Ex American Idol Judge Ellen Degeneres will be performing tonight in front of SYTYCD Judge and returning American Idol Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe, along side her dance partner & SYTYCD All Star, tWitch Boss. She will be recreating injured contestant Alex Wong‘s SICK hip-hop routine with tWitch “Outta Your Mind“. It’ll either be amazeballs or a total disaster. My guess is amazeballs!

Tonight, either Kent, Lauren or Robert will be crowned the winner of America’s Favorite Dancer for Season 7 of the hit show. Other performances in store for you tonight include British “SYTYCD” winner Charlie Bruce, Quest Crew, tap dancers the Manzari Brothers & indie-rock duo Black Gold. Should be a great show!

That’ not all. Fox is adding an online component to the show where you can go online and watch the finale performances from any angle, as they are being filmed with a 360 degree camera!

Be sure to tune in at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.

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I never thought I’d hear myself say this but… Nigel Lythgoe please come back to American Idol. While I despise Lythgoe as a judge on SYTYCD, like most people, he’s proven himself as an excellent executive producer. He was the man behind the scenes at Idol for the first seven seasons, before the show went to the crapper. He left Idol to focus on SYTYCD and other 19 Entertainment ventures. According to sources, he’s nearing a deal to return to his roots.

Since his departure from Idol, Lythgoe has been very vocal with Idol’s shortcomings. In a previous statement, he made it clear that if he was in charge of the show, he’d replace the entire judging panel. Au revoir Randy, Ellen and Kara. Thank God. The only one on the panel, I’d remotely keep is Kara. She really came into her own the previous season.

find out who Nigel would love on the judging panel after the jump

SYTYCD Season 7 has its first injury of the season. Unfortunately it’s one of our beloved all-stars. Allison Holker has consistently wowed us this season and easily outshone her partners this year is out of the competition due to a rib injury. Thankfully, her hiatus is only expected to last a week. Here’s what Allison tweeted regarding her situation:

“Hey guys I have to sit this week out of #sytycd I hurt my ribs but I’m gonna rest and heal and I’ll be back by next week!!”

Even though, she’s gone for a week and there are five other female all-stars that could pick up the slack, the producers are bringing back another fan favorite to ease the pain. Season 4’s runner-up Katee Shean has been corralled to replace the injured Holker. Two words- YIP PEE. Nigel Lythgoe confirmed the rumor via Twitter.

Words cannot describe how excited I am to see Katee once again on the STYCYD stage. I’m sure Homorazzi.com’s Rich is equally as excited as well. Even though Allison is by far my favorite all-star, I’m glad we have the best of both worlds- we get to see Katee for a week, then have our beloved Allison back. Can’t we just send Comfort home???

view three of Katee’s more memorable routines on SYTYCD

Well, I’m gonna officially call the (unforeseen) debate between The Helen Kellers Of Small Town USA vs. The Rest of the World over. Once again, the judges at “So You Think You Can Dance” strike and not only declare Kent’s… let’s call it “flare”, as too gay for male dancing and definitely too gay for their show. Funnily enough, the only thing more blatant than their homo-suppression during Wednesday night’s performance episode was the anti-age comment made by the ever-awful Nigel Lythgoe [Note: that should read anti-FEMALE-age comment!]. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not Homorazzi’s authority on babysitting the do’s and do not’s of reality TV and especially not dancing, but these past two episodes and the amount of feedback I got on the last article have bolstered me to want to write these monkeys up (that and Dan’s recommendation to do so in his latest coverage article!)

Let’s start with poor (and apparently OLD) Anya Garnis.
WOW… really Nigel? After ALL those heinous and apparently age-ignorant comments you’ve made over the years about girls (yes, GIRLS) about 40 years your junior, you call Anya- a TWENTY EIGHT year-old- a cougar?? [4:15 on video]. In his classic, tactless style, Mr. Executive Producer then combines the mocking of Anya (who did a phenomenal job but that doesn’t seem to matter) with another imposition of straightness on little ol’ gay Kent Boyd, as Nigel tells him he’s “got a cougar” on his farm as WhatchaNoHomo smiles at the camera and pretends to be interested in anything Anya has underneath her dress. The real gem of the night however came as a reaction to Kent’s “Jessica Rabbit” gay flare move- as the judges put it- regarding a particularly “limp-wristed” moment during the routine [1:25 on video].

Click through to read about SYTYCD’s continual denial of all things homo in Kent Boyd

While I adored Dan’s review of the latest episode of “So You Think You Can Dance“, I feel it must finally be said (though I’m certainly not the first mo to think or utter this belief) that this show has some serious issues with the gays. Watching last night’s episode with hardcore fan and close friend of mine Colby, we both burst out laughing at Kent’s cute 11 second intro that ended with an adorable: “ummmm I’M SINGLE!” Finally, I thought, we’re gonna allow a CLEARLY homosexual dancer to express himself as a sexual being and not just save it for the straight girls wearing basically nothing in every other number as Nigel Lythgoe, Shane Sparks (*cough*GAY*cough*) and even Adam Shankman (ugh) wipe their drool off the judges table over the “hot, hot chicks.” What do the boys get? Mary Murphy screaming “hot tomale train” and Nigel saying: “Pasha, I’m sure you looked great, but can we get back to talking about your HOT YOUNG FEMALE PARTNER?!?!” It’s total crap.

The culmination for me of this show’s constant refusal to let the pride flag fly came in a staged and outrageous exchange last night between the show’s host Cat Deeley and Kent Boyd, the OBVIOUSLY GAY kid from nowheresville. After the set up of him declaring his singleness to excited and pervy 30/40-something gays everywhere (eww, this kid is 18 you old men… yes, I’m talking to ALL of my friends), the show proved itself once again the bigoted and terrified of “real Americans” (thank you Sarah Palin) wimps I’ve come to expect it to be.

Click through to see the exchange and hear about the rest of this show’s shameful treatment of the gays

Fox unveiled promotional pictures for Season 7 of SYTYCD today. I’m loving the gold glamorous them, they’ve got going on this year. Apparently some of the all-stars took the “golden” them more literally.

Both Anya and Allison are sporting fairer locks than they did when they appeared on their respective seasons. Even Dominic “D-Trix” added some blond streaks to his hair. I’m loving Comfort’s hot and sexy new weave. Beyonce would be proud.

check out more pictures of the judges and contestants after the jump in our gallery

EGADS. It’s like SYTYCD “Sophie’s Choice”!!!. During the SYTYCD Season 7 premiere, producer Nigel Lythgoe informed Korbi from Zap2It.com that only one of these contestants makes the Top 10. With the number of dancers making the televised voting rounds cut down to only ten instead of the traditional twenty, some very talented dancers don’t make the cut. I didn’t believe it at first, but if only one of these talented boys make it, there will be some major dancing collateral damage.

To refresh your memory, Billy Bell actually made it to the Top 20 for Season 6, but had to withdraw for medical reasons. He was later replaced with cannon fodder, Brandon Dumlao who only lasted one week. Alex Wong, a Vancouver native, was a shoo-in for Season 5 but couldn’t compete in the Top 20 due to a previous contract obligation with The Miami Ballet. I guess his contract is up, since both boys have tried out for Season 7. Check out Nigel’s short interview after the jump

listen to Nigel yammer about after the jump

Everyone was pretty upset that last year Mia Michaels decided to leave SYTYCD. She was of the people that pioneered the show. It was rumored that when a spot for a new judge opened up last year, and they gave it to Adam Shankman instead of her, she was turned off and decided to leave. Now, they’ve given her a spot, taking Mary Murphy’s place. Stress leave maybe?

“I am extremely happy that Mia and Adam have returned and agreed to be resident judges,” said Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer/co-creator, SYTYCD. “Mia’s outspoken approach combined with Adam’s passion will definitely add a fresh new chemistry to the panel.”

The SYTYCD Season 7, as you know, is an All-Star Season. Those all-stars (all people that haven’t won – but definitely are the best of the best) include: Twitch, Kathryn, Allison, Anya, Pasha, Lauren, Neil, Dominic, Comfort, Courtney, Mark, and Ade. The new season starts Thursday, May 27 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT)

How do you feel about this change in judges? Of course it’s great to have Mia Michaels back (although it sucks she won’t be choreographing) but what will it be like without the Hot Tomali Trainwreck? Quieter for one thing.

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