DominicBowden-related stories
Posted Nov 10th 2007 8:34AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, The Next Great American Band
(S01E04) This series is clumped in with the reality show genre. But in the olden days of television -- you know, back when you were knee-high to a grasshopper --
The Next Great American Band would have been listed as a talent show. Or, perhaps even more appropriate would be a Battle of the Bands.
But a typical old-style Battle of the Bands has an edge over this show. The bands play their own kind of music. While I love the variety of the music genres on the show, it's that very variety in genres which I think throws things off a bit.
Continue reading The Next Great American Band: Episode 4
Posted Oct 27th 2007 10:01AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, The Next Great American Band
(S01E02) So there I was last night ... stuck in the crowds heading to see Bon Jovi in Newark and I said to myself, "No! I cannot succumb! I promised
JJ Hawkins I'd sit in this week to review
The Next Great American Band while he's on vacation!" No Bon Jovi live for me -- give me the Light of Doom! Unfortunately, a lot of the Bon Jovi fans heading to the concert looked like the Light of Doom boys albeit with shirts on. Odd.
This is going to be an interesting show to watch throughout the season. With such diversity and so many bands who excel in their own genre, I'll have to stick around to who wins in the end.
Continue reading The Next Great American Band: Episode 2
Posted Oct 20th 2007 10:03AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, The Next Great American Band
(S01E01) Being that I'm an avid viewer of
American Idol and
So You Can Think You Can Dance, I was pretty sure I knew what to expect with 19 Entertainment's latest reality show,
The Next Great American Band.
I expected to see our host and judges traveling around the country giving commentary on some brilliant acts, some mediocre acts, and some atrocious ones for comedic effect. We'd then watch the bands go through a series of auditions where the audience would get a better feel for their talents and some early favorites could take shape.
Finally, the judges would whittle the group down to a dozen or so acts and America
would begin casting their votes on who they thought
The Next Great American Band was. I figured it would take a good two or three episodes for things to really get moving, but it didn't quite happen that way.
Continue reading The Next Great American Band: Auditions (series premiere)
Posted Aug 6th 2007 12:02PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, American Idol, Casting
If you're like me, you're probably wondering -- who the heck is Dominic Bowden?
According to internet rumors, Dominic Bowden,
a reality TV host from New Zealand, is in secret negotiations with a "major US reality TV show" that "will be as big as
American Idol."
There is speculation that Bowden is about to take on the Ryan-Seacrest-like hosting duties of the
American Idol spin-off --
The Next Great American Band. While Bowden has hosted three seasons of
NZ Idol, this could be his big break in America and turn him into a household name.
The Next Great American Band will have its
series premiere Friday, October 19, 2007 on FOX. There has not been an official announcement regarding
American Band hosting duties as of yet.
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