I just saw the press release announcing the new Celebrity Dating Show called The Choice and hosted by the beautiful Cat Deeley. You can see how they’ve stolen a bit of The Voice and merged it with half a dozen other dating shows on TV. Should be fun to watch if they can get some good celebrities. Plus, I think the shock value will be good if they don’t tell the contestants that they’ll be matching with celebrities. Plus, I’m always in for watching for of Cat Deeley on TV.

Here’s the full release for The Choice on Fox debuting Thursday, June 7 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT)!

FOX takes the dating game show for a spin by giving celebrities THE CHOICE to prove that love is really blind. Hosted by Cat Deeley and debuting Thursday, June 7 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), THE CHOICE features the world’s most eligible celebrities (to be announced) competing to find true love among a group of sexy singles…they can’t see.

“We wanted to put a new spin on the dating game show that gives celebrities THE CHOICE of a lifetime and the chance to prove you really shouldn’t judge a book by its cover,” said Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

Filmed in front of a live audience, each episode begins with four of the world’s most eligible bachelors sitting in rotating chairs, turning their backs on love and unable to see the sexy singles looking for a date with fame. In this initial “Blind Round,” each celebrity can only use his suitors’ voices – as they share information about their life, passions, turn-ons and turn-offs – to help himself make THE CHOICE. When the celebrity bachelor likes what he hears, he pulls his “love handle,” spinning his chair around to bring him face-to-face for the first time with his potential mate. If more than one celebrity pulls the handle, they must battle it out for her affection until the sexy single gets THE CHOICE to pick whose dating pool she wants to swim in.

Once each bachelor has his three hotties, the teams enter the “Speed Choice” round, where each woman has only seconds to convince her leading man to sweep her off her feet to the final round.
In the final round, love is on the line when host Deeley poses a challenge question to each of the team’s final two. The celebrities must then make THE CHOICE between each of their two remaining eligible ladies, whisking one away on a dream date and leaving one in no man’s land.

Some of the world’s most famous bachelorettes will also be blinded by love in an episode that features the ladies sitting in the hot seats. These coveted women will make not only their chairs, but their suitors’ heads spin when the men realize this is a date of a lifetime.

THE CHOICE is produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions (HELL’S KITCHEN and KITCHEN NIGHTMARES). Arthur Smith, Kent Weed and Scott St. John (“Deal or No Deal”) serve as executive producers.

About Cat Deeley
Birmingham, England native Cat Deeley is one of the foremost television presenters both in the United States and the U.K. In 2005, Deeley broke into the world of male-dominated television hosts when she began hosting FOX’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, earning an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Host in 2011. Deeley was the first ever Brit to host “Live! with Regis and Kelly.” She also was Jay Leno’s first regular entertainment correspondent on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and she performed the same duty for “Good Morning America.” Deeley is a double BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award winner and has won many other awards for her work on some of the U.K.’s hottest primetime shows.

About A. Smith & Co. Productions
Smith & Co. Productions creates some of the most innovative, highly rated and high quality programming for the domestic and international television marketplace. Founded in 2000 by Arthur Smith and Kent Weed, the company has produced more than 2000 hours of award-winning programming. The company’s current production slate includes such hits as HELL’S KITCHEN, KITCHEN NIGHTMARES, “American Ninja Warrior,” “Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura,” “Full Throttle Saloon,” “Unsung,” “UFC Countdown” and many others. A. Smith & Co.’s library of programming includes hit shows like “The Swan,” “Skating with Celebrities,” “Paradise Hotel,” “Trading Spaces” and “Pros vs. Joes.” A. Smith & Co. has developed and produced the No. 1 show in America an astonishing 20 times and a Top 10 show over 75 times. The company has produced programs with budgets totaling approximately a billion dollars, for more than 40 broadcast and cable networks. In 2011, A. Smith & Co. joined forces with Tinopolis Group and in doing so became the leading North American television production entity within the Tinopolis organization with the ability to tap into that company’s resources on a worldwide basis.

Last night, in the most high-stakes episode of the show yet, celebrity judges CeeLo, Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton made their toughest decisions of the season by deciding which members of their team would advance to the season finale. Now, in anticipation of the May 8th show, these four finalists will be taking the stage at Tower 5, Universal CityWalk’s new interactive outdoor concert venue, for an exclusive live performance.

Come cheer on your favorite singer as each finalist—Chris Mann for Team Christina, Juliet Simms for Team CeeLo, Tony Lucca for Team Adam, and Jermaine Paul for Team Blake—take the stage to perform one song each before next week’s final showdown.

Here’s the full press release:

NBC’s “The Voice” Final Four Set to Perform Live at

Universal CityWalk’s State-of-the-Art “5 Towers” Concert Venue

Performance Will Be Streamed Live to Facebook, NBC.com and the

NBC Experience Store in New York

Universal City, CA – Universal CityWalk’s® “5 Towers” state-of-the art concert venue welcomes the Final Four of NBC’s blockbuster vocal competition show, “The Voice,” for a live performance at 10:30am on Thursday, May 3, 2012.  The special one-time concert in Los Angeles invites fans to Universal CityWalk to cheer on their favorite performer. “The Voice” winner will be announced next Tuesday, May 8.

CityWalk’s new interactive outdoor concert venue will serve as the energetic backdrop to showcase the leading vocal artists from celebrity musician coaches Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. The artist lineup set to command the stage at “5 Towers” include Kansas native Chris Mann for Team Christina, Florida native Juliet Simms for Team CeeLo, Connecticut native Tony Lucca for Team Adam, and New York native Jermaine Paul for Team Blake.  Competing to be named “The Voice” in Season 2 of the hit show, each of the final four artists will perform one song on the “5 Towers” stage and the performances will be streamed live to Facebook, NBC.com and at the NBC Experience Store in New York.

First to christen the “5 Towers” stage in July 2011 was none other than CeeLo himself paving the way for the first-of-its kind outdoor concert venue with fan immersive features and next-generation technology.  The Music Spotlight Series held this spring at “5  Towers” featured Billboard chart-topping talent Carly Rae Jepsen, as well as an eclectic and impressive lineup of local homegrown favorites including The Thomas Nicholas Band, Midnight Red, and Cherri Bomb, to name a few.

“We are so excited to have the finalists from ‘The Voice’ here at the 5 Towers on CityWalk,” said Pat Donahue, Director of CityWalk Entertainment.  “While we’ve hosted established recording artists like Flo Rida, Good Charlotte and Justin Bieber, we also have a strong commitment to supporting emerging artists.  It’s a great privilege to provide up-and-coming talent with an outstanding, state of the art venue to do what they love to do – which is to play great music and entertain the masses!”

Before the final four contestants were announced, the eight semi-finalists recently were treated to a behind-the-scenes sneak peek of Universal Studios Hollywood’s epic, new thrill ride,Transformers™:  The Ride-3D, set to open officially on May 25, 2012. Photos and video featuring the semi-finalists in the theme park are available upon request.

More information on Universal CityWalk’s upcoming events is available atwww.CityWalkHollywood.com.  Artist announcements and “5 Towers” concert venue events can also be found on Twitter @CityWalkLA and Facebook-Universal CityWalk Hollywood.

“The Voice” Final Four Live Performances at Universal CityWalk “5 Towers” Concert Venue

100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA  91608

Press Check-In: 8:30AM  /  Media Interviews: 9-11AM  /  Live Concert: 10:30AM-11AM

Universal Studios Hollywood ^SM, The Entertainment Capital of L.A.^SM, includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour; the CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex, the Universal CityWalk Cinemas, the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert venue, and the Gibson Amphitheatre concert and special event arena.  World-class rides and attractions include the intense, award-winning new ride, “King Kong 360 3-D” on the famed behind-the-scenes Studio Tour, “The Simpsons Ride^TM,” “Revenge of the Mummy^SM —The Ride” indoor roller coaster and “Jurassic Park® —The Ride,” as well as the much-anticipated mega-attraction, “Transformers™:  The Ride-3D,” opening in May 2012.

Universal Studios Hollywood is a unit of the Universal Parks & Resorts division of NBCUniversal.  NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.  NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks.  Comcast Corporation owns a controlling 51% interest in NBCUniversal, with GE holding a 49% stake.

About NBC’s “The Voice”

“The Voice” is a vocal competition show featuring celebrity musician coaches Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton. Carson Daly hosts and serves as producer, and Christina Milian serves as social media correspondent. The show’s innovative format features three stages of competition: the first begins with the blind audition, and then the competition enters into a battle phase, and finally, the live performance shows. In the end, each coach will have one star artist left ready to compete against the other teams’ finalists to be named “The Voice” – the winner will receive the grand prize of a recording contract.

“The Voice” is a presentation of One Three Inc. (a Hearst/Mark Burnett company), Talpa Media USA Inc. and Warner Horizon Television. The series is created by John de Mol, who executive-produces along with Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers and Lee Metzger.

How genius was it of the Sing Off and NBC to do a Christmas show with the various Sing Off contestants? A really great idea in my book. The following are the videos from the performance in case you missed it.
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Live Finale: Group Number
The final three open the show with a performance of “The Way You Make Me Feel” by Michael Jackson.
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Week 10: Pentatonix Mastermix

Pentatonix performs a mastermix of “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson and “Forget You” by Cee Lo Green.
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Week 9: Group Number
The top five groups open the show with a medley of “I Feel Good” by James Brown, “ABC” by The Jackson 5 and “Crazy in Love” by Beyonce.
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The new dark comedy “Welcome To Dopeland” (formerly titled “Everything Must Go”) from director Len Dell’Amico is like a Cheech and Chong road picture crossed with Dr. Strangelove. About two slackers headed for trouble that find more of it than they ever dreamed of, this small indie flick covers some big bright ideas — and the end of the world — ripped right from today’s headlines.

For a limited time*, download “Welcome To Dopeland” for $2 by using the special discount code “Q802C088″ (Valid through 11/15) at checkout — go to http://bit.ly/OWSmovie to download your copy today.

I must admit that I’m not sure whether I hated Welcome to Dopeland or found it incredibly intriguing and thought provoking. I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those movies where the premise and messages it pictures are going to stick with me for a long time to come.

The movie definitely had strange and surprising twists every step of the way. For a while I had no idea where this movie was headed. In fact, they really wait until basically the end of the movie to reveal basically what’s going on.

You can find the trailer for Welcome to Dopeland below.
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Week 8: Pentatonix Sings “Born to Be Wild”
Pentatonix gives a head-banging performance of “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf.

Week 8: Dartmouth Aires Sing “We’re Not Gonna Take It”
The Dartmouth Aires perform “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister.

Week 8: Afro-Blue Sings “American Girl”
Afro-Blue performs “American Girl” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Week 8: Delilah Sings “Dream On”
Delilah takes on Aerosmith’s rock anthem “Dream On.”

Week 8: Urban Method Sings “Here I Go Again”
Urban Method puts its own twist on “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake.

Week 8: Vocal Point Sings “You Really Got Me”
Vocal Point proves that BYU knows how to rock with their performance of “You Really Got Me” by the Kinks.

Week 8: Dartmouth Aires Sing “Save a Horse (Ride A Cowboy)”
The Dartmouth Aires perform “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” by Big & Rich.

Week 8: Afro-Blue Sings “Need You Now”
Jazz group Afro-Blue takes on country hit “Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum.

Week 8: Urban Method Sings “Before He Cheats”
Hip-hop group Urban Method goes country with their performance of “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood.

Week 8: Delilah Sings “If I Die Young”

Week 8: Vocal Point Sings “Life Is a Highway”
BYU’s Vocal Point performs “Life Is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts.

Week 8: Pentatonix Sings “Stuck Like Glue”
Pentatonix turns on the country charm with their performance of “Stuck Like Glue” by Sugarland.

Week 8: Elimination
The remaining six groups anxiously await the judges’ decision.

Week 8: Delilah’s Swan Song
Delilah sings “Survivor” for their final performance

Bringing Their A Game
The final five face off in a nail-biting matchup next Monday on The Sing Off.

Week 7: Group Number
The show starts off with a special Halloween-themed group performance.

Week 7: Vocal Point’s Elvis Medley
Vocal Point performs a medley of hits by Elvis Presley.

Week 7: Dartmouth Aires’ Queen Medley
The Dartmouth Aires perform a medley of hits by Queen.

Week 7: Urban Method’s Rihanna Medley
Urban Method performs a medley of hits by Rihanna.

Week 7: The YellowJackets’ Billy Joel Medley
The YellowJackets perform a medley of Billy Joel hits

Week 7: Delilah’s Alicia Keys Medley
Delilah performs a medley of hits by Alicia Keys.

Week 7: Afro-Blue’s Janet Jackson Medley
Afro-Blue performs a medley of hits by Janet Jackson.

Week 7: Pentatonix’s Britney Spears Medley
Pentatonix performs a medley of hits by Britney Spears.

Week 7: Guest Performance by Committed
Season 2 winners Committed return to the stage to perform of a medley of hits by Chris Brown.

Week 7: Elimination
The final seven groups anxiously await the judges’ decision.

Week 7: The YellowJackets’ Swan Song
The YellowJackets give a spirited performance of “I Get Knocked Down” for their final song

Week 5: Group Number
Ten groups come together for a collaborative performance of Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long” in the biggest Sing-Off performance ever!

Week 5: YellowJackets Sing “Wannabe”
The YellowJackets kick off the night with a high-energy performance of “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls.

Week 5: Delilah Sings “Flashdance… What a Feeling
Delilah channels the ’80s with their performance of “Flashdance… What a Feeling” by Irene Cara.

Week 5: The Collective Sings “I Will Survive”
The Collective gives an emotional performance of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

Week 5: North Shore Sings “Power of Love”
North Shore performs “Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News.

Week 5: Dartmouth Aires Sing “Jessie’s Girl”
The Dartmouth Aires take on Rick Springfield’s hit “Jessie’s Girl.”

Week 5: Afro-Blue Sings “I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Afro-Blue jazzes up Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody.”

Week 5: Pentatonix Sings “Video Killed the Radio Star
Pentatonix applies their electro skills to “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles.

Week 5: Deltones Perform “Listen to Your Heart”
The University of Delaware Deltones take on Roxette’s hit “Listen to Your Heart.”

Week 5: Urban Method Performs “Poison.”
Urban Method goes retro with its performance of “Poison” by Bell Biv Devoe.

Week 5: Vocal Point Performs “Footloose”
Vocal Point lets loose with an energetic performance of “Footloose” by Kenny Loggins.

Week 5: Elimination Round 1
The first five groups anxiously await the judges’ decision.

Week 5: Elimination Round 2
The second set of five groups anxiously awaits the judges’ decision.

Week 5: Deltones’ Swan Song
The Deltones sing “Goodbye to You” for their final performance.

Week 5: North Shore’s Swan Song
North Shore sings “Goodnight Sweetheart” for its final performance.

Week 6 Preview
Don’t miss Vocal Point’s emotional performance, next week on The Sing-Off.