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Celebrity Rap Showdown | October 05, 2007

Is anyone watching MTV's Celebrity Rap Showdown? I was eagerly anticipating this Dancing with the Celebrities knockoff, and I have not been disappointed.

In Celebrity Rap Showdown, a handful of D-Listers get one week to learn and perform a rap. Each of the performers is "assisted" by a rap legend. The rappers are supposed to work with the celebs to help them with their flow, but how much help can they possibly give? Blogger Perez Hilton was teamed with Tone Loc, and I couldn't identify one thing that Tone ever did to help out Perez.

The rappin' celebs this first season have been blogger Perez Hilton, actress Shar Jackson, actress Countess Vaughn, reality guy Jason Wahler, rocker Sebastian Bach, football player Jamal Anderson, and actor Efren Ramirez, and playmate Kendra Wilkinson. That's a pretty so-so who's who. The judges are a bit more nameworthy. The judges are Big Boy (a popular radio DJ), da Brat, and the legendary DMC. All the judges have been refreshingly honest in their assessments of the performances, all of which have improved.

There have been surprises. Could there be a more wonderful TV moment than seeing Sebastian Bach rap "I wanna see some panties droppin'" from Doggy Dogg World? On the opposite end of the scale, Jason Wahler couldn't be bothered to learn his lyrics and spent two of his three weeks embarrassing himself on stage. Here he is on the first night of the show.



When my friend, Amy, heard that I was moving to LA, the first thing she did was order tickets to the show to celebrate. She loves Sebastian Bach, and I love D-List reality competitions. I love this show, and I hope some of you are watching it, too. If you are watching it, who are your faves? Hopefully it will be back for a second, slightly longer season. Celebrity Rap Showdown airs live Thursday nights on MTV.

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