So You Think You Can Dance alumni Travis Wall and Stephen “tWitch” Boss are on board season 12 of So You Think You Can Dance as mentors to the new season’s top 20 finalists. tWitch will be mentoring the street dancers (hip-hop, animation, breaking), and Wall will take on the task of mentoring stage dancers (contemporary, ballet, jazz, tap) during the season, with each hoping to help their dancers make it to the finals and be crowned America’s Favorite Dancer.
Season 12 premieres on Fox on June 1, 2015 at 8pm ET/PT. This upcoming season’s judging panel will consist of Nigel Lythgoe, Paula Abdul, and Jason Derulo. Cat Deeley will once again be handling the hosting duties.
Fox also announced tWitch and Travis Wall, along with So You Think You Can Dance all-stars and First Lady Michelle Obama, will be teaching/performing the #gimmefive dance during the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 6th. This year marks the fifth anniversary of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative and #gimmefive has been selected as the theme of the annual egg roll on the White House lawn.
