I didn’t go in depth with Fox’s upcoming dating show The Choice which is a mashup of The Voice and The Dating Game because I figured the only celebrity contestant they’d need was Jennifer Love Hewitt who’s been begging for a guy to go out with her for months. She even jerks a different dude off once a week in The Client List which I’m now convinced is an audition reel she’ll post on OK Cupid.
Well, I was wrong because Jennifer’s name is nowhere near the cast list that was released. First, a little about the show.
Five of the episodes will feature male celebrities; one episode puts women in the power seats. The contestants were unaware who the celebrities were until moments before they went on stage, but that didn’t stop the sparks. “The [female contestants] took it ridiculously seriously, like they were getting married,” Darnell says. “A couple of the setups really had chemistry.”
Though none of the celebrities bombed with the contestants, Jonas, Cain and Beckford were particularly sought after, as was Suburgatory actor Parker Young and, somewhat surprisingly, Dispirito. EW
EW put up a list of stars who’ll have the chance to date a normal.
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Pauly D
Tyson Beckford
Joe Jonas
Dean Cain
Rob Kardashian
Rocco DiSpirito
Warren Sapp
Finesse Mitchell
Romeo
Jeremy Bloom
Jason Cook
Michael Catherwood
Seth Wescott
Parker Young
Ndamukong Suh
Dr. Robert Nettles
Taylor Hicks
Mike Sorrentino
Rob Gronkowski
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Carmen Electra
Hope Dworaczyk
Rima Fakih
Sophie Monk
Not exactly the cream of the crop apart from Rima Fakih, Joe Jonas, Tyson Beckford and Dean Cain. I wonder who the least sought after “celebrity” was. I bet it was Warren Sapp. Every girl just knows they’re going to end up footing the bill for 5 t-bone steaks at the end of the night.