{"id":250021,"date":"2026-01-17T19:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/250021\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T19:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:31:14","slug":"netflix-unveils-trailer-for-rebooted-talent-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/250021\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Unveils Trailer For Rebooted Talent Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNetflix<\/a> is going live with its biggest reality competition to date next week.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe streamer is launching the rebooted version of Star Search<\/a> live on Tuesday, January 20 at 9pm ET. The five-week event will air new episodes on Tuesday and Wednesday before a live finale.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe greatest talent competition is back,\u201d said host Anthony Anderson in the newly released trailer (see below).<\/p>\n

\n\tJelly Roll, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Chrissy Teigen will serve as hosts on the show, which originally ran between 1983 and 1995 and was hosted by Ed McMahon.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt will feature singers, dancers, comedians and magicians battling it out to become the next Brad Garrett, Billy Porter or Loni Love. Other stars that appeared on the show before they were famous include the likes of Beyonc\u00e9, Justin Timberlake, Christina\u00a0Aguilera, Britney Spears and Dave Chappelle.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe twist? Real-time voting with viewers helping to determine which contestants move forward. Those watching can vote with their remote or by tapping the screen if watching in the Netflix mobile app.<\/p>\n

\n\tJesse Collins Entertainment is producing the series with its eponymous boss telling Deadline, \u201cIf you saw any of the earlier incarnations, there\u2019s somewhere between a nod and an easter egg to those older versions. But if you haven\u2019t seen it, it\u2019s fine. Everything will feel fresh and new. There\u2019s a fresh twist on it. Part of the challenge was finding the balance of showing appreciation for the IP, the thing that people have such a close affinity for, but then still making it a show that works for people that are completely unaware and never saw an episode, and at most maybe saw a YouTube clip.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCollins execs produces alongside Taraji P. Henson, who was responsible for kicking off the project by working with Village Roadshow, which owned the IP. Former Village Roadshow boss Steve Mosko also exec produces alongside Dionne Harmon, Madison Merritt and Elaine Metaxas.<\/p>\n

\n\tJason Raff, who worked on America\u2019s Got Talent, and David Friedman, who worked on NBC\u2019s Bring the Funny, serve as showrunners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix is going live with its biggest reality competition to date next week. The streamer is launching the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,1868,125348,282],"class_list":["post-250021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-netflix","tag-star-search","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}