Birmingham, England native Cat Deeley is one of the U.K.’s foremost television presenters and personalities. She has firmly established herself as one of the hottest faces on TV in the U.S. following several successful seasons hosting SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. Deeley was the first regular entertainment correspondent on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Good Morning America.”

In addition to being a double BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award winner, Deeley has won many other awards for her work on some of the U.K.’s hottest primetime shows, including “Stars in Their Eyes,” “CD:UK” (on which she appeared weekly for six years), “SM:TV Live” (which she hosted for three years), “Comic Relief Does Fame Academy,” the “V Festival,” “Brit Awards,” “The Record of the Year,” “Elton John Live from New York,” “The Latin Grammy Awards” and the one-hour special, “When Cat Met U2.”

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.

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.” While serving as the show’s executive producers, AMERICAN IDOL was nominated for 47 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.

Canal Fulton, OH, native Mary Murphy is an in-demand film and television star. In addition to her crowd-pleasing work as a judge on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, Murphy has made special guest appearances in Australia, Canada and Norway. In 2007, she was awarded Best Host/Judge at the Reality TV Awards.

Her film credits include “Dance with Me” starring Vanessa Williams and “Killer Movie” starring Leighton Meester, Robert Buckley and J.C. Chasez. Murphy appeared as Julia Roberts’ body double in “Something to Talk About.” The long list of stars she has coached in dance includes Dennis Quaid, Mary Steenburgen and Donnie Wahlberg.

Murphy and her dance partners have won the Austrian National Championships and the U.S. Nine Dance Championships, and claim an impressive list of top finishes at competitions around the world. Beyond her work in Hollywood, Murphy continues to be one of the hardest-working women in dance; she serves as a judge at major ballroom dance competitions across the U.S., including The Holiday Dance Classic in Las Vegas.

Murphy is a world-class technical dance instructor who founded the Champion Ballroom Academy in San Diego, CA, the city she calls home.

Adam Shankman is a master of comedy and one of the most loved and commercially successful filmmakers of his generation. His recent credits include “Bedtime Stories” starring Adam Sandler and Keri Russell, “17 Again” starring Zac Efron and “Hairspray,” the feature film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Shankman also directed the hit viral video “Prop 8: The Musical” for FunnyorDie.com, which was honored by GLAAD and has been viewed over 4 million times.

Shankman’s directorial debut was “The Wedding Planner” starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. He followed that project with “A Walk to Remember” starring Mandy Moore and Shane West and “Bringing Down the House” with Steve Martin and Queen Latifah. His other credits include “The Pacifier” starring Vin Diesel, “Step Up,” “Step Up 2” and “Premonition” with Sandra Bullock. Shankman’s upcoming films include “Step Up 3-D,” “Going The Distance” starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long and “The Last Song” starring Miley Cyrus.

Prior to directing, Shankman was one of the premiere dance and physical comedy choreographers who put his creative stamp on such projects as “The Addams Family,” “Casper,” “Inspector Gadget,” “Anastasia,” “George of the Jungle,” “Boogie Nights,” “Miami Rhapsody” and “The Flintstones,” for which he was nominated for a Bob Fosse Award. Shankman teamed up with influential video director Julian Temple to choreograph Whitney Houston’s “I’m Your Baby Tonight.” He has also choreographed videos for The B-52’s, Barry White, Aaron Neville, Chic and Stevie Wonder.

A native of Los Angeles, Shankman developed a love for the theater at an early age. After high school, he moved to New York to attend The Juilliard School. After five years as an actor and dancer in New York, he moved back to his hometown and began dancing in music videos for artists such as Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. Shankman contines to reside in Los Angeles.