Due to COVID-19, So You Think You Can Dance has sat out two seasons on Fox. Therefore, you have to wonder if the dancing competition will grace us with another season this summer.
Yesterday, when Nigel Lythgoe was on On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, the Idol host asked him that very question. Lythgoe told him, “I think it is going to come back this year. No one has really contacted me yet. But there are rumors it is going to come back.”
Lythgoe then explained that it is hard for SYTYCD to live in a COVID-19 bubble because they are switching out choreographers every week, and the contestants swap partners. So with that in mind, it is hard to keep everyone as safe as a show like Dancing with the Stars. And that show couldn’t even protect its people from getting it.
Therefore, Lythgoe is hoping the pandemic will be closer to the end with vaccines so that his show can come back.
“Production on season 17 of So You Think You Can Dance will not be moving forward due to health and governmental restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Then the statement continued with, “As a result, while we were looking forward to its return this summer, we cannot meet the standards we’ve set for viewers and contestants in light of the show’s unique format, intricate production schedule and limited time.”
The news is not a surprise, but it is still sad to read. It will be interesting to see how other reality competition shows, that require the acts to perform in front of judges, will go on. America’s Got Talent will most likely be the guinea pig for Dancing with the Stars and The Masked Singer (although the contestants are already wearing masks.)
I wonder when CBS is going to announce that Big Brother will also be taking the summer off. Although, they could easily keep the contestants and crew quarentined on the CBS Radford lot.
The Blacklist filmed its 150th episode today, and NBC had a little gift for them. The drama that stars James Spader will be back for an 8th season!
That was not the only show to get that news today. So You Think You Can Dance will waltz into their 17th season this summer. Cat Deely returns as the host, and the judges are Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, and Laurieann Gibson.
If you want to audition and you are between 18-30, then you can do so at one of these dates: Miami (March 19 and 20), New York (March 28 and 29) or Los Angeles (April 4 and 5). Can’t make it to one of those locations, then you can post your auditions here.
Back in 2006, Benji Schwimmer defied the odds and won the second season of So You Think You Can Dance. The scrawny little dancer was a fan favorite because we loved his geekiness.
That was then, now 12 years later he is a buff man showing off his muscular body. Who knew that by doing Swing dancing it would give you a bod like that? Now thanks to DNA Magazine we know that. So who else besides me is going to sign up for classes? Plus, am I the only one who wants him to be their teacher. He teaches Tango too, right?
It is February 16th, and there was no word if So You Think You Can Dance would be back for another season. So you were thinking it was cancelled. Not so fast because Fox announced it will be back for a 15th season with judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Vanessa Hudgens and host Cat Deeley, who is pregnant with baby #2.
If you want to audition for the show, you can do so here. Unlike years in the past, they are only going to two cities, New York City and Los Angeles, for the audition phase of it.
When it comes to the renewal, I am thinking it is either really cheap to produce or Lythgoe has pictures on executives. Personally, I cannot understand why it is back. Can you?
