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Nigel Lythgoe, currently the President of 19 Television, joined 19 Television as Chief Executive in 2001 from London Weekend Television, where he was controller of entertainment and comedy. Lythgoe is one of the U.K.’s most respected TV talents and has a host of major credits, including the U.K. series “Pop Idol,” “Gladiators” and six Royal Variety Shows. He co-created and executive-produces the Emmy winning series SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. His other executive-producer credits include all seven seasons of AMERICAN IDOL as well as “Next Great American Band,” “American Juniors,” “All American Girl” and the specials “An American Idol Christmas” and “World Idol.” AMERICAN IDOL has been nominated for 30 Emmy Awards and in 2007 received the prestigious Governors Award, the Television Academy’s highest honor, for IDOL GIVES BACK. Lythgoe became a household name in the U.K. as “Nasty Nigel,” the judge on “Popstars.”
Lythgoe lives in Los Angeles.
Birmingham, England, native Cat Deeley is also one of the foremost television presenters in the UK and has recently become one of the hottest new faces on American TV following her two hugely successful seasons hosting SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. Deeley was Jay Leno’s first regular entertainment correspondent on “The Tonight Show” and recently performed the same duty for “Good Morning America.” Deeley is a double BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award winner and has won many other awards for her work on some of the UK’s hottest primetime shows, including “Stars in Their Eyes,” “CD:UK Live” (on which she appeared weekly for six years), “SMTV: Live” (which she hosted for three years), “Comic Relief Does Fame Academy,” the “V Festival” (2004, 2005), “The Brits,” “Record of the Year,” “Elton John Live from New York,” “The Latin Grammy Awards” and a one-hour special with U2, “When Cat Met U2,” for ITV.
Deeley often lends her time to the Great Ormond Street Hospital, a children’s hospital in London, and divides her time between her homes in London and Beverly Hills.
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