Nigel Lythgoe News

The SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE two-night season finale airs Tuesday, Dec. 15 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, Dec. 16 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX, and AMERICAN IDOL's Adam Lambert is set to take the stage. Lambert will sing his latest track, 'Whataya Want From Me,' in his first appearance on the network since the AMERICAN IDOL season finale in May.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presented the 21st Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION over a two day event yesterday, December 7 and today, December 8 at the Palace Theatre on Broadway. The proceeds from the event benefit BC/EFA. This year's event raised more than $4,639,000 dollars. And the winners are in!

The SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE two-night season finale airs Tuesday, Dec. 15 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, Dec. 16 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX, and AMERICAN IDOL's Adam Lambert is set to take the stage. Lambert will sing his latest track, 'Whataya Want From Me,' in his first appearance on the network since the AMERICAN IDOL season finale in May.

Radar Online has posted the scoop that Kristin Chenoweth (soon to return to Broadway in PROMISES, PROMISES) and Christina Applegate (last seen in SWEET CHARITY) will be featured on Carrie Underwood's upcoming TV special, singing a 1960's medley.

NBC Universal has announced that 9 To 5 composer Dolly Parton will take part Carrie Underwood's star-studded holiday, tentatively entitled 'Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Special,' airing on FOX at 8PM EST on December 7. Adam Shankman, director the film version of Hairspray, is co-executive producing and directing the special.

So You Think You Can Dance is down to the 8 finalists, determined this week after Noelle Marsh and Nathan Trasoras were eliminated on Tuesday night. This week's results show also featured performances by Snoop Dogg with Quest Crew, who debuted his new single, 'I Wanna Rock,' as well as by LXD (Legion of Extraordinary Dancers).

Stage and screen star Katie Holmes stars in the upcoming film 'The Romantics', Holmes and her fellow cast mates spoke to Entertainment Tonight about filming the motion picture.

Broadway's Spencer Liff is set to debut as a new Broadway choreographer on Fox Tv's So You Think You Can Dance in tonight's episode, November 17. Liff will be choreographing a piece for contestants Karen Hauer and Kevin Hunte, who found themselves in the bottom three last week. The episode airs at 8:00pm EST on Fox.

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Radar Online has posted the scoop that Kristin Chenoweth (soon to return to Broadway in PROMISES, PROMISES) and Christina Applegate (last seen in SWEET CHARITY) will be featured on Carrie Underwood's upcoming TV special, singing a 1960's medley.

FOX is giving viewers an extra dose of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE on Monday, October 26 at 8:00/7:00c.

NBC Universal has announced that 9 To 5 composer Dolly Parton will take part Carrie Underwood's star-studded holiday, tentatively entitled 'Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Special,' airing on FOX at 8PM EST on December 7. Adam Shankman, director the film version of Hairspray, is co-executive producing and directing the special.

Variety reports that film director and choreographer Adam Shankman will join Mary Murphy and Nygel Lythgoe on the judging panel on the FOX TV program So You Think You Can Dance.

Judge and Executive Producer of 'So You Think You Can Dance' Nigel Lythgoe strongly believes that Ellen DeGeneres will prove a valued addition to American Idol, however, he also has fighting words for Idol.

ANYA GARNIS and PASHA KOVALEV of TV's 'So You Think You Can Dance' join the company of Broadway's BURN THE FLOOR tonight Tuesday, August 18 at the Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48 Street. This will mark the Broadway debut for both. BURN THE FLOOR, Broadway's sexy new hit, has broken office records at the Longacre for two consecutive weeks.

The fifth season of the summer hit SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE came to a spectacular conclusion last night, August 6th, as Jeanine Mason was named the champion on the two-hour season finale broadcast live from the renowned Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Mason, 18, a Contemporary dancer from Pinecrest, FL received the most votes out of the record-breaking 21.6 million votes cast. Additionally, she danced off with the cash prize of $250,000, the title of America's Favorite Dancer and a cover feature in the November issue of Dance Spirit Magazine.

Paula Abdul will return to 'American Idol,' for the right price. TMZ is reporting that Abdul wants $10 million a year to return to her judging post.

Paula Abdul is in talks with Nigel Lythgoe about becoming a part of Fox's 'So You Think You Can Dance,' according to Variety.

BURN THE FLOOR, the electrifying Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular, opened August 2nd at Broadway's Longacre Theatre (220 W. 48 Street). BURN THE FLOOR has thrilled audiences in over 30 countries, and is the first show of the new Broadway season, playing a limited 12-week engagement.