SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE - Season 7 Catch Up

I am a bit behind on the start of the season - my apologies. What a great Sunday - I watched the end of Vegas week, "Meet the Top 11" and the first week competition and results shows. I wasn't going to write today, but can't resist. Just a few musings on the start of the season.

Top 11...Only 10 finalists seems like such a big Vegas cut and some favorites had to go, but I love the concept of the all stars, so I guess it's OK. If they were going to add a 6th boy, couldn't they have just made it 12? Maybe it bugs me because I don't like odd numbers. I know I'm weird.

I'll warn you now, with Neil back, I might not be able to shut up about him. Maybe it's just my torrid love affair with him, but I think Robert looks like a dark haired Neil and Kent dances like him. I also remembered how much I love Twitch.

All Stars...I love seeing them dance and get that they are positioned as non-competitors. However, I want them to get more air time and focus. I think it is weird that they leave the stage for judging. The judges should be commenting on the whole routine and that includes both dancers and the choreographer, so they should all be in the room. I don't like it. Somehow DWTS manages to judge appropriately with the pro standing on stage. I would also like to hear what they've been doing.

Thoughts about the competitors and routines: The boys are so much stronger than the girls, evident in the fact that all 3 in the bottom are girls and either of the other two girls could have been there too. Both group routines ("Meet the Top 11" and results show) were awesome. Who is this new choreographer, I think Cat said Tasandra Chavez? More, please. Sonya, Travis and Tabitha & Napoleon came out strong. Too bad Adechike ruined Travis' jazz routine with Kathryn. I'm surprised how much I liked both of Tabitha & Napoleon's routines. I'm not usually a fan.

Cat, stunning as ever. I absolutely loved her in the red plaid dress with red Cole Haan tassel heels.

Did you all spot Lauren and Courtney in several episodes of Glee?

SYTYCD better than ever in Season 7

What's the blog version of "re-tweet"? Well, anyway, good news from SYTYCD via Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/notes/so-you-think-you-can-dance/mia-michaels-and-adam-shankman-join-nigel-lythgoe-as-resident-judges-on-sytycd/391197100255

Mia Michaels and Adam Shankman join Nigel Lythgoe as Resident Judges on SYTYCD!

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Season Seven Premieres Thursday, May 27, on FOX!

Emmy Award-winning choreographer Mia Michaels and acclaimed director and choreographer Adam Shankman will return to SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE as the series’ resident judges. Michaels – who has been a guest judge and choreographer on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE since its first season – will sit alongside Shankman and Nigel Lythgoe as the new judge and draw upon her expertise to critique and praise the dancers throughout the competition.

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

Hosted by Cat Deeley, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE returns for its seventh season Thursday, May 27 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) with some exciting new twists, including 10 finalists competing and only one dancer eliminated per week. Additionally, the competitors will be partnered each week with a different SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE All-Star dancer – former SYTYCD finalists who are skilled in various styles of dance, including Ballroom, Hip Hop, Jazz and Contemporary. The All-Stars include Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Comfort Fedoke, Courtney Galiano, Anya Garnis, Lauren Gottlieb, Neil Haskell, Allison Holker, Mark Kanemura, Pasha Kovalev, Kathryn McCormick, Ade Obayomi and Dominic “D-trix” Sandoval.

For the new season, producers traveled across the country to Chicago, Dallas, Nashville, New York, Los Angeles and Miami in search of dancers who represent the best in America. Those who shine during auditions are given a ticket to Las Vegas for callbacks, where they work with top choreographers to learn and then be judged on multiple styles of dance.

Two-time Emmy Award-winning and three-time Emmy-nominated choreographer Mia Michaels’ credits include Cirque du Soleil’s “Delirium,” “West Side Story,” “Hello, Dolly!,” Céline Dion’s “A New Day” and “Taking Chances World Tour,” the American Music Awards, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and working with pop superstars, including Madonna, Prince, Ricky Martin and Gloria Estefan. Michaels joined SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE in 2005 as a guest judge and contributing choreographer. She was honored with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography on a Television Series in 2007 for “Calling You” and again in 2009 for “Mercy.” The Florida native was born into a family of dancers. She began studying dance at age 2 with her father and her sister, and furthered her training at the Miami Conservatory, the Miami Performing Arts Center and Michigan’s Interlochen Arts Academy.

Adam Shankman is a master of comedy and one of the most-loved and commercially successful filmmakers of his generation. His credits include “The 81st Academy Awards”; “The Last Song” starring Miley Cyrus; “17 Again” starring Zac Efron; “Hairspray,” the feature film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical; and “The Wedding Planner” starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. Prior to directing, Shankman was one of the premier dance and physical comedy choreographers for film, and choreographed music videos for Whitney Houston, The B-52’s, Barry White, Aaron Neville, Chic and Stevie Wonder. A native of Los Angeles, Shankman attended The Juilliard School, and began his career as an actor and dancer in New York.