Celebrity Bootcamp
Cast & Crew
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Barry Williams
Himself- Dismissed 3rd
Barry William Blenkhorn grew up in Santa Monica, California and after he turned 4 years old he became one of those annoying kids who were bound and determined to get into show business. He was neighbors with actor Peter Graves whom he idolised and asked for advice on how to become an actor and his response was that he just thought about it. At the age of 11 he changed his name from Barry William Blenkhorn to Barry Williams he then got an acting coach and took some scene study courses in Sherman Oaks and took courses for film and television techniques which later he landed a lead role in an educational school industrial called Why Johnny Can Read and landed roles in TV commercials. Then he had guest roles in TV shows such as Run for Your Life, Here Come the Brides, It Takes a Thief, Marcus Welby MD and Mission: Impossible but then success came for him when he landed the role of Greg Brady in the Blockbuster hit family sitcom series The Brady Bunch. After the first season him and his TV siblings made a Christmas album signed by Paramount Records which sold terribly as critics called them 6 kids who couldn't sing so Barry took singing lessons and released a single by the same record company called "Sweet Sweetheart" hoping to have a solo album released but producers thought he should wait for that moment while he was making records with his TV siblings as they made 3 more records, did summer tours and had their own animated TV series The Brady Kids on which some of their songs were featured. After the series ended in 1974 Barry started performing solo in concerts and then took up musical theatre and landed numerous successful roles in shows like Pippin, West Side Story, Oklahoma, Movie Star, Grease, The Music Man, Romance/Romance, City of Angels and The Sound of Music and still did the odd acting appearance in front of the camera like in Police Woman, Three's Company, Highway to Heaven, Murder She Wrote and a stint on the daytime soap General Hospital and the MTV series S Club 7 in Hollywood as well as in all the Brady Bunch reunion shows. In 1978 he did try taking a shot at pursuing a solo career and signed up with Private Stock records but their label went out of business, but however in 1999 he did release a tribute album called "The Return of Johnny Bravo" doing cover songs that expressed him as a singer as well as celebrating 30 years of The Brady Bunch. He continues to do musical theatre as well as touring with his music and public speaking.moreless -
Lorenzo Lamas
Himself- Dismissed 8th
Lorenzo was born in Santa Monica and grew up in Southern California. At thirteen, he moved with his mother, stage and screen actress Arlene Dahl, to New York City.
He attended the Admiral Farragut Academy, a military school where he developed his character and discipline that would benefit him for the rest of his life. During his four years at Farragut, he became interested in athletics and lettered in wrestling and track.
He was president of his senior and 2nd in charge of a Battalion of 300 cadets. He graduated with the intention of enrolling in the University of California to study veterinary medicine. During the summer of this year, however, Lorenzo visited his father Fernando on the film set of The Cheap Detective. It was at this point that Lorenzo decided to purse a career in acting and to follow his father's advice to enroll in Tony Barr's actors' studio. Lorenzo' first big break came at nineteen, when he won the role of Tom Chisum in the blockbuster film Grease. From there, he was cast in several television roles until he got another lucky break, being cast in the nighttime soap Falcon Crest. Lorenzo had been studying the martial art, Tae Kwon Do, and the producers quickly realized how important it was to incorporate this skill into his character's action scenes. After nine years on Falcon Crest, Lorenzo's action hero credentials were established and he made a number of action movies including Snake Eater, Body Rock and CIA Target Alexa, which he also directed. Lorenzo was by this point a black belt and met with Stephen Cannell to develop an action television series, Renegade. For the next five years, He filmed 110 episodes of this show, producing and occasionally directing as well as acting in the series. Air America followed, whetting Lorenzo's appetite for aviation. Thanks to the many hours this series required he spent behind the controls of an airplane, Lorenzo became a certified private pilot in 1997 and later got his commercial helicopter rating as well. Actively pursuing his career as an actor, director and producer, Lorenzo stays very busy. He is also co-chair on several children's charities, including Make a Wish, MDA and The Children's Angel Foundation.moreless -
David Faustino
Himself- Dismissed 7th
David was born in 1974 in California, where he attended St. Finbar Elementary private school. David has a brother, Michael, who is also an actor and another brother and sister. David's main occupation is as an actor, but when he is not acting, his interests stretch to music and business. His rap name is "D" Lil'. He has been featured on a rap album entitled Balistyx and on a 1992 Black & White Records release called I Told Ya. On the business side, David has managed a hip-hop and funk night club on Sunset Boulevard since 1991. David can often be found starring/guest starring in television shows, such as Married...With Children, I Had Three Wives and The Help.moreless -
Traci Bingham
Herself- Runner Up
Traci Bingham was the youngest of seven brothers and sisters, who set great examples for the baby of the family. The Cambridge, Mass. family was very close knit, so Traci initially took up sports to spend more time with her brothers. And Traci was game for anything - even football! Traci looks back upon her childhood with fondness, saying, "I feel privileged to have had such exposure to my roots continually throughout my childhood. It's given me strength to believe in myself." Just as all her brothers and sisters before her had, Traci was Ivy League bound, and Harvard was where she settled.
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While at Harvard, Traci was able to work on a few of the school's productions, including "Annie" and "Grease." She loved it, and wanted to possibly pursue acting. She grabbed a small part in the movie Celtic Pride, and she was hooked! After a few guest roles on television shows and a nationally run Coca-Cola ad, Traci packed her bags. She decided to put her Harvard studies on hold, and catch the next train to Los Angeles.
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And off to L.A. she went. She quickly grabbed guest spots on many of the hottest sitcoms on television - from Married...with Children to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. But her big break was still to come...
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After two years of hunting down small parts, Traci decided to take the Pamela Anderson Path to Hollywood Fame. That's right - Playboy and Baywatch. In any order, it was a role on the most watched show in the world, and a smiling face in one of the most read magazines in the world. It is definitely a great way to go.
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Off the screen, Traci married Robb Vallier, a Los Angeles musician in Ames, Iowa on 29 August 1998. Bridesmaides at the wedding included her former Baywatch castmates Carmen Electra, Angelica Bridges and Gena Lee Nolin. Traci and Robb divorced on 18 January 2001.
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Traci loves redecorating her apartment with flea market finds, wrough iron furniture, scented candles and plants.
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(Credit: Jeremy Falcone of AbsoluteNow)
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Juanita Moore
Drill Instructer
Actress Juanita Moore is just one of many African American actresses in Hollywood who was given the opportunity to act at a time when many African Americans didn't have that chance. Dynamic and swift, Moore first got the attention of 20th Century Fox and immediately had her starring in supporting roles in such films including Lydia Bailey, Afraid of Trinidad, "Queen Bee" and Ransom". Because of the time of racial standards, Moore never gave up this opportunity to act. In 1959, Moore received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress as Lana Turner's troubled maid in the motion picture from the best selling novel "Imitation of Life". Moore continued to act in major motion pictures that included "Walk on the Wild Side" and "The Singing Nun". She became a fixture of such black-oriented films of the 70's including Up Tight!, The Mack and Abby. Her recent appearances have included her in the 1988 erotic sex thriller Two Moon Junction and Disney's The Kid with Bruce Willis in 2000.
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Coolio
Himself- Winner
Artis Ivey, 1 August 1963, Compton, Los Angeles, California, USA. Boasting a long, though infrequently recorded, career in hip-hop, rapper Coolio's career finally took off after attending rehabilitation classes in an attempt to kick his cocaine habit. Coolio started making music again with WC And The MADD Circle, contributing to their 1991 release, Ain't A Damn Thang Changed (he would also perform on one track on their belated follow-up, 1995's Curb Servin'). He then joined the 40 Thevz, a hip-hop community made up of producers, rappers and dancers who would collaborate with him on all his recordings. Along with his friend DJ Bryan "Wino" Dobbs, Coolio signed to Tommy Boy Records who released the single "County Line" about his experiences on welfare assistance. "Fantastic Voyage", based on Lakeside's 1980 hit, became a Top 5 single, and Coolio's profile was further enhanced by an autumn tour with R&B megastar R. Kelly. It Takes A Thief was a major seller, going platinum and establishing Coolio at the forefront of mid-90s hip-hop. "Gangsta's Paradise", taken from his sophomore album of the same name, was a resigned lament performed with the gospel singer L.V. and a full choir that sampled Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise". The single, featured in the movie Dangerous Minds, went to number 1 in the US and the UK. In the UK this was the first time anything approaching true "street rap" had achieved such sales. As the music business magazine Music Week commented, "in Britain for such a record to reach number one is quite sensational". The song won a Grammy in 1996 for Best Rap Solo Performance. My Soul, which included the hit single "C U When U Get There", was another downbeat collection that confirmed Coolio as one of hip-hop's most interesting artists. He subsequently set up his own Crowbar label and concentrated on an acting career.moreless -
Nikki Schieler Ziering
Herself- Dismissed 2nd
She was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for September 1997 which is credited for getting her noticed for acting roles. On July 4, 1997 she married Ian Ziering. After four years of marriage, Ian filed for divorce on February 28, 2002. According to Celebrity Sleuth magazine, her measurements are 36" (bust) - 23" (waist) - 35" (hips). She converted to Judaism after marrying Ian. Miss Ziering went by the name Nikki Schieler before marrying Ian; since their marriage in 1997, she has gone by the name Nikki Ziering.moreless -
Kato Kaelin
Himself- Dismissed 5th
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Vitamin C
Herself- Dismissed 1st
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Tiffany
Herself- Dismissed 6th
Tiffany, the famous pop star from the 80s, also starred in Celebrity Fit Club. She has been in the spotlight since she appeared on Star Search back in 1985. In 1992 she married Bulmaro Garcia. They have one child, a son named Elijah Garcia. That marriage ended in 2004 and she married Benn George.moreless -
Fabrice Morvan
Himself- Dismissed 4th
Fabrice Morvan was born on May 14, 1966 in Pairs, France to an architect father and pharmacist mother. He was training to ba a trampoline athlete until he injured his neck. And because of that injury, he was force to reexamine his life. He went with his grandfather, who was a musician and a fisherman, to the Caribbean. This is where he learned to hone is musical skills. At the age of 18, he moved to Germany. This is where he met his future Milli Vanilli partner Rob Pilatus. Fabrice met him is a nightclub in Munich. After the two hooked up the were set on creating a rock and soul band and headed for LA. After months of being in LA, they were hired by Arista Records. And this is were they were coupled with producer Frank Farian. At the studio Morvan and Pilatus were locked out of the studio during recording sessions. The only reason the two were hired was because of their looks. After the first two singles, "Girl You Know it's True" and "Blame it on the Rain", were released in 1988 and 1989. They gained instant fame. And that is exactly what they wanted. Soon after, the reality hit home when the won Grammys for their hit songs. But, just as quickly as fame hit, it was all taken away when they were exposed ad frauds. They ended up returning their Grammys. In 1993 they made a comeback attempt. And this time they came back with their own names, Rob and Fab, and stated performing their own music. After all of that has happened, Fabrice still continues to perform around LA as a solo artist. On April 5th, 1998, he lost his longtime friend, brother and recording partner Rob to an accidental combination of drugs and alcohol. This tragedy served to strengthen Fabrice and today he continues to perform and record.moreless -
Dave Francisco
Drill Instructer
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Tony Rosenbum
Drill Instructer
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Bill Paolantonio
Producer
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Eric Schotz
Producer
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Eric Schotz
Executive Producer
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Tomomi Watanabe
Assistant Editor
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Brian Lowe
Best Boy
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Joseph Fredo
Leadman
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Kevin Crawford
Lighting Designer
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Justin Roiland
Production Assistant
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Joseph R. Ekins
Sound Supervisor
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alibeth25 EDITOR
User Score: 146
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ReachOut-TvTome
User Score: 15
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spacedkane
User Score: 7
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djw710
User Score: 6
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emaldalani
User Score: 5
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char2renee
User Score: 5
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bboys577
User Score: 5
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