‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Adds All-Stars From Past

Television dance contest “So You Think You Can Dance” will feature a group of “all-stars” from past seasons in a bid to boost audiences when it returns for a 7th season in May.

Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe said on Monday that Emmy-winning choreographer Mia Michaels will return as both a judge and a choreographer, and that just 10 dancers, instead of 20, would be picked for the main competition from the thousands that audition.

In a major shake-up of the Fox summer TV hit, Lythgoe said he was assembling a pool of dancers from previous series. They will pair each week with the 2010 contestants who are vying for a $250,000 cash prize and a dance magazine cover feature.

“The whole reason for doing it is to make the show more exciting… Some of these brilliant dancers (from past seasons) have just disappeared off the face of the earth. To be able to have this show use its own talent is fabulous,” Lythgoe said on a conference call.

In the new season, starting on Fox on May 27, the top 10 will draw the name of an all-star, and perform in the style perfected by that dancer. Lythgoe will release the names of the all-stars in coming weeks.

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