StarTomorrow was an online-only musical talent search created by NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 and music executive Tommy Mottola

Tommy Mottola

Thomas Daniel "Tommy" Mottola is an American music executive, co-owner of Casablanca Records in a joint venture with the Universal Music Group. He is the ex-husband of Mariah Carey and is married to Mexican singer Thalía...

 produced by 25/7 Productions in association with CenterStaging and Rehearsals.Com.

History

NBC announced that it would air StarTomorrow in February 2006. Mottola severed his relationship with the show in June 2006, and producer David Foster

David Foster

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...

 was brought in. The prize was subsequently changed from a recording contract with Mottola

Mottola

Mottola is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, in the Puglia region of southeast Italy.It is situated on a hill in the sub-region of Murgia. It is also called "The Ionian Spy" for its strategic geographical position...

's Casablanca Records

Casablanca Records

Casablanca Records was an American record label started by Neil Bogart, who partnered with Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris, and Buck Reingold in 1973, and based in Los Angeles. The label was formed after all of them had left Buddah Records and secured financing by Warner Bros. Records to start the venture...

 to a contract with Foster

David Foster

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...

's label.

Hosted by Michele Merkin

Michele Merkin

Michele Merkin is an American model and television host.-Early life and beginnings:Merkin was born in San Francisco, California of Swedish and Russian Jewish descent as the youngest child and only daughter of four children. She attended boarding school in England...

, StarTomorrow premiered on NBC and NBC.com on July 31, 2006, when a one-hour show about the auditions aired on NBC. In a format similar to American idol

American Idol

American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

, 92 bands competed in weekly head-to-head competition, and bands that won were then given the chance to compete in the competition's second round.

The show finale was in November 2006 and was eventually won by award winning artist, Cindy Alexander. However, the show's contract was so bad that none of the Top 5(Cindy Alexander

Cindy Alexander

Cindy Alexander is an American indie singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She currently resides in greater Los Angeles, California....

, Bob Gentry

Bob Gentry

Bob Gentry is an American Singer-Songwriter who currently resides in Los Angeles, California.-Biography:Bob Gentry was born in Detroit, Michigan and by the age of 7, was a self-taught pianist and guitarist who started songwriting and playing to express himself.-Moisture:In the late-1990s, Gentry...

, Brooke Ramel

Brooke Ramel

Brooke Ramel is a Los Angeles, United States, based singer-songwriter. Albums released are Movie Star , Tulips Bleed , Make Tomorrow Up , Be , and Turn It Around ....

, Hydra FX, Blake Cody) bands signed. NBC officially ceased production on March 26, 2007.

Judges

• Travis Barker
  Travis Barker
  Travis Landon Barker is an American musician, producer and entrepreneur, most noted as the drummer for the American pop punk band Blink-182, as well as the alternative rock band +44, the rap rock band The Transplants, and the alternative rock band Box Car Racer. He was a frequent collaborator with...
  
  
• Mick Fleetwood
  Mick Fleetwood
  Michael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood is a British musician and actor best known for his role as the drummer and namesake of the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of John McVie, was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac...
  
  
• David Foster
  David Foster
  David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
  
  
• Billy Gibbons
  Billy Gibbons
  William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
  
  
• Rob Tannenbaum

Week one winners

• Aruna
• Red Letter
• Tim Corley
• Far From Nowhere
• Marissa Ponticorvo
• Next Phase
• Jeff Coffey
• UNIQ
• Big Toe
• Mili Mili
• Tubby

Week two winners

• Stella's Notch
• Mike Corrad
• Cedric Thomas
• Tubby
• Blake Cody
• Sharif
• Bob Gentry
  Bob Gentry
  Bob Gentry is an American Singer-Songwriter who currently resides in Los Angeles, California.-Biography:Bob Gentry was born in Detroit, Michigan and by the age of 7, was a self-taught pianist and guitarist who started songwriting and playing to express himself.-Moisture:In the late-1990s, Gentry...
  
  
• Another Found Self
• This is Danica
• Broken Pony
• Men in Black
• Shaley Scott
  Shaley Scott
  Shaley Scott is an upcoming singer/songwriter/actress who has recently landed roles in 5 movies. A self-taught musician and trained dancer, Shaley grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado, graduating from Rocky Mountain High School. She attended both the Colorado Academy of Arts and Colorado State...
  
  

Week three winners

• Tony B
• Blake Cody
• d Henry Fenton
• Nikko
• Scarlet Crush
• The Blue Sky Traffic
• Melodee Lynn Holsinger
• Tubby
• Kings of Spain
• The Dre Allen Project
• HydraFX

Week four winners

• Malia Star
• Jonalee White
• David Reavis and Kenny Kallam
• Loose Chains
• Slapdash Graduate
• Dig Jelly
• Pete Hopkins
• Tubby
• Tasha Taylor and the Band

Week five winners

• Warren Beaumont
• Michelle Andria
• The Sexies
• Rob Perez
• Cindy Alexander
  Cindy Alexander
  Cindy Alexander is an American indie singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She currently resides in greater Los Angeles, California....
  
  
• Tubby
• Brooke Ramel
  Brooke Ramel
  Brooke Ramel is a Los Angeles, United States, based singer-songwriter. Albums released are Movie Star , Tulips Bleed , Make Tomorrow Up , Be , and Turn It Around ....
  
  
• Horny Toad
• Aria Johnson

Week six winners

• Big Toe
• Jonalee White
• Slapdash Graduate
• Pete Hopkins
• Tony B
• Red Letter
• Tubby
• The Blue Sky Traffic
• Marissa Ponticorvo

External links

• StarTomorrow
• StarTomorrow Afterparty Hosts performances by eliminated contestants.
• Star Tomorrow Mania