New Judges for Season 12
Today SYTYCD announced that two new judges will be joining Nigel at the Judges table for the new season. Joining Nigel will be Jason Derulo and Paula Abdul. I’m feel okay with these two as judges. I enjoyed Jason on the show last season, as for Paula, I’m surprised it has taken them this long to get her to be on the show as more that a guest judge.
However, I’m not sure what this means for Mary or any of the other judges. They really didn’t go into that much detail other just state the facts of Jason and Paula’s careers and achievements. The format (Stage vs Street) seems to be part the reason for adding new judges, which makes sense. I sent a tweet out to Nigel to see if we will see any of the other regular judge this season but I haven’t heard back just yet. I think we will see some of our favorite guest judges during the season and maybe some of the choreographers being a judge. When it come to the street dancing I would like to see Chris Scott as a judge.
You can find the article on the SYTYCD Facebook page or over at the Fox website. Also the dates for the auditions are listed and they begin this weekend in New York.
Mary Murphy has discussed being disappointed that her option for this upcoming season on the show was not picked up, so it is almost a certainty that she’s out. I would be fine with Paula and Jason joining if not for the loss of Mary, who adds so much to the show both in terms of personality and expertise. She is routinely the most knowledgeable person on the panel. What I would have loved to see was the addition of a judge who can bring in other genres the technical prowess that Mary does for ballroom. Having Paula and Jason instead of Mary kind of ruins the whole thing for me. I’ve never been this unexcited about an upcoming season.
Mike I agree with everything you’ve said about Mary. I know I’ll miss her if she isn’t there.
I’m skeptical about this season because I really just don’t know what to expect. I feel like they are changing the show too much just for the sake of ratings. I just hope it doesn’t backfire on them because I truly just love being able to watch great dancing on tv no matter what the format is.
Bringing in Paula to replace Mary. The show just went to hell. Hated her on American Idol. Don’t care to hear her babble on sytycd. Just ruined the show.
I actually like Paula as a dance judge compared to a singing show. I just don’t like the idea of the same judges all the time. I like the variety of opinion the guest judges brought to the show.