Thursday, June 02, 2005

Where have you gone Flock of Seagulls?

There's a lot of new reality shows premiering over the summer but one of the two that I'm most interested in debuts tonight.

Hit Me Baby One More Time aired in the U.K. just a few months ago but now it's invading the U.S. courtesy of that bastion of good taste known as NBC (warning: clicking on that link brings up audio of Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend").

The very VH1-friendly concept pits former one hit wonders against each other in a battle of the bands. They perform current songs, people vote (I think it's people in the studio audience and not the TV viewing audience, lame) and then the winner donates money to charity. It's always so cute that they make the competitors donate to charity on these celebrity competition shows. We all know washed up celebs could use the money as much as most of the people who wind up on Survivor.

Anyway, here's a preview of tonight's show. If it doesn't get you interested then nothing will (and you're no doubt better off for that).

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