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Nigel Lythgoe Doesn’t “Give a Damn” Who Wins American Idol

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American Idol producer, Nigel Lythgoe, sounded off on American Idol executives, rival singing competitions, why females can’t win, White Guys with Guitars, and more in a revealing interview conductedwith TV Line after Wednesday’s season finale.

Nigel Lythgoe Disses Simon Cowell’s “Winner’s Singoff” Idea

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Simon Cowell wants to pit the winners of American Idol, X Factor and The Voice against each other, but Nigel Lythgoe wants none of it! Plus, Nigel “tweeted along” with last night’s show–I post a few highlights. Read on!

What do you think about a sing off between all the singing competition show winners?

Tweet Along With Nigel Lythgoe During Tonight’s American Idol

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THIS IS GOING TO BE EPIC! American Idol producer, Nigel Lythgoe will be taking your comments and on twitter during the East Coast broadcast of American Idol!

UPDATED WITH NIGEL’S TWEETS

Nigel Lythgoe, Kevin Reilly on Reformatting SYTYCD (Plus a Little On Idol!) UPDATED

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Nigel Lythgoe and FOX Entertainment President, Kevin Reilly, share their thoughts on rebooting So You Think You Can Dance. See what changes may be in store for the summer dance show..

Plus, Nigel dishes a little on the upcoming season of American Idol.

American Idol: No Major Changes for Season 11, Hollywood Week Set For December

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In a new interview with the Associated Press, American Idol producer, Nigel Lythgoe, says not to expect any major changes for American Idol Season 11. Hollywood Week is set to take place in December.

So You Think You Can Dance Renewed for a 9th Season

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Great news for So You Think You Can Dance fans. Nigel Lythgoe tweeted today, “FOX has picked up #SYTYCD for it’s 9th season, it was announced today by Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox. [HOORAY].”

Hooray indeed! I love this show. I’m glad it’s coming back

Read the official press release after the jump.

Nigel Lythgoe New Reality Projects with Kim Kardashian, Alice Cooper and More

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Nigel Lythgoe has started a new production company, Nigel Lythgoe Productions. A joint venture with Idol’s 19 Entertainment, through the new company, Nigel has projects “in various stages of development” at E!, TruTV and CBS, among other networks, including reality shows with heavy metal icon Alice Cooper, Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin, sex and relationship expert Dr. Laura Berman and executive producer Kim Kardashian.

Simon Cowell Works His Nutz Off. Gets No Love. (More Simon vs Idol!)

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Ahhhh. The bitch fight between Simon Cowell and Simon Fuller/Nigel Lythgoe continues. LOVES IT. In a new cover story for The Hollywood Reporter, Simon reveals how he feels about some of the goss thrown his way by Idol peeps *coughnigellythgoecough* and the pending lawsuit against Fox and Freemantle media by Simon Fuller for X Factor producer credit.

Nigel Lythgoe Looking For the Next Partridge Family?

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TV Guide reports that Idol and SYTYCD producer, Nigel Lythgoe is in talks with the CW to put a singing competition on the “young-skewing” network. The show, produced by Nigel Lythgoe Productions, would focus on

Nigel Lythgoe Wants to Change American Idol Voting System

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Nigel Lythgoe met with advertisers in New York City today, and Zap2it.com caught up with him to discuss American Idol and the current season of So You Think You Think You Can Dance which has its Season finale Thursday August 11.

Nigel wants to change the Idol voting system to “one device, one vote”–whatever that means. This isn’t the first time Nigel has mentioned changing the voting. He’s also expressed an interest in allowing the judges more control over who gets sent home.