As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter.

However by far the most common illusion was for her to be sawed in half an illusion Cat Deeley participated in several times in its various forms. In 2006 Cat Deeley began hosting the second season of American reality show So You Think You Can Dance replacing Lauren Sánchez who was pregnant. She left full-time modelling in 1997 following changes in her contract with Storm.

Since 2006 Deeley has been the host of So You Think You Can Dance in the United States for which Cat Deeley received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program.