================================================ Subject: Re: "Your Big Break" as Stapp From: "creedtunesfan" To: Date: Mon 13 Aug 2001 20:48:09 -0400 ================================================ I love this show but wouldn't you know this would be the one I missed! Keep Smiling Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 2:12 PM Subject: "Your Big Break" as Stapp > Yeah, a creed-related topic! Well, last night I was trying to find > something on television to watch. There was nothing on! So, I ended up > watching a show called "Your Big Break". > > The following is some background information for those who are not familiar > with the show. "Your Big Break" takes ordinary people with good singing > voices, dresses them up like their favorite performers (that they also can > sound like) and lets them act out their favorite showbiz fantasies on stage > before a live audience and millions of TV viewers. Five or six acts take the > stage during each hour-long show. First viewers see a short documentary about > the contestants living their normal lives, then on stage they disappear into > a bank of fog, only to reappear (after the professional makeup artists & > stylists get through with them) dressed up as their favorite artist. The > contestants on the show are surprisingly talented; this is no karaoke bar. > They sound remarkably similar to the stars they're impersonating. So much so > that many viewers mistakenly believe they are lip-syncing to a recording. > They are not. All singing is live, done by the contestants. No lip-syncing, > ever. > > The audience votes for its favorite act at the end of the show. Contestants > compete for a $25,000 grand prize, which isn't much in this day of million > dollar game shows. In fact, if they win the audience vote, contestants don't > even win the money then - just a chance to go on to the finals where they can > win the cash. But I suspect that many of these contestants would probably pay > to get this kind of free publicity, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to strut your > stuff in front of the world, and maybe even be discovered along the way > (although that's a longshot.) > > The episode I watched had people impersonated Patti Labelle, The B-52s, > Melissa Ethridge, and others. One of those other artists that were > impersonated was Scott Stapp of Creed. Before a commercial break, the host > gave a trivia question out as a hint for the next performer. He said > something to the ring of "Our next contestant will be impersonating a band > who joined The Doors guitarist, Robbie Kriegar in front of a crowd of over > 400,000." I already knew the answer before he gave multiple choices. Let me > say choice A was Creed and choice B was Pearl Jam. > > After the commercials, the host went into the video on the contestant. This > 20-something contestant was named Dean Summer from Madison, Alabama where he > lives with his parents, sister, and grandparents. He has a band, but his day > job is repairing/redesigning RVs and buses. He also enjoys water sports > including surfing. That was pretty much the whole video on him. Back in the > studio, he comes out and the host greets hi, and says "So, what artist will > you be performing as?" Dean reply was "A band I hope my band can one day open > for, Creed." Well, before I continue I need to make a disturbing comparison. > Dean looks like a 20-something Eddie Vedder with short hair. Their faces look > so much the same. It gave me the willies with the whole Pearl Jam and Creed > issues. Then Dean went into the fog and then the host introduced him "This > band has sold over 10 million copies of their 3 records to date (3 records? > Uh, not quite yet and Human Clay had sold over 10 million on its own.) Here > is Dean Summer as Scott Stapp of Creed." The make-up people just made his > blonde hair to dark brown, added extensions and threw it back behind his > ears. The costume people did a bit better. Dean was in black leather pants (a > bit too baggy though), black shirt, black leather jacket, and the chain > necklace. > > How was Dean's portrayal as Scott Stapp? He did do well. He did do "Higher," > but all the impersonators had to do the biggest hits of the artists they were > portraying. Dean's voice was deep, but there were parts where he did not hold > the note as long as Scott does or as low on a note or two. (Critical? Nah) > Overall, it was good. The stage was designed well too. It was designed like > the "Higher" video (it looked better actually in my opinion) with the red > background and rotating lights. The back-up band did not do as well with the > song. The guitarist looked like Carl Bell of Fuel a bit and his playing was > nothing even comparable to Mark's. The drummer was American-American and had > short hair. I am not sure if it was a male or female. They only show the > drummer once of twice and both times at a profile angle. I did not get a good > look at the bass player, but it seemed like the bass lines were correct. > Well, I am making this really long. Dean did not end up winning. The woman > who impersonated Patti Labelle won (and she deserved it). I just thought that > was interesting though. It was nice to see some Creed mentions on non-cable > for once. The show is syndicated if any one wants to see the show. > > Best Wishes, > Kerri > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp