Pussy Cat Dolls Some Sick Chicks

Pussy Cat Dolls Some Sick Chicks by Roxanne McDonald

Most entertaining debut, despite the virus that spread faster than the word of the Pussycat Doll auditions.

I have to say I expected Search for the Next Pussycat Doll to be nothing more than a copycat reality audition show. But I was surprised by how entertaining the debut episode was.

First, the illness that spread was not all that funny or entertaining, and was kind of pitiful for production and participants alike, but the girls who started the mini epidemic and the notion of continuing despite the puking were interesting:

Angelia says she “like, [has] a virus….” Another competitor says, “Like a virus you can spread?” And the camera cuts to Angelia again, this time in her room, saying how she thinks “the girls are worried I could spread the virus to them.” Uh, yuh, to the first question and to the speculation, Ang.

After a super “Hot Stuff” harmonizing practice, the girls start disappearing, while the snooty-ass Sisely says she aint compensating for the missing girls or weaker performers’ shortcomings.

Robin Antin, producer, comes in and acknowledges the girls’ hard work and announces they are getting a break—to go see the real Pussycat Dolls.

We get a look at one piece of one number of a show the Dolls are performing at the Greek Theatre, though even this hetero viewer was thinking it was just a promotional tease…that there was not enough footage for us to enjoy.

This is also where I was surprised, for I had no idea the Dolls were any greater than the short-term sensation The Spice Girls—or any more popular. But the theatre was packed…with men and women of all ages. Looks like they are outlasting the Spice Girls, as well, with their 12-year success sustaining beyond the Spice Girls’ four- or five-year run.

Anyway, lots of whining takes over behind the scenes, as another, then another, then many others catch the bug that has by the last count some eight or nine Pussycat potentials puking wherever they happen to be, outside the restaurant, outside the theatre, inside the Dollhouse….

Another round of praise for those who show up and give it their all makes me think of how had they quarantined the first sickie or had the sick ones not so proudly trudged onward, the virus would not have spread—duh—and “you go girl” ethic would be less praiseworthy. The showing up when you are sick mentality is of course a throwback to a relentless work ethic, but should be more so an

embarrassing display of ignorance—patting yourself on the back for showing up when you are really putting everyone else at the risk of infection by doing so. Take a sick day and few others will be subjected.

Anyway, my brilliant medical opinions aside, the auditions were equally interesting. The first group was great, getting nods and smiles from the judges, including the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, Nicole Scherzinger (who looks a bit like Cher). The second group gets even more nods and grins; and the third group is really bad at the dancing, especially.

The final nine get named, and this viewer is a little bummed the show has ended already.

Looking forward to the second episode with much more anticipation than many reality/audition/game shows on right now, I congratulate the nine—Anastasia; Asia; Brittney; Chelsea; Jaimie; Mariela; Melissa R.; Melissa S.; and Secily—and admit I am glad the whiners are gone. Just heated dancing and hot singing will suffice, for a change.

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