So You Think You Can Dance

www.tvline.com/2011/08/american-idol-season-11-scoop-nigel-lythgoe-voting-changes/

AUGUST 4, 2011 04:42 PM PDT

American Idol in Season 11: Nigel Lythgoe Talks SYTYCD-Style Voting, Banned Songs List

BY MICHAEL SLEZAK

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TVLINE | I think with So You Think You Can Dance this year, there was the feeling that as judges, you guys get to pick who goes through to the Top 20. Then you get to continue choosing among the bottom two men and women until you’re down to the Top 10. And when we reached that Top 10, there wasn’t a big announcement to say, “We’ll continue doing a dance-off with the bottom two.” And maybe that’s the source of the outrage.

You never win in that premise. People don’t always know when we’re [making our decision and it is the same as] America’s vote. They’ll still kill us. Last week for instance, we did as America voted [with the elimination of Jordan and Jess], but we still get the blame. People love to blame me — that’s part of it. All of my rants online, I’m smiling most of the time and laughing. Because you don’t want a row with a 10-year-old in Boise, Idaho. That’s part of the fun of it.

TVLINE | I feel like you understand that outrage is a part of the process — slamming down the remote when someone good goes home too soon, or railing against the judges’ comments.

The only thing that annoys me are the ones who say “I have been a fan of So You Think You Can Dance every season since it started, and this year you sent home my favorite dancer, so I’ll never watch it again.” Well, then you’re not a fan of So You Think You Can Dance! You’re a fan of one person. And in truth, there was outrage when we kept people on this season, during our first results show when we didn’t send anyone home because we thought America should see more of the contestants. If you’re a fan of So You Think You Can Dance, it should be “Whoopee! I get to see more of those wonderful dancers next week!” And anyway, like I said, the people that are going to win never go anywhere near the judges. So no matter how much you bitch and complain about the horrible judges — the horrible judges who picked the contestants in the first place, and had to love them to pick them, so stop saying “You hate them! Why do you hate them so much?” — it’s illogical, but it’s good. It’s good that people are so passionate about it. And I love stirrng up the passion. That’s what I do on my television shows and that’s what I do on my Twitter site.

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Yes! Smart girl! Definitely a shout out to all of us!
She wore it once during one of the rehearsal montages too, back at the beginning of the season

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