Mary Murphy and Nigel Lithgow are working those kids to death on the summer hit television show ‘So You Think You Can Dance.’ Two of the final four dancers were taken to the hospital and treated for dehydration after collapsing during rehearsal. The names of the dancers were withheld for some reason, but my guess is that it was Courtney Galiano and Joshua Allen. Just a hunch.
Leading up to the finale, the dancers have been putting in 10 to 12 hour rehearsals a day, because “they want it so bad,” says Mary Murphy, adding “so, they keep pushing themselves and pushing themselves and not letting anybody know that, ‘Hey, I’m running on empty,’ and then it catches up on them and then they collapse.”
I have visions of Mary, Nigel and Mia standing in the corner of the rehearsal room with whips and chains and offering them the occasional bottle of water and bite of a power bar. Check out the live finale this Thursday on FOX at 8:00pm.