Nigel Lythgoe's Dizzy Feet

You know him as the quick-witted judge from "So You Think You Can Dance," and now Nigel Lythgoe visited Good Day New York to talk about his Dizzy Feet Foundation, which helps kids realize their dreams of becoming professional dancers.

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FOX BIO: Nigel Lythgoe is the co-founder of Big Red 2 Entertainment, a newly formed company with CEO of 19 Entertainment, Simon Fuller. Lythgoe most recently served as president of 19 Television, and prior to his tenure there, worked at London Weekend Television, where he was Controller of Entertainment and Comedy. Lythgoe became a household name in the U.K. as "Nasty Nigel," the judge on "Popstars."

Lythgoe is co-creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning series SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. His other executive producer/co-creator credits include seven seasons of AMERICAN IDOL, as well as "Superstars of Dance." AMERICAN IDOL has been nominated for 39 Emmy Awards, and in 2007, received the prestigious Governors Award, the Television Academy's highest honor, for IDOL GIVES BACK, which he executive-produced. Lythgoe also served as producer and director of the acclaimed Céline Dion/Elvis Presley duet featured in the special.

Lythgoe, along with Adam Shankman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Katie Holmes, recently founded the Dizzy Feet Foundation, a nonprofit organization that will provide scholarships and assistance to talented underserved youth to help them realize their dreams of becoming professional dancers and will also help elevate and standardize dance instruction nationwide.

He lives in Los Angeles.