Joe Jonas & Nelly Join “The Next: Fame Is At Your Doorstep” (ANOTHER Singing Competition)

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Yet another singing competition show starring “superstars” looking to boost their careers. The CW network jumps into the fray with The Next: Fame is At Your Doorstep : (Via Broadway World)

The CW has filled out the cast of its upcoming singing competition series as Grammy Award-winning rapper and actor Nelly and Grammy Award-nominated musician and actor Joe Jonas have joined THE NEXT: FAME IS AT YOUR DOORSTEP (formerly titled “The Star Next Door”) as the final two celebrity mentors. The series premiere date and time will be announced at a later date.

From executive producer and hip-hop icon Queen Latifah, along with executive producers Dave Broome (“The Biggest Loser”) and Shakim Compere, THE NEXT: FAME IS AT YOUR DOORSTEP will go on a nationwide search for undiscovered artists on the verge of stardom. In this new take on the music competition genre, superstar mentors Jonas, Nelly, pop legend Gloria Estefan, and country star John Rich will travel to where the talent is, immersing themselves in the lives and towns of these local performers and preparing them for the chance to represent their home city on stage, live, in front of America. THE NEXT is produced by CBS’s Raquel Productions Inc., in association with 25/7 Productions, LLC and Flavor Unit Entertainment, Inc.

Whether I cover this show remains to be seen.  These singing competitions are going to begin to cancel each other out.  With American Idol looking soft, everyone is trying their hand at the genre.  Eventually, only a select few will survive until the dust settles.  In the meantime…we’re going to be pretty busy around here.

ETA: To answer a question about why a “weakened” Idol would spurn competition rather than spell the death knell for these types of shows:

Back when Idol was “the deathstar” nobody dared compete with it. The show had the genre all to itself.

When the ratings began to soften, other producers and networks saw an opportunity to take Idol on, with a twist. That includes Simon Cowell and NBC who both thought they could do it better.

When new coaches/judges like Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and the entire The Voice panel proved that signing on to a reality show wasn’t one foot into the grave, but rather an opportunity to totally refresh a middling career, stars who weren’t completely irrelevant yet were willing to sign on.

The progression has been a snowball rolling down the hill and I do believe it began with the softening of Idol’s ratings to the point where it didn’t feel like a threat.

Sure, Idol’s ratings rose overall between 9 and 10, but when Simon Cowell left folks ANTICIPATED they would fall, and that’s when the snowball began to accelerate, in my opinion.

So yes…the glut began with a weakening Idol, I believe.

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  • Anonymous

    All this competition will do is kill off ALL of the singing shows faster than they would die off normally.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    Thanks for that background 411. Interesting about Nick being regarded as the most talented and serious one. The odd time that I’ve seen the JB perform (on awards shows), it did seem like Joe was the “star” of the group, so I thought that he was the “leader”. Clearly, I had no clue about the reality. lol

  • Anonymous

    Haha…this idea sounds a lot more interesting than most of the singing shows out there. You should pitch it to a t.v. development exec!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    It’ gonna get to the point that will be even difficult find enough singers to audition.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/DJ4FPAE2BM4XDCNVQITJSS3S2Q Sue

    Didn’t Nick contribute the most to the songwriting as well?

    ETA: Oops my reply was meant for DaisyMagnolia.

  • Anonymous

     You’re welcome!  I tend of have lots of useless information floating around.  I’m happy to give some away!

  • Incipit

     

    “Why didn’t they do it when Idol was on the upswing and singing
    competitions were fresh and new? Catch a wave before it crests rather
    than as it’s crashing on the shore. “

    Well, ‘they’ did, Sassycatz. Singing competitions haven’t been new in decades, but nobody did it as well before Idol. People tend to forget all the shows that were previously started before and during Idol, even if one only stays in the last three decades, and begins with Star Search (1983 – 1985) – to the recent decade – because they didn’t make much splash compared to  that big Idol wave.

    But Rock Star in 2005, Rock Star Supernova in 2006 on CBS, at least, are familiar?

    What about P Diddy’s Making the Band – starting on ABC and existing in several incarnations from 2000 to 2009 -  American Juniors on FOX in 2003 – America’s Got Talent – several incarnations since 2006 – An earlier Celebrity Duets with a checkered history on FOX in 2006 -  The Singing Bee, NBC/CMT – 2007 – Don’t Forget the Lyrics – also started in 2007 on FOX,  That’s just a sampling, there are actually many more – from the wonderful Sing Off to the 2nd Season of The Glee Project.

    There have always been copies and spin-offs of successful shows, from Dating Shows to Cooking Shows, to Top Somebody or Other – the difference I can see is none of the Singing Show Runners were saying that they were aiming directly at Idol’s position, until Cowell. In spite of all his hype – he didn’t take it – and is now locked in competition with The Voice instead.

    IDK that I would call Idol weakened, in the sense that all network TV has suffered drops, so they are all weakened…but it does have some mileage on it – there are always fresh competitors, and it could use some updating. The blood in the water that was smelled when Cowell left is abated on the one hand by the new judges and seasons 10 and 11 – and exacerbated on the other by Cowell’s own FOX based attack. It remains to be seen if that can be amended.

    I think FOX will be happy to go with whoever is the ratings winner – not personal, just business. But right now, Idol is still #1 – and there are still lots of copies, spin-offs and competitors biting at its heels.

    JMO. Of Course.

  • Anonymous

    It’ gonna get to the point that will be even difficult find singers enough to audition.

    The shows are already recycling people.  The Voice has used former Idols and graduates of the Mickey Mouse Club.  It turned out that X-Factor‘s Stacy Francis had done some make-over reality show (although not a singing show).  And there were several returning Idols this season, including Colton Dixon, Hollie Cavanaugh, and Joshua Ledet, who made it into the finals.
    I don’t think it’s a bad thing at all.  The aren’t an infinite number of great singers in the world, and it’s a shame to throw out good ones just because they don’t make the Top 24 in a given year (especially the age limit was lowered).  It sends the message that you don’t have to give up your dream just because you get rejected at first.

  • Anonymous

    There was also the “original” Fame competition show with Debbie Allen on NBC back in 2003. There was “The One” on ABC in summer of 2006 which mixed American Idol and Big Brother. There were even spoofs of American Idol called the WB’s Superstar USA in 2004 which sought the worse singers in America. There have been LOTS of attempts to capture the rating magic of American Idol over the years. Most have failed. American Idol is still the reigning king of singing competitions. 

  • Anonymous

    Ah, a trip down contest lane. Anybody remember The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott? I enjoyed that one, even though it was obviously cooked in advance for Missy’s favorite, Jessica Betts. Some kind of creative challenges, pretty amusing drama, Madonna, Busta Rhymes, the late lamented Teena Marie. People standing in spotlights in dark parking lots waiting to find out whether they’d be able to ‘get on da bus.’ Uh-oh, I’m thinking I’ve liked some of the actual reality shows better than the straight *contests* that I theoretically prefer. Of course, like Idol, that one was a lot more about the contestants than about yer jidges.

  • Incipit

    “The shows are already recycling people. “

    Montavilla, the histories that are uncovered every year show us people who have been working at their craft for a while – and I respect that, I also don’t think that’s a bad thing at all – except when the show they are on tries to pretend otherwise…as they have done in the past.

    David Archuleta is a Star Search Alumni, Thia Megia, Jessica Sanchez and Phil Phillips are all on the AGT web page as having tried out for that show, Jessica even made it into the first week before losing the vote.

    Heck, I was on a 2008 Pinoy American Idol web page last week collecting the Stealth iTunes leaks from Season 7 and saw this, from a Moderator, that Jessica Sanchez may be trying out for Idol in 2009, although the age limit may have been a problem then…I don’t recall.

    Apr 25, 2008 09:09 AM
    hey Guys 
    may mga young teens tayu na mago audition next season ng AI
    Jessica Sanchez
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUtpF…eature=related 

    The youtube doesn’t work anymore – but the point is still made. IMO.

  • http://twitter.com/Miztig Miz

    Star Search was on from 1983 – 1985. They revived it for 2 seasons in 2003-2004. David Archuletta was the Junior Champ in 2003. 

    It was a good show and quite a few famous singers and comedians got their start there.Nashville Star was on for 6 seasons, beginning in 2003.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Li-Wright/100001622678180 Li Wright

     groan.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    heh! Maybe Lee DeWyze can try out again for one of these shows.

  • Anonymous

    Another show was The Next Great American Band (or whatever it was called), where one of the judges was John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls. That lasted what — one season? The band that won that show was Sons of Sylvia. They were known as the Clark Brothers then.

    I thought that show had some actual potential with some tweaks. But I guess the ratings stunk.

  • OffLeash

    Oooh I liked The Next Great American Band. Dicko was a great judge, BTW. Idol should snatch him for next season. Best judge ever. That show wasn’t as awesome as Rock Star, but it was up there for me, before Idol for sure. They were NUTS to cancel both those shows. Nuts! 

  • Anonymous

    I actually liked this one! Loved Sons of Sylvia/The Clark Brothers and I thought they totally deserved to win.

    Rockstar Supernova and The Next Great American Band were my favorites Idol-wannabes lol.

  • Anonymous

     Wow, we’ve just said the same thing, lol.

  • OffLeash

    LOL

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