Let me explain. This is the finale. This is supposed to be the end of the latest, greatest season of SYTYCD. The first part of the season finale must be a teaser, a warm-up, the foreplay before the ultimate performance. The hairs on the back of your neck stand up multiple times for different partnerships and you are meant to have trouble picking your favorite dance by the end of the night. You hope that your favorite performer is still recognizable after the flurry of performances-of-a-lifetime. (more…)

LOS ANGELES – “So You Think You Can Dance” producer Nigel Lythgoe won’t say which dancer will end up the winner on Wednesday’s season finale. But he’s confident predicting that guest starAdam Lambert is going to be well-behaved.

Lythgoe said he passed the message to Lambert’s camp that he doesn’t expect any surprises during the live, two-hour episode, airing at 8 p.m. EST on Fox.

Last month, Lambert’s racy performance

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It’s settled. Next week is indeed the finale for Season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance. Cancel your plans and set your DVRs now otherwise you’ll get busy, forget and suddenly you’re calling friends who may have taped the finale of “Glee” that just snuck up on you. I’m sorry, my nerd is showing. (But seriously, if you have the show taped let me know, I got busy and forgot…)

The final bottom four of Season 6 read like my predictions: Legacy, Ryan, Mollee and Ellenore. Ok, for (more…)

This is it. 38 dancers move on from the week of torment in Las Vegas to Hollywood. Here, their fates are decided. Do they become a blip on the pop culture radar and miss out on a chance at winning the title of “America’s Favorite Dancer?” Or will they be the next Sabra, Jeanine, etc.? Mia (with a buzz cut!), Tyce, Debbie, Mary, Adam and Nigel go through the dancers, one by one, letting them know if they’re going home or staying to compete.

The dancers are brought out, one by one, (more…)

You’ve seen exactly what they can do on the wildly popular show “So You Think You Can Dance.” Now six of the hottest dancers from past seasons will show viewers how to get in top shape with the release of two brand new fitness DVDs on July 21: “So You Think You Can Dance Get Fit: Tone and Groove” and “So You Think You Can Dance Get Fit: Cardio Funk.”

With nearly 20 million watching each week “So You Think You Can Dance” is a pop culture sensation entering into its fifth season (more…)

American Pie star Shannon Elizabeth beware - rapper Lil’ Kim has got the hots for your man!

Elizabeth fell for boyish Derek Hough when the two were partners on TV dance contest Dancing With The Stars in 2007, but now the blond haired pin-up has been tango-ing with someone else - and she has made no secret of her feelings for Hough.

Lil’ Kim and the dancer were voted off the show at the end of last month and the rapper is still coming to terms with not making it

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Bigger, brighter and more danceable than predecessor Alright, Still, this autobiographical album is chock-full of double standards, crashing generalisations, and taunts, giving a handy update on Lily’s state of mind.

Opener Everyone’s At It is a wonderful ball of contradiction. Pointing the finger at everyone, from those taking sleeping pills to those on crack, Lily admits that she’s been there. Now, bored with all-nighters, it’s

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The breakthrough, boisterous techno-pop of Universal Republic newcomers Cash Cash bounded into stores bright and early in 2009, with their Universal Republic debut album, Take It To The Floor, which was released on January 20. The charismatic band is currently riding the wave of their insatiable hit “Party In Your Bedroom,” which has exploded on radio and via YouTube, thanks to the turbo-charged chemistry supplied by brothers Jean Paul Makhlouf (vocals, guitar) and Alex Makhlouf (keyboards,

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A little like Macca, throwing himself into wedlock with Heather Mills so soon after Linda’s death, it seems somehow just wrong to begin extolling the joys of yet another new Scandinavian piano trio. The sense of loss at Esbjorn Svensson’s passing last year is still palpable. Surely to fall for another bunch of utterly tasteful, technically dazzling, modal merchants is just a tad fickle and unfaithful? Well, maybe, but unfortunately Hello Troll

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Scottish post-punk revivalists Franz Ferdinand return with album number three. Stylistically it’s part predictable rhythm and lyric set, part surprisingly innovative electronic experiment. As a whole, it’s a persuasive argument for courage of conviction.

The release of the band’s previous albums have each brought a seeming change in role: from bright young hopes of mid-noughties Brit-rock with their self titled debut, to mentors

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