Fresh off its sold-out, cross-country performance tour, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, last summer’s No.1 hit, begins another search for America’s favorite dancer Thursday, March 1, in New York City. Entering its third season this summer on FOX, the hot series from the producers of AMERICAN IDOL and “American Bandstand” is hosted by Cat Deeley. Producers will travel to New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta in search of dancers who best represent the rhythm of America. Talented dancers who spark the judges’ interest during auditions will be invited to call-backs, where they will work with top choreographers. During the call-back week, the judges will choose the Top 20 dancers who will continue in the competition. The series became a phenomenon in its second season, in which Benji Schwimmer was voted America’s Favorite Dancer and received $100,000, a new car and a contract to appear in Celine Dion’s “A New Day” show at The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will hold casting calls in New York beginning Thursday, March 1; in Chicago on Thursday, March 8; in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 22; and in Atlanta on Thursday, April 5. Casting is open to persons between the ages of 18 and 30 at the time of the audition who are either U.S. citizens, permanent residents of the U.S., or possess a current legal visa allowing them to seek employment in the U.S. without restriction as to employer. More information will be available at fox.com/dance.
March 1 – 3, 2007: The Manhattan Center Theatre 311 West 34th Street New York, NY 10001
March 8 – 10, 2007: The Legendary Chicago Theatre 175 North State St. Chicago, IL 60601
March 22 – 24, 2007: The Orpheum Theatre 842 South Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90014
April 5 – 7, 2007: The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30308
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I really miss this show and Benji! Hopefully it will be still good when it comes back unlike Idol this season so far
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No Regis? No problem. Fox is looking to one of its own to host its New Year’s Eve special this year, tapping So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley. With American Idol host Ryan Seacrest hosting ABC’s Times Square special, Fox last year brought in Regis Philbin for a one-night gig. But this year, Deeley will emcee the special, which airs live from New York City from 11 pm -12:30 am on Sunday night, December 31. In addition to Fox’s Dance show and an extensive resume from the United Kingdom, Deeley has also recently done stints for NBC’s Tonight Show and ABC’s Good Morning America.
Broadcasting & Cable
I wonder how many people they asked before they settled on her. Seriously what is up with Fox having so many problems finding hosts for their shows.
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There’s a love match going on at Dancing With The Stars, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba, 38, tells PEOPLE that she is in love with 24-year-old Russian ballroom dancer Artem Chigvintsev. "He’s my ballroom champ," says the Honolulu-born Inaba. The couple have been dating for about eight months. Chigvintsev starred on season one of FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance. He also served as a choreographer on that show’s second season. Inaba and Chigvintsev were spotted cuddling following the Oct. 11 results show, in which Jerry Springer and partner Kym Johnson successfully pleaded to be spared, while Willa Ford and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were eliminated. Meanwhile, show partners Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff have shown plenty of chemistry of their own, although last week they shot down rumors that they’re a couple ("a couple of nuts!" Lopez joked to PEOPLE). Added Smirnoff: "He stepped on my hand, sat on my head. How do you put that together? I am crazy and weird, but not that weird!"
People
How cute, bet they get their own reality show!
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