Last year, on So You Think You Can Dance, the show was filled with controversy after dancer Jessi Peralta missed a performance. She was rushed to the hospital but left the next day against doctor’s orders to be on the show. Because she missed a performance, the judges felt it was only fair that she automatically be placed in the bottom three, along with her partner Pasha Kovalev, who did perform without her. She returned to dance her solo, only to be eliminated that night. Fans cried foul, the show defended itself, and Jessi was never heard from again. This week, it was announced that one of the dancer suffered an injury and voluntarily left the show. A previously eliminated dancer will rejoin the show in their place and the show will continue on, hopefully without any drama.

TV Guide broke the news this morning that Jessica King has left So You Think You Can Dance. “I would like to say how sorry I am that Jessica cannot continue dancing in the competition at the advice of her doctor," executive producer/judge Nigel Lythgoe said in a statement. "Her full recovery is paramount and will only come with rest.” King is being replaced by Comfort Fedoke, who was eliminated on last week’s episode along with partner, Thayne Jasperson. “We are fortunate that Comfort has agreed to rejoin the competition and know that under the circumstances she has Jessica's full support,” Lythgoe said.

U.S. laws prevented Lythgoe was prohibited from elaborating on the nature of Jessica’s injury though it’s unclear why. However, she will appear on this week’s episode and will explain what happened to the audience, and America. He gave no further details but did let it slip that one of the new couples this week would be Courtney Galiano and Joshua Allen.



- Gina Scarpa, BuddyTV Staff Writer
Source: TV Guide
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