R U The Girl With T-Boz & Chilli, an upcoming UPN series which will follow the two remaining members of the all-female TLC music group as they search for a female performer to join them for an upcoming concert and recording studio sessions, has begun conducting open casting calls.
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However, while Rock Star will journey the world seeking to find a new lead singer for Australian rock band INXS, R U The Girl is remaining vague regarding exactly how long its winning performer will be associated with TLC's surviving members. The show was originally reported as effort to find a new third member to replace Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (who died in a 2002 car accident), resulting in a negative backlash from fans who felt that T-Boz and Chilli were reneging on earlier promises to never replace Left Eye. As a result, the show's prize is now simply being termed a "lifetime opportunity" that will select one female performer "who will join them in an upcoming concert and record with them in the studio."
A four-time Grammy Award-winning group, TLC originally formed in Atlanta in 1991. Riding a blend of pop, hip-hop and urban soul to superstardom, they became one of the biggest-selling female R&B groups of all time, selling more than 33 million albums sold worldwide and landing nine Top 10 singles, five #1 singles, and two #1 albums.
R U The Girl With T-Boz & Chilli's casting tour began this past weekend in Los Angeles, with upcoming stops scheduled for New York, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, Atlanta, and Miami. Mail-in applications are also being accepted and are available for download from UPN.com
R U The Girl's casting tour dates and locations are:
FEBRUARY 5th, 2005
City: New York, NY
Time: 10AM to 6PM
Place: Hilton New York
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
FEBRUARY 8th, 2005
City: Chicago, IL
Time: 10AM to 6PM
Place: Renaissance Chicago Hotel
One West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
FEBRUARY 12th, 2005
City: Dallas, TX
Time: 10AM to 6PM
Place: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex
650 South Griffin St.
Dallas, TX 75202
FUTURE OPEN CASTING CALLS
Washington DC - 2/15/05
Atlanta - 2/19/05
Miami - 2/26/05
