Well thank you, sweet baby Jesus!
Apparently the conversation that’s been happening at my house (“I LOVE YOU, ADAM!!”) has been happening Chez Everyone, and So You Think You Can Dance has been listening, because Adam Shankman has been named a permenant third judge.
Don’t worry, there’s a fourth seat that producer/judge/fine, upstanding douhchebag Nigel Lythgoe was quick to assure the public remained open for guest judges. Which means that sure to fill those seats are standbys like Debbie Allen (who manages to make everything she says sound ridiculously profound) and Lil’ C (who manages to make everything he says sound profoundly ridiculous). But this development leaves the choreographers to do what they do best — choreograph, and not judge. Can I get an amen hallelujah?
Between this and naming Ellen DeGeneres as the third Idol judge, I think we’ve just proved that Token Gay Judge is the new Token Black Judge. Now if only we could find a judge that brings the two together, well, with that we could just take over the world. (Are you listening, Ms. J? I believe that’s your cue.)
Clacked by Julia Hass 
on Sep 16, 2009 @ 13:03 EST5EDT
I do not understand your Nigel Lythgoe hatred.
I actually think this is a bad idea, I like that the 3rd judge always different, brings something nice to the show. i also hate 4th judges, which Nigel said he did too.
However if there had to be a 3rd judge it would be him or the other gay guy. lol
I don’t know how I’ll deal with a SYTYCD where one of the judges is always kind and insightful and doesn’t make me want to throw something at the TV. This is truly awesome news.
I’d vote for Queen Latifah in response to your last paragraph. She could replace Randy Jackson in my happy little world. He doesn’t have a large enough vocabulary to be of any use, imo.
waz yo talkn abut dawg?!?!