The Search for the Next Elvira
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{{Infobox television
| genre = Reality television
| creator = Eric Gardner & Cassandra Peterson
| director = Jeff Androsky
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Cassandra Peterson
- Christian Greenia
- Patterson Lundquist
}}
| theme_music_composer =
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| endtheme =
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 4
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = {{plainlist|
- Cassandra Peterson
- Eric Gardner
- Carol Sherman
}}
| runtime = 44 min. approx.
| company =
| network = Fox Reality
| first_aired = {{start date|2007|10|13}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2008}}
}}
The Search for the Next Elvira is an American reality television series created by Eric Gardner and Cassandra Peterson for the Fox Reality channel. The reality competition show is a search to be the next late-night horror cult movie host Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
The Judges
- Cassandra Peterson as Elvira
- Christian Greenia as himself / "Manvira"
- Patterson Lundquist as himself / "Manvira"
- Kane Hodder - Guest judge, former portrayer of horror movie icon, Jason Voorhees.
- Rick Baker - Guest judge, six time Academy Award-winning special effects make-up artist.
Contestants
The "Unlucky Thirteen" included:
- Ms. Monster (a.k.a. A.K. Smith), a San Francisco-based horror hostess.
- Yvette Nii, a singer/ entertainer based out of Honolulu, Hawaii
- Asia DeVinyl, a goth and fetish pin-up model.
- Mina Rose, a model and member of Suicide Girls.
- April Wahlin, an aspiring writer and a self-proclaimed tomboy.
- Jenny Jenson, a marketing director who is fluent in Mandarin.
- Erik-a (a.k.a. Eric Bedelman), the only male contestant to make it into the semi-finals.
- Shelly Martinez, a former ECW wrestler who performed under the stage name Ariel, and former TNA Knockout.
- Jilina Scott, an actress and television hostess.
- Lady M (a.k.a. Milli), a former Ringling Bros. showgirl, trained Ringling clown, former Las Vegas magician's assistant, and former Peanuts characters and singer at Knott's Berry Farm's Camp Snoopy Theater.
- Kitty Korvette, bassist of the Texas-based goth country band Black Molly.
- Bridget Marquardt, a Playboy model and one of the stars of the reality show The Girls Next Door.
- Lola Davidson, an actress.
=Elimination order=
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|+Call-out and elimination order | ||||
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| # | style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 1 | style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 2 | style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 3 | style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 01 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Lola | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Monster | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Monster | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Kitty |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 02 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Yvette | style="background-color:lime;color:black;"| Yvette | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Jilina | style="background-color:darkviolet;color:black;"| April |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 03 | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Amanda | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Asia | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Kitty | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Jenny |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 04 | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Jill | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Mina | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Jenny | style="background:silver;" colspan=1 | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 05 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Shelly | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| April | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| April | style="background:silver;" colspan=1 | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 06 | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Anabelle | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Jenny | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Bridget | style="background:silver;" colspan=1 | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 07 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Bridget | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Erik-a | style="background:silver;" colspan=2 | | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 08 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Kitty | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Shelly | style="background:silver;" colspan=2 | | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 09 | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Mischief | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Jilina | style="background:silver;" colspan=2 | | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 10 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Jenny | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Lady M | style="background:silver;" colspan=2 | | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 11 | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Savage | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Kitty | style="background:silver;" colspan=2 | | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 12 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| April | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Bridget | style="background:silver;" colspan=2 | | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 13 | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Cecily | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Lola | style="background:silver;" colspan=2 | | |
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 14 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Mina | style="background:silver;" colspan=3 | | ||
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 15 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Monster | style="background:silver;" colspan=3 | | ||
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 16 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Lady M | style="background:silver;" colspan=3 | | ||
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 17 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Jilina | style="background:silver;" colspan=3 | | ||
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 18 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Erik-a | style="background:silver;" colspan=3 | | ||
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 19 | style="background-color:gray;color:black;"| Connie | style="background:silver;" colspan=3 | | ||
| style="background-color:black;color:white;"| 20 | style="background-color:red;color:black;"| Asia | style="background:silver;" colspan=3 | |
{{legend|red|The contestant was saved and continued into the next round.}}
{{legend|gray|The contestant was eliminated and “vanquished”.}}
{{legend|lime|The contestant was initially saved by the judges, but eliminated by the other contestants.}}
{{legend|darkviolet|This contestant was chosen to be the next Elvira.}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0795300|The Search for the Next Elvira}}
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Category:2007 American television series debuts
Category:2008 American television series endings
Category:2000s American reality television series