James Harvey
01-14-2003, 10:33 PM
www.zap2it.com has something worth a chuckle:
Once ABC found out it could proceed with its celebreality show "I'm a Celebrity -- Get Me Out of Here," it wasted little time in introducing the players and host.
On Monday (Jan. 13), a federal judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit against ABC by CBS, which alleged that "Get Me Out" was a copy of "Survivor." The judge's ruling cleared the way for ABC to schedule the series.
If anything, the name recognition among the players of "Get Me Out" is lower than that of the folks on another unscripted ABC series, "Celebrity Mole Hawaii." Where the latter show has such easily recognizable -- if no longer A-list -- stars as Stephen Baldwin, Kathy Griffin and Corbin Bernsen, the biggest name on "Get Me Out" is probably former Olympic champion/infomercial pitchman Bruce Jenner.
The other contestants are model/actor Tyson Beckford ("Biker Boyz" ); former "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" host Robin Leach; E! host and red-carpet interviewer Melissa Rivers; one-time MTV VJ "Downtown" Julie Brown; Howard Stern sidekick "Stuttering" John Melendez; and Alana Stewart, the former wife of Rod Stewart and George Hamilton.
An eighth player will be named later. Comic John Lehr ("Jesse") will be the host.
Like the British show on which it's based, "Get Me Out" will strand the players in a remote part of Australia and watch them try to get by without assistants, cell phones or indoor plumbing. The series will air over 15 consecutive nights in February (a start date hasn't been decided yet).
Viewers will have a say in how the game progresses, as they did in the U.K. version. During the first week of the show, phone and Internet votes will determine which player has to complete a task to earn more food for the group. Then, in the second week of the show, viewers will vote on which person gets sent home. The last celeb standing will win money for a charity of his or her choosing.
Once ABC found out it could proceed with its celebreality show "I'm a Celebrity -- Get Me Out of Here," it wasted little time in introducing the players and host.
On Monday (Jan. 13), a federal judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit against ABC by CBS, which alleged that "Get Me Out" was a copy of "Survivor." The judge's ruling cleared the way for ABC to schedule the series.
If anything, the name recognition among the players of "Get Me Out" is lower than that of the folks on another unscripted ABC series, "Celebrity Mole Hawaii." Where the latter show has such easily recognizable -- if no longer A-list -- stars as Stephen Baldwin, Kathy Griffin and Corbin Bernsen, the biggest name on "Get Me Out" is probably former Olympic champion/infomercial pitchman Bruce Jenner.
The other contestants are model/actor Tyson Beckford ("Biker Boyz" ); former "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" host Robin Leach; E! host and red-carpet interviewer Melissa Rivers; one-time MTV VJ "Downtown" Julie Brown; Howard Stern sidekick "Stuttering" John Melendez; and Alana Stewart, the former wife of Rod Stewart and George Hamilton.
An eighth player will be named later. Comic John Lehr ("Jesse") will be the host.
Like the British show on which it's based, "Get Me Out" will strand the players in a remote part of Australia and watch them try to get by without assistants, cell phones or indoor plumbing. The series will air over 15 consecutive nights in February (a start date hasn't been decided yet).
Viewers will have a say in how the game progresses, as they did in the U.K. version. During the first week of the show, phone and Internet votes will determine which player has to complete a task to earn more food for the group. Then, in the second week of the show, viewers will vote on which person gets sent home. The last celeb standing will win money for a charity of his or her choosing.