R U the Girl (also known as R U the Girl with T-Boz and Chilli) is an American reality televisionmusic competition series that aired on UPN in 2005. The series featured Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, the remaining members of the all-girl R&B group TLC whose former member, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, died in a car crash in Honduras in 2002. Initially promoted by the network as a contest to replace Lopes 3 years after her death, both Watkins and Thomas clarified that the winner of the contest would not be joining TLC full-time and would not be a full-time replacement member; the winner would only provide guest vocals on a new single by the duo.[1]
On June 25, 2004, Tionne Watkins and Rozonda Thomas announced that they were pitching a reality television show that was eventually picked up for development by UPN. The casting tour for the series began on February 5, 2005 in Los Angeles, with tour stops in New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Miami.[2] After the semifinalists were selected, they were each judged on their ability to sing by Watkins and Thomas. Filming for the main episodes concluded on April 26, 2005.[3]
The program aired nine episodes, with seven episodes being the main episodes, the eighth episode being an overview of the series and original TLC home videos, and the ninth being the series finale. The episodes' names are also puns based on TLC's songs. The finale episode was aired live and featured the final two contestants O'so Krispie and Mirrah Fay-Parker.[4] Krispie (Tiffany Baker), a 20-year-old choreographer from Atlanta, was ultimately chosen as the winner and performed the single "I Bet" with Watkins and Thomas on the series finale.[5]
"I Bet" is a song by American girl groupTLC. It was written by band members Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas along with Rico Love and Melvin "Saint Nick" Coleman, with production helmed by the latter. The uptempo track features rapper O'so Krispie, the winner of R U the Girl, a 2005 UPN reality show whose purpose was to find a singer that would record a song with TLC.
Before Krispie was announced as the winner of the show, she and fellow finalist and eventual runner up Mirrah Fay-Parker each recorded separate versions of the song, each contributing backing vocals and a rap that they had composed themselves. However, despite the Krispie version being released as a single, Krispie's songwriting contributions are uncredited on the single.
The resulting track was titled "I Bet," which was commercially released as a single in October 2005. The physical CD single sold 2,000 units in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, while the digital download of the song has moved over 4,000. The record was later added to the digital reissue of TLC's compilation album Now & Forever: The Hits.[15]
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R U the Girl also known as R U the Girl with T Boz and Chilli is an American reality television music competition series that aired on UPN in 2005 The series featured Tionne T Boz Watkins and Rozonda Chilli Thomas the remaining members of the all girl R amp B group TLC whose former member Lisa Left Eye Lopes died in a car crash in Honduras in 2002 Initially promoted by the network as a contest to replace Lopes 3 years after her death both Watkins and Thomas clarified that the winner of the contest would not be joining TLC full time and would not be a full time replacement member the winner would only provide guest vocals on a new single by the duo 1 R U the GirlTitle screenGenreReality competitionDirected byTony SaccoJeff Margolis live finale Presented byRyan Devlin live finale JudgesTionne WatkinsRozonda ThomasTheme music composerRichard ButlerMelvin ColemanRozonda ThomasTionne WatkinsOpening theme I Bet performed by TLCComposerCraig OwensCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons1No of episodes9ProductionExecutive producersJay BlumenfieldTony MarshRozonda ThomasTionne WatkinsLaurie GirionBill DigginsAdam Freeman live finale ProducersKristine AugustynSean M KellyRichard MartinezTom BolesEditorsPatrick FraserPaul FrazierRunning time60 minutesProduction companiesThe Jay amp Tony ShowR U The Girl ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkUPNReleaseJuly 27 2005 07 27 September 21 2005 2005 09 21 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Episodes 3 I Bet 3 1 Track listing 3 2 Credits and personnel 4 References 5 External linksSynopsis editOn June 25 2004 Tionne Watkins and Rozonda Thomas announced that they were pitching a reality television show that was eventually picked up for development by UPN The casting tour for the series began on February 5 2005 in Los Angeles with tour stops in New York City Chicago Dallas Washington D C Atlanta and Miami 2 After the semifinalists were selected they were each judged on their ability to sing by Watkins and Thomas Filming for the main episodes concluded on April 26 2005 3 The program aired nine episodes with seven episodes being the main episodes the eighth episode being an overview of the series and original TLC home videos and the ninth being the series finale The episodes names are also puns based on TLC s songs The finale episode was aired live and featured the final two contestants O so Krispie and Mirrah Fay Parker 4 Krispie Tiffany Baker a 20 year old choreographer from Atlanta was ultimately chosen as the winner and performed the single I Bet with Watkins and Thomas on the series finale 5 Episodes editEpisode Episode title Original airdate Viewers millions 1 1 No Scrubs in New York City July 27 2005 2 69 6 1 2 T Boz amp Chilli Get CrazySexyCool in Miami August 3 2005 2 49 7 1 3 Baby Baby Baby We re in Los Angeles August 10 2005 2 47 8 1 4 What About Your Friends in Atlanta August 17 2005 2 48 9 1 5 Whoop De Whoo It s Girl Talk August 24 2005 2 76 10 1 6 Unpretty No More August 31 2005 2 81 11 1 7 Chasin Waterfalls September 7 2005 2 76 12 1 8 Ain t 2 Proud 2 Beg for More September 14 2005 2 98 13 1 9 You are the Girl September 21 2005 4 09 14 I Bet edit I Bet nbsp Single by TLC featuring O so Krispiefrom the album Now amp Forever The HitsReleasedOctober 25 2005 2005 10 25 Recorded2005StudioJ Studio Atlanta GeorgiaPatchwerk Recordings Atlanta GeorgiaGenreHip hopR amp BLength3 23LabelAristaSongwriter s Richard Rico Love ButlerMelvin ColemanRozonda ThomasTionne WatkinsO so Krispie uncredited Producer s Melvin Saint Nick ColemanTLC singles chronology Come Get Some 2003 I Bet 2005 Let s Just Do It 2009 I Bet is a song by American girl group TLC It was written by band members Tionne T Boz Watkins and Rozonda Chilli Thomas along with Rico Love and Melvin Saint Nick Coleman with production helmed by the latter The uptempo track features rapper O so Krispie the winner of R U the Girl a 2005 UPN reality show whose purpose was to find a singer that would record a song with TLC Before Krispie was announced as the winner of the show she and fellow finalist and eventual runner up Mirrah Fay Parker each recorded separate versions of the song each contributing backing vocals and a rap that they had composed themselves However despite the Krispie version being released as a single Krispie s songwriting contributions are uncredited on the single The resulting track was titled I Bet which was commercially released as a single in October 2005 The physical CD single sold 2 000 units in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan while the digital download of the song has moved over 4 000 The record was later added to the digital reissue of TLC s compilation album Now amp Forever The Hits 15 Track listing edit Digital download 16 I Bet 3 23 Credits and personnel edit Credits adapted from the liner notes of Now amp Forever The Hits 16 Songwriting Richard Butler Melvin Coleman Rozonda Thomas Tionne Watkins O so Krispie uncredited Production Melvin Saint Nick Coleman Mixing Leslie Brathwaite Carlton Lynn Engineering Kori Anders Wyatt Coleman Mastering Chaz HarperReferences edit Levitan Corey 2005 07 22 TLC Will Not Be Three rollingstone com Archived from the original on August 28 2009 Retrieved 2009 04 17 Rogers Steve 2005 01 31 UPN s R U The Girl With T Boz amp Chilli begins casting call tour realitytvworld com Retrieved 2009 04 17 Gallo Phil 2005 07 26 R U the Girl With T Boz amp Chilli variety com Retrieved 2009 04 17 Newell Stefanie Mirrah An Interview with Mirrah from UPN s R U The Girl with T Boz and Chili unratedmagazine com Retrieved 2009 04 17 O SO KRISPIE IS CHOSEN AS THE GIRL IN R U THE GIRL WITH T BOZ amp CHILLI thefutoncritic com 2005 02 09 Retrieved 2009 04 17 Prime Time TV Rankings Los Angeles Times August 3 2005 p E11 via Newspapers com Prime Time TV Rankings Los Angeles Times August 10 2005 p E10 via Newspapers com Prime Time TV Rankings Los Angeles Times August 17 2005 p E11 via Newspapers com Prime Time TV Rankings Los Angeles Times August 24 2005 p E12 via Newspapers com Prime Time TV Rankings Los Angeles Times August 31 2005 p E12 via Newspapers com Prime Time TV Rankings Los Angeles Times September 9 2005 p E30 via Newspapers com Prime Time TV Rankings Los Angeles Times September 14 2005 p E12 via Newspapers com Prime time TV Rankings Los Angeles Times September 21 2005 p E10 via Newspapers com Prime Time TV Rankings Los Angeles Times September 28 2005 p E11 via Newspapers com Ask Billboard Answers to readers questions about Pet Shop Boys TLC Salt N Pepa and a pop leaning LeAnn Rimes Billboard com Retrieved 2013 10 06 a b R U the Girl I Bet Allmusic Retrieved 2013 10 06 External links editR U the Girl at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title R U the Girl amp oldid 1203412643, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
