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Monday, October 17, 2011

Reality TV Casting Call: American Idol Producer Looking for Family-Run Businesses

American Idol Producer Nigel Lythgoe is looking for a family run business to feature in a new reality series, but not just any business. This new show will have a twist.

Wanna be on a TV reality show? Nigel Lythgoe, producer of the hit reality TV shows, "So You Think You Can Dance" and "American Idol" is casting for a new reality show about a family run business. It's no secret that family dynamics can be dramatic. But Lythgoe is taking the drama a step further by profiling a business run by a family that includes someone who's been diagnosed with a medical disorder.  According to casting producer Michael Warwick, the goal of the show is to show America how one person’s “disorder” is another man’s “success.” The series will take viewers into the lives of a family that works together and supports each other running a family business. Producers say they're looking for men and women of all ages whose special …

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Wisconsin Dancer in Top 20 on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

Nick Young will compete for America's votes.

Nick Young is living his dream after advancing to the top 20 on "So You Think You Can Dance" on FOX (Channel 6).  According to a Q&A on the show website, Young started dancing when he was just 4 years old in his mom's dance studio, the Young Dance Academy in Oak Creek.  He auditioned for the show as a tap dancer, but was able to showcase skills in other styles throughout the try out period. Young, a Franklin resident, will dance for America's votes starting Wed., June 15 at 7 pm on Channel 6. If he garners enough votes, he will continue onto the next week, and each week he will learn new dance routines in a different style from a variety of choreographers, and possibly with a different partner. The winner, crowned "America's Favorite …

Cheryl Sanders

1:15 pm on Saturday, June 11, 2011

Nick is awesome! My girls have danced at his mother's dance studio, Young Dance Academy, in Oak Creek for the last 3 years. We have watched him every year in the recitals and he is an amazing, talented young man. However, seeing him at the studio outside of class, interacting with the other dance students and parents shows that he is also a person of good character. We wish him the best of luck …   more ›

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