While the general public no doubt knows of Abdul’s celebrated music career – shout out to MC Skat Kat – but perhaps fans more attuned to the 1980s and 1990s will remember she made a name for herself choreographing for Michael and Janet Jackson, along with George Michael and Deborah Gibson, among others.
She was not a choreographer for Julia Louis-Dreyfus or any other Seinfeld characters, but she apparently picked up some of those moves naturally.
Having Abdul as the judge of a dancing show fits more with her rhythm-centric persona than her long and tumultuous run on the rating juggernaut American Idol.
Too bad audiences likely won’t be able to see them in action.