R U the Girl
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Presented by | Ryan Devlin (live finale) |
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Opening theme | "I Bet", performed by TLC |
Composer | Craig Owens |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
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Network | UPN |
Release | July 27 September 21, 2005 | –
R U the Girl (also known as R U the Girl with T-Boz and Chilli) is an American
Synopsis
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
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.
Episodes
Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate | Viewers (millions) |
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1-1 | "No Scrubs in New York City" | July 27, 2005 | 2.69[6] |
1-2 | "T-Boz & 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"
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Length | 3:23 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
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Producer(s) | Melvin "Saint Nick" Coleman | |||
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"I Bet" is a song by American
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
Track listing
- Digital download[16]
- "I Bet" – 3:23
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Now & Forever: The Hits.[16]
- , O'so Krispie (uncredited)
- Production– Melvin "Saint Nick" Coleman
- Mixing – Leslie Brathwaite, Carlton Lynn
- Engineering – Kori Anders, Wyatt Coleman
- Mastering– Chaz Harper
References
- ^ 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 & Chilli' begins casting call tour". realitytvworld.com. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- ^ Gallo, Phil (2005-07-26). "R U the Girl With T-Boz & 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 & CHILLI"". thefutoncritic.com. 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
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- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
External links
- R U the Girl at IMDb