Category — So You Think You Can Dance Australia

With the latest season of the new season of So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) kicking off in America there are rumours now circulating that Network Ten might be considering renewing the Australian version of the show. I am hoping this turns out to be true.

TV Tonight is saying there are rumours that it might be back on TEN in 2014. This is would be a good decision by TEN as there are no other dance shows on free to air and it was a popular show. One of the reasons it did not rate so well in its last season was it kept on getting shifted around on the programming schedule.

Even though TEN flirted and lost with the disasterous Everybody Dance Now the issue was not the calibre of dancing it was the format and the cast. US judges Kelly Rowland and Jason DeRulo did not manage to engage the audience and looked like they were there just to collect the pay cheque.

The format of So You Think You Can Dance allows the viewer to get to know the dancers their stories, their styles and personalities which means we are able make an emotional connection with them and cheer for them week to week.

Have a judging panel of two staple judges like Matt Lee and Kelly Abbey and rotate a different judge through weekly. Give sassy Natalie Goronzi the hosting gig and add in some great routines and people will watch.

Also it is rumoured ELEVEN will start screening the US version of SYTYCD soon.

TV Tonight also states that TEN is considering theIrish series The Hit where emerging songwriters compete for recording artists to choose their song to record. Brian McFadden is in that show, so if there is an Australian version I hope TEN won’t sign him up.

So You Think You Can Dance Australia hopefully on TEN in 2014.

More routines from So You Think You Can Dance Australia , along with a reminder that the US version of So You Think You Can Dance is on Eleven tonight at 7.30pm.

Last week a few of you said that Talia dancing to Love Story was one of the most memorable dances from So You Think You Can Dance Australia  and You Tube was my friend it really was amazing. See above.

Even though we don’t have this series here, the US version is currently showing on Channel Eleven at 7.30pm Friday nights.

Tonight they go to Las Vegas to start whittling the dancers down to the top 20.

As I was searching for a great dance routine to stick in a So You Think You Can Dance to highlight it is currently screening on Eleven TV and I found this on YouTube.

It is a compilation of the top 15 dance routines from the US version of the US version of So You Think You Can Dance and what is great is you get to see some great dancing by some old favourites.

But is also got me thinking which were the best routines from the Australian series. I know it has been some time ago but which dance routines were your favourites?

So You Think You Can Dance on Eleven TV on Friday nights at 7.30pm.

No wonder people want to get on So You Think You Can Dance judge Mary Murphy’s hot tamale train as her former manager is alleging that she is a “cocaine fueled nymphomaniac”.

Radar Online is reporting her former manager, Michael Sanchez, who represented her for four years, is suing her for breach of written and oral contract for more than $1 million in unpaid commissions and damages.

He alleges:

The dancer is more like a train wreck who showed “increasingly self-absorbed, childish and demanding behavior.”

Among the shocking allegations in the lawsuit, Michael claims that she participated in alleged prescription and illegal drug abuse that caused her to miss or underperform in meetings and appearances.

I would have thought dealing with those things would have be part and parcel of any managers job.

What is sensational is that he also alleges that when she was out here for her guest appearance for So You Think You Can Dance he busted her in a Sydney hotel room with a producer of the show and cocaine on the bed side table. Does Mary Murphy stipulate a rider on her rider?

Other allegations are:

He cites specific instances in 2009 when he claims security broke into Mary’s apartment when she was “unresponsive,” following a “cocaine-fueled evening of partying.”

He describes her “questionable men” as SYTYCD and Chelsea Lately crew members, a drug dealer, and a married U.S. Naval officer Mary met online, according to the lawsuit.

Michael also alleges Mary demanded that producers give her alcohol “disguised in a Coke cup” to drink during studio tapings and that she “secretly” coached and worked with SYTYCD contestants behind-the-scenes — as a result violating Fox TV rules and U.S. game show fixing laws, the court documents state.

The former manager credits himself with giving Murphy “guidance and advice” that led to her first full season contract as a judge on the hit dance show in 2007 and a lucrative, three-year renewal of the SYTYCD contract as a permanent judge the following year.