FOX
So You Think You Can Dance
producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe has heard your outrage and responded
to it. This past week, fans of the Fox dance competition show cried foul
as a result of Season 10's elimination format. Carlos Garland and
Brittany Cherry were revealed to be in the Bottom 4 in the first few
minutes of the broadcast then cut by the judges immediately after their
"Dance For Your Life" solos. However, Garland and Cherry had to continue
to dance throughout the episodes, since their respective partners
hadn't been eliminated — meaning that without any competitive incentive
for them, Garland and Cherry weren't as motivated to support their
partners. It's a structural flaw that could undermine the integrity of
the entire show.
The problem began in Season 9
when Fox cut the SYTYCD results show, forcing the producers to combine
the competition and results in one episode each week. Now Lythgoe has
tweeted that, going forward, the judges' final elimination of two
contestants will not occur at the very beginning of the episode, but at
the end, after the competitive dancing rounds.
Do you think the change will
prevent the awkwardness we saw this week? Or is it just a Band-Aid for
the bigger problem caused by eliminating the results show?
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