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You’ve seen her – you just might not know it. Cat Deeley…the long-legged, blond-haired British host of the Fox television show, “So You Think You Can Dance.” But Cat Deeley is so much more than a random television personality. My friend Ashika swears Cat Deeley always looks like she’s wearing tin foil but, with respect to my friend’s thoughts regarding Cat Deeley’s wardrobe, the below are the reasons why Cat Deeley deserves an Emmy.

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Deeley has an extensive background in modeling (starting at age 14) and became an MTV UK presenter in 1997. She paid her dues (including a 2006 interview with Kylie Minogue airing in the UK and Australia), came up through the ranks, and is easily the best “reality” host on TV, in my opinion. She welcomes us to her world as a random goofball, a fan and cheering section of the dancers and artists she presents, a shoulder to cry on for contestants being eliminated, the holder of the harness around Adam Shankman (with whom I am in love) and the occasional fashion misfit, which is Reason #1,511 why she deserves an Emmy.

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Let’s talk about the clothes, shall we? Those dresses! Now, her mini-dresses are one thing, but when paired with sequins, stage lighting and Manolo Blahniks, Cat Deeley explodes onto our television screen in streaming rays of blinding light. Quite literally! Several times, I have had to pause the live show just to text someone or Tweet about her outfit and get out my Lady Gaga sunglasses. Some of her dresses can almost be likened to the Bjork Swan “dress” at the Oscars in 2001. (Note: I said almost.)  Deeley loves to wear the shiny. Being that she is one of the only Brits I’ve seen carry a natural tan and she has legs that go up to her neck, more power to her, right?! To those who say her outfits walk the line of the bizarre, I say, “Hate on her, hater.”

Then there’s the hair. Cat Deeley has great hair. We’re talking Blake Lively great hair. Deeley was the face of

Lastly, we have that bubbly, fun-loving, grace under fire personality. She is clearly suited for interviews with contestants where she gets to know them while also making fun of them. Remember the screamer guy who I think forgot to take his Ritalin? If not, watch auditions from Season 6

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then watch her face when he doesn’t shut up about going to Vegas. Priceless! Or when the winner of Season 6 (Russell Ferguson) would not get up off the floor, she got down on the floor with him! All 5’9” of her in a mini-dress, not including those 5-inch Blahniks, had to kneel down on the stage with Russell for his post-win interview.

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She also has the difficult task of reigning in the hyper-active, extremely talkative director/choreographer/judge Adam Shankman and routinely puts up with the Conductor of “The Hot Tamale Train” and self-proclaimed Botox fiend, Mary Murphy (again, that proclamation alone is worth watching just for Deeley’s reaction to that particular announcement). Her intro to the show always brings goose bumps with the Deeley pause: “Welcome…to So You Think You Can Dance” (that might just be the Birmingham accent, though).Week after week, episode after episode, we listen to her praise contestants who might not have performed up to par and urge viewers to keep them out of danger by dialing. And, unlike other hosts of other shows, we know she means to keep these people next to her for as long as possible.

So, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, if you could do me a favor and please give the voters an option in 2010 for Ms. Cat Deeley, I would appreciate it. After all, how many more times can the girl interview a dancer that calls himself “Sex,” for no reason?

Until next time, remember it’s your life. Live it on tour! <3, MK