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JoJo Siwa is back So, you think you can dance.
Siwa, who was a judge on season 17 of the Fox show, will replace Nigel Lythgoe as a judge on season 18.
This comes after she left the show following a series of sexual assault allegations.
Siwa will sit alongside Allison Holker and Maksim Chmerkovskiy on the judging panel. Cat Deeley will host the series, which will premiere on March 4.
It is unclear if the show had to reshoot after Lythgoe’s departure.
Lythgoe, co-creator, head judge and executive producer of So, you think you can danceis the subject of two sexual misconduct lawsuits, including one filed by Paula Abdul, who accused him of assaulting her twice in the past 20 years.
Lythgoe, who was nicknamed Nasty Nigel by the British tabloids when he was a judge on a series of British competitions. pop starsHe resigned on January 5. He said he was “devoting himself to clearing my name and restoring my reputation.”
That move came a few days after it emerged that Lythgoe was the subject of an investigation by Sony Pictures Television’s 19 Entertainment, which co-produces SYTYCD with Dick Clark Productions.
The series is executive produced by Daniel Martin, who also serves as showrunner, and Barry Adelman, Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman. Cat Deeley also serves as a producer.