Reality Competition Shows

David Cassidy

8 p.m. Saturday, December 8. J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts, 2300 West Clay Street, St. Charles.

Take Back the Night

Redefining "Diva"

STL Loud 4

Noon. Saturday, June 23. PrideFest at Tower Grove Park, 4256 Magnolia Avenue.

St. Louis Has Talent

It's A Slam Dunk

7 Shot Screamers

9:30 p.m. Friday, December 23. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Standup Iliza Shlesinger: "Yes I Google Myself, and Anybody Who Says They Don't Is a Liar"

iliza.comIliza Shlesinger coming to the Funnybone this weekend!​Iliza Shlesinger's hotness is (1)  undeniable, and (2) irrelevant, because  her comic chops are real: In 2008, at the tender age of 24, she won NBC's Last Comic Standing, and hasn't looked back since. She'll be at the Funnyb ... More >>

The Sheepdogs

8 p.m. Wednesday, November 2. The Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

The Gap Ruins Four Food Trends in One Leap

On Friday we thought Applebee's killed the food truck trend dead. But it was only the beginning. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydishThe Gap puts tacos in jeans. ​ Meet Pico de Gap, a taco truck operated by The Gap in Los Angeles. Because having a trillion brick and mortar stores isn ... More >>

Ten Fatty Foods Gut Check Would Buy With Our Biggest Loser Winnings

Image viaThe reward Biggest Loser contestants receive is a big one: $250,000.​Some lucky St. Louisans could be next in line to get their asses kicked into shape by Anna Kournikova. In search of season thirteen contestants, NBC's feel-good weight-loss reality show The Biggest Loser is coming ... More >>

They Dumped All My Children For This?

The Chew is a new weekday talk show about food. It features celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Michael Symon with Carla Hall from Top Chef, something called a Daphne Oz and something called a Clinton Kelly. It will replace long-running soap opera All My Children on ABC's weekday schedule this fall.Bas ... More >>

What It's Like To Audition (Unsuccessfully) For American Idol

One of these people might have moved past the first round. Maybe. Photo by Jon Gitchoff.​Ed: The American Idol Season 11 auditions attracted more than 10,000 hopefuls to the Scottrade Center yesterday. Recent Mizzou grad Mallory Gnaegy was one them, and she has agreed to let us publish her ac ... More >>

American Idol Auditions Attract Thousands to the Scottrade Center

Photo by Jon Gitchoff​Holy hell a lot of people want to be the next American Idol. St. Louis is hosting tryouts today at the Scottrade Center, and thousands of hopefuls have been lining up since well before the sun came up. People came from places like Minnesota for a shot at being the next S ... More >>

Local Singer of "Ferret in the Closet Act II" Takes On America's Got Talent

​Today we bring you the latest news from Walt Winston, who was recently subjected to the America's Got Talent treatment. His friend was so incredibly pumped about this story we're about to share that he called RFT headquarters and freaked out over the phone. Thank you, friend of Walt's, for te ... More >>

Make St. Louis Proud: American Idol Auditions Come to Scottrade Center Tuesday

​It's hard to believe American Idol is nearing eleven years old. That marks ten years of watching and laughing with (read: at) contestants, ten winners whose names we can remember only about half of, countless instances of celebrity pandering and hundreds of strangely inspired musical collabor ... More >>

Tony Bennett, American Idol, And New World Order Idol 2061

Tony Bennett appears in the first of 50 consecutive American Idol finales. ​I saw Tony Bennett was trending on Twitter the other day, and I'm not sure if this makes me a bad person or just an unobservant one but my first thought was: Oh, god, Tony Bennett's dead. It turns out that the 84-year- ... More >>

David Cook Sings "Don't You Forget About Me," America Tries To Remember

Dear Mr. Vernon, you see us as a pop star, a pop star, a pop star, a pop star, and a pop star...​David Cook's decision to cover "Don't You Forget About Me," currently the official "send-off" song of season season of American Idol, was as an especially gutsy move for an alum of a show that has, ... More >>

The Voice with Cee-Lo, X-Tina and Two Other Dudes: Four Possible Spin-Offs

Christina Aguilera, Cee-Lo Green, and some white guys are the hosts of America's first communist TV talent show, "The Voice." ​The Voice, America's favorite socialist-realism-inspired TV talent show, has quickly and abruptly become NBC's first broadly accepted hit show since Friends, a sitcom ... More >>

Get Energized for National Park Contest

​We're pretty certain that there will never be a reality show on national parks that rises to the level of American Idol or Dancing With the Stars, but we thought you should know that you still have the chance to vote for the St. Louis Arch Grounds as one of the best parks in the country. If w ... More >>

Win Tickets to see Shock Illusionist Dan Sperry

Image viaDan Sperry, Shock Illusionist​Given that you're reading this post, it's fair to assume that you enjoy reading about food. Another pretty safe guess: You share Gut Check's fondness for the endlessly entertaining intersection of food and weird. Where do you stand when it comes to watch ... More >>

Gary Busey Chooses St. Louis Nonprofit for Celebrity Apprentice Charity

image viaGary Busey​Congratulations, St. Louis. You now have an excuse to watch the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump's "ultimate job interview" in which celebrities -- some of whom you may have actually heard of -- compete in various business tasks to...uh...well, not work ... More >>

Eisley

8 p.m. Wednesday, February 23. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Fantasia/Kandi Burruss/Eric Benet

8 p.m. Saturday, January 1. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

Carrie Underwood

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 1. The Chaifetz Arena, One South Compton Avenue.

Project Runway Sashays Onto Delmar

Michael Drummond, lookin' good!​Next week, one of our favorite boutiques in University City, Ziezo, will host a trunk show featuring the work of Michael Drummond. (In case you've been living under a rock, designer Drummond, along with A.J. Thouvenot, repped the Lou this season on a little show cal ... More >>

Clownvis returns to America's Got Talent as a Finale "All Star" [Goo Goo Dolls Update]

image via Clownvis' debut appearance on America's Got Talent​Back in June, Clownvis Presley's audition for America's Got Talent aired. Despite his quick and obscenity-ridden dismissal by the judges, Clownvis was invited back to America's Got Talent for tonight's season finale. For those who ... More >>

Kurt Warner to Compete on Dancing With the Stars

​We weren't at the wedding of Kurt and Brenda Warner, though we assume the couple had a first dance.From that we can deduce that Warner has twirled before an audience before, but does he have what it takes to shimmy in front of millions of viewers? We're about to find when Warner competes on ABC's ... More >>

Calling All St. Louis Reality TV Wannabes, HGTV Wants You for My First Place

​Now that pseudo-reality TV show The Hills is over forever, and Dancing With the Stars is done waltzing until the fall, where are we supposed to get our reality-TV fix? (Other than the dozens of other reality TV shows still airing new episodes, that is.) It's like they say in that philosophic ... More >>

Clownvis Presley, King of Clowns, Pisses Off Sharon Osbourne, Mocks Howie Mandel on America's Got Talent

It doesn't matter what they say!​[Update! Watch video below, courtesy of Creative Saint Louis.] After seeing Clownvis Presley's performance on tonight's episode of America's Got Talent, it's obvious why it was chosen to be televised. Clownvis took the stage with his handlers, right after h ... More >>

The Morning Brew: 6.11

After 134 years, New Orleans' P&J Oyster Company has ceased operations because of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig catastrophe. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the company will not close entirely. They'll shuck as oysters are available, even if they have to ship them from the west coast. " ... More >>

Preview Photos: Ozzie Smith's New Restaurant Downtown

April Seager​Ozzie Smith was distracted by golf, not baseball. "I don't play this," said the legendary Cardinal, pointing to a Golden Tee video game at Ozzie's Restaurant, which has moved from Westport to 1511 Washington Avenue downtown. "I play for real." At Saturday night's sneak peek of th ... More >>

Divas of Da Lou

7 p.m. Friday, April 2. The Ambassador, 9800 Halls Ferry Road, Jennings.

Figure Paintings... Unframed!

Lovehammers

9 p.m. Saturday, January 16. Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Do You Wanna Watch Dance?

Hoof it, celebs

Dogs Refrain from Running Away

Instead, they walk the runway

Hanging out with the Smiths

You can, too!

Throw Your Hat in the Ring

Rock and Blues