Little Talent Show | |
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Written by |
Howard Kuperberg Opus Moreschi |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Michael Canter |
Producer(s) |
Matt Gallagher Todd Chambers Opus Moreschi |
Cinematography |
Christine Ka'aloa Andre Martinez |
Editor(s) |
Billy DiCicco Matt Gallagher Travis Rust Chris Smith |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Production company(s) | MTV Productions |
Distributor | Viacom |
Release | |
Original release | September 18 – October 5, 2006 |
External links | |
Website | littletalentshow |
Little Talent Show was an MTV program that aired weekdays in the fall 2006 season.
Each episode, 7 contestants who felt they were a triple threat when it comes to singing, acting and dancing, competed against each other until 2 were chosen to go head to head in the "Triple Threat" round. After the final round a winner is selected and crowned the most talented performer of the episode and receive a five hundred dollar cash prize and a statuette.
The hosts included Bryan Dattilo, Laurie Ann Gibson, and Kimberley Locke. Each contestant received feedback from a panel of celebrity judges, each one specializing in one of the categories. Gibson served as the dancing judge. She is a former "Fly Girl" and choreographer, having worked on the Making the Band series. Locke was most often the "singing judge". She was herself a finalist in the second season of American Idol and is a recording artist for Curb Records. Anthony Fedorov and Constantine Maroulis, both from American Idol's fourth season, occasionally sat in as singing judges. The show had alternated acting judges from episode to episode. These judges were Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Roberts on Days of Our Lives), Matt Cedeno (Brandon Walker on Days of Our Lives), Sean Kanan (Alan Quartermaine Jr. on General Hospital.) and Amy Davidson (Kerry Hennessy in 8 Simple Rules).
Each episode set a particular acting theme for the contestants.
Contestants included Yara Camarena, singer Aria Johnson, comedian Garrett Gilchrist, Chavon James, Jesse Lewis, Sheila Tejada, Mickey Mello, Ismael Moreno, actor Kamahni Huck (winner), comedian Jesse Maddox, comedian Erik Anderson. Actor Byron Vasquez Jr. Adam Ryan and Merrin Mae Fuentebella were cut from pilot episode "I'm Dyin, Bryan."