Ryan Seacrest just posted the following on Facebook:

“Looks like Nigel Lythgoe is coming back to American Idol. Hit u with the latest tomorrow early…gnite”


Reps from Idol confirmed to USA Today that Lythgoe, who left Idol in 2008 to focus on So You Think You Can Dance as an executive producer and judge, will be back on Idol for the upcoming season. Lythgoe has reportedly signed a two-year contract to revitalize the show alongside creator Simon Fuller and executive producers Cecile Frot-Coutaz and Ken Warwick.