August 30 (2007-08-30) – October 18, 2007 (2007-10-18)
Celebrity Rap Superstar is an American reality show which premiered on
MTV on August 30, 2007. The series was hosted by
Kevin Hart and Liz Hernandez.
Overview
The series features eight rappers teaching eight celebrities to be able to perform rap songs, which in turn were voted on by the viewers.[1]
The judges had the power in various weeks to choose one or more celebrities to be safe from voting and move forward to the following week's round. The celebrity with the lowest votes from the viewers would be eliminated from the competition. The judges panel consisted of
DMC,
Da Brat and
Big Boy. The hosts were comic
Kevin Hart and radio personality Liz Hernandez.
The series was broadcast live on some Thursdays, 10:00 PM Eastern and tape-delayed on others until some controversies arose during the competition that ultimately led to the remainder of the season being broadcast live.
Challenges
Week 1 : The celebrities performed a hit song they rehearsed.
Week 2 : The celebrities performed a song of their choice.
Week 3 : The celebrities performed a song they wrote.
Week 4 : The celebrities are paired in twos and performed a song together.
The judges' least favorite pairing battled it out while performing
Fabolous's "Can't Let You Go" featuring
Lil Mo to determine who gets eliminated.
Lil Mo guest starred to provide her vocals.
Week 5 : The celebrities performed a song by their mentors with their mentors.
Week 6 : The celebrities have to fast rap.
Twista was the guest judge.
Week 7 : The final 2 celebrities each perform 3 songs: A hip-hop anthem, a viewer's choice, and a final original song.
Week 8 : Season Finale. The remaining two celebrities performed their favorite songs from the season. All the celebrities had a guest appearance in the show. Also all the mentors performed Sugarhill Gang's song "Rapper's Delight".
(This went un-performed as a duet.
Countess Vaughn got sick and was instructed by a doctor that she could not perform for 2 weeks. Additionally, she did not appear in studio for the show's airing. Due to her illness, she was eliminated.
Warren G performed the song at the end.)
Week 8, "What A Man" by Salt-N-Pepa (with Kendra, Shar, And Perez)
The elimination results for the week are given during the next show. For example, The elimination results for Week 1's show was revealed during Week 2's show.
To avoid confusion: The results revealed for that week's performance is recorded below as is.
During week 4, the votes were tallied and each contestant was ranked. The ranking had no effect on the outcome of elimination but was used to pair the contestants off (1st with 6th, 2nd with 5th, and 3rd with 4th).