SummaryGloria Estefan, Joe Jonas, Nelly, and John Rich travel to Orlando, Baltimore, New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles to select local artists to mentor for their chance to perform on live television.
SummaryGloria Estefan, Joe Jonas, Nelly, and John Rich travel to Orlando, Baltimore, New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles to select local artists to mentor for their chance to perform on live television.
The Next adds a door-knock component, providing a Publishers Clearing House-style surprise, and has the stars hang out with their proteges at home, which isn't really as entertaining as you'd think.
Frankly, the ability of these shows to keep proliferating--and still spawn the occasional success--remains something of a mystery, but The Next, however inoffensive, might more accurately be called simply "The Latest."