SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: The Top 8 Talk About Having Choreographers as Their Dance Partners

This week, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will do something it has never done before — the All-Stars will be performing and choreographing routines for their respective contestants. After last week’s performance show, I spoke with the SYTYCD top 8 about what their thoughts were on the new twist…

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: The All-Stars Talk About the Top 10

The All-Stars hit up SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE this week, and with their appearance, they jump-started a lot of energy into the show. After this week’s performance show, I spoke with several current (and future) All-Stars about this crop of dancers, what they thought of the show this week, and more…

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: The Top 8 Talk the Latest Performance Show

The SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE contestants got an added boost this week when they were partnered up with All-Stars. And while it would have been understandable for some of the dancers to bend under the pressure that brings, instead, we got incredible dance numbers from every duo. After the show, I talked with […]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, and Debbie Allen on the Top 10 Performance Show and the Latest Eliminations

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE had one of the strongest performance shows in recent memory as the season 10 top 10 were joined by All-Star partners. Unfortunately, that made for some brutal cuts last night. After the show, I spoke with executive producer/judge Nigel Lythgoe, judge Mary Murphy, and guest judge Debbie Allen about […]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: The Latest Eliminated Contestants Speak Out

[Warning: This post contains spoilers for the August 13th episode of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: What Makes a Good Guest Judge? Nigel Lythgoe, Cat Deeley, Travis Wall, and Tabitha Dumo Weigh In

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE changes the judging dynamic a bit every week by adding a guest judge (or judges) to the established panel of Nigel Lythgoe (who is also an executive producer) and Mary Murphy. Sometimes it works (see: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Christina Applegate, or Anna Kendrick), and others times…not so much. During […]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Nigel Lythgoe on a Potential Season 11

Last week, Fox Chairman of Entertainment, Kevin Reilly told reporters after his Television Critics Association session that he was hopeful about SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE returning the following season. And since the TCA made a stop over at the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE set earlier this week, I wanted see how […]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Fox Boss Kevin Reilly Says They’ll Keep the One-Episode a Week Format, Is Hopeful for Another Season

As SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE whittles down its contestant pool, getting as much time to showcase the talented dancers becomes more of a priority. But, unfortunately, the show will be sticking with its one-episode-a-week, performance/results show hybrid for the rest of the season. “I think we’re going to play out the pattern,” Kevin […]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: The Top 16 Talk About Their Performances!

We have our top 16 on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE! After the results were announced, I talked with the 16 dancers who moved on this week in the competition about the change of format, their routines, what feedback they’re most listening to, and more…

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Paula Abdul, and Erin Andrews on the Top 18, Format Tweaks, the Eliminations, and More

Just one week after SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE debuted a new format for their eliminations, they changed things up again with this week in an effort for the show to remain as enjoyable as possible with having to combine the performance show with the eliminations. After the show, I spoke with judge/executive producer […]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: The Eliminated Dancers Speak Out

[This post contains spoilers for the July 9th episode of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE’s Nigel Lythgoe on the 2013 National Dance Day

National Dance Day is fast approaching again (it’s July 27th), and to further entice you to participate, I spoke with SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE judge/executive producer Nigel Lythgoe to see what he could share about what’s going down this year… [youtube]http://youtu.be/d_SLVUjb-Hk[/youtube] (And if you missed Lythgoe’s “Funny or Die” video, be sure to […]

Paula Abdul to Guest Judge SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE

Tomorrow night’s episode of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will have a very special guest judge: former AMERICAN IDOL/THE X FACTOR judge Paula Abdul. (Who also happens to have two Emmy awards for choreography.) Abdul guest-judging on SYTYCD also serves as a reunion with her former IDOL boss, Nigel Lythgoe (who serves as a […]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: Cat Deeley on her Teen Choice Awards Nomination and the ‘Work in Progress’ Elimination Results

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE host Cat Deeley got some good news this week: she was nominated for Choice TV Personality – Female at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards! After this week’s taping of SYTYCD, Deeley talked with reporters about scoring the nod, and the difficult, “work in process” elimination format (which has since […]

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: The Top 18 on the Format Shift, Their Dancing So Far, and What Comes Next

Slightly lost amidst the bad news of losing the first two contestants and the questionable new format change is that 18 very talented dancers are moving on to the next phase of the competition. After the show, I spoke with the remaining dancers about this week’s show and what comes next…