Pussycat Dolls Present

Pussycat Dolls Present is an American reality TV series that premiered on March 6, 2007 on The CW, and took place over the course of eight weeks. It was a joint venture between Ken Mok's 10x10 Entertainment, Pussycat LLC, Interscope A&M Records, Wonderland Sound and Vision, and Warner Horizon Television.

Overview

The series followed a group of young women as they went through an audition process to join the pop/R&B girl group, the Pussycat Dolls. The contestants, who also lived together during the course of the series, were groomed by the group's founder and the series' creator and co-producer, Robin Antin, and were judged on their vocal and dancing ability. Outside of stage performances, the contestants experience choreography, song recording and tensions together.

First season winner Asia Nitollano went on to join the Pussycat Dolls as the act's seventh member, and appeared in the series but performed with the group only once on the show since after opting to go solo before the series premiered. Third placer Chelsea Korka however joined a new Robin Antin group called the Paradiso Girls.

Second season winner Girlicious (Nichole Cordova, Tiffanie Anderson, Chrystina Sayers and Natalie Mejia) were originally set to be a trio, but decided by the judges and Antin to become a quartet instead. Girlicious immediately started filming music videos and recording songs after the filming wrapped in the summer.

In the UK, the show started airing on T4 (the Channel 4 weekend teenage block programming slot) on April 1, 2007. In Australia, the show debuted on Ten Network on April 1, 2007.

The second season, titled Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious, premiered Monday, February 18, 2008. Pussycat Dolls Present: moved to its new night and time beginning Wednesday, April 9 after America's Next Top Model.

Purpose

The show is much like a music oriented America's Next Top Model as it features challenge, in-house "drama" and follows the girls inside the house. Just like in its sister show, the girls are all called out in a special order based on their performances, except for the last two who are asked to step forward and criticized more extensively before being told which one is going home.

The girls' performances are always held on stage in the The Pussycat Lounge, founded by Antin and PCD. The performances in the lounge are not opened to the public, but for the judges and associates.

The first season featured 18 semi-finalists cut down to nine finalists who got into the mansion. Each week one of them was told to "hang up (her) boa, (as she would) not be the next Pussycat Doll" by Robin Antin based on talent as well as much speculated image criteria. The winner, Asia Nitollano, decided not to join the group and go solo after only a few weeks, leading fans to speculate about whether or not she did it willingly.

The second season featured 15 semi-finalists cut down to 12 finalists. This time three slots were open as the goal was to create yet another Robin Antin group called Girlicious. Every week the girls would have to live up to the theme of the week. After performances one girl would have to "hang up (her) boa, as (she) would not be in Girlicious," told by Robin. The winners were Nichole Cordova, Tiffanie Anderson, Natalie Mejia, and Chrystina Sayers. Second Runner-up Carrie Jones was offered a solo deal with Interscope Records but opted to join the group Angels of Modern Destruction, while other contestant Jamie Lee Ruiz joined the Vegas Dolls.

Personalities

Each show contestants perform at the Pussycat Dolls Lounge, consisting of singing and dancing. Based on the stagework, three judges determine the weakest performer, whom they eliminate. The first week the judges were vocal coach Eric Dawkins, choreographer Mikey Minden who would recur throughout the show as well as main judge Robin Antin and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger. The three judges during all other performances are Robin Antin, Lil' Kim, and Ron Fair. In season 2 however Eric Dawkins was replaced by Kenn Hicks and Dave Audé has been added to the coaches. Furthermore the three judges selected the finalists from the semi-finalists as well.

Unlike Lil' Kim and Ron Fair, Robin Antin examines occasionally, she assists choreographer Mikey Minden with the dance choreography with the wardrobe personnel prior to the girls' performances. Announced by host McGrath as the most popular female rap artist (it is argued that Missy Elliott is actually the most popular and highest selling female rap artist), Lil' Kim also appears at the lounge. President of Geffen Records, Ron Fair shares similar responsibilities as Lil' Kim.

After the performances they provide their thoughts about them afterwards, and discuss it in private to make their decision.

Pussycat Dolls Present, Search For the Next Doll

Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll is the first season of Pussycat Dolls Present: that premiered on March 6, 2007 on The CW, and took place over the course of eight weeks. It was a joint venture between Ken Mok's 10x10 Entertainment, Pussycat LLC, Interscope A&M Records, Wonderland Sound and Vision, and Warner Horizon Television.

The series followed a group of young women as they went through an audition process to join the girl group, the Pussycat Dolls. The contestants, who also lived together during the course of the series, were groomed by the group's founder and the series' creator and co-producer, Robin Antin, and were judged on their vocal and dancing ability. The winner went on to join the Pussycat Dolls as the act's seventh member, and appeared in the series but performed with the group only once since after opting to go solo

In the UK, the show started airing on T4 (the Channel 4 weekend teenage block programming slot) on April 1, 2007. In Australia, the show debuted on Ten Network on April 1, 2007.

Contestant

Kelli, Ewa, Sandra, Shauntae, Catherine, Anjelia, Jasmin, Natascha and Robyn were the nine semi-finalists who didn't make it to the final. Most of them got sick before performing, leading to the infamous vomiting sequence.

Brittany Diiorio entered the competition at the age of 20. It has been suggested that a vague similarity to Jessica also prevented Brittany's advancement in the show. Originally from Chesapeake, Virginia, Brittany now lives in Virginia Beach, managing a night club and pursuing a dancing, singing, and modeling career. Brittany now goes by the name Danielle Diiorio (Dani D) to avoid comparisons to Britney Spears and has undergone a major look change and has released three songs on her Myspace called Let me Breathe, Girlfriend and Higher. She later replaced them with another one called Non-Exclusive. She has also been on the cover of Way too social Magazine.

At the age of 21, Jaime Benjamin originally from Philadelphia, now lives in NYC and works as a production assistant.. Some say Jaime was eliminated too suddenly, possibly prompted by her resemblance to both Kimberly and Ashley. Following her elimination, she stated her favorite experience on the show was getting ready to perform on stage in front of a live audience. Jaime is currently negotiating a record deal with major labels for her CD. She has recently created a Music Myspace where she released a sneak preview of it containing 4 songs: Fame, Lifetime and Lovin' me (normal and Hell's Kitchen mix version),. She has also posted several videos on Youtube including song performances and sneak peeks, thank you to fans and silly videos (sometime with Melissa R.). She has proven to be quite popular, being ranked 3rd on the CW Lounge, while being 8th on the show. She also performed solo at Sony in NYC on August's 17th

The oldest of the group was Sisely Treasure (24). Former member of Cooler Kids, she lives in Los Angeles, working as a dance instructor. Sisely, has released 3 songs on her Myspace: Smoke and Ashes, The Other side and Do the Robot, although the former two have since been removed. She and her group (Sisely Treasure and the Safety Pin-ups) are also selling a limited edition of Do the Robot on Teen Acide records. She is now a dancing performer in the group Gunn Metal Grey under the name Luci Glitoris Since early 2008, Sisley has been tapped as the new lead singer of electronic rock band Shiny Toy Guns. She co-wrote and recorded with them for their second album, Season of Poison, and is touring with them throughout the fall.

Mariela Arteaga resides in Miami, Florida and was 21 when she entered the competition. She then later became a model on Deal or No Deal, starting in the 4th season. Mariela now currently models for Skechers commerials and print ad.

Prior to the series, Anastacia Rose McPherson from West Hollywood, was a backup dancer for The Pussycat Dolls’ music video “Don't Cha.“ Ironically, in a post-show interview, the 23-year-old named her final performance, a burlesque themed act, as her favorite performance.. She worked as a make-up artist and song lyricist. Anastacia has released 4 songs on her new Myspace Music page called: Share, Checkin you out, Get Away and I want in Anastacia has also worked as a backstage interviewer at SmackDown!, making her debut at on the 12th October show, until her release from the company shortly after on the 8 January 2008. She also appears in Famouz's video for Wriggle. Anastacia has also had an appearance on a new second season of the game show called Duel as a "chip girl" where she hands out and takes away the chips of the contestants. The second season started on April 4, 2008 and ended on July 25, 2008 with a future of the new show unannounced.

Miss West Broward USA 2007, Chelsea Korka (20) is rumoured to have a 4 octave vocal range just as Christina Aguilera. Chelsea has released two songs on her myspace site: "Give Me A Sign" and "Better Than. She is also expected to perform at the Las Vegas PCD Lounge with both Melody Thornton and Robin Antin, making her the first contestant to officially perform with the PCD outside the show. Robin Antin also decided to add Chelsea Korka to her new group the Paradiso Girls. She has also appeared on Space Cowboy's "Falling Down" and LMFAO's La La La music video. She is now a member of the girl band Paradiso Girls whose hit single is "Patron Tequila" featuring Lil Jon and Eve.

Runner-up Melissa Reyes (18) appeared in Paris Hilton's Promo Tour 2006, as Pilot/Series Regular in Nickelodeon’s Giggle Club, Paris Hilton’s video Nothing in this World (as a cheerleader cameo), Mariah Carey’s video Get Your Number (cameo), B5's video "U Got Me" (as a featured girl), Lil' Romeo's video My Girlfriend (cameo) and Keak da Sneak's video 3 Freaks (cameo) Melissa was also in Corbin Bleu's video, "Deal With It" and NLT's video, "That Girl" dancing with V. Online rumours accuse Robin Antin of a tendency to choose Asia over Melissa R. because of Melissa R.'s uncanny resemblance to Nicole (both are of Filipino descent). She was Audrey Magazine's cover girl for the June/July issue, which included a five-page article titled A Real Doll where she states that she hopes to become a recognized artist. She went on to appear on musical videos such as Corbin Bleu's "Deal With It" (filmed before the show's airing), Marques Houston's "Wonderful", in all of which she plays the singer's love interest and in NLT (band)'s "That Girl" where she was one of the four love interests. She has also appeared in some Keshia Chanté videos, such as Let the Music Take You while she was in Toronto Canada. She has been a special guest at the Northern California dance contest in Hayward, CA where she gave a pre-show performance. She has an album underway and has released two songs on iTunes. She was scheduled to play the lead part in a television show called 'Unity', as a character named Melissa, coincidentally but the show has not been picked up. She was also on the cover of Fokal magazine, Fall 2008 issue

Winner Asia Nitollano (18) is a young mother to a baby daughter; she and the father are still together, despite her being promoted on the show as a single mom. Some fans of Melissa R. and Chelsea have made the popular assumption that Asia was chosen on purely an image point of view, as Nicole is the only Pussycat Doll who sings consistently. After being declared the winner of The Search for the Next Doll several online rumours surfaced that claimed Asia was kicked out of the group due to lack of musical ability, others claimed the other dolls couldn't deal with her diva attitude. As a final verdict to discredit the rumours, CW's head of programming, Dawn Orstroff explained that, though Asia was not booted out of the group, she will not be the next doll, because in an overtly bold move, she skipped all the way to pursuing a solo career. However, lack of confirmation by either Robin Antin or the Pussycat Dolls themselves have caused many fans to wonder if Asia's split with the group was completely her own decision. Some fans also point out the inconsistency of Asia's claims throughout the show of how much she wanted to be the next doll against the decision to go solo before even one tour or album with the Dolls. Critics point out that fans of Asia will definitely be disappointed as they will not be seeing her on stage nor purchasing one of her albums for a while because she has not been signed.

After the show Melissa Smith, Melissa Reyes and Chelsea Korka performed the Pink Panther/Fever Medley with the English burlesque group Girlesque at the Fashion cares event, this has led fans to believe that they had started a group which turned out to be false.

Melissa Molinaro

Melissa Molinaro, born June 4, 1982 also credited or known as Melissa S. or Melissa Smith is a Canadian, pop singer, actor, choreographer and model. She is perhaps best known for her reality TV appearances on Making The Band 3 and Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For the Next Doll. She is currently recording her debut pop/dance album scheduled for 2011 release, recently co-starred in Dolph Lundgren's action film, Command Performance, and had a major role in Honey 2 (2011). She adopted her mother's maiden name Molinaro as her professional name. Melissa has received notable attention from her appearance in Old Navy's "Super C-U-T-E" commercial in 2011. The video for "Dance Floor", the first single from Melissa's debut album "The Love/Dance Project" features choreography by JaQuel Knight had its debut on YouTube on 24 February 2011.

Career

Born Melissa Ann Smith in Toronto, her family moved to Rochester Hills, Michigan when she was 13 years old. She began figure skating at the age of 3, gymnastics at age 5 and soon began attending Deborah's Stage Dance Door Performing Arts Academy. She was cast as the lead in on-stage productions like "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast", and "Cabaret".

At the age of 18, Melissa auditioned for the girl pop group, "Goddess", and became its lead singer. She was signed to a production deal with Interscope Records, and made her first recording demo. While Goddess never achieved greatness, Melissa continued to work consistently as an actor, dancer and model, appearing in several films, television shows, music videos and commercials.

Her early credits include feature film High Crimes and The Hillz; TV series Happy Family, Rodney and Grounded for Life and the unaired WB pilot Prep; music videos for Celine Dion and JC Chasez and The Black Eyed Peas Instant Def webisode. She has appeared in many commercials and done promotional modeling for Miss Fitness, Detroit Automotive Show, Sports By Brooks, Microsoft, Xbox, Sketcher, Nappytabs, Nivea and Dickies Girls.

She auditioned for MTV's Making The Band 3 and almost won a spot in the group Danity Kane. She made the final eleven girls but when it came to the finale of the show, the final slot came down to Melissa and Aundrea Fimbres and Fimbres made the cut. She later took part in another music-themed reality TV show called Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For the Next Doll in which she competed to become the next member of The Pussycat Dolls. She won many challenges and finished as the 3rd runner up. She went on to host the Detroit auditions for Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious for CW 50.

She recorded her debut solo single "I Believed" with producer Rex Rideout, which was released independently with 4847 Records in 2008 on iTunes. Her music video to I Believed has collectively received nearly one million views on YouTube.

She landed a lead role in an action movie starring and directed by Dolph Lundgren, Command Performance in which she plays Venus, a massive music star who becomes a hostage after a Moscow charity concert turns bloody. She performs a song called Lost In Love in the film, which is commercially available on the 2008 compilation album Soul By The Pound from Fluid Music USA Inc. She guest starred on Slavi's Show to promote "Command Performance" which premiered at the Ischia Film Festival on July 19, 2009 and was then released on DVD on November 3, 2009.

She landed the role of Carla in the dance sequel Honey 2 due for release in 2011. In addition to Honey 2, her debut album is expected to be released by mid-year and features collaborations with multiple producers and songwriters. In 2009, she appeared in the Fox sitcom Brothers and on Jimmy Kimmel Live at the Los Angeles premiere of the film Michael Jackson's This Is It. In 2010, she appeared in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

In early 2011, Molinaro was featured as the lead performer in the smash hit Old Navy advertisement "Super C-U-T-E" that garnered over 1.7 million views on YouTube within the first week of release. The advertisement also received notice from entertainment outlets such as People and E! News for Molinaro's purported resemblance to Kim Kardashian in the shoot. She also released her single Dance Floor on 25 February 2011 and the music video has over 200 thousand views on YouTube.

She is currently dating Reggie Bush of the NFL's New Orleans Saints.

Filmography

Honey 2 (2011) as Carla

Balls to the Wall (2011) as Melissa

TMZ on TV (2011) (TV series) (episode dated 28 March 2011) as Herself

Inside Edition (2011) (TV series) (episode dated 10 March 2011) as Herself

ET Canada (2007–2011) (TV series) (2 episodes) as Herself

E! News (2011) (TV series) (episode dated 25 February 2011) as Herself

How I Met Your Mother (2010) (TV series) (episode False Positive) as Noelle

Entertainment Tonight (2010) (TV series) (episode dated 25 June 2011) as Herself

Brothers (2009) (TV series) (episode Week in the Chair) as Girl #2 (as Melissa Smith)

Command Performance (2009) as Venus (as Melissa Smith)

Jimmy Kimmel Live (2009) (TV series) (episode dated dated 29 October 2009) as Herself (as Melissa Smith)

The Aubrey O'Day Show (2009) as Herself (as Melissa)

Slavi's Show (2008) (TV series) (episode dated dated 12 September 2008) as Herself (as Melissa Smith)

The Bad Ass Frank Show (2008) (web series) (episodes #55 & #56) as Herself (as Melissa Smith)

CushTV (2007) (webisode) as Jenny (as Melissa Smith)

CW 50 (2007 (webisode) as Herself – Host (as Melissa S.)

Star! Daily (2007) (TV series) (episode dated dated 23 April 2007) as Herself (as Melissa Smith)

Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For the Next Doll (2007) (TV series) as Herself – Contestant (as Melissa S.)

Exposed (2007) (TV series) (episode Celebrity Edition) as Herself (as Melissa Smith)

Balance (2006) as Girl Victim (as Melissa Smith)

Rodney (2006) (TV series) (episode Where the Rubber Meets the Road) as Dance Major (as Melissa Smith)

The Black Eyed Peas Instant Def (2006) (webisode) as Girl in the Crowd (as Melissa Smith)

Making The Band 3 (2005–2006) (TV series) as Herself – Contestant (Season 2) (as Melissa)

The Young and the Restless (2004) as JT's Love Interest (as Melissa Smith)

Happy Family (2004) as Hostess (as Melissa Smith)

The Hillz (2004) as Melissa (as Melissa Smith)

Bikini Destinations (2004) (TV series) (episode Costa Rica) as Herself – Model (as Melissa Smith)

Destiny's Child (2003) as Danielle (as Melissa Smith)

Grounded for Life (2003) (TV series) (episode Just Like a Woman) as Cheerleader (uncredited)

High Crimes (2002) as Soldier’s Girlfriend (uncredited)

Prep (2002) as Britney (as Melissa Smith)

Journey of Redemption (2002) as Ashley Anderson (as Melissa Smith)


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