{"id":59721,"date":"2023-12-06T23:01:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T23:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/06\/allison-holker-will-judge-so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-18\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T23:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T23:01:03","slug":"allison-holker-will-judge-so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/06\/allison-holker-will-judge-so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Allison Holker Will Judge \u2018So You Think You Can Dance\u2019 Season 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images (2)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/allison-holker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Allison Holker<\/strong><\/a> is returning to the show where she first met her late husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/stephen-twitch-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen \u201ctWitch\u201d Boss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fox announced on Wednesday, December 6, that Holker, 35, and<i>\u00a0<\/i>former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a> pro <strong>Maksim Chmerkovskiy<\/strong> will be joining season 18 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/so-you-think-you-can-dance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>So You Think You Can Dance<\/em><\/a>, which is set to return in March 2024. The twosome will appear as judges alongside veteran judge <strong>Nigel Lythgoe<\/strong> and guest judge <strong>Comfort Fedoke<\/strong>. <strong>Cat Deeley<\/strong> will return as host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo honored and grateful to announce I\u2019ll be judging for <em>SYTYCD<\/em> @danceonfox !!\u201d Holker wrote via Instagram alongside a video of herself celebrating her new gig. \u201cWhat an absolute dream come true!!! A full-circle moment that has changed my life in quite literally every way. IM HOME!! And sitting next to people I admire and love is just perfection!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holker\u2019s announcement comes nearly one year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/stephen-twitch-boss-dead-cause-of-death-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after the death<\/a> of late husband Boss just days after the couple\u2019s ninth wedding anniversary.<i>\u00a0<\/i><em>Us Weekly<\/em> confirmed in December 2022 that Boss was found dead at a Los Angeles hotel. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner later confirmed that Boss died by suicide. He was 40 years old.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/so-you-think-you-can-dance-alums-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Jason-Derulo-Paula-Abdul-Nigel-Lythgoe-Lead-Where-Are-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Alums-Now-474032666.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Jason Derulo Paula Abdul Nigel Lythgoe Where Are So You Think You Can Dance Alums Now\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Jason-Derulo-Paula-Abdul-Nigel-Lythgoe-Lead-Where-Are-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Alums-Now-474032666.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/so-you-think-you-can-dance-alums-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span>Where Are the \u2018So You Think You Can Dance\u2019 Alums Now?<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAnother year, another batch of young hopefuls aspiring to become America\u2019s favorite dancer!\u00a0After 16 successful seasons,\u00a0Fox\u2019s summer reality mainstay\u00a0So You Think You Can Dance\u00a0has continually launched several of\u00a0its contestants into dance stardom. \u201cEach season, the talent on So You Think You Can Dance reaches new levels and continues to create the most incredible routines,\u201d Rob [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,\u201d Holker told <em>People<\/em> in a statement at the time. \u201cStephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holker and Boss met on season 2 of <em>SYTYCD<\/em> in 2006, when she was performing as a contestant and he was working as a choreographer. The pair reconnected when she returned for season 7 of the dance competition series as an All-Star.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3456243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Allison Holker Returning as Judge to So You Think You Can Dance Season 18\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Allison-Holker-Returning-as-Judge-to-So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Season-18-inline.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Momodu Mansaray\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although she didn\u2019t remember meeting him in 2006, Holker told <a href=\"https:\/\/dancespirit.com\/it-takes-two-twitch-and-allisons-love-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dance Spirit<\/em><\/a> in 2012 that she found Boss to be the \u201ccutest guy ever\u201d when they reconnected four years later. After a night out together, the pair became inseparable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw him at the other end of the room, and he pointed and did this little \u2018come here\u2019 motion,\u201d Holker recalled to the outlet. \u201cWe went upstairs and danced for three hours straight.\u201d Boss, for his part, added, \u201cWe danced the entire night, and we\u2019ve been together ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple tied the knot in December 2013 after three years of dating in a ceremony held at Lythgoe\u2019s vineyard in California. They went on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/stephen-twitch-boss-family-guide-wife-allison-holker-3-kids-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to welcome son Maddox<\/a> in 2016 and daughter Zaia in 2019. Boss also adopted Holker\u2019s daughter from a previous relationship, Weslie, in 2008.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Since Boss\u2019 death, Holker has been candid about grieving while living in the public eye. \u201cI still feel like the rest of the world where I\u2019m still shocked,\u201d she shared on the <em>Today<\/em> show in May. \u201cNo one\u2019s ready for that moment and there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/allison-holker-gives-1st-tv-interview-since-twitchs-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no one that saw this coming<\/a>. No one \u2014 and that breaks my heart too.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/stephen-twitch-boss-allison-holkers-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tephen-tWitch-Boss-and-Wife-Allison-Holkers-Relationship-Timeline-7.jpg?crop=0px%2C25px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"tephen 'tWitch' Boss and Wife Allison Holker's Relationship Timeline white dress\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/tephen-tWitch-Boss-and-Wife-Allison-Holkers-Relationship-Timeline-7.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/stephen-twitch-boss-allison-holkers-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span>Stephen &#8216;tWitch&#8217; Boss and Wife Allison Holker&#8217;s Relationship Timeline<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tA match made in the studio. Stephen \u201ctWitch\u201d Boss and Allison Holker first connected while pursuing their shared passion: dance. The former Ellen DJ and the choreographer met during season 7 of So You Think You Can Dance, which aired in 2010. \u201cShe says she made the first move,\u201d Boss told Dance Spirit magazine in [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After nearly a year of mourning, Holker put her<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/allison-holker-dances-again-after-stephen-twitch-boss-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> dancing shoes back on<\/a> for the first time in September, taking to social media to share the special moment. \u201cTruly felt so good to dance again,\u201d she wrote via Instagram alongside a video of her performing. \u201cI was overwhelmed with so many emotions. I was both scared and excited. But dance has always been there for me \u2026 even now and I am so grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/allison-holker-will-judge-so-you-think-you-can-dance-season-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images (2) Allison Holker is returning to the show where she first met her late husband, Stephen \u201ctWitch\u201d Boss. Fox announced on Wednesday, December 6, that Holker, 35, and\u00a0former Dancing With the Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy will be joining season 18 of So You Think You Can Dance, which is set to return in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}