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Dress My Tour brings together talented designers with aspiring celebrities for a fun creative collaboration. Broadcast on Hulu beginning July 2024, each episode sees contestants crafting stage looks for guests to potentially wear on future tours.

Eleven fashionistas start the competition with diverse expertise, including Michael Shead’s bold streetwear flair. They’ll impress judges Laurieann Gibson and Marina Toybina while gaining feedback from Emmy-winning host Kate Upton. This reality series proves an entertaining watch for anyone loving fashion’s forward thinkers or admiring creativity under pressure.

Across ten hour-long installments, the designers take on high-stakes challenges. First up, styling dance routines leaves two contestants at the bottom. But their fate rests with votes from fellow artists, an innovative twist keeping drama real.

Through it all, Michael’s vibrant personality and risk-taking cuts stand out from the start. Viewers wonder which stars may someday don his label. With $100,000 at stake, the...

I know I speak for many when I say there was a hole in my heart when Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn left ‘Project: Runway’, but there have been attempts to revive the format. Reboot seasons of the show that don’t include the original hosts, and ‘Making the Cut’, Heidi and Tim’s updated spin on the format for Amazon Prime, both made valiant efforts to recapture that audience, but ‘Dress My Tour’ pulls out all the stops. Breaks from the usual pattern of reality show editing, thoughtful choices in guest artists, and full-on musical performances on the runway make ‘Dress My Tour’ stand out from the pack, without sacrificing the design and gossip audiences crave in a fashion competition show. In Hulu’s new reality competition hosted by Kate Upton, 11 fashion designers square off to create larger-than-life looks for icons of the music industry. From Paula Abdul to Jojo Siwa,...

Dress My Tour is headed to ABC. The network will air the first episode of the fashion competition series on Monday night. Supermodel and actress Kate Upton hosts the competition series which debuted on Hulu earlier this week.

Featuring fashion judges Marina Toybina and Laurieann Gibson, with musical guest judges Paula Abdul, JoJo Siwa, Jt of The City Girls, and Ty Dolla $ign, Toni Braxton, Coi Leray, French Montana, and Jessie James Decker, viewers watch 11 contestants compete for a $100,000 grand prize as they create fashion pieces for the biggest names in music.

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Supermodel and actress Kate Upton is wearing another hat in a new series, “Dress My Tour.” This time, she hosts a fun fashion competition show. Follow along as 11 aspiring fashion designers show the world what they’ve got to offer, and see who is left standing at the end of the 10-episode series. Look forward to guest appearances by several big-name musicians who may be dressed by these talented up-and-coming designers. “Dress My Tour” debuts on Tuesday, July 23 exclusively on Hulu. You can watch it with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu.

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Kate Upton’s “Dress My Tour” invites viewers behind the scenes of the fashion industry. In the new series, 11 designers show off their skills in hopes of being...

Hulu has shared the official trailer for its new unscripted series Dress My Tour, hosted by supermodel and actress Kate Upton.

All ten episodes of the series will premiere on Tuesday, July 23, on the stream streaming service.

Dress My Tour takes fans behind the curtain of the unpredictable fashion and music industries. The series follows 11 aspiring fashion designers on the raw, emotional journey of creating stunning fashion pieces worthy of the music world’s biggest names like JoJo Siwa, Paula Abdul, Toni Braxton, Ty Dolla $ign, and more.

As these designers compete to make their mark in the fashion and music industries, find out which one has what it takes to design for the stars and win the $100,000 prize.

Seven-time Emmy award-winning costume designer Marina Toybina and creative director, choreographer, and Emmy award-nominated director Laurieann Gibson serve as mentors and judges for the series.

The musical guest judges include Paula Abdul,...

Supermodel-slash-actress Kate Upton is set to host “Dress My Tour,” a new reality competition series that has been ordered by Hulu. The ten-episode unscripted series will follow 11 fashion designers as they compete to create designs and style for music stars. The winner receives $100,000.

Emmy-winning costume designer Marina Toybina will serve as judges on “Dress My Tour,” while guest judges on Season 1 include JoJo Siwa, Paula Abdul, Toni Braxton, Ty Dolla $ign, Coi Leray, Jt (The City Girls), French Montana and Jessie James Decker.

Reads the show’s logline: “’Dress My Tour’ takes fans behind the curtain of the unpredictable fashion and music industries. The series follows 11 aspiring fashion designers on the raw, emotional journey of creating stunning fashion pieces worthy of the music world’s biggest names like JoJo Siwa, Paula Abdul, Toni Braxton, Ty Dolla $ign, and more. As these designers compete to make their mark in the fashion...

Mass Appeal, the multimedia company co-founded by hip-hop icon Nas, was hit on Tuesday with a discrimination lawsuit in which a white executive claims she was the victim of “venomous and racist comments about ‘White folk’ and ‘crackers,’” and was subsequently fired.

Filed in a federal court in Manhattan, the lawsuit specifies the races of the parties due to the nature of the allegations. Melissa Cooper, a veteran documentary producer who was head of development at Mass Appeal and is white, alleges that company executives — including Peter Bittenbender, the company’s chief executive who is also white, and Jenya Meggs, its senior vp for partnerships & content acquisition, who is Black — “discriminated against her by removing her from several high value projects, creating a hostile work environment, and terminating her employment.”

Nas is not specifically named as a defendant in the lawsuit, but he is a partner in Mass Appeal, which is named.

So You Think You Can Dance premiered on Fox in July 2005. The reality TV dance competition was the brainchild of Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, producers of American Idol. Throughout its 17 seasons, fans of Sytycd have watched hundreds of contestants cut a rug and leave it all out on the dance floor in hopes of being crowned “America’s favorite dancer” at the end of the competition.

The talent of each Sytycd contestant is analyzed by a panel of two to four permanent judges. Guest judges also join the panel throughout the season, with the panel sometimes ballooning up to twice or more than its normal size for callback episodes or season finales. Let’s look at all of the permanent judges on So You Think You Can Dance over the years.

All of the permanent judges on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

Longtime fans of Sytycd have watched...

Busta Rhymes and Chloe x Halle are set to be recognized at the 2023 Culture Creators Innovators and Leaders Awards Brunch.

The event will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and pay tribute to industry icons and leaders who have left their mark on Black culture and hip-hop. The rapper, known for such classics as “I Know What You Want,” “Gimme Some More” and “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See,” will be recognized for his trailblazing career in hip-hop.

“This year’s Innovators and Leaders Awards Brunch holds an unparalleled significance as we celebrate the golden 50th anniversary of hip-hop,” said Joi Brown, founder and CEO of Culture Creators. “We are thrilled to honor exceptional individuals who have profoundly impacted Black culture and hip-hop while also showcasing the enduring power of this global cultural phenomenon.”

She added, “It’s a celebration of our triumphs and a testament to the limitless potential of Black culture.

As Lady Gaga kicked off her twice-delayed The Chromatica Ball tour this week, trouble brewed from the stage wings.

Days before the start of the 18-city world tour — Gaga’s first since 2017’s Joanne — five of her longtime backup dancers took to social media one after the other to share that they wouldn’t be returning. The dancers accused head choreographer Richard “Richy” Jackson of what they labeled abusive behavior, claiming he had created an “unsafe” and “unhealthy” workplace.

“He abused me; he embarrassed me; he made me feel terrible in the workplace,...

Matthew Morrison will no longer be a “So You Think You Can Dance” judge after he failed to follow “competition production protocols,” Variety has confirmed.

The former “Glee” star announced his departure from the Fox dance competition show, which premiered on May 18, in a statement on Friday.

“Having the opportunity to be a judge on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ was an incredible honor for me. Therefore, it is my deepest regret to inform you that I will be leaving the show. After filming the audition rounds for the show and completing the selection of the 12 finalists, I did not follow competition production protocols, preventing me from being able to judge the competition fairly,” Morrison said in the statement. “I cannot apologize enough to all involved and I will be watching alongside you all on what I know will be one of the best seasons yet.”

It is not...

For every Dancing With the Stars or So You Think You Can Dance — two TV shows that have been on since the 2000s — there’s a dance competition that couldn’t quickstep its way past one season. But now CBS is hoping its latest addition to the dance-competition genre will fall into the former category. The network’s new show Come Dance With Me — executive-produced by NCIS: Los Angeles costars LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell — features talented kids joining untrained family members to compete for a 100,000 prize. Come Dance With Me sounds promising enough, but then again, so did the shows below, which were canceled after Season 1 — or, in one case, after just a few episodes. Born to Dance: Laurieann Gibson Emmy-nominated choreographer Laurieann Gibson presided over this BET dance competition, which aired one season in the summer of 2011. Twenty young dancers vied for the 50,000 prize, with Gibson offering...

Host Cat Deeley is the only previously announced “So You Think You Can Dance” star set to return for Season 17, as Fox revealed a new cast of judges on Monday: Stephen “Twitch” Boss, “Glee” star Matthew Morrison and dancer/singer JoJo Siwa. The show’s new installment will premiere Wednesday, May 18 at 9 p.m. Et, following the season finale of “The Masked Singer.”

Boss, Morrison and Siwa replace judging panelists Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Laurieann Gibson, who were originally slated to return for the show’s 17th season in 2020. But then came the Covid-19 pandemic — and the show’s producers had to scrap that season over health concerns. Production was officially halted, and in June 2020, Fox confirmed that the show would be put on hold.

It took two years, but last month Fox announced that “So You Think You Can Dance” was finally returning, and auditions had started for...

Prepare for the biggest shakeup in So You Think You Can Dance history.

When the competition show returns to Fox for Season 17 on Wednesday, May 18 (9/8c), it’ll do so with an entirely new panel of judges: onetime Sytycd finalist Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Glee and Broadway alum Matthew Morrison, and robbed Dancing With the Stars runner-up JoJo Siwa.

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Three years after its last season aired, Fox has officially announced “So You Think You Can Dance” will return for Season 17 this summer. The reality TV dance competition was put on pause during the Covid-19 pandemic and many fans were left wondering if the show would ever return. There has been no official announcement if host Cat Deely or judges Mary Murphy and Laurieann Gibson will come back, but one thing is certain: Co-creator and original judge Nigel Lythgoe is out.

“I am so thrilled that America’s young aspiring dance talent will get to work with some of our greatest creative choreographers,” Lythgoe wrote in a statement. “On a personally sad note, I have not been asked to be on the judging panel this season. I don’t know who will be saying ‘Cue Music’ but I wish them well.”

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So You Think You Can Dance is staging a comeback ... but one of its most familiar faces will not be back.

Nigel Lythgoe took to Twitter Friday to reveal he has not been asked back.

“I am so thrilled that America’s young aspiring dance talent will get to work with some of our greatest creative choreographers,” the EP wrote.

“On a personally sad note, I have not been asked to be on the judging panel this season. I don’t know who will be saying ‘Cue Music’ but I wish them well.”

The development comes as a big shocker when you consider that Lythgoe has served as a judge on every single season to date.

Fox has yet to comment on the decision, but it will undoubtedly divide the fans who have watched the show for so long.

The series was originally set to return for Season 17 in the...

So You Think You Can Dance co-creator and judge Nigel Lythgoe won’t be part of Season 17. He reportedly was not asked to be part of the judge’s panel for the new season. Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, and Laurieann Gibson were set to return as judges when Sytycd Season 17 was announced back in February 2020. After a two-year hiatus, the show’s comeback was confirmed on March 2. But Lythgoe revealed the news of his departure on Twitter on March 4. “I am so thrilled that America’s young aspiring dance talent will get to work with some of our greatest creative choreographers,” he wrote. “On a personally sad note, I have not been asked to be on the judging panel this season. I don’t know who will be saying ‘Cue Music’ but I wish them well.” Lythgoe is the only judge to appear in every season of Fox’s Emmy-winning competition series.

Does absence make the heart grow fonder?

Fox is asking that question with the return of So You Think You Can Dance, which found its 17th season canceled due to the pandemic.

The network confirmed Wednesday that the series will return to its schedule in the summer.

Auditions will get underway this month for "highly skilled dancers between the ages of 18 and 30, showcasing their talents in various dance styles, including contemporary, tap, hip-hop, ballroom, animation, breaking and more.”

The series was originally set to return for Season 17 in the summer of 2020, but the network and producers decided against bringing the show back during the pandemic.

“Production on Season 17 of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ will not be moving forward due to health and governmental restrictions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic,” Fox said in a statement in 2020.

“As a result, while we were looking forward to its return this summer,...

It’s officially official: So You Think You Can Dance will two-step its way back to Fox this summer with its long-delayed 17th season.

The formal announcement from Fox comes roughly two weeks after TVLine broke news of the show’s imminent return.

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It remains unclear if Cat Deely will return as host. Another question mark: Which members of the judging panel will be back?...

Two years after production was halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic, “So You Think You Can Dance” is making a comeback. Fox announced on Wednesday that the long-delayed 17th season of the dance competition series will premiere this summer.

Auditions for the new season will take place in March, as the show looks for “highly skilled dancers between the ages of 18 and 30, showcasing their talents in various dance styles, including contemporary, tap, hip-hop, ballroom, animation, breaking and more.” Aspiring contestants can sign up at danceshow2022.castingcrane.com or fox.com/dance.

Selected dancers will be sent to auditions in New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans, with finalists then traveling to Los Angeles to perform for the judges and try to win a spot as one of the final contestants. Contestants will work with choreographers and compete each week in a variety of styles, in the usual “So You Think You Can Dance” fashion.

“So You Think You Can Dance,” the multi-Emmy-winning dance competition, is finally returning this summer for its long-delayed 17th season, with auditions set for New York City, Los Angeles and New Orleans, Fox announced on Wednesday.

The 16th season premiered on June 3, 2019, and crowned its winner on September 16, 2019. The 17th season was originally set to air in summer 2020, but was indefinitely delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In February 2021, Fox announced the promised season was not happening after all, leaving the show’s future up in the air. But a year later, with the pandemic reaching more manageable numbers, Fox gave the long-delayed season the go-ahead.

This year, the competition is open to “highly skilled dancers between the ages of 18 and 30,” and those who make it to the live show will face “brand-new twists and turns” in the competition.

Auditions kick off in March. Instead of hosting an all-day open...

Break out your dancing shoes. The So You Think You Can Dance TV show is finally going to return for its 17th season on Fox. The series last aired in the summer of 2019.

A dance competition reality TV series hosted by Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance pits dancers against one another, in a bid to become “America’s Favorite Dancer.” In season 16, judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy were joined by Laurieann Gibson (Lady Gaga’s choreographer) and Sytycd veteran Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval. Together, the judges assess the dancers’ ability in various dance styles, including contemporary, tap, hip-hop, ballroom, animation, breaking, and more. The chosen dancers then work with choreographers and compete. Each week, contestants are eliminated until a winner is selected in the season finale.

The show was renewed back in February 2020...

Nearly two years after So You Think You Can Dance was renewed for a 17th season, it may (finally) air on Fox. After a delay due to Covid-related concerns, the dance competition may return in the summer of 2022, TVLine reports. A casting call has also been posted, inviting those who think they can be America’s Favorite Dancer to submit an audition. Fox originally announced the Season 17 pickup in February 2020, at which point Cat Deeley was set to return as host and Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Laurieann Gibson as judges. We’ll have to wait to see what may happen now that it may be happening two years later than planned. In June 2020, Fox announced that they would no longer be moving forward with production on Sytycd Season 17 “due to health and governmental restrictions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic,” the network said in a statement. “As a result,...

Presumed dead So You Think You Can Dance is rising from the ashes at Fox.

TVLine has learned that the long-running competition show — which last aired in Summer 2019 — is poised to return with its long-delayed 17th season this summer. The news was essentially confirmed on Wednesday when it was announced that auditions for the new season will soon get underway.

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Exclusive: Laurieann Gibson, choreographer to stars such as Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion and Britney Spears, has teamed up with Sky-backed producer Catalina Content to develop a new talent format.

Gibson, who was also a judge on So You Think You Can Dance, is working with Jeff Collins, who previously ran Dance Moms producer Collins Avenue, on Icon.

The project is an arced talent competition designed to discover and cultivate the next global pop star through an intensive training camp.

Gibson previously worked with Collins on Lifetime’s Dance Moms as a choreographer for Abby Lee Miller’s Elite Competition Team and choreographed videos such as Missy Elliott’s The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly), Lady Gaga’s Poker Face and Bad Romance, and Spears’ Piece of Me tour.

She will be a judge and exec producer of Icon, where she, alongside various celebrity judges, will handpick 11 artists to participate in an arduous,...

This past spring Beyonce became the most awarded woman in the history of the Grammys, adding four more trophies to her collection which brought her to a grand total of 28. But she has quietly been amassing a pretty strong Emmy track record too. This year she could win multiple times for her Disney+ music film “Black is King.”

Beyonce voiced Nala in the photo-realistic 2019 remake of “The Lion King”; “Black is King” was inspired by that film and features songs from Beyonce’s “Lion King” companion album, “The Gift.” It was already nominated for Best Music Film at the Grammys earlier this year, and it was awarded by the Art Directors Guild. Judging from Beyonce’s track record, it has a good chance at Emmy nominations too.

SEEBeyonce is now the most awarded woman in Grammy history, and she’s closer to being the biggest winner Ever

To date she...

With its film line-up previously announced, the SXSW Film Festival has unveiled its keynote and a very robust second round of featured speakers. This year’s online edition of SXSW kicks off on March 16 and continues through March 20.

SXSW will feature Nobel Peace Prize-nominated political leader Stacey Abrams in a Keynote conversation with author N.K. Jemisin.

As for the new round of featured speakers, the roster includes Elizabeth Banks, Mayim Bialik, Mary J. Blige, James Cameron, Bill Hader, Noah Hawley, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Demi Lovato, Desus Nice and the Kid Mero, Amber Ruffin, The Russo Brothers, Jennifer Salke, Cliff “Method Man” Smith among others.

“We’re truly excited about the remarkable range of creative talent and innovators that we’ve announced today as part of SXSW Online,” said Hugh Forrest, Chief Programming Officer. “In the 30 plus years of SXSW, we’ve showcased so many incredible voices who have shown tremendous courage and leadership,...

That's a wrap on season one of Celebrity Game Face! While we'll definitely miss seeing Kevin Hart on our screens every Tuesday, the E! show host and executive producer made sure that tonight's all-new episode—which included contestants Cheryl Hines and Kyra Kennedy, Adrienne Bailon and Israel Houghton and Thomas and Jenny Lennon—ended the season on a high note. How? By leading not one, but two hilarious games that involved food, recruiting famed choreographer Laurieann Gibson to once again judge the hilarious "Tik Talk Dance Off" challenge (which may or may not have threatened one couple's marriage!) and, as always, throwing in one final twist that...

“So You Think You Can Dance” Season 17 is not going to air this summer on Fox as planned.

A rep for the broadcast network tells Variety that production on the dance competition series cannot move forward as planned due to health and safety restrictions caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the show will miss its premiere date for the first time since it launched back in 2005.

According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the network is not ruling out the show returning once production can resume safely. However, it would likely not be until summer 2021 as Fox’s fall and midseason schedules are currently set.

“Sytycd” is by no means the first show to be impacted by the pandemic and will likely not be the last. Virtually all television production shutdown back in March, with several shows missing their planned premiere dates as a result.

When Fox officially renewed its dance competition series “So You Think You Can Dance” for a 17th season in February, little did they know reality shows that rely on live taping such as “American Idol” and “The Voice” would no longer be a reality, given the need for social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

SEEMary Murphy (‘So You Think You Can Dance’) dubs b-boy Bailey Munoz ‘the Rudy of this competition’ [Exclusive Video Interview]

“Sytycd” executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe has definitely been ruminating about a couple different scenarios for how the summer show would go on in this era of social-distancing and shared a few of his ideas with Dance Spirit Magazine.

“We’re scheduled to start shooting live tapings of Season 17 of ‘Sytycd’ in August,” he said, while adding, “We don’t know how many people will be allowed in the studio, and how many live shows we can do,...

This week, Fox renewed its venerable reality talent show “So You Think You Can Dance” for a 17th season. Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Laurieann Gibson will return as judges while Cat Deeley returns as host. Not returning is Season 3 breakdancing specialist and Season 16 judge Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval.

The competition will kick off again this summer. Once again, it will feature contestants whose ages range from 18 to 30. Auditions will be held in Miami, New York and Los Angeles in March and April.

Last season the show made history by crowning a b-boy for the first time as America’s Favorite Dancer. At just 5-feet-tall, Bailey Munoz, 19, proved to be a whirling dervish who rarely made a misstep no matter what dance style he had to perform.

As he told Gold Derby in an exclusive post-win interview, “I felt like a superhero up there,” says the Filipino-American champ who is based...

This dance isn't over. The Fox network has announced that the So You Think You Can Dance TV show has been renewed for a 17th season. Auditions kick off in March and the competition series will debut at some point this summer.

For season 17, Cat Deely will return as host and Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, and Laurieann Gibson will be back as judges. Season 16 judge and former contestant Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval is not returning, however.

Here's the Fox announcement:

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Emmy Award-winning "So You Think You Can Dance" Returns For 17th Season On Fox

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Auditions to be Held in Miami, New York City and Los Angeles

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“So You Think You Can Dance” has been renewed for a 17th season at Fox.

Bailey Munoz was named the winner of the most recent season of the dance competition series. Munoz, a 19 year old break dancer, won $250,000, a cover spot on “Dance Spirit” magazine, and the title of America’s Favorite Dancer.

Auditions for the new season will begin next month. Dancers can submit a video online at the show’s official site, with selected dancers then being invited to auditions in Miami, New York, or Los Angeles. From those auditions, the dancers selected will be invited to Los Angeles to perform for judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Laurieann Gibson. Full eligibility requirements and details are available at the show’s website.

“So You Think You Can Dance” is hosted by Cat Deeley. The new season will air on Fox this summer. It is produced by Industrial Media...

Fox on Wednesday renewed its veteran reality competition series So You Think You Can Dance for Season 17.

Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Laurieann Gibson are slated to return as judges, and Cat Deely will be back as host. Season 16 judge (and Season 3 contestant) Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval will not return to the judging panel, TVLine has confirmed.

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Fox will keep on dancin’ this summer. The network has handed a Season 17 renewal to So You Think You Can Dance hosted by Cat Deeley.

Auditions for the new season of hoofing begin in March (see below). From those tryouts, the dancers selected will be invited to Los Angeles to perform for judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Laurieann Gibson.

Produced by Industrial Media’s 19 Entertainment and dick clark productions, the venerable summer competition series spotlights skilled dancers ages 18-30 who compete in contemporary, tap, hip-hop, ballroom, animation, breaking and more to secure their place in the Sytycd studio.; Competing each week for America’s votes, contestants are eliminated weekly until a winner is named on the season finale.

At TCA last month, Fox’s reality chief Rob Wade said the future of Sytycd would not impacted by The Masked Singer, its upcoming spinoff The Masked Dancer or the new Flirty Dancing.

The panel of judges for the MTV reboot of “Making The Band” was revealed on Wednesday. Diddy’s sons Quincy Brown, Christian and Justin Combs along with creative director and celebrity choreographer LaurieAnn Gibson are all set to join the franchise.

Diddy’s children all have careers spanning music, entertainment and fashion.

“Making The Band” is based on the search for the world’s next music breakout stars. The show will embark on a multi-city casting tour this month with open auditions being held in Atlanta from Feb. 28-29, Houston from March 2-8, then to Charlotte, N.C. on Mar. 13-14, and finally New York City on March 21-22. Diddy and all the judges will make appearances throughout the tour.

Fans will also have an opportunity to experience the show with vocal booths that will pop-up around each city on the tour ahead of the open casting auditions. The first...

It’s all about the progeny. MTV and Sean “Diddy” Combs have set the judges for their revival of the reality competition series Making the Band, and the acorns didn’t fall far from the tree.

The mogul’s sons Christian Combs, Quincy Brown and Justin Combs are set for the panel along with creative director and celebrity choreographer LaurieAnn Gibson, who is returning to the franchise.

Watch the “Combs Cartel” is a casting-call video above.

The search to discover the world’s next breakout music stars will begin with a multi-city casting tour launching this month. Open auditions will be held in Atlanta (February 28-29), Houston (March 7-8), Charlotte, Nc (March 13-14) and New York (March 21-22). Diddy and sons and Gibson will make appearances throughout the tour.

Making the Band hopefuls also can check out the vocal booths that will pop up around each city ahead of the open auditions.

Updated with cause of death: Silvio Horta, who created the ABC comedy Ugly Betty and shared its 2007 Emmy nom for Outstanding Comedy Series, was found dead Tuesday at a hotel in his native Miami, and today the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner ruled that Horta died by suicide. He was 45.

Horta created the U.S. version of Ugly Betty, which starred America Ferrera and aired more than 80 episodes over four seasons from 2006-10. Ferrera won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for playing Betty Suarez, a smart, sweet-natured and wholesome Mexican-American from Queens who lands a job at a trendy fashion magazine in Manhattan. Betty embraced her unique appearance — including bangs, heavy-rimmed glasses and train-track braces — and independent attitude in the cutthroat world of New York fashion.

Eric Mabius, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz, Becki Newton, Michael Urie, Mark Indelicato and Vanessa Williams also were series regulars for the show’s entire run.

Silvio Horta, creator of ABC’s popular series “Ugly Betty,” was found dead in a Miami motel room on Tuesday in an apparent suicide. He was 45.

Sources tell Variety that Horta died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A representative for Horta confirmed his death, but declined to comment on the nature of it.

The American version of “Ugly Betty,” which starred America Ferrera, ran for four seasons on ABC from 2006 to 2010 and was adapted from the hit Colombian telenovela “Yo soy Betty, la fea.” Horta served as showrunner and head writer on the comedy-drama.

Ferrera posted on Instagram about his death, saying “His talent and creativity brought me and so many others such joy and light.”

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I’m stunned and heartbroken to hear the devastating news of Ugly Betty creator, Silvio Horta’s death. His talent and creativity brought me and so many others such joy & light.

Sure, we had a laugh during the Season 16 finale when host Cat Deeley called out new “So You Think You Can Dance” judge Laurieann Gibson for her “cray-cray” way of describing her reactions to the contestants while adding that her Yoda-like observations were nutty but “in the cutest way possible.”

A sample revelation: “Not only am I watching the dancers from the moment they step on stage, I’m smelling them. I know what it smells like to have passion.” A substantial 16% of “Sytycd” devotees who answered our poll got a giggle out of Laurieann’s way of expressing herself.

Meanwhile, Cat mocked oh-so-sensitive fellow newbie judge and b-boy Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval for being driven to tears by nearly every routine he liked. But just 8% got a kick from his weepy montage. That seems to cancel out any possible Kleenex endorsement for the show’s alum. The moment was slightly...

Another season of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” reality show has come to a close. But Gold Derby’s Daniel Montgomery, Susan Wloszczyna and Denton Davidson have some lingering thoughts about the outcome of the Season 16 finale that aired on Monday.

Let’s start with the winner, 19-year-old b-boy Bailey Munoz, the first-ever break-dancer to win the title of America’s favorite dancer. As judge Mary Murphy told Gold Derby, he was the Rudy of this year’s competition as he rose to every occasion and relished the challenge of doing every style of dance from cha cha and jazz to Bollywood and Broadway.

Says Daniel about Bailey’s triumph, “He definitely had the strongest rooting factor, he was the most versatile. It wasn’t a foregone conclusion but by the end it felt like there was a pretty strong groundswell of support for him.” As for the three contemporary finalists,...

Season 16 of Fox’s”So You Think You Can Dance” has come to a close with 19-year-old b-boy Bailey “Bailrok” Munoz taking the title of America’s favorite dancer. The key to success for the first-ever break-dancer to win the top spot was his versatility when it came to different types of choreography. The 5-foot-tall ball of energy was rarely daunted by routines outside of his comfort zone — save for maybe the cha cha. But this gifted entertainer always gave it his all.

In fact, Bailey was featured in nine routines of various permutations, including five duos – three with partner Mariah Russell, one with All-Star Koine Iwasaki and another with Gino Cosculluella. He was also took part in a male trio with Gino and ballroom dancer Ezra Sosa. And he participated in three group numbers with the rest of the Top 10 contestants. Gino came close to tying Bailey’s routine-a-thon...

As expected, Bailey Munoz, 19, who hails from Las Vegas, won Season 16 of “So You Think You Can Dance.” While six other guys whose speciality was some form of street moves and hip hop have won Fox’s reality talent show in the past, Munoz — who is Filipino-American — is the first break-dancing specialist to do so.

While we got to witness once again on the live finale how b-boy Bailey was versatile in almost every type of choreography, from Bollywood to Broadway and beyond, the last show also featured some memorable non-fancy-footwork moments as well with several aimed at the judges.

Moment No. 1: As host Cat Deeley declared early in the opening of the show, she was going to have fun with the new judges, starting with choreographer to the stars Laurieann Gibson. Said Cat, “We all know she is a fountain of inspirational words and wisdom. But let’s be honest.

Hey, "So You Think You Can Dance" fans. Tonight, September 16, 2019, the season finale did indeed air and a new champion was crowned! All the judges: Laurieann Gibson, Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval, Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe were, of course, on hand. The final four contestants: Gino Cosculluela, Bailey Munoz, Sophie Pittman and Mariah Russell joined the other six contestants that were eliminated to do a top 10 group number that was choreographed by Mandy Moore. Next, it was revealed that the judges and Top 4 got to choose their favorite dances of this season. After that, Laurieann picked her favorite dance, which was choreographed by Luther Brown. It featured Mariah and Bailey dancing hip hop to Lizzo by Missy Elliot. Next,Nigel picked his favorite dance. It was a jazz routine by choreographer Ray Leeper to the song, “You Can Keep Your Hat On” by Joe Cocker. It featured dancers Ezra and Madison.

The dancers danced, and voters voted for the “So You Think You Can Dance” season 16 finale, so there was nothing to do but find out who won: Gino Cosculluela, Bailey Munoz, Sophie Pittman or Mariah Russell? Find out below in our live blog with all the minute-by-minute developments as they happen.

Munoz was the only b-boy left in the competition against a trio of contemporary specialists, but you wouldn’t know it from how well he picks up choreography in a variety of styles. In last week’s “Top 4 Perform,” the final competitive performance episode of the season, Munoz danced Broadway, Bollywood, hip-hop, and smooth jazz with all of his competitors and with all-star Comfort Fedoke. And Bollywood was the only dance for which he received any criticism from the judges — and even that was pretty mild.

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“There was definitely some heated discussion to put Bailey into this top five guys,” says “So You Think You Can Dance” judge Mary Murphy to Gold Derby senior editors Daniel Montgomery and Susan Wloszczyna about contestant Bailey Munoz. The five-foot-tall b-boy breakout on season 16 of Fox’s reality competition show is one of four hopefuls competing for the title of America’s favorite dancer on the show’s finale that airs at 8 p.m. Et/Pt Sept. 16.

“His size was a consideration,” explains the ballroom specialist who has been part of the show since it began in 2005. In addition, “it’s always scary when we put a b-boy in and will he be able to cope with all the material he is given because they are not trained dancers. They’re not even used to doing choreography.”

However, all concerns melted away once Murphy and fellow judges Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval,...

Pro dancers Artem Chigvintsev and Sharna Burgess weren’t welcome on “Dancing with the Stars” this season, but “So You Think You Can Dance” invited them over to choreograph a routine for “Top 4 Perform” night. However, did they end up dooming their dancers with a challenging quickstep, or did Gino Cosculluela and Mariah Russell end up rising to the challenge? Scroll down to watch their performance below.

We don’t see a lot of quicksteps on “Sytycd” these days. The style is so difficult to master that contestants who attempted it were seldom able to put their best foot forward — literally and figuratively. So it was a vote of confidence in Cosculluela and Russell that the show tasked them with this difficult dance on the night when each of them also had to perform four other times. But it was still a risk. After all, Cosculluela and Russell are both contemporary specialists,...

The judges on “So You Think You Can Dance” have been praising contemporary dancer Gino Cosculluela‘s technique from the beginning of the season, when Nigel Lythgoe predicted from his very first audition that he would make it to the top 10. But sometimes it’s the dancers with the most perfect movements who have the hardest time opening up. That was the question for Cosculluela during “Top 4 Perform” night, the last competitive performance night before America votes for the winner. So how did he do? Scroll to watch two of his most moving performances.

Cosculluela got off to a rough start in the first live show of the season a few weeks ago, with the judges criticizing his lack of personality when dancing hip-hop. He eventually found that leading-man showmanship in subsequent weeks, but we hadn’t seen his emotional side quite as much. Choreographer Jaci Royal and all-star Melanie...

During “Top 4 Perform” night on “So You Think You Can Dance,” we got to see every possible permutation of finalist duets: everyone got to perform with everyone else. That meant we had the chance to see a closing number between contemporary ladies Mariah Russell and Sophie Pittman. It was a hip-hop routine choreographed by Luther Brown, and we had already gotten to see Russell get down to Brown, but would Pittman be able to pull it off? Scroll down to watch the performance and find out.

Pittman described their characters as “catty girls who like each other but really want to beat each other,” though she described Russell as her best friend and admitted that it was difficult competing against her, both in character and in the actual competition where only one person can be named America’s favorite dancer. But you wouldn’t have known it from how well...

It all comes down to this. “So You Think You Can Dance” has narrowed the competition to its final four dancers: Gino Cosculluela, Bailey Munoz, Sophie Pittman and Mariah Russell. On “Top 4 Perform” night that quartet danced for the last time before viewers cast their votes for America’s favorite dancer. So who made the best last impression? And who do you think deserves to win? Find out below in our live blog with all the minute-by-minute developments as they happen.

Going into Monday night’s show Munoz was our odds-on-favorite to win, overtaking his partner Russell, whom our readers thought was the front-runner for most of the live shows. The judges have repeatedly dubbed them the couple to beat — though of course, even if they are the best duo of the competition, there can ultimately be only one winner.

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