Zack, go get Sarah. I have an idea for a reality show.
It would be called “Fallen Idol”, and it would be a sing-off reality show, complete with voting, judges, everything. Here’s the hook: it features only singers who have had #1 hit songs, but whose careers sputtered out due to drugs and alcohol. They would go through detox in week one of the show, and rehab for the whole 12 week run. Each week, they sing, and we vote. At the end, we see who has the best remaining voice.
Sort of like “Extreme Makeover, Life Edition” meets American Idol. My money is on Whitney Houston to win the first season, hands down. I’ll let the addison roadies vote on who else they think Sarah should rope into being a contestant.
I know this is an awesome idea, and I’m sure you’ll make bazillions of dollars. I don’t want anything up front, all I ask is that I get to be the Musical Director and arranger for the band.
Hilarious! My money is on Spears. :)
No chance - she never had a voice to begin with!
Mike, it’s sheer genius. It has everything we’ve come to expect from network TV: tabloid gossip, “reality”, competition, a chance to feel holier-than-thou and even something like music for entertainment value.
I’d like to produce the Christian version of the show.
The CCM version would feature people whose careers crumbled after their sexual orientation was revealed. Again, it would feature 12 weeks of rehab to cure the gay, and then the singing!
My money is on Marsha Stevens.
12 -weeks of rehab to “cure the gay”. Funny. I read stuff like this and it makes me struggle with organized church more and more. If I look at individuals of the church (like mike’s Pastor Doug) I find hope in the future of Americhurch. But when I back up and look at this big juggernaut of piety and ignorance and UNgrace, I start to get wound up cynicism.
Derailing aside, I can’t wait to see the CCM version of this. I really miss a young unnamed rocker who’s initials are JK and whose name rhymes with knennifer japp.