Amateur Night with pros Pussycat Dolls and Danity Kane
Jun 27, 2008, 08:43 AM | by Lisa Raphael
Categories: 'Nashville Star', Ouch! That was my ear!, Reality TV, Things That Make Me Die Inside
I don't really ask too much from the artists that persist on my guilty pleasure playlist. The Pussycat Dolls have been in my good graces since the "Don’t Cha" days, and Danity Kane recently won me over with the addictive "Damaged." But I think it's time for me to make one request: stick to the recording studios and flashy music videos and leave my primetime TV watching alone. Thanks.
I'm not the only one who cringed witnessing Danity Kane screech through their performance on Monday night's Nashville Star (above) — and according to your PopWatch comments, your ears were bleeding too. What made it all more of a train wreck was the fact that anyone who performed before or after Diddy's ladies could and did sing better than the girl group. Sure, Gabe Garcia might not be able to pull off the pleather jumper quiet like Ms. O'Day, but that's what Celebrity Fit Club is for.
The Pussycat Dolls made the same faux pas the week before on my summer love So You Think You Can Dance. Their jiggles and gyrations don't come close to the beautiful moves of the versatile contestants who tackle the Viennese waltz one week and master krumping the next.
Shield your eyes and ears on this one — Pussycat Dolls "When I Grow Up" on So You Think You Can Dance.
As American Idols sell records and SYTYCDancers take top spots in music videos and Broadway shows, can our manufactured, one-trick-pony pop stars still compete in this world of budding amateur talent?

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