Former 'N Sync-er Joey Fatone has landed another hosting gig with NBC. He'll be at the ringmaster of NBC's updated version of Circus of the Stars, called Celebrity Circus. It's basically the same idea as the '80s show, where celebrities will attempt to master the high wire, trapeze, yada yada yada. Except it has the modern reality show must-have: a row of judges who will critique their performances.Here are the "celebrities" who have agreed to participate:
- Christopher Knight, aka 'Peter Brady'
- Rachel Hunter, model
- Antonio Sabato Jr.,
- Blu Cantrell, singer
- Janet Evans, Olympic swimmer
- Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, of Jackass fame
Wow. That's a really boring list. I don't like or dislike any of them enough to care about whether they fall from the high wire or get eaten by a lion.
The 90-minute season premiere (and, I'll bet, season finale) is on June 11 at 9:30 pm. ABC had also planned to do a similar circus-style celebrity competition, but scrapped those plans because of NBC's similar show.
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4-22-2008 @ 3:28PM
willmore2000 said...
Not sure if it's copying the 80s version, but there's a "Circus with the Stars" show in Russia that's very popular.
Here's a clip from the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwhYh0GTrnM
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4-22-2008 @ 5:28PM
Niraj said...
Sounds kind of like that Secret Talents of the Stars show that got canceled after one episode. I'd guess this'll get about the same ratings, too.
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4-22-2008 @ 5:45PM
dt3 said...
yawwwwn
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4-22-2008 @ 5:45PM
dt3 said...
may i also add....
"this idea sucks"
4-22-2008 @ 8:33PM
Johari said...
I'm actually kind of enjoying Celebra-Cadabra over on VH1.
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4-22-2008 @ 11:23PM
ac said...
Also I'm betting they will be using the term celebrity loosely.
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