(photo from Fox)
Mia Michaels took a season off from
So You Think You Can Dance and when she returns to the Fox show she will be a full time judge. The Emmy winning choreographer is taking over for Mary Murphy, who has been a permanent fixture in that seat since season 2. So what happens to Miss Hot Tamale Train? A Fox source told me, “Mary was judging on the road and will also be choreographing this season.” While I will miss her on the judging table, I am excited to see her do what she does best and choreograph the contestants.
Now back to Mia, I think Nigel Lythgoe and Fox made a big mistake by adding her to the judging panel. Whenever she was in that seat she would either say stuff that didn’t make any sense, try to create a catch phrase or appear to hit on the dancers. I am sure by the second episode, I and other fans of the show will be sick of the nonsense she keeps telling the contestants. It is bad enough we are still stuck with Nigel Lythgoe trying to be Simon Cowell and Adam Shankman either kissing the choreographers’ dances or telling the contestants how he wants to cast them in Step Up 27. I think they should have stayed with Mary for at least one more season because we are already having to accept all the changes that they are making to the show.
This season we will only have a Top 10 as compared to a Top 20 and instead of the dancers dancing with other contestants they will be dancing with previous contestants in their own style. With those major changes, Mr Capped Teeth should have kept the judging table consistent. I mean he should look at his old show, American Idol as an example that people don’t like their judging line up to be messed with.
So am I the only one unhappy we are going to have to suffer through Mia’s gibberish, or are you excited to see what she will add as a full time judge when the show comes back on May 27th.
You know it might just be me, but I kind of lost my feeling for the show last season. I am not sure if it is because of the really short turn around, but the show I used to look forward to every summer might be gone from my DVR. Too many changes and not all of them are for the better.
