Host: Cat Deeley
Judges & choreographers: Tyce Diorio, Tabitha and Napoleon D’Umo, Jean Marc Genereaux, Lil C, Nigel Lythgoe, Mia Michaels, Mandy Moore, Mary Murphy, Wade Robson, Doriana Sanchez, Dave Scott, Adam Shankman, Jamal Sims, Shane Sparks

This show has enormous appeal. Amazingly diverse dancers with vivid personalities perform technically difficult routines week after week. As one of Fox’s most popular shows, and with 8.8 million viewers per evening and growing, expect many more seasons to come.

For judges—and viewers—sex sells. Some of the salacious routines and costume choices leave you wondering if it really is family-friendly viewing!

The choreographers hired to work with the dancers make the show: Wade Robson with contemporary and jazz routines, Tyce Diorio with Broadway pizzazz, Jean Marc Genereaux with smokin’ hot Latin dance routines, and Mia Michaels with her own mix of contemporary, modern, and lyrical. Every once in a while the dancers perform a number that leaves you with a dropped jaw. While there are plenty of poor attempts to pop and lock from a classically trained dancer, or faux pas when a b-boy tries to tango, wonders never cease. Some dancers are so talented that, without a day of ballroom training they can make a Viennese waltz look weightless, or a ballet boy can rock a hip hop number. Versions of SYTYCD air in Australia, Canada, Greece, Malaysia, and Scandanavia.