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Big changes are coming to So You Think You Can Dance this season -- not only will it only air once a week, but for the first time ever, two winners will be crowned at season's end.

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"This year we're doing an entirely new thing, that we should have done years ago, we're going to have a male winner and a female winner," Lythgoe told ETOnline at Fox's Upfront red carpet on May 14 in New York City.

To find out what motivated this monumental change, whether or not the All-Stars will return and how the show will work in season nine, watch the video above.

So You Think You Can Dance premieres May 24 on Fox.