The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep
| The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Reality |
| Presented by | Allison Hagendorf |
| Starring |
Gloria Estefan Joe Jonas John Rich Nelly |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Dave Broome Queen Latifah Shakim Compere |
| Production company(s) | Raquel Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | The CW |
| Original release | August 16 – October 4, 2012 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep is an American hour-long reality series on The CW television network that consists of a music competition to find new talent, the winner of the competition will receive a recording contract with Atlantic Records. The show is produced by CBS's Raquel Productions in association with 25/7 Productions, LLC and Flavor Unit Entertainment, Inc, and it is produced by Dave Broome ("The Biggest Loser"), Shakim Compere, and American singer and actress, Queen Latifah. The series premiered on August 16, 2012.
Unlike other talent shows, this one does not make auditions, the participants are mere local music artists with devoted fans, huge social media presence on Facebook and Twitter and even, some of them, worked before as opening acts for big names in the music. This competition intends, in every way to give them the big step to move out as headlining acts.
The original mentors panel consists of Gloria Estefan, Joe Jonas, John Rich, and Nelly, with Allison Hagendorf as the host of the show. They will spend 72 hours with musicians in six cities and help them prepare for the competition. The series will have six episodes, one for each city, followed by three live episodes.
In each episode of The Next, four mentors will drop in on the lives of four up-and-coming local musicians, moving on city to city, which will be chosen for a grand performance that would be broadcast on the upcoming 72 hours.
Over the course of 72 hours, each mentor will groom one contestant mentoring throughout the candidates personal life. When the session is up, the four newly groomed artists will go head-to-head at a well-known local venue. The audience will be filled with friends and family, as well as hundreds of local music fans. Since they’ve already established themselves on the local music scene, each contestant will have their own throng of local groupies and fan base. One winner will be chosen and that contestant will move on to represent their city in the semi-finals. Then it’s on to the next city and four more contestants.
Gloria Estefan was invited to form part of the main cast, liking the idea mainly because she would not judge, but help the contestant make a good presentation onstage.
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