Cat Deeley is coming to BBC One to host So You Think You Can Dance this January. Now presenting her fifth season of the hugely successful series in the US, she returns with Nigel Lythgoe to present the award-winning format for the first time in Britain.

Originally known as the host of SMTV: live, double-BAFTA award-winning Cat has since carved out an enviable transatlantic career including being Jay Leno’s first regular entertainment correspondent on the Tonight Show and subsequently performing the same role for Good Morning America.

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Cat Deeley is rumoured to be taking over presenting duties for ITV’s Hell’s Kitchen after Angus Deayton was sacked.

Angus was laid off last month after a series of arguments with the show’s chef Marco Pierre White. Show bosses are now said to have offered the role to cheesy ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ presenter Cat Deeley.

I’m not sure how I like their choice of talent. I have always found Cat Deeley a little creepy as a presenter. I hated watching American Idol when she presented their special UK only slot and she completely weirded me out on that silly kids version of Stars In Their Eyes in 2006. Surely ITV could have saved themselves a few pounds and someone funny for the job. Michael McIntyre would have been the perfect choice!

British born and bred, Gordon Ramsay and Cat Deeley have enjoyed the kind of success across the pond that most TV stars can only dream of.

It has been announced this week that both stars have been asked to front a fourth series of their show, Gordon will be doing Hell’s Kitchen USA, and Cat will be fronting yet another series of So You Think You Can Dance.

Both stars third series are currently airing on US networks. Hell’s Kitchen drew a whopping 8 million viewers last week and Cat’s dance show si the number one show in it’s time slot.

Just a note, but does anyone else find Cat Deeley a bit creepy on American Idol?

I find myself cringing every time I watch her interview a contestant. She comes across as pretty awkward and the interviews are uncomfortable.

What I’m trying to say is that she might not be a frontrunner for the next series of X Factor. There’s got to be better presenters out there. And why are they using a British presenter specifically for British TV?