March 29th, 2010 by soullldiva

Looks like there are changes in store for the next season of So You Think You Can Dance–I at least hope that it’s a change back to the OLD STAGE ;o)

Judge and Producer Nigel Lythgoe has been tweeeeeting away about “shocking changes” for his show, and they include a shift back to rotating judges (I always liked new blood on the panel each week), only one person eliminated per week, different partners for the dancers every week with the dance styles being chosen for them and the last is the kicker. NO TOP 20.

I don’t know about shocking, but they are certainly big changes. Like I said about the judges, I did like a new choreographer coming in every week (even if they were just from their pool of choreographers). It changed up the predictability of what might be said. The only one person being eliminated per week is most likely tied to the no top 20 item. Might they only choose a top 10? Hmmm, but that makes no sense–when they have odd numbers one person will have to dance with two people (intriguing, though).

I agree with the change that the dancers will no longer be “choosing” their dance styles out of a hat. Even though it will take the randomness of drawing traditional Russian dancing out (that was an odd one), it will give the dancers more likelyhood that they will be given a dance that they look great in. Hence, better ratings.

But…then…where will the real competition be? Nigel Lythgoe has given me much to ponder. I believe he’s holding a press conference today on the changes, so I will return with more news!