TV Guide: Nigel Lythgoe

Paula Abdul: Nigel's Dance Offer Is "Intriguing"

TV Guide — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:29:00 -0500

The empty chair will remain for now.

While she finds Nigel Lythgoe's invite to guest-judge So You Think You Can Dance "intriguing," Paula Abdul says she's still undecided about taking him up on the offer.

"I haven't made ...

Nigel Lythgoe Extends an Invite and Empty Chair to Paula Abdul on Dance

TV Guide — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:33:00 -0500

Paula Abdul still has a judge's chair with her name on it — on So You Think You Can Dance.

So You Think You Can Dance Top 20 finalist leaves due to illness

Keeping true to his word that he would consider having Abdul as a guest judge on Dance, Nigel Lythgoe extended an open invitation and an empty chair to Abdul to join him, Mary Murphy and Adam Shankman on the panel on Monday's "Meet the Top 20" episode.

"I've asked somebody to come along and be a guest judge ...

So You Think You Can Dance Top 20 Finalist Leaves Due to Illness

TV Guide — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:54:00 -0500

Top 20 finalist Billy Bell has left So You Think You Can Dance because of a health problem, Fox announced Monday.

Hip-hop dancer Brandon Dumlao is scheduled to replace him.

Bell, a 19-year-old contemporary dancer from Palm Beach, Fla., made new permanent judge Adam Shankman cry during Las Vegas auditions. A Fox rep declined to offer specifics about Bell's health.

Mia Michaels leaving So You Think You Can Dance

"We are disappointed that Billy cannot continue dancing in the competition on the advice of his doctor and wish him a speedy recovery," executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe said in a statement...