season 4. And Gev was wearing a IV real t-shirt during one of the segments backstage. Nigel, Cat, Kherington, and Gev also threw up there “gang sign” during Wednesday and Thursday show. And to Ray who said “I guess the white kids aren’t cool enough”. News flasj for you of the top 10 finalist only Kherington and Courtni were white. Gev is from Kazakhstan (arab country) Chelsie is hispanic, Mark is from the Pacific Islands (Somoa) and Katie is Asian American.
Um, news flash, Khazakhstan is part of the former USSR. Gev speaks Russian, and is probably ethnically Russian. Islamic people live there but so do a lot of Russian Orthodox (i.e., Christian).
I really just need to point out that while Kazakhstan does have a Muslim majority – it is really a “central asian” country. Also – Arabs are an ethnic group, not a race. People get ethnicity and race confused a lot. So while Gev might be arab (though I don’t think he is) he is also white.
Just like Julie said.
Since when is Mark from Somoa? lol I thought he was Hawaiian.
Also, it’s just a shrit people, calm down. Gev threw up the “IV Real” sign after he hugged Twitch when he was eliminated.
i just hope to heavens the contestants that created that expression trademarked and copyrighted the phase/design. somebody is gonna lay claim to it, it might as well be them.
oh, well..mystery solved lolz
I found the dance IV LIFE shirts…
http://www.cafepress.com/danceivlife
I also found the IV REAL, iv real shirts…
http://www.cafepress.com/ivreal
Now thats IV REAL, iv real… LOL
those are plain white tees with “IV REAL” on them. where can people get the colorful shirts that the dancers were wearing?