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Michael Dameski is one of the competitors on World of Dance. This 22-year old Australian dancer has quite the impressive portfolio, which also includes singing and acting. While he is from Macedonian descent, he seems to love competing and representing Sydney, Australia on the show. His achievements include Disney’s Newsies the Broadway Musical, P!nk: Beautiful – Dance Version, and So You Think You Can Dance Australia. There’s much more to him than what you see on World of Dance and we gathered the most important facts below. 1. He loves competing on World of Dance Michael Dameski is a proud […]

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The Hot Tamale train may be leaving the station. And if so, Paula Abdul could prove to be forever Fox’s girl.

Our sister site Deadline is reporting that So You Think You Can Dance may give the judges’ dais a facelift for the coming Season 12, with original arbiter Mary Murphy rumored to be parting ways with the competition series.

If Murphy does bow out, Fox is said to be eyeing American Idol alum/choreographer/sometime singer Paula Abdul to fill the void. Abdul has guest-judged on Fox’s Sytycd on three occasions, as well as sat on the dais...

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The Nine Network.s gambit of moving the Schapelle Corby telemovie from Monday to Sunday night has backfired as the show was beaten comprehensively by the premiere of Seven.s Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart.

The Inxs drama produced by Shine Australia drew 1.974 million viewers in the 5 city metropolitan areas, dwarfing the 1.022 million for FremantleMedia.s Schapelle. The national audience was 2.88 million for the Inxs saga versus 1.339 million for Schapelle.

.I think most people are over Schapelle,. one former network programmer told If this morning. Either that or far more people were attracted to the story of the iconic band and the death of lead singer Michael Hutchence.

Directed by Daina Reid and written by Dave Warner and Justin Monjo, the two-part series stars Luke Arnold, Nicholas Masters, Ido Drent, Andy Ryan, Alex Williams and Hugh Sheridan.

In part 2, which airs this Sunday at 8.30pm, Hutchence finds a new love in Paula Yates,...

Can you guess our pick for the best performance of the season? Better yet: Can you guess the One male vocalist who made our list?

Maybe you’re done with the twelfth season of American Idol, but I’m not. Before we officially switch off our DVR season pass and lock ourselves in for So You Think You Can Dance, let’s take one last look at the low-rated, but luckily lady-dominated season and pick the 10 best performances.

10. Kree Harrison, “What the World Needs Now”

Kree really impressed me with song choices early on in the series. This girl chose two Susan Tedeschi songs. She picked an effing Faith Hill song that ended up being great and original. And most impressively, she chose this sung-to-death Bacharach tune and improved on its original version (by the lovable Jackie DeShannon) by rendering the song in her glum, disarmingly unembellished voice. Starting out in a cappella?...

So last night I was watching a little bit of So You Think You Can Dance (loooong story... don't ask) when I came across something that was actually interesting: two separate acts who have developed "horror-style" dances. The first one is "Zombie," in which dancer Stepheon Stewart contorts like he is possessed. In the second one, "Exorcist Style," dancer Hampton Williams needs to borrow your soul - he'll give it right back. Try not to let the Evanescence soundtrack get you down.

Phillip Phillips knows what you like, "American Idol" voters. As mentor Jimmy Iovine has said a few times during Season 11, he and fellow finalist (and cute guy) Colton Dixon have the teen girl vote on lockdown. So how can you blame him for acting on everyone in America's urge and gently stroking Dixon's blonde mohawk during the Top 7 group performance of Pink's hit "Raise Your Glass"?

"Yeah, it was my idea," Phillips confesses to Zap2it. "I knew every girl in America would be jealous. You know, all the girls love Colton because of his fake hair -- oops, did I say that?"

Dixon confirms: "Phillip just naturally did that. There's Phillip for ya! He naturally did that during one of the rehearsals and everyone loved it so much that they made us do it," he says. Now, it's a moment that will go down in "Idol" history. "That's...

Jason Coleman has slammed swimwear model Lara Bingle during her guest stint on the Australian version of Celebrity Apprentice. Choreographer Coleman and politician Pauline Hanson were teamed up with guest celebrities Bingle and radio presenter Jono Coleman as Team Unity, and were asked to present a children's play at a local Sydney school. Team leader Coleman called Bingle a "waste of space" when she walked on stage too early, while Hanson became frustrated when the model didn't purchase all the props and costumes needed for the production. The children watching the performance described the So You Think You Can Dance Australia judge as "crazy" and "mean", as he desperately tried to save the show based on 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'. (more)...

Dance obviously does a body good.

Here at Twitterwatch, we never sleep. We're always on the prowl for the latest from your favorite celebrities around the world. And it's a good thing because some of the best stuff comes when celebrities do take some time off for themselves, often on the opposite side of the world.

For example, a reader recently pointed out So You Think You Can Dance Australia's Season One runner up Rhys Bobridge. He's a dancer, he's a drag performer, he's an activist. And he looks good in a Speedo when he gets a spring day off. But like many of us, he doesn't necessarily function in the mornings.

Rhys was an unintelligent life form in the time BC (before coffee)less than a minute ago via EchofonRhys Bobridge

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Meanwhile, up in Vancouver, Eureka's Colin Ferguson is having trouble with the staff's new Xbox.

ABC's new teenage drama allows Jordan Rodrigues to take to the dance floor.

Move over So You Think You Can Dance Australia and High School Musical -- the kids of Dance Academy are about to burst on your screen.

The new ABC teenage drama spans 26 episodes filmed in Sydney. It follows six teenagers attending the National Academy of Dance, and is seen through the eyes of ambitious...  More >>...

Robbie Kmetoni has been crowned the winner of So You Think You Can Dance Australia. The 18-year-old, who has been dancing since he was seven, beat Jessie Hesketh and Ivy Heeney in the final round of the reality TV show. Kmetoni chose as his prize to accept a role in the Us tour of Burn the Floor, saying that he "couldn't resist the idea of travelling overseas and learning from (more)...

Robbie Kmetoni won Ten's reality contest after years of being the only boy at school who loved to dance.

18-year-old Robbie Kmetoni from Sydney has won the 2010 title of So You Think You Can Dance Australia.

"I'm on cloud nine right now," he said.

"When I got into top four anything could have happened. When I got into top two there was a 50/50 chance, but I never actually thought I would win."

At just 18 the win is a huge boost to Kmetoni's career and endorses years of training, sometimes under duress.

"I was always getting picked on during primary school because I was the only boy who was a dancer. Everyone...  More >>...

Jessica Prince has been told by doctors that she is no longer allowed to compete in So You Think You Can Dance Australia. The ballroom champion, who recently made the final ten in the reality dancing show, suffered from back pain after injuring her pelvis during rehearsals ten days ago. Prince told The Daily Telegraph: "My back muscles went into spasms (more)...

"Just to clarify, I didn't write that bit. And that was from when I was 15 — and there is a reason that song's not on my record. So I have to admit now, I do regret ever even singing that, because I have mad respect for [Britney]. At the time, I was 15. I didn't really have the balls to not sing it. That is why it's not on my record. I can't really stand behind it."

-"Blah Blah Blah" and "Tik Tok" singer Ke$ha, speaking to "So You Think You Can Dance Australia" about a lyric from an old song called "Styrofoam" that took a shot at Britney Spears. The track, which is not on Ke$ha's chart-topping debut Animal, surfaced online last weekend and contains the line "In 10 years/ Britney Spears/ Britney who?" She asserted that the reason why "Styrofoam" isn't on Animal is because she does not stand...

She’s only two hits into her 15-minute career and yet Ke$ha is already trying to turn back the clock. Watch below as Ke$ha squirms through the interview for “So You Think You Can Dance Australia” about the leaked track “Styrofoam,” which disses another bleached-bottle blonde, Britney Spears. Ke$ha can’t really be held responsible, y’all, because she cut the song when she was, like, 15, and she didn’t write that line. Plus, as she so Ke$ha-like explains, “I didn’t have the balls to not sing it.” Of course, now she has mad respect for Brit Brit. See the explanation and then below...

Natalie Bassingthwaighte has signed a new deal with Channel Ten to return as the host of So You Think You Can Dance Australia. The former Neighbours star is believed to have signed a new one-year contract with the network under which she will host the upcoming third season of the popular reality dance series. Meanwhile, the 34-year-old singer and actress will also appear on rival network (more)...

So You Think You Can Dance Australia judge Jason Coleman is the latest celebrity to film a cameo role on Neighbours, reports the Herald Sun. Coleman, a world renowned choreographer, has signed on with the soap to play himself for a four-episode run and will begin filming in late June. "I've played bit parts on E Street, Gp and Water Rats, so I'm not daunted to turn up and play myself," Coleman said. "I'm stoked (more)...

Former Neighbours star Ian Smith has scored his first ever Gold Logie nomination. The veteran actor will face competition from ex-Home And Away stalwart Kate Ritchie, who hopes to make it three wins in a row. Smith, whose final scenes as Harold Bishop screened in Australia in February, was the focus of a very public campaign by Neighbours to give him a golden sendoff. Celebrities including Tom Jones, Rick Astley and WWE wrestler John Cena urged fans to vote for Smith as part of the 'We Heart Harold' campaign. Ritchie's nomination, her third, comes a year after she last appeared as Sally Fletcher.

Smith and Ritchie will go head-to-head with six other nominees: Natalie Bassingthwaighte (So You Think You Can Dance Australia), Andrew Denton (Enough Rope With Andrew Denton), Rebecca Gibney (Packed To The Rafters), (more)...