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Posted by Allison Corneau at 11:53 am ET
I love both shows and see them both as the best dance shows. Especially now with all those other pretender shows that just trying to capitalize on the success of SYTYCD & America's Best Dance Crew, and really are too bad to watch and by bad, I don't mean good. I do however disagree with it airing during their show. Yet, I think they need not worry, both are great and have earned millions of loyal viewers.
SYTYCD Vs. America’s Best Dance Crew: Feud
Thursday June 26, 2008
So You Think You Can Dance judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy
Photos courtesy of Fox
Thursday June 26, 2008
Photos courtesy of Fox
Talk about a dance off! As So You Think You Can Dance cha chas closer to its top 10, MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew is ready to battle for viewers – and they’ve taken to their competitior’s airwaves to do so. In a commercial touting its second season, Dance Crew told viewers that the “Best dance show is back!” The only problem? The promo spot aired during So You Think You Can Dance!
“I couldn’t believe they aired the promo during our show,” judge Mary Murphy tells Us of the June 18 spot. “It was kind of a shock. I was sitting at home thinking ‘What? Did they just say they were the favorite dance show during our dance show?’ I was on the phone immediately to my manager. I enjoy both shows, but come on now!”
To add fuel to the fire, SYTYCD judge Nigel Lythgoe made his feelings on the situation known, telling choreographers Napoleon and Tabitha - who have judged on Dance Crew - that he was glad they joined the real no. 1 dance show.
What does Dance Crew executive producer Randy Jackson think of the controversy? “The shows are so different,” he told the L.A. Times. “America’s Best Dance Crew is fresh and very edgy. It’s a lot younger [than SYTYCD].”
But while Murphy and Lythgoe took the promo as a dig, others in the dance world – like SYTYCD guest judge Adam Shankman - see the dueling dance shows as progress.
“I’m just happy that this country seems so enthralled in dance,” Shankman told Us after the June 27 elimination episode. “We haven’t ever had this in history.”
Agrees eliminated dancer Chris Jarosz: “The more dance shows, the better!”
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