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Myjohnhenry

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And one more site
TripleThreatDance Bio

Myjohnhenry

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Shannon Bex article on the Portland Trailblazer site

In addition to this article there are alson video clips of a couple of her performances as well as links to her bio and pics AND the group that she performs in in addition to being a Trailblazer dancer. Five Guys Named Moe

Jan

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmmm, Tyce is in same company (Triple Threat)as Chris Judd, (J Lo's ex).

Seamonkey

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I noticed that too, Jan.. Seems like it would be embarrassing to come on something like this and then be voted out.. if you won it.. ok.

I'm disgusted but somehow not surprised.

Puttergirl

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ya'll found some good ones, but mine was actually this:

http://www.realitytvplanet.com/shows03/fame_news.php


I smell a rat!!!! If he doesn't end up winning, I'll eat an original VCR of the movie FAME!!!!

Myjohnhenry

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 03:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Puttergirl...I understood where you found yours, I was just sharing that the info they posted was what is in his bio at codance.com. :)

Cjr

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 03:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Puttergirl. It is hard to believe the show would actually bring on a wildcard that has such connections to so many people on the show, let alone someone with so much experience in the field. Highly unfair to the other contestants.

This doesn't sound like the definition of wildcard to me.

Myjohnhenry

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 03:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not really all that different from Serena being on since she toured with Gladys Knight, has performed extensively in Vegas, performed at the Apollo I believe, and I think done some movie voice over work.

Tishala

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 03:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, this revelation completely undermines whatever respect I had left for this show. Those connections are a bit TOO much. Maybe this season on AI, SImon can bring on one of his England top-10 acts, too, and say he or she is a wildcard.

Cjr

Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 04:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
MJH, Tyce seems to have many more professional credits than the others on the show, but the connections are the real problem for me. It reeks of favoritism and if Tyce should win noone will believe this wasn't fixed. Not a good spot for Tyce to be in either.

Kellirippa

Monday, July 07, 2003 - 10:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, Wildcard means wildcard....could be ANYBODY.

Seamonkey

Monday, July 07, 2003 - 10:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
True, but this "wildcard" seems more like a RINGER. Serena came through the auditions at least (she came to work, he may have come to win).

Sure wildcard could be ANYBODY but this situation comes with some really bad odors..

Tishala

Monday, July 07, 2003 - 10:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the wildcard should be Chita RIvera!

bet she comes to work, baby

Pirate

Monday, July 07, 2003 - 08:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, this wildcard thing isn't quite what I expected. Makes me feel a little sad for the ones that are left that have worked so hard. I know they all new about the wildcard, I just don't think they expected the wildcard to be from such a professional level.

With all the experience this wildcard has, he should blow our socks off with his performance. The only thing that will have me watching this week is to see if he lives up to his list of credits.

Kellirippa

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 10:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
...heard TYCE sing, not a ringer....

Maris

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 10:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Still have your socks on?

Seamonkey

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 11:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Virtual Socks unmoved here

Hotlantan

Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 09:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Now that all the final votes have been cast...

[rant on]
For the life of me, I just do not understand why there was such outrage and backlash over 20 year old Serena Henry's childhood singing experiences when no one seemed at all concerned about or bothered by Harlemm Lee's much more extensive entertainment history.

Our Fame poll has him winning by a 90%+ landslide, yet I must continue to insist on being that lone voice of dissent in saying that Harlemm should not even be on the show, much less be the one to win the Grand Prize.

His "Heart Beat" album came out in 1987 - when Serena was still in diapers and before Brandon was even born! Harlemm had his spotlight time when he was winning on "Star Search" nearly 20 years ago. I thought the point of this contest was to discover new talent. My mistake...
[/rant off]

http://www.aarising.com/personal/rant11.htm

Seamonkey

Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 10:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh well.. different strokes.. it sounded like quite a few of them had worked with Debbie before, too.. from beginning to end, this show has not been "as advertised".

I didn't know there WAS a backlash regarding Serena.

Hippyt

Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 10:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Harlemmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!
YAY
A Serena backlash,what are you reading?

Kellirippa

Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 09:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
you know I have a daughter in dance, she's 12 and started dance at 3. Every now and then the studio puts up audition notices and kids try out, sometimes they are in, sometimes not. I live in a small Canadian city, and the auditions are for dinner theater, the nutcracker, local TV commercials...that kind of thing. Well, I would imagine if you lived in New York or L.A. or any major U.S. city, the auditions would be for more significant things. MY POINT IS...Kids in dance do auditions and sometimes get parts..they have resumes at young ages, but they really aren't professional performers by any means...

Texasdeb

Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't vote & forget to play the polls. If I were to choose right now I would have a toss up between Brandon & Shannon (yes, I said Shannon! I hadn't liked her singing b/4 tonight but she did a great job on that Whitney/Dolly song. Her dancing has always been one of the best. I think the voting audience likes all 4 of these so it could go any way.

Faux_Pas

Wednesday, July 23, 2003 - 05:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't been watching this show at all but I will be watching the finale tonight. Turns out I went to high school with one of the finalists. I had absolutely no idea he was even on the show until my mom called me this morning. Of course his name meant nothing to me until my mom told me he changed it. Harlemm Lee (formerly known as Gerry Woo) is from my hometown. Funny, though, since he lists his hometown as Hollywood and I've never been to California. I thought hometown meant where you grew up, not where you currently live. Hmmm.

faux
(yes, i do own his album, but i'm not sure i ever listened to it)

Kellirippa

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 10:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I missed the finale last night, can someone tell me, what was the grand prize that they were competing for?

Sweetbabygirl

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 10:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Apparently, Harlemm is gonna clean up, Kel; he gets....

A year at the Debbie Allen Dance Studio
A recording contract with Johnny Wright (although he seems to favor Shannon!)
A famous producer will hook up the first single (Diddy, Justin Timberlake, forgot the other one)
A year's stay at the W Hotel
A Wilhemina model contract
All expenses paid for a year (lucky bum!)

And more that I can't remember; I forget where I saw this, it was on a link.

Roteach

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 10:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wasn't part of the prize an appearance in Fame when it is in NY? They are mounting another version of the musical and the winner of Fame was supposed to get a lead role.

Kellirippa

Thursday, July 24, 2003 - 11:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks guys, wow, that's quite the load of prizes.

Pretty funny that Harlemm gets to play a lead role in Fame, 35 is a bit old to play a high-school student!

Seems like the Fame winner makes out better than the American Idol winner!

Puttergirl

Monday, July 28, 2003 - 04:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Interesting article about Fame from http://www.realitytvworld.com/:

Fresh on the heels of Harlemm Lee's victory in the finale of NBC's talent/reality show Fame, TV Guide Online reports that Jeff Zucker, president of NBC's entertainment division, told television critics that Fame "did not work."

We're sure that Fame producers Stone Stanley Productions and Jeff Margulies, not to mention Harlemm Lee himself, were pleased to hear that NBC was already denigrating the show before Lee has even had a chance to complete the TV-talk-show circuit to demonstrate his talent.

As a side point, the failure of Fame shows once again that family connections can help get a show on the air in Hollywood but can't make it a success. Note that the host and co-creator of Stone Stanley's Fame, Debbie Allen, is the sister-in-law of the current host of Stone Stanley's Celebrity Mole, Ahmad Rashad...

Crazydog

Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 10:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That's not exactly true... Phylicia and Ahmad Rashad are divorced. And what kind of clout does Ahmad have anyways? I doubt he would have the kind of power to demand that Stone Stanley create a vehicle for his ex-sister in law. Or what? They'll have to find a new host? The show would benefit from that.

Beachcomber88

Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 12:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That's a ton of prizes. But I'm sure it doesn't add up to the $1 million AI recording contract. And it definitely doesn't come with the same amount of prestige.

My friend works at the W here in Los Angeles - I'll have to ask if there's been any Harlemm sightings.

And Crazy, I agree. Debbie Allen was atrocious. This show started off promising, but then quickly fizzled. I lost interest when they kept advancing that awful white boy rapper.

Kalekona

Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 11:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Harlemm was actually at the AI concert in Orlando the other night.