"SYTYCD" is finally twirling its way back to TV tomorrow!
The season 10 "hot tamale train" will be leaving the station and arriving at FOX on May 14th and May 15th with its two-night 2013 season premiere...(WATCH the First Look video below)!
FOX's hit reality dancing competition show, "So You Think You Can Dance," will once again be hosted by the Emmy-nominated Cat Deely. The first crop of hopeful SYTYCD competitors will take the stage for the first time tomorrow night when the dancers fight for a ticket to Las Vegas during the Los Angeles auditions in the premiere episode.
Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe will be taking his usual seat on the judges panel next to fellow judge Mary Murphy. It has also been reported by Us Weekly that special guest judges Minnie Driver, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, and Adam Shankman will also join Mary & Nigel during the audition rounds of SYTYCD.
Along with the judges, some of the fan-favorites from past seasons of SYTYCD will also be returning to the stage as "All Stars" in season 10, reports Dance Spirit.
The 2013 All Star lineup includes:
Allison Holker (season 2)
Neil Haskell (season 3)
Stephen "tWitch" Boss (season 4)
Mark Kanemura (season 4)
Kathryn McCormick (season 6)
Robert Roldan (season 7)
Lauren Froderman (season 8 winner)
Witney Carson (season 9)
Although season 9 of "So You Think You Can Dance" only averaged 6.8 million viewers and about a 2.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic last summer, according to Entertainment Weekly, FOX decided to renew the reality show for a 10th season anyway.
"It doesn't get the ratings of "American Idol" or "The Voice" but it does really, really well and our audience is a hardcore audience. If you don't know it's on you don't know it even exists but if you watch it you love it!" explains host Cat Deeley.
Last season, producers switched up the usual format of SYTYCD when they combined both the results and performance shows into one night rather than two. This change may have earned mixed reviews from loyal viewers, but Deeley explained in a recent interview why she prefers this style.
"I actually think that combining the results and the performance show, I think, makes for a better show," she said. "There's more jeopardy because you know who's in danger and who's not before they perform...quite often when we had that hour show for the results show it could be feel as though it was really going so slowly. I know we have to build the tension and I know it's obviously that critical moment when you reveal who's going home. It's not that we've thrown it away but it doesn't feel quite as laborious."
As for season 10's format, Deeley reveals, "With the studio show there won't be a results show, as in last season, but some might be two hours long. It's a big moving feast, as they say."
What else can we expect in the upcoming season 10 of SYTYCD? Here's some spoilers from the cast, as heard in the first look video below!
"What the audience is going to see in Season 10 is what they've come to love about the show...this extraordinary talent sort of blasting in their face." Adam Shankman (guest judge)
"It's a new cast of characters- a lot of fresh new faces." Mary Murphy (judge)
"The dancers are the ones that create the magic of this series-not the format. It's the talent, and this season (season 10), the talent is magnificent." (Nigel Lythgoe (judge/executive producer)
"Fresh moves-humorous stories-and ridiculous banter between the judges." (Stephen "tWitch" Boss (guest judge)
"It's the same show you know and love, but bigger and better, and in all honesty, the show is always unpredictable." Cat Deeley (host).
Make sure to tune into returning with a two-night premiere on Tues. May 14 (8:00 - 9:00 p.m.) and Wed. May 15 (9:00 - 10:00 p.m) on FOX.
© 2024 Mstars News, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.