Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious

Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious
Contestants, from top to bottom from left to right: Kristin, Natalie, Megan, Carrie, Chrystina, Charlye, Nichole, Ilisa, Alexis, Tiffanie, Jamie, Cassandra Porter, Charlotte, Jenna and Keisha.
Created by	Robin Antin
Starring	Pussycat Dolls Robin Antin Lil' Kim Ron Fair Mark McGrath
Opening theme	Don't Cha
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Ken Mok
Running time	60 min.
Original release
Network	The CW
Release	February 18, 2008 – present

Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious is an American reality television series on The CW network. It is a talent based show, in which young aspiring female singers/dancers compete in order to claim their spots to become the group "Girlicious". Girlicious is the creation of Robin Antin, creator of The Pussycat Dolls, who in the first season was searching for The Next Doll, but is now searching for an entirely new pop group by the name Girlicious. Girlicious, unlike the Pussycat Dolls, will be a more urbanized all female trio. This is the format for the second season of the Pussycat Dolls Present series, focusing mostly on female dancers/singers, looking for fame in the music industry. It premiered on Monday, February 18, 2008. This season will features 15 talented young women competing for the 3 slots open. The contestants, as named by producers, are: Alexis Pelekanos, Carrie Jones, Cassandra Porter, Charlotte Benesch, Charlye Nichols, Chrystina Sayers, Ilisa Juried, Jamie Ruiz, Jenna Artzer, Keisha Henry, Kristin, Megan Dupre, Natalie Mejia, Nichole Cordova and Tiffanie Anderson. As for Girlicious the group, that album is nearly done, and a single will be released immediately following the TV show's April 21 finale. Barring any last-minute changes, the Girlicious debut opens with a guest shot from rapper of the moment Flo Rida, who currently has two songs in the Top 40 on the U.S. pop chart.

Performances

Episode 1: Let's Get Girlicious

Group 1
Song	"Tainted Love"
Artist	Pussycat Dolls
Performers	Alexis, Megan, Tiffanie

Group 2
Song	"My Lovin"
Artist	En Vogue
Performers	Keisha, Ilisa, Carrie

Group 3
Song	"Where Did Our Love Go"
Artist	The Supremes
Performers	Jamie, Charlye, Jenna

	Group 4
Song	"Right Now"
Artist	Pussycat Dolls
Performers	Chrystina, Cassandra, Nichole

Group 5
Song	"We Got the Beat"
Artist	The Go-Gos
Performers	Charlotte, Natalie, Kristin

Eliminated: Charlotte, Kristin, Keisha

Episode 2: Confidence

Immunity Challenge: Singing Star-Spangled Banner in a baseball game

Immunity Winner: Carrie

Group 1
Song	"Holiday"
Artist	Madonna
Performers	Nichole, Natalie, Tiffanie, Ilisa

Group 2
Song	"Baby One More Time"
Artist	Britney Spears
Performers	Megan, Cassandra, Jamie, Alexis

Group 3
Song	"Tearin' Up My Heart"
Artist	*NSYNC
Performers	Carrie, Charlye, Jenna, Chrystina

Eliminated: Megan

Episode 3: Charisma

Immunity Challenge: Performing I Don't Need a Man in front of critical fans

Immunity Winner: Natalie

Group 1
Song	"These Boots (Are Made for Walkin')"
Artist	Nancy Sinatra
Performers	Charlye, Tiffanie, Nichole

Group 2
Song	"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
Artist	Cyndi Lauper
Performers	Carrie, Jamie, Alexis, Cassandra

Group 3
Song	"Respect"
Artist	Aretha Franklin
Performers	Chrystina, Natalie, Jenna, Ilisa

Team leaders (based on Week 2 performances) : Charlye, Carrie, Chrystina

Eliminated: Alexis

Episode 4: Style

Immunity Challenge: Red carpet photoshoot for In Touch Weekly magazine

Immunity Winner: Nichole

Group 1
Song	"Take Your Time (Do It Right)"
Artist	SOS Band
Performers	Charlye, Natalie, Nichole

Group 2
Song	"Heart of Glass"
Artist	Blondie
Performers	Jamie, Ilisa, and Cassandra

Group 3
Song	"Dim All The Lights"
Artist	Donna Summer
Performers	Chrystina, Tiffanie, Jenna, Carrie

Eliminated: Cassandra

Episode 5: Kitchen Confrontation / Sexiness

Immunity Challenge: Dancing with hot boys to Do It

Immunity Winner: Chrystina

Group 1
Song	"Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
Artist	Pat Benatar
Performers	Nichole, Chrystina, Jenna

Group 2
Song	"Piece of my Heart"
Artist	Janis Joplin
Performers	Carrie, Ilisa, Tiffanie

Group 3
Song	"I Want You to Want Me"
Artist	Cheap Trick
Performers	Jamie, Natalie, Charlye

Eliminated: Jamie and Ilisa

• Note: Natalie's grandmother passed away during the said week

Episode 6: Vocal Expression

Immunity Challenge: Recording Leave You Alone, the first track of Girlicious, in the studio of Geffen Records

Immunity Winner: Tiffanie

Group 1
Song	"Emotion"
Artist	Destiny's Child
Performers	Nichole, Charlye, Jenna, Natalie

Group 2
Song	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"
Artist	Irene Cara
Performers	Carrie, Chrystina, Tiffanie

Groups 1&2
Song	"Flashdance... What a Feeling" dance routine
Artist	Irene Cara
Performers	All the girls

• Song assignments are performed as a medley.

Eliminated: Jenna

Episode 7: A Look Back

• This episode was aired on March 31, 2008. Since this was a recap episode, there were no performances, and no eliminations. However, it shows some never before seen footages from the previous weeks of competition.
• In this episode, the editors erroneously left in a scene with Kenn Hicks and the five remaining girls singing Leave You Alone, which allowed some keen-eyed fans to determine that Carrie will be eliminated in the following episode.

Episode 8: Star Quality

The women film a music video with director Steven Antin on a sailing expedition; during the final performance the judges send one woman home.

Eliminated: Carrie

Episode 9: Public Image

The five remaining girls know they have to have the talent to make it into the group, but this week they are tested on their ability to handle the media during a press tour. The girls will be tested on their public speaking skills during a live interview with Los Angeles' KIIS-FM radio host Jojo and an on-camera interview with "Extra" host Mark McGrath. Back at the house, the girls try to put their differences aside for the better of the group, but one girl doesn't put forth the effort

Episode 10: You Are Girlicious

The remaining women prepare for their final performance; one questions whether this is the right path for her; the dreams of three women become reality when they are welcomed as members of Girlicious; a shocking last-minute decision.

Elimination's call-out order

Robin Antin’s Callout Order

Order	Episode 1 By Groups	Episode 2 By Groups	Episode 3 Individually	Episode 4 By Groups	Episode 5 Individually	Episode 6 Individually	Episode 8 Individually	Episode 9 Individually	Episode 10 Individually
01	Tiffanie	Jenna	Natalie	Chrystina	Chrystina	Tiffanie
02	Alexis	Charlye	Charlye	Jenna	Charlye	Carrie
03	Megan	Chrystina	Tiffanie	Tiffanie	Carrie	Charlye
04	Jamie	Carrie	Carrie	Carrie	Nichole	Nichole
05	Jenna	Nichole	Jamie	Charlye	Tiffanie	Natalie
06	Charlye	Natalie	Cassandra	Nichole	Natalie	Chrystina	Carrie
07	Chrystina	Ilisa	Ilisa	Natalie	Jenna	Jenna
08	Nichole	Tiffanie	Jenna	Ilisa	Ilisa
09	Cassandra	Alexis	Nichole	Jamie	Jamie
10	Ilisa	Jamie	Chrystina	Cassandra
11	Natalie	Cassandra	Alexis
12	Carrie	Megan
13	Charlotte
14	Kristin
15	Keisha

  The contestant won the reward challenge and as such is safe from elimination.

  The contestant was eliminated.

  The contestant won the competition

Notes:

• On Week 1 the contestants were called by groups except for the last six who were called individually.
• On Week 3&5 all the contestants were called together (except Natalie on Week 3 who was called out by Mark McGrath) except for the last for. On Week 6 only the last two were called separately, also Chrystina wasn't called out.
• On Week 5 Charlye and Chrystina were rewarded a Hello Kitty diamond necklace for their performance on the challenge.
• Week 7 is a recap episode.
• After Week 7, some fans found some photos of Episode 9, which spoils Episode 8 and the one who will be eliminated.

References

• Official Girlicious Website
• Official Geffen Label Site