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So you think this idea will fly?

The juggernaut-launching masterminds that brought us American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance? are expanding on our TiVo tolerance with Superstar Dancers of the World, a new show that will pit experts in various dance styles from eight countries against each other.

Riverdance impresario Michael Flatley, who recently honed his network chops as a guest judge on Dancing With the Stars, will host.

"This is the most challenging and exhilarating project I've ever done," Nigel Lythgoe, who stepped down as executive producer of Idol in August to focus on taking SYTYCD global, said of his new venture with longtime production partner Simon Fuller.

"Nothing of this magnitude has ever been attempted before on television. We will bring to America different cultural styles of dancers—each performer the best in their genre—and the sheer mosaic of styles and energy is going to be nothing short of awe-inspiring."

Dancers from the United States, India, Ireland, Australia, Argentina, Russia, China and South Africa have signed up to take part in the show, which will air on NBC early next year.

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One of these Highland flingers popped, leapt and emoted his/her way into the hearts of America and waltzed off with the title on tonight's So You Think You Can Dance finale. But that wasn't the only surprise...

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The guys may have been running on fumes, but it was full steam ahead nonetheless.

Joshua Allen and Stephen "Twitch" Boss, neither of whom has any formal training and both of whom needed a weekend hospital visit to treat dehydration, joined fellow finalists Courtney Galiano and Katee Shean for the first night of So You Think You Can Dance's two-part finale and…

Well, if we knew exactly how to spell that sound Mary Murphy makes when she's super excited—that's how we would describe it.

The fab foursome performed five dances apiece, including a solo and a contemporary group number choreographed by Mia Michaels (and costumed by Braveheart), and kept—as they say in hip-hop speak—hittin' it all night.

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Inside sources are spilling juicy scoop on the biggest TV event of the summer! Um, no...not the Olympics. No...not the presidential race. (Pshaw!) I'm talking about tonight's final showdown of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance.

Want to know who's now part of a same-sex coupling? Why America's loudest mouth was struck mute? And what may have lead to the hospitalization of two dancers? Oh, you know you do.

Click here for five spoilers you probably shouldn't know about tonight's finale...

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So You Think You Can Dance isn't heading to that big parquet in the sky just yet.

Fox has ordered a fifth season of the Emmy-nominated summer hit, to air next year.

"We're delighted to have Dance back for a fifth season next year," the network's president of alternative entertainment, Mike Darnell, said.

The unsurprising renewal news—SYTYCD is a perennial top performer, with its most recent episode drawing 8.6 million viewers—comes just days before the fourth season of the dance competition show draws to a close, with the two-night, four-hour season finale kicking off on Wednesday.

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So You Think You Can Dance is ready to hoof it up on the road.

Taking a cue from fellow reality-TV smashes American Idol and Dancing with the Stars, top contestants from the popular Fox competition are extending their 15 minutes of fame by going on tour.

Kameron Blink, Jaimie Goodwin, Lauren Gottlieb, Neil Haskell, Sabra Johnson, Pasha Kovalev, Dominic Sandoval, Lacey Schwimmer, Danny Tidwell and Sara Von Gillern—the top 10 finalists of the hit dance-off—will boogie through 14 U.S. cities with 49 dates through November.

Show creator and executive producer Simon Fuller, the man behind American Idol, says this is a natural extension of the show.

"We are thrilled with the tremendous growth of the show and excited to take So You Think You Can Dance across the country again to showcase this year’s world-class talent, he said in a statement," Fuller said in a statement. "Viewing the contestants performing on television does not even come close to experiencing them in-person. We look forward to having the country’s favorites hit the road, coming to a town near you."

In its third season, So You Think You Can Dance has proven to be one of Fox's most dependable summer hits, consistently ranking in Nielsen's top five.

Nowadays, a post-season circuit seems to be the norm for a hit shows, including Idol, Dancing with the Stars and even the Disney Channel phenomenon High School Musical. The tours not only extended the shows' time in the limelight, but also served to stoke interest in the upcoming seasons.

Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle, Sanjaya Malakar and the rest of the top 10 finalists from this season of American Idol headline the Idols Live! summer tour, which runs through Sept. 22.

The Dancing with the Stars tour showcased contestants from several past seasons, including recent champ Drew Lachey and new Singing Bee host Joey Fatone, tangoing through 24 cities over the summer. The next Dancing contest literally kicks off Sept. 24 on ABC.

High School Musical teen heartthrobs Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman just wrapped a U.S. tour where they performed hits from the series’ triple-platinum-selling soundtrack. Like Dancing with the Stars, the tour brought the hit musical to cities across the country and promoted High School Musical 2, which debuts Aug. 17.

Meanwhile, the TV version of So You Think You Can Dance continues every Wednesday at 8 p.m. with the results show every Thursday 9 p.m. on Fox. Goodwin and Bink were the latest two to be voted off. The finale is scheduled to air Aug. 16.

The tour kicks off Sept. 21 in Albany, New York, and wraps up Nov. 30 in Reno, Nevada.