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The search for the new Menudo begins on MTV

1:57 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Entertainment|Music|Puerto Rico|TV · 4 Comments

23 Oct 2006

Last year, CBS launched a search for a new member of popular rock band INXS via reality show. R&B group TLC did it too. Now, the search for the new Menudo is on, and it’s all going to unfold on MTV.

Unlike the bubble-gum pop of Menudos past, the new five-person group will have a Latin-infused R&B sound. Johnny Wright, who has managed acts from New Kids on the Block to ‘N Sync and Justin Timberlake, will manage the new Menudo.

Why can’t we have stayed with the Menudo of old? Why do we need a new Menudo?

I’m not sure if this means that the new Menudo will no longer be Puerto Rican, since the contest seems to be open to any male between the ages of 15 and 19. What is clear is that Epic records is banking on the success of this venture, and has already signed the still non-existent group to a recording contract. They even have their own MySpace page, which tells us that the auditions began last Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

You can follow the search for the new Menudo on — where else — Menudo.com.

Via / Billboard

Reality TV kills

3:54 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · TV|Uruguay · Comments Off

20 Mar 2006

Reality TV — America’s collective crack pipe — can sometimes be unbearable to watch, but who knew that it could also be deadly?

When I occasionally have watched shows like Fear Factor, I always thought “What if someone got seriously injured or killed? How do they protect against this?”

It seems that sometimes these shows are less than vigilant and the unthinkable happens. That’s what happened during the taping of a reality show in Uruguay last week:

A runaway train killed seven people and injured at least 11, severing some of their limbs, during the filming of a TV show in Uruguay, police said.

The accident occurred during a “test of strength” challenge to raise money for a hospital in Young, 380km (235 miles) west of the capital, Montevideo.

Contestants were pushing and pulling a train and two carriages when the vehicle gained speed and ran them over.

Good God. This begs the much asked question “Has reality TV gone too far?” I personally think that the business model of low-production costs for high profits should at the very least take into consideration the safety of the participants.

Via / BBC News

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