Time to bring back "Star Search" and dump American Idol.

[cantstandbush]

The talent was better, the show was classier, and the audience had a real role to play with only one vote permitted, the votes really counted. I am sick of FOX's shit all the way around.

[StellaBlue]

1. I am with you on this.

But on the condition that Ed McMahon comes back with it.

[tuvor]

2. Didn't a handful of judges vote?

I don't recall the audience having any participation.

ON EDIT: Go, Katharine! :)

[Miss Chybil]

3. Nope, I love American Idol. nt

[Quixote1818]

4. They need a new version of Carol Barnett. nt

[Toucano]

5. Now you're talkin'. I'd develop something with Molly Shannon and Cheri

Oteri.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

6. What stars came out of "Star Search"? There were a few, right?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. Alanis Morrisette

or at least, she was on when she was little, and made it big in her 20's. Does that count?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. That would count, but there were one or two other notable examples,

I think... just can't think who.

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. i remember sinbad the comedian.....

and sam harris....don't hear much from either one of them anymore.

edit to add countess vaughn.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Sinbad was pretty big for a while though. He had an actual show biz

career.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. you made me look it up!

Sinbad
Rosie O'Donnell
Aliyah
Brittney Spears
Justin Timberlake
Sawyer Brown
Christina Aguilera
Sam Harris
Ray Romano
Martin Lawrence
Dennis Miller


:)

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[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. That's actually a pretty good track record for StarSearch. Well, except

Dennis Miller.

[tuvor]

13. Ellen DeGeneres n/t

[tuvor]

14. You missed her best years, did you?

I present to you...ALANIS!



(Seriously, she was huge in Canada in 1989/90.)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

16. yep, we did.

:(

she didn't make it big here until "Jagged Little Pill"

[pansypoo53219]

15. no way

bring back the GONG SHOW!

[cmkramer]

17. They did bring it back a couple of years ago

In fact, Lisa Tucker, who was a finalist this year and one of last year's finalists Nadia Turner were contestants. Neither won, however.

I agree that they had some fantastically talented people on that show. But you gotta hand it to AI, they know how to do promotion for their winners (and their runners-up).