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Okay I immediately discovered I was wrong, Mashi's team did make it through. Which means Franklin must have to challenge to get one of the top 50 spots.

(Poor Franklin was at the front of the formation when he entirely forgot the last 10 seconds of his own choreo and had to freestyle instead, oh dear.)

Finally getting some #MaXiaolong (Mashi) in the third episode.

Only little scraps though. I wonder if he doesn't really hit his stride until season 3. He captured my heart from season 3 onwards & I was looking forward to seeing more of him here.

Maybe he doesn't make it past this round?? His team is up against #FranklinYu and I know Franklin made it through.

#YeYin and his amazing afro.

Again the captains have to do 10 pushups because a battle ended in a request for One More Round (thanks Wang Chenchen).

#VannessWu is ready to strip off to a singlet and go nuts with zero prompting.

He's a WHORE and I LOVE him.

(Sorry about the shitty quality of the screencaps. I'm just grabbing straight off YouTube and our bandwidth is not so great here.)

It's time for #LiuYuxin and all the dancers are dissing her for being an idol, saying she won't be competitive against the best dancers.

Clearly the producers are setting her up as an underdog so she can blow everyone away.

I don't mind it.

Gasp. #JiYang is such a beautiful dancer. The emotion in every move. Expressing through his body even more than through his face. It's breathtaking.

I've never heard of him before. Why hasn't he been in any later seasons, or the Masters group?

I hope he does well in this season at least.

Continuing on episode 2. #WiikSymphony and #YeYin omg first ever SDOC audition with no accompaniment. Just claps and foot-stomps. So so good.

Ye Yin has an afro, it's so extra.

oh first appearance of screenwriter #WangChenchen inventing a new rule where captain #ShowLo has to do 10 pushups if he calls for one more round.

Nice work Wang Chenchen.