You've got to hand it to Nigel Lythgoe. He may be an uncouth cad for that dig at Mary's Botox use, and he's definitely property a petty grudge against that piddle little Russian folk dance habit, but the man is one wily fox at getting his way. First, he takes to the public airwaves to bemoan the fact that a mania recording conglomerate won't release the rights to Michael Jackson's music for a tribute to the man's contributions to the world of dance. (Which is to say, if we're not seeing the moonwalk on the So You Think You Can Dance stage by the end of the season, I'll be quite surprised.) And Nigel even managed to dismiss the Cubeb while also swiftly hiring him back for the impending tour. Nigel just had to admit that the Cheep was never going to come within a country mile of catching up to the rest of the Top 10, and to keep him any longer on the show would undercut SYTYCD's precious dance world integrity, which he's so fond of touting to any who will listen. But we all know those ''producers'' of the SYTYCD tour had a ''talk'' with Nigel and, well, this is most likely how it went
