‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ swap nights

FOX has played around with its summer schedule, flipping nights for its flagship series “Hell’s Kitchen” and “So You Think You Can Dance” and giving a home to its new culinary competition, “MasterChef.”
The network had previously announced that “SYTYCD” would air on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Instead, FOX has decided to run the show on [...]

‘So You Think You Can Dance’: Nigel Lythgoe on Vegas Week

When Zap2it caught up with “So You Think You Can Dance” creator Nigel Lythgoe at the College TV Awards in Hollywood, he shared his brand-new strategy for getting the contestants to reach their full potential. They’re taking a “sort of psychological” approach to the competition this time.
“We believe that everybody’s got a firefly inside them,” [...]

‘Step Up 3-D’ trailer channels ‘Tron’

How can you one-up “Step Up 2: The Streets” and its rainy finale? How about 3-D?
Although we’re loathe to see yet another film jump onto the 3-D bandwagon, we’ll make an exception for the “Step Up” films.
Not only is the franchise our one of our favorite guilty pleasures, but have you seen the dancing? [...]

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Season 7: No choosing genres, less than four in finale

There are more “So You Think You Can Dance” rule changes afoot.
“So You Think You Can Dance” producer Nigel Lythgoe previously tweeted that “SYTYCD” Season 7 will feature weekly partner changes and no Top 20. He has now been tweeting more rule changes for the upcoming season:
**CHANGE-The competitors will no longer choose their
genres of [...]

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Season 7: No top 20, partners change weekly

Nigel Lythgoe is announcing big changes at “So You Think You Can Dance” this season.
All week he has been tweeting out some pretty major rule changes to the “SYTYCD” world.
Via Nigel’s twitter account:
**First rule change.
Only one dancer will leave the competition each week and not two.
Many more changes to come by the end of this [...]

‘SYTYCD’ stars to perform at Oscars? Well, yeah

Former “So You Think You Can Dance” contestants will be showing up at the Academy Awards, thanks to telecast producer Adam Shankman, who’s also a judge/choreographer on the FOX competition show.
Deadline Hollywood reported Tuesday (Feb. 16): “don’t be surprised if some of his [Oscars] dancers are culled from past contestants on ‘So You Think [...]

‘SYTYCD’s’ Legacy on V-Day, ‘Step Up 3-D’ and LXD

Valentine’s Day brings out the traditionalist in “So You Think You Can Dance’s” Legacy.
He likes to keep it simple when it comes to the holiday and offers this advice.
“Share, get together with whoever that makes your heart throb,” he tells Zap2it. “Go eat some lunch or maybe some breakfast, start the day good. Some [...]

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ returns in May, auditions still open

America can tune in to find their next favorite dancer in the spring.
“So You Think You Can Dance” returns for its seventh season two-hour premiere on Thursday, May 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.
The always charming Cat Deeley will be back as host.
In case you still want to try out for the show, [...]

‘So You Think You Can Dance’: Mia Michaels is back

Choreographer Mia Michaels disappointed many a “So You Think You Can Dance” fan last fall — not to mention the season six finalists — when she decided to leave the series to pursue other projects.
However, her association with “SYTYCD” continues.
Sources confirm that Michaels is in New York this week and is sitting on the [...]

‘American Idol’: Simon Fuller moves on, Nigel Lythgoe gets a title

Two of the men who helped make “American Idol” the biggest show on television are in the news for other reasons.
Simon Fuller, who created the “Idol” format, is leaving 19 Entertainment (which produces the series) to start his own company. Former “Idol” executive producer and current “So You Think You Can Dance” judge/producer Nigel Lythgoe [...]

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