{"id":393019,"date":"2026-01-07T02:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393019\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T02:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:57:08","slug":"jelly-roll-sarah-michelle-gellar-chrissy-teigen-head-up-star-search-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393019\/","title":{"rendered":"Jelly Roll, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chrissy Teigen Head Up &#8216;Star Search&#8217; Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260106_c7d542869df849faa9f4fe56bfb0b999\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5219ce1b-b85a-4283-954e-30408b219b6e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c7d542869df849faa9f4fe56bfb0b999_md.jpg\" alt=\"jelly-roll-sarah-michelle-gellar-chrissy-teigen-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talk about a blast from TV\u2019s past &#8230; &#8220;Star Search&#8221; is strutting back into the spotlight and has unveiled a celebrity-packed judging panel to officially usher in its shiny reboot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jelly-roll\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jelly Roll<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sarah-michelle-gellar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Michelle Gellar<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/chrissy-teigen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chrissy Teigen<\/a> are officially locked in as judges &#8212; with the reboot premiering January 20 on Netflix, which will shake things up with real-time viewer voting that lets fans help decide which contestants move forward.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t your run-of-the-mill talent show either &#8212; during its original run from &#8217;83 to &#8217;95, &#8220;Star Search&#8221; helped launch the careers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/britney-spears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Britney Spears<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/beyonce-knowles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/justin-timberlake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Timberlake<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/justin-timberlake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Sandler<\/a> and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix is leaning all the way in with the reboot, promising in the logline the talent is bigger than ever &#8230; and the stakes have never been higher.<\/p>\n<p>And yeah &#8212; that judging panel checks all the boxes. 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