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Whoami

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 10:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This one premiers Friday March 21 on NBC.

Singers, dancers and musicians from ages 3 to 15 vie for a cash prize in this four-week competition hosted by Mario Lopez.
Each show features 12 acts, with two celebrity arbiters joining permanent judge 'N Sync's Lance Bass. Regarding auditions, “If it's jaw dropping, those are the kids making it on,” says producer Stuart Krasnow, who adds that while the youngsters won't face Simon-like criticism, there's still a dramatic element. “We're creating a `kiss-and-cry bench,' similar to Olympic figure skating. After finishing, the performers will join their parents and receive their scores, and we'll show their reactions and their competitors' reactions at the same time.”


My first thought was, Oh man, I would NOT want to have a back stage pass to this one! Can you just imagine the stage mothers? And those inevidable "diva" attitudes in some of those kids who have heard nothing else but, "you are so cute! You are so talented."

Seamonkey

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 10:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Why start at age three? Why aren't they judging prenatal sonograms?

Gimme a break.

Car54

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 12:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Silly Seamonkey. That would be the Most Talented Fetus.

They will save that for summer....give people who want to be on a chance to get pregnant and train that little fishie. They are gonna have groups for "first trimester", "second trimester"...etc.

Seamonkey

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 12:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
And for sweeps they'd have "most talented sperm" and "most well-rounded ovem"..

Snork!

Car54

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 12:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think that one will be on ABC..a spin off of "Are You Hot?".

Sia

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 07:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
There are strict rules regarding how many hours infants and toddlers can work per day, so it is probably cost-prohibitive to utilize infants in such a show. They would probably have to stop taping for cry-breaks and breastfeeding, so that would be just a bit inconvenient, don'tcha think?

Ladytex

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 01:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did anyone watch this? Is it worth them taking off my Mr. Sterling?

Kady

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 01:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was preempted by war coverage last week. It is supposed to be on this Friday. I loved Mr. Sterling too. Do you know if it was picked up for next season?

Ladytex

Thursday, March 27, 2003 - 01:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know, Kady. The website says that an upcoming episode has not been scheduled.

Demeter

Friday, March 28, 2003 - 06:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did anyone watch this tonight?

I thought the judges gave too high scores for some of them...they didn't leave room for the following kids to do better.

I definitely thought in the 8-12 year old category it should have been the girl that sang the Whitney Houston song instead of the boy that danced.

I didn't agree with the 3-7 year winner either.

But, in the teenage category, the girl that won totally outdid the other two, both in talent and in showmanship.

Host kind of cheesy but perfect for this young group. Overall it was fun...I love watching the young folks.

(Don't like the parents being there, I'd rather see out takes)

Grannyg

Friday, March 28, 2003 - 06:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree Demeter. I watched and was totally shocked at some!! The last girl was really good!! Seem to have it all with showmanship and talent! I love watching the ones that didn't make it. Too funny!!

Whoami

Friday, March 28, 2003 - 09:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I didn't get home in time to see it. Is it worth catching another episode of it?

Kady

Friday, March 28, 2003 - 10:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami...I liked it and besides there is really nothing else I like to watch during this time slot.

On the 3-7 winner...He was cute and fun to watch but I honestly couldn't understand him. (For those that didn't watch, he did a rap song)

On the 8-12...I enjoyed the boy who did Jimmie Hendrix but I agree with the judges that he had talent but no stage presence.

On the 13-15...The last girl blew the other two away. She was great!!

I didn't like the way the voting was done. All the kids got really high scores but you could see them conversing to actually pick the score so the one they wanted to win would win. I think it would have been better to have more judges if they were gonna use Olympic type scoring.

Luvmom

Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 01:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Demeter,Is the host Mario Lopez?I loved him on Saved by the Bell and he is really good on his talk show"The Other Half".

Demeter

Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 02:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Could be. My 18 yr old watched and said "Isn't that the guy from Saved by the Bell?". I never watched that show, so I wouldn't know.

He just looked like a kid to me. <grin>

Puttergirl

Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 04:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It was him. He also hosts a game show on the Pet Channel called "Pet Star" where people bring in their pets to do tricks and celebrity judges rate them. Its a really funny program if you've never watched it. They somehow find people and pets who do some of the craziest things. They also get some of the oddest celebrity judges- its worth watching just for that. I once tuned in and they had Marcia Clark from the O.J. trial as a judge. It was hilarious.

I liked it but I felt so sorry for some of the kids. I think they could have done it in a way where the losers wouldn't feel so bad when they lose. I felt really bad for some of them.

Grannyg

Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 05:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree Puttergirl, like send them back stage before the judges tell their scores. And then if they are high show them backstage being happy. You know they just want to cry when things go bad.

Jedisan

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 11:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
who saw friday's show?
i cannot watch this show anymore because the judging is ridiculous.
The little boy who played harmonica was outstanding, and should have won (IMO)

i think the judges are biased against
"non-singers"

Beachcomber88

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 12:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I caught part of it for the first time. Can't say that it will keep me watching. There's just too many of these types of shows now. Wasn't Fox going to do a kids American Idol? Guess they'll scrap that idea now.

Jedi, biased against "non-singers"? Didn't that dancing kid with the stick win his age category?

Anyone else notice that Jermaine gave a lot of 10s? Oh well. Won't have to worry because I'm really not that interested.

Ladytex

Monday, April 07, 2003 - 01:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I did watch this past Friday. It was pretty good. I loved the dancing kid. He has a future as a drum major at a HBC if he wants, I'm sure!

Jedisan

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 08:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK Beach - I will give you the dancing category - but it did seem like they go more with the "traditional" singers, if available. I just think they didn't get the whole blues thing.
The other two contestants were simply not as talented as the little harp player.
He needs to be signed up for the Chicago Blues Fest (with his dad's band) that little kid would own this town's blues fans.

Marymc

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 08:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
that blues kid was amazing....i was yelling at the tv when he lost.

Whoami

Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 01:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anyone watch last night?

Now, let's see how good my memory is....

I preferred the fiddler guy. He was pretty good. I hate it when an audience starts the rhythmic clapping. I know it's supposed to show they are getting into the performance. But they never clap in real time to the music, and it can really throw a performer off. I felt like he held his own and didn't lose the rhythm of his performance much. A good sign of concentration.

I've seen some dance groups, and band/drum corps auxillary groups, and wondered how a parent would let their child wear such slinky outfits. Then I see an individual CHILD, allowed and encouraged by her PARENTS, perform in something a grown adult should be embarrassed to wear on national television. The dancer girl (Chicago), had a lot of charisma, and I felt really sold her performance. But I wonder if her hooker costume cost her?

That one drummer boy is "old enough" to perform solo, yet still sucks on a bottle! Cripes!

The big screen that showed close ups of the kids as they performed was a tick off of the real performance. Anyone watching that would think the dancers/etc were off from the music.

I felt like the Michael Jackson boy was often out of tune. But he has a lot of potential. As soon as he can learn to hit a note and hold it, he should be awesome.

The guitar player girl held her guiitar "backwards." Though I guess you can be considered left handed or right handed with guitiars. It just looked wierd. Then I hear her say she taught herself to play. That explains it. She performed beter than she actually sang. I thought her voice had little charisma. But her physical performance seemed to be what helped her win. One judge even talked about her "confidence" and such is what made her vote the way she did.

And, for any of you who have followed the American Idol threads, and are aware of my fixation on Trenyce's finger flapping....yes, I did notice the yodeler girl flapping her fingers on the mic!

Kaili

Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to go from memory and a lot of the show was interrupted by news of a fire at a warehouse in Green Bay but...

The little 4 year old drummer was really cute but way too old for a bottle I thought. Maybe it's his "thing" and he will have the bottle when he is 30 still.

The fiddler kid was great!!!! I wanted him to win.

The girl in the little black outfit was weird and her outfit should have been an embarrassment.

I missed most of the yodeling girl- I doin't know if taht was a good thing or a bad thing.

I thought the guitar girl was good- i liked her performance. Very impressive, but she reminded me of a high school friend so i was partial to her.

Oh, and Mario Lopez is a horribly irritating host.

Demeter

Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 02:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I found it hard to believe tha 4 year old drummer beat out the 7 year old fiddler. That was a shame.

I could not believe that 13 year-olds outfit. I actually did not think she did such a great job with her dance and felt as though the sleezy outfit was there to distract from her lack of talent. I felt so sorry for her that her parents would let her go on national tv in that outfit. Too bad she couldn't just be a kid.