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Australia welcomes ‘America’s Sweetheart’ Paula Abdul to their screens this year as judge for ’s So You Think You Can Dance.

Paula has been a part of the entertainment world for over 25 years and dancing since she was eight. Inspired as a young girl after watching in the film Singing In The Rain, Paula is a choreographer, dancer, songwriter, performer, actor and businesswoman who has won 2 x , a Grammy and is a multiplatinum recording artist.

Growing up in San Fernando Valley, California Paula began her professional dancing career as a cheerleader for the Lakers. It was during this time at a LA Lakers game Paula was discovered by and hired as their assistant dance director. This break lead on to Paula’s career as choreographer to the stars working with many great pop artists of the time such as, , and , which she won an Emmy for her dance work. It wasn’t long before Paula transferred her skills into feature films choreographing the likes of and his giant keyboard dance in 1988’s Big, Cuba Gooding Jr’s touchdown celebration in 1996’s and many more.

Paula launched herself as a pop star in the 1980’s becoming a huge star selling over 60 million records. By 2000 Paula had released two No.1 albums and six No.1 singles. Her album Forever Young Girl has reigned as the second longest-charting album on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the US, only recently been bumped to # 3 by .

After eight consecutive seasons Paula left and served as executive producer of CBS’s , which followed with some time on .

A huge animal lover, Paula is a spokesperson for American Human Pets and Woman’s Shelters (PAWS) program and most recently added jewelry designer to her

credits, which came about from making jewelry as gifts for her American Idol colleagues.

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