Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious News

Overcoming the odds, cameras and cat fights of a reality TV show, the four women that now comprise Girlicious are ready to release their debut album. It comes out July 1.

"It is a competition, so of course you are looking for the other girls weaknesses. I wanted to win and have a spot in the group," 19-year-old Natalie Mejia said of Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.

When the final four emerged, fortunately, they were able to focus on their shared goal of establishing a sining career. The girls got to know each other and create a unique bond.

"The girls and I bonded so hard, we are pretty much sisters. We hang out with each other a lot," Chrystina said. "It was hard for me to put aside my differences, but when we came together we realized what we have."

Now that the competition is over, the girls are busy with a handful of projects, including a two-year, multi-million dollar deal with Sexy Hair Concepts, the Chatsworth, California-based firm which specializes in manufacturing volume-generating hair products.

The deal will include $3 million expenditure by the company to produce print advertising featuring Girlicious. It's quite the commitment to a new group.

"The things the company is moving toward are youth, sexiness and diversity," said Jim Morrison, chief executive officer of Sexy Hair. "If you look at these four girls, it is sort of United Colors of Benetton. It was a natural fit and didn't take us long to make a decision."

The members of Girlicious were announced on the series finale of Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious last night. Aren't you just dying to see who comprises this new band? On to the results!

Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious: As the episode begins, Charlye still can't get over herself.  She's not sure that she can handle being in a group with Natalie and Chrystina, but Nichole tells her that she's going to have to adjust to the idea... -- Buddy TV

America's Next Top Model: The girls touched down in Rome and were blown away by what they've accomplished thus far. Lauren, as she tends to do every week, explained how she never expected to make it to this point and how she was blown away by it... -- TV Guide

In between donation phone calls to Idol Gives Back last night, we found time to watch a trio of other reality TV shows. Here's what we saw:

Top Chef: The guest judge is Ming Tsai, who Lisa describes as being known for his "east-meets-west cuisine." This challenge is all about a trained palate: it's the blindfold taste test. Antonia's psyched because this is her favorite challenge on the show... Reality News Online

Big Brother: James wasn't laying down on the job this week. After Adam replaced Sheila's nomination with James, the mohawked hamster went to work. His plan? Take out Natalie... TV Squad

Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious: This week's oddly avant garde video message tells the girls that their challenge is about "Star Quality" - the ability to stand out in a crowd and turn heads and all that jazz. When they go to meet Robin, she tells them that the weakest member will go home... Zap2It

We've compiled our own recaps of Dancing With the Stars and The Bachelor, so forgive us if we need some help with a pair of other programs.

For all you fans out there, here are some breakdowns of two of reality TV's hottest, strangest shows, courtesy of Buddy TV. Follow the links to continue:

Pussycat Doll solo artist Nicole Scherzinger stops by the set, and one girl gets in a throwdown with vocal coach Kenn Hicks. Natalie opens the episode by declaring that being beautiful is a talent. Robin gathers the girls together and says she'll now be judging them individually, not in groups. This week's challenge is all about vocal expression, which means the girls actually have to sound decent ...

Flavor Flav announces that the girls will make a Flavor of Love 3 Girls calendar. Prancer thinks this is every girls dream. Yes, even if Hillary Clinton were to become president, every girl's great regret will be not posing suggestively for a calendar. Helping out are former Flavor of Love stars Buckwild (who has her own clothing line) and Saaphyri (who has her own brand of lip chap, whatever the hell that is). In the end, it all boils down to Shy or Hotlanta...

There were certainly a trio of eclectic shows from which viewers could choose their reality TV last night. From models to skanks, let's recap them below...

Make Me A Supermodel: The models wake up to a cruel, cruel reality. It's possible that one of Perry's henchmen will be leaving. But no one's counting their chickens before they pose, in light of Ben's outburst(s) last week. Holly tells Shannon that she'll be so happy if Beautiful Frankie or Casey leave, meaning Perry will have one fewer audience member in his personal laugh track. -- TVGasm

Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious: This week's oddly avant garde PCD video message is about Style. When Robin addresses them, she says that while it's important to be part of a group, they should also stand out on their own. The girls are broken up into 3 Disco-themed groups.  -- Zap2It

Flavor of Love: Sinceer, Thing 1 and Thing 2 are still hating on Bee-Ex for being on Fear Factor. The next morning they get their challenge, which is to dress up in a costume and write a bedtime story about it. And you thought the Brothers Grimm were gruesome. -- Buddy TV

Here's a review of last night's reality TV, which featured one mainstay in the genre and a pair of shows that focus on a washed up singer and wannabe singers, respectively...

Flavor of Love: Now that Ice and Rayna are gone, the Things turn their vicious ness towards Bee-Ex and Seezinz for no discernible reasons. Hotlanta tells Prancer to stop acting like a ho, but the feisty reindeer ignores her because Hotlanta used to be a stripper. -- Buddy TV

Project Runway: We're caught up on everything we already know: Five designers are going to fashion week, but only three of them will be on TV. Rami has to beat Chris' butt one more time before he is given the chance to loosely pin fabric on a skin covered skeleton. -- TVGasm

Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious: Two of the Pussycat Dolls pop up in the oddly cut video to introduce this week's lesson of Charisma - something that can "turn fans into fanatics." -- Zap2It

Last night, reality TV viewers were treated to a series of skanks doing what they do best: chasing love and dancing. Here are recaps of Flavor of Love and Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.

Flavor of Love: As this episode begins, Prancer is bugged about Ice being on the radio. The ladies get dolled up for their next challenge, though Myammee is late because of her extensive beauty regimen. They're split into two teams, each one getting $1,000 to design a restaurant. -- Buddy TV

Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious: After the requisite recap of last week's shenanigans, we jump right in as the 12 finalists move into the loft. The girls giggle and scream and freak-out as they run around looking at everything. At one point, Natalie's confessional has her stating that she has an advantage over all the other girls because she feels she's attractive, can sing, can dance, etc. -- Zap2It

Mikey Minden will serve as choreographer on Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious. It's a follow-up to a previous reality show on The CW in which a search for a new Pussycat Doll wasn't exactly successful.

The new reality series, which premieres February 18, once again showcases Robin Antin in an attempt to find a new all-girl group. Minden recently chatted with Buddy TV about the show:

How did it differ for you from the first season?
Well, I would say the first season was really fun and we had a great time.  We kind of were just going with the flow, we didn't really know what to expect.  I kind of describe it as the first season was like a warm up, and then this season is the reveal.  Last time we had great girls, and they had really great personalities, and everyone could dance and sing -- well, mostly everyone could dance.

It was just different, we had a different caliber of girls this time.  Me and Robin really saw all types of girls, all ages, we saw strippers, we saw old women, we saw guys dressed in drag.  We really saw crazy, crazy, crazy characters, but throughout the auditions we just tried to keep in mind what we thought Girlicious was gonna turn into.

When the girls come in to audition, what is it you look for in their dance skills?
Well, the first thing I look for, honestly, just to be blunt, when we're casting and we're looking at girls all around the world, is I look to see if they're hot, and if they have a good face, and if they're pretty.  The dancing and singing, they can usually all sing and dance, most of them, but you can't change someone's face.  Well, you can, but not on the TV show we can't.

I look for right away, are they hot, are they sexy, are they young? We don't want any old hags on Girlicious.  We definitely look for if they're young, they're hot, they're sexy, then I of course go straight to their dancing.  Can they dance?  Can they move?  Sometimes you'll get someone who dances club style, and that's kind of cool because they have that natural sexy vibe, but can they really dance?

Can they learn the choreography, the fundamentals, can they remember it?  Can they pick it up and perform it?  Sometimes that's hard, so you kind of look for a whole bunch of things.

Read the full interview now.