Celebrity Boot Camp (2002)
Fox Creates Celebrity Boot Camp
LOS ANGELES -- Fox has assembled a roster for a celebrity edition of its "Boot Camp" reality show.
Among those signed up for the special, which will test the endurance of participants in the setting of a Marine basic training course, are O.J. Simpson house guest Kato Kaelin, former "Brady Bunch" star Barry Williams, and surviving Milli Vanilli lipsyncher Fabrice Morvan.
Other participants include rapper Coolio, former pop star Tiffany, "Married ... With Children" co-star David Faustino, and "Price Is Right" model Nikki Schieler Ziering.
The show, set to air Sept. 30, will be taped at the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, where the "recruits" will attempt to complete training tasks amid the barking of two former Marine Corps drill instructors, Variety reported Tuesday.
The four weakest players will be eliminated after each trial until two are left, at which point those finalists will compete in eight competitions to claim victory.
Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press.
Celebs to 'Camp' with Fox
Group includes Coolio, Kaelin, Faustino, Tiffany
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
A group of celebs have signed on to participate in the two-hour Fox special "Celebrity Boot Camp." Taped at the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base's Camp DeLuz, special will follow celeb recruits as they complete mental and physical tasks. Spec, from LMNO Prods. and Granada Entertainment, is based on the reality skein "Boot Camp," which aired on Fox in spring 2001.
Celebs involved include rapper Coolio; houseguest Kato Kaelin; "Married With Children's" David Faustino; surviving ex-Milli Vanilli member Fabrice Morvan; ex-pop idol/Playboy cover girl Tiffany; "Baywatch" babe Traci Bingham; singer Vitamin C; "Renegade" star Lorenzo Lamas; "Brady Bunch" star Barry Williams; and "Price Is Right" spokesmodel Nikki Schieler Ziering.
Former Marine Corps drill instructors Dave Francisco, Juanita Moore and Tony Rosenbum will shuffle the celebs through various missions; they'll then rank the strongest players and eliminate the four weakest. Elimination continues until just two celebs are still standing.
The two finalists will compete in a series of eight competitions (called the "Gauntlet") and vie to become the winner. The top recruit is chosen by the mix of votes and "Gauntlet" victories.
Eric Schotz and Bill Paolantonio executive produce "Celebrity Boot Camp."
"We are privileged once again to be collaborating with the United States Marine Corps and are thrilled about the return of several of our original 'Boot Camp' drill instructors," said Eric Schotz, who serves as prexy-CEO at LMNO.
"Boot Camp" started off strong for Fox but eventually tapered off with viewers. Show was also the basis of a lawsuit by CBS and Survivor Prods., which claimed the reality skein was a ripoff of the Eye's "Survivor."
CBS eventually settled with LMNO and Granada and dropped the suit.
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