Nigel Lythgoe has set the barre (pronounced: bar) high for his new series, “Superstars of Dance.”
“We’re bringing class to NBC,” he says.
Lythgoe’s global dance competition, which premieres Jan. 4, will bring together leading professionals from eight nations for judging by a panel of judges from around the world.
Co-hosts are Susie Castillo (“House of Payne”) and Michael Flatley (“Lord of the Dance”), who Lythgoe hails as “the world’s best-known dancer.” Lythgoe, an executive producer, is best known to viewers as a judge on his Fox dancing contest, “So You Think You Can Dance.”
The countries scheduled to participate on “Superstars” are Ireland, India, Argentina, China, Russia, South Africa, Australia and the United States.
Flatley describes it as “an intoxicating mix of cultures.”
