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Nigel Lythgoe - who drew attention earlier this month for announcing his exit from American Idol - says voters got last week's So You Think You Can Dance finale exactly right.

"I think America got it pretty much right to have [Twitch Boss and Joshua Allen] there [in the final two]," Lythgoe told Extra.

Allen (pictured), of course, was crowned chamption, as Nigel added that fellow fourth-season finalists Katee Shean and Courtney Galiano were perfectly talented, but this summer's competition was all about the men.

"The fans loved the boys' charisma," he said. Do you agree with him?

Nigel Lythgoe is off American Idol.

The 59-year-old Brit, who has executive produced the hit reality show for all seven seasons, has just taken himself off the program and will not return.

No replacement for him has been named.

Lythgoe apparently felt it was time for someone else to step in. Friends say he's said privately he is "not passionate about it anymore."

American Idol ratings slipped last season, and the show was getting a little boring, sources close to the executive producer said.

Nigel Lythgoe is also said to be working on another joint venture with Simon Fuller, creator American Idol and owner of 19 Records.

Fuller and Lythgoe worked together on Britain's immensely popular Pop Idol, which spawned the U.S. series we know and love.

Lythgoe wants to spend his time on So You Think You Can Dance, the smash summer series now in its fourth season, which he created, produces and serves as a regular judge on.