Make me a Superstar!

I was just tucking into some birthday cake in front of the TV a few minutes ago and Danity Kane's video came on. You know...to their last song, Damaged. I really like Danity Kane. They're the only group from Diddy's (or Sean Puffy Daddy Baby Mummy whatever he's called these days) reality show 'Making the Band'. Personally, this is one of the biggest wastes of television viewing time, like most reality shows. The first two seasons spawned two boy bands who fizzled into nothing within the space of two years each. The fourth installment also brought into the world another male group as well as a male solo singer. The first season's boy band, O-Town, were perhaps the most successful male group and the only ones I have ever heard of. The most successful group, however, proved to be the third season winners - Danity Kane. This was the only girl band that was created from the series. The actual 'making of' period was boring. I only used to watch the show when there literally was nothing less boring to watch. The end result is something else. These girls seem to have a good thing going on despite everything that's running against them. First of all, they had to fight against the cliched endings of the other show's finalists so that people could take them seriously. Secondly, they had to rub off the loser image that Diddy always seems to instil in his contestants. Lastly, they stepped into the market alongside the Pussycat Dolls which are no easy contest, I tell ya! 'Damaged' was one of my favourite Pop/R'n'B tracks for 2008 and 'Show Stopper' will always remain on my top list. At the moment they are headlining their first US tour.



I still don't get these 'making the..' shows though. You can see from the above that Danity Kane were just lucky. Well, maybe it's because they're a female group, I don't know. LOL. Yeah, you read right. Girl power!! HAHA. Still, watching Diddy make money off these innocent victims who are dying to make it big and realise their dreams is just plain wrong. I know I'm an America's Next Top Model fan but at least we're talking about a solo winner. Here, you've got a group of people who never knew each other before and are now trying to start off a successful band. It's a bit hard to swallow. The same thing has been done in Malta too but the girls never even lived together which makes it harder. At least, bands like 'The Shures' (whom I wrote about in my blog recently) had a solid relationship first. Online relationships can be pretty powerful. I have formed some of my best friendships through the internet. Of course, there are people we meet in the reality who also share our passions and adventures. However, meeting someone through the internet guarantees that get-to-know phase is initiated and developed without fear or uncertainty.

The most painfully obvious examples of band-making failure are definitely VH1's 'Mission: Man Band' and MTV's 'Totally Boyband'. The shows brought together washed-up band members from popular 90s boy bands like '*NSYNC' and 'LFO' to form a new boy band. I used to cringe at the embarassing ordeals these guys went through. They all looked desperate and admitted that this was their last shot at saving their careers. One member of this show did actually make a comeback with his group this year. Super hottie Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block fame has reunited with his old band-mates and have just released their first album in 14 years!! They will also be touring once again very soon. It's kind of funny because the group was also originally formed through a talent search. The only difference that catered to their success was that they were the first real boy band group of their times. I don't know about you but I think the guys look hotter than ever!! >>>>>>>>>



PAUSE AT 2:26 to see Danny up-close!!

I haven't heard their new songs yet so I cannot comment. Has anybody heard them? Tell us what you think by clicking on the comments link below.