Last night ‘Secret Talents of the Stars’ premiered. I wasn’t going to watch it at first but figured I’d give it a shot since they were promoting it so much during Big Brother. It seems like an interesting concept but still kind of ridiculous if you ask me. Celebrity shows haven’t done too well on CBS so I was shocked they’d even try another one. What the show is all about is taking ‘well known’ celebrities and having them perform something out of the norm. This means boxers are rapping, dancers are singing and singers are dancing.

One of the most interesting things I saw from the show was just how nervous host John O’Hurley seemed. The show was live so obviously things can go wrong and obviously he wasn’t ready. He seemed fine vocally and probably could have pulled it off if it wasn’t for his terribly shaking hands. It almost seemed like he was about to drop the mic several times and I couldn’t take my eyes off of just how nervous he seemed and his hands wouldn’t stop shaking! The judges are somewhat whacked out as well. Most crazy was Debbie Reynolds who apparently is a famous actor yet I have no clue who she is. She had several good jokes that you would never see coming from her and like O’Hurley said, almost turned the show into Pay Per View.

First up to perform her ‘hidden talent’ was Sasha Cohen. She’s an American ice skater whose hidden talent is contortionism. You know, bending your body into crazy ways they were never meant to be. Her performance was pretty good as she performed with ‘backup contortionists’. You could hardly tell the difference from her and her backups when they did group stunts. The only problem she had was falling off of her three person pyramid towards the end of her act. She was nervous pre-show about toppling the tower and she succeeded in doing so.

The voting for the show was then revealed and it’s rather odd. The show had people voting live on CBS.com during the commercial breaks after each act. I went to the website to see how voting was done and it was a simple yes or no question asking if that person should move on. I don’t understand how this is fair really as each contestant will have a different amount of people voting during each break depending on how fast the break is. Also won’t the last person going have a disadvantage?

Next up was George Takei of Star Trek fame. He had several quotes throughout his pre-show package and they were really banking on all the Trekkies to watch I’m sure. His hidden talent was that he sings country. He performed and was mentored by Montgomery Gentry but apparently not well enough. He was off time during his performance and didn’t really get into the groove of the song. Only one judge was really truthful during the whole show while the other two continued to tell the ‘celebrities’ how good they did. Even if they didn’t.

Third up was Clint Black, a country singer. His talent was a little more out there for his profession as he did a stand up comedy act. It was pretty good, I must admit, but was much more slow paced compared to the previous two acts. He made jokes about the show, his life and country music. I couldn’t really hear the crowd laughing too much but compared to the two previous celebs, he was rather good.

Last to go was singer Mya. She seemed rather nervous and I’m not sure why as she should be used to performing. Her talent was old school tap dancing and performed with several other backup dancers as well. It’s something you could see her doing, since she is a singer/dancer after all. Her performance went really well and all the judges agreed she was the best out of all four, but that didn’t help her in the end.

After the last commercial break we were then quickly told which two celebs would be moving on. Clint Black was told first and would be the first to enter the semi-finals. George was then told he had not made it, obviously, so it was down to Sasha and Mya. Both performed well but the judges loved Mya compared to only liking Sasha. In the end their votes didn’t matter and Sasha was the one moving into the semi-round. Like I said it seems going last may be a disadvantage so that may have been Mya’s demise.

The show was somewhat interesting, somewhat confusing and somewhat hard to watch. I wasn’t sure what was going on at times but that just may be the first live show jitters. Hopefully the next few weeks will be interesting. No huge names are slated for the show but at least we have a few consistent celeb-reality hopefuls to look forward to.

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