SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE’s Nigel Lythgoe Says Alex Wong will be Welcomed Back to Vegas for Season 8 if his Injury Doesn’t End his Career

How serious is the injury that SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE finalist, Alex Wong, has sustained? Could the season 7 standout — who’s been forced to withdraw from the competition — forfeit his career over it?

The answer is yes. As executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe explains in the video below, which we shot backstage after the heartbreaking elimination show Thursday night, there is a 20% chance that Wong’s surgery will be unsuccessful.

However, if Wong does fully recover, will he be eligible to compete on SYTYCD next year?

Hells yeah.

Just as Billy Bell was welcomed back to Vegas Week this spring — after an illness forced him to withdraw from the previous season —  Nigel says Wong will get the same courtesy.

Listen in…

P.S., With Alex now gone, Nigel was asked to name the new competition frontrunners and he said Kent and Lauren.

Couldn’t agree more, Mr. Lythgoe. Couldn’t agree more.

And how about you guys? Do you agree as well? Comment below…

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