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JoJo Siwa Replaces Nigel Lythgoe on 'So You Think You Can Dance' Amid Producer's Legal Troubles

Siwa, who also served as a judge in 2022, will replace Lythgoe for the upcoming 18th season.

Siwa will join Allison Holker and former Dancing With the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy as judges for the upcoming 18th season, which premieres March 4 on FOX. The women claimed in their lawsuit that the English producer and TV personality, now 74, drove them to a house in Los Angeles after filming wrapped -- instead of to a studio to meet with others, as they say had been planned -- and then Lythgoe allegedly attempted to forcibly kiss them, despite protestations. As for Siwa, she recalled in 2022 the unfair hate she got serving as a judge on SYTYCD amid Matthew Morrison being forced out following "uncomfortable" messages he allegedly sent to a contestant.

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