As the co-creator of Pop Idol and American Idol , Nigel Lythgoe is never short on opinions, and as a panelist on his self-created show So You Think You Can Dance , Lythgoe’s deadpan candor is his trademark. Still, the 60-year-old former dancer reached a new level of unfiltered commentary when he was asked to open up about Idol ‘s current season, laying into Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest, and most of all, Ellen DeGeneres.
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Original Idol Producer Nigel Lythgoe: ‘I Would Replace the Entire Judging Panel’
