Another Celebrity “talent” show is just beginning and I ask myself just how long it will last. It seems as if Celebrity Circus will go the way of “Secret Talents of the Stars” as it has a very similar concept. This time around there are less A-List celebs and much more D-List celebs and most are reality veterans to begin with. Wee Man, Rachel Hunter and Christopher Knight have been in reality television for several years now and it’s not that surprising to see them back. The other celebrities aren’t that noticeable either as most were famous way back when.
The shows concept is to take celebrities and make them practice “death defying” circus acts. They then have to perform these acts in front of America where we will vote for one of the celebrities to be voted off. It’s nothing knew, basically a change of a used format, but at least sounds interesting I guess. All the Celebrities say it was hard to do all the stunts but seriously a CIRCUS show? I can only ask when NCB will start to air America’s Got Talent instead of Celebrity Talent.
Antonia Sabato Jr was up first and does a silk flying act. His act was pretty good as it does seem he needed at least some talent to perform the stunt. Although most of the moves were fairly straightforward and not TOO risky yet it makes me wonder if the show will have them doing the same acts week after week of if they must learn new ones. I’m blogging as I watch the show and so far I’m at least somewhat impressed.
Now we are treated to the judges. A trapeze artist, an Olympic medal gymnast and a choreographer. Nobody noteworthy besides Joey Fatone being the host. I find it funny that the choreographer is English. Do they really ALWAYS have to have at least one British judge? I guess it is in the Reality Competition Handbook but apparently they decided not to break the mold. Although the judges gave him a good critique Antonia Sabato Jr got a seven, eight and another eight. Somewhat impressive but I thought they would be better. It was just revealed that the show is using the same format as Dancing With the Stars as the judges votes count for 50 percent while America’s vote count for the other 50 percent.
Rachel Hunter is next and someone I’m waiting for. She’s always been good on all the past shows she’s been on so I expect a lot from Rachel. It seems like she will be dong cercau which is basically like Antonio’s act yet with a spinning ring. It seems like Rachel had some pain during the practice as she had a few herniated disks. Rachel is now up, literally 50 feet above the “runway”. Her act involved a lot of spinning, spinning and more spinning. Her dancing practice a few years ago really paid off big time for this as she’s doing really well so far. It’s a great act, it looks great and she’s doing some hard stuff which surprises me. When it’s all said and done Rachel did well and I’m glad! I’m rooting for her as she’s great for the show for multiple reasons. The judges didn’t really like it apparently as they say she didn’t do too many tricks. Although they say she’s out of her element they say she did ok but not that great. The scores are in, a six, seven and another seven. Not TOO bad, hopefully she stays!
It’s now Wee Man’s turn and this should be interesting. He’s used to these types of stunts from Jackass but it seems he’s doing the “Wheel of Death”. He has to walk around a large wheel that will spin him up and over the air. It’s basically a giant hamster wheel that flies into the sky. The wheel of death was banned for over 20 years but now its up to wee man to perform it. It’s nothing more then walking in a moving wheel. The stunt isn’t that entertaining in my opinion but that’s not really his fault I guess. With the wheel on fire and Wee Man walking on the outside it hasn’t added much. Of course it IS dangerous, just not that entertainning. Of course he did stumble in the end but otherwise the Wheel of Death wasn’t that deathly. The judges agreed that there didn’t seem to be that much danger there. Scores are in, an eight, seven and a five. I’d probably give his a four considering it wasn’t that entertaining.
The next one up is Stacey Dash, someone I’ve never heard of. Oh now I know who she is, the girl from Clueless. She’s considered a celebrity? Well now onto the show, she’s scared to death and not really up to it it seems but then her mindset changed. Seems like her circus stunt is a bungee routine. While practicing she broke her rib, forcing her to take a few weeks of practice off. Although the doctor said to take a few weeks off she’s practicing anyway which shows she really is there to win. Her bungee routine is then and she’s also in the air like the others. Her flips and other movements do seem off a bit, maybe its the rib but not sure. Compared to Rachel’s it seems somewhat less dangerous but more active as she’s flipping allover the place! Towards the end her routine got much better and apparently it was enough to impress the judges. They seemed to love it, apparently they didn’t see what I saw. The votes are in and she gets three eights, the highest so far.
Blu Cantrell is up and loves the circus, not realizing what she got herself into. It seems like she’s scared of heights and she’s been put on the Spanish Web. She’ll be spinning an a long rope…. up in the air. The teachers for the circus don’t seem to think she wants to be there but she says she is. I’m kind of worried about Blu as it seems she may not have the best chance at this so lets see how she does. Most of her routine seems to be focusing on the other acrobats performing around her. She finally gets in on the act, spinning while dangling from the he rope. So far she hasn’t done too much other then the three spins. Of course it seems like hard work but her routine just doesn’t compare to the others at all. The judges agree with me for once and one even does a split in the air. The judges seem to be the most entertaining part of Blu’s routine. Finally the scores are in and Blu gets a four, six and another four. Not too good, she’s as good as gone and she’s not happy calling it “bull crap” and getting into it with the judges. Joey pulled the plug pretty early so we didn’t get to hear the rest.
Christopher Knight aka Peter Brady is the next circus performer up. He’s nothing knew to reality television so we know he brings some entertainment. His stunt is the German Wheel. He’ll be strapped in the middle of a wheel and forced to spin around. In his first time practicing Chris breaks his arm, making him the second performer with a broken bone. Of course this doesn’t stop the show so Chris’ stunt is changed to a high wire. His teacher has never done the high wire either so they both have some learning to do. His partner for the stunt, Holly, must balance on his shoulders as has walks the high wire and this makes me nervous. So far he’s doing well but now in the middle of the rope he’s blindfolded, Adrianne looks on in fear. I wonder why she isn’t up there doing this but oh well. Chris makes it across the rope on his first try but ow its time to make it difficult. Holly is now joining him and its time to really see if he can pull it off. Although Chris isn’t on a harness they put Holly on one just for safety which was a smart move. A few shots of Adrianne shows how scary the stunt really is but Chris makes it across fairly easy and shows no hint of a broken arm. Although this was a fairly simple stunt it had my on the edge of my seat, I hope the judges agree. The judges aren’t saying good or bad but rather that he did well for his age. The one guy seemed excited but he seems excited about everything, of course it’s the British guy. With that the scores are in, a six, a seven and a seven. Not the best but still better then Blu.
Only one performer is left and that is someone unknown to me, Janet Evans. Apparently she won an Olympic Gold for swimming but I’ve never heard of her. Once again Janet is up in the air and even fell from her floating trapeze during practice. Her actual stunt now begins and her stunt is a duo trapeze. So far her act is going well as she’s keeping up with the actual trapeze artist. Dangling by one foot is pretty impressive and I have a feeling she may be getting some great praises from the judges. Her performance went really well and she had one of the best I think. The judge who was a trapeze artist said she did well so as did the other two judges. Although they said she was a bit clumsy they said she did very well and are even calling her the dark horse of the competition. The final scores of the night are in, an eight and two sevens. This means she isn’t the top spot but pretty far up there.
That ends the first night for the celebrity circus. Although the show had some lackluster performances it was pretty good. One thing they did do right though was using well known songs and music. That added a lot to the show for me as great music often makes a great show. So far I think Celebrity Circus is a good filler for now but if it was airing during a busy television season it wouldn’t fair as well. We’ll have to see if its still around for next week or if it suffers the fate of some other celebrity shows recently. If it does stay around I’ll be tuning in, especially if Rachel stays for awhile!
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