Posted May 8th 2007 12:07PM by TMZ Staff
The Great White Way is riddled with the discarded musical corpses of former "American Idol" wannabeens of yore.
As of May 29, Season One finalist Tamyra Gray will join the cast of "Rent" (she previously starred in "Bombay Dreams"), and simultaneously, rejoins the club of former "A.I." contestants who have been making ends meet on Broadway. It's not a J.Hud Oscar but it beats the late shift at Applebees!
Other contest losers trading Hollywood dollar bills for Playbills include: Season Two's impeached diva Frenchie Davis, who has been performing in "Rent" off and on for four years, Season Four's creepy crooner Constantine Maroulis, who hammed it up in "The Wedding Singer" last year, and Anthony Federov (memba him?), who just this month joined the revival of long-time hit, "The Fantasticks." While Diana Degarmo, who came in second on Season Three, took a break from her soccer-mom 'do and non-existent record sales to don a beehive in "Hairspray."
Even Fanatasia Barrino, who actually won "Idol" and at one time sold millions of records, has hit the NYC stage. To her defense, Miss B. has been getting rave reviews and selling out the house as Miss Celie in Oprah's production of "The Color Purple."
So while America may have become immune to the McPheever ("Over It," anyone?), you never know, she may just turn up on Broadway -- in "Kats."
Filed under: American Idol
Tags: Anthony Federov, AnthonyFederov, Constantine Maroulis, ConstantineMaroulis, Diana Degarmo, DianaDegarmo, Fantasia Barrino, FantasiaBarrino, Frenchie Davis, FrenchieDavis, Tamyra Gray, TamyraGray
Posted Jun 8th 2006 2:25PM by TMZ Staff
These days being a reality TV star is becoming a full-time job as former 'Survivor' and 'Real World' cast-offs make careers out of living their lives for all to see. These people will do anything and NBC is ready to cash in, casting a crew of these misfits in a three-episode arc of 'Fear Factor.'
Starting next Tuesday 'Survivor' Jonny Fairplay, 'Idol' rejects Anthony Fedorov and Carmen Rasmusen, Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin and Trishelle Cannatella of 'The Real World,' along with other "stars" from 'The Apprentice' and 'The Amazing Race,' will return to the small screen to compete for $150,000.
For those of you who want nothing more than to see these people dragged through the mud, look no further -- one of the stunts involves them crawling through an alligator infested swamp, covered from head to toe with filth.
'Reality Stars Fear Factor' premieres June 13 at 8:00 pm on NBC.
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Tags: Anthony Federov, AnthonyFederov, Carmen Rasmusen, CarmenRasmusen, joe rogan, JoeRogan, Jonny Fairplay, JonnyFairplay, Mike Mizanin, MikeMizanin, Real World, reality stars fear factor, RealityStarsFearFactor, RealWorld, Survivor, the amazing raace, the apprentice, TheAmazingRaace, TheApprentice, Trishelle Cannatella, TrishelleCannatella
