| Are You Hot? | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Presented by | JD Roberto |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Producer | Mike Fleiss |
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| Network | ABC |
| Release | February 13 (2003-02-13) – March 20, 2003 (2003-03-20) |
Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People is an Americanreality television series that premiered February 13, 2003 onABC.[1] A panel of judges includingLorenzo Lamas,Rachel Hunter, and Randolph Duke evaluated contestants on the solecriterion of their physical attractiveness.[2] It was cancelled after one season due to low ratings.
The winner of the lone season wasNew Orleans native Chantille Boudousque.[3]
While aired on prime time, many male contestants appearing bare-chested were censored at times due to lower body hair being exposed.
From coast to coast, thousands of hopefuls gathered to get the chance to compete for the crown of the sexiest man or woman in America.[4] Talent, personality and strategy are not required, only physical beauty and innate sexiness.[5] TV viewers had their chance to vote on the Hot Zone/Round One participants from each regions as they face a celebrity panel of experts including:Rachel Hunter, Randolph Duke andLorenzo Lamas.[6]
A lawsuit filed byHoward Stern and his production company claimed that the premise and format ofAre You Hot? was lifted from the Stern radio show's regular segmentThe Evaluators as former Stern TV producer Scott Einziger was a producer and exec onAre You Hot?[7][8]
ABC and Stern settled the suit[9] since the ABC/Einziger version of the show was a ratings failure.
In 2003, the series was spoofed bySNL for its "TV Funhouse" segment asAre You Hot?: The Search For America's Sexiest Cartoons, in which a 2D version of Lorenzo Lamas judges 11 popular cartoon characters, includingBetty Boop,Popeye,Cinderella,Olive Oyl,Strawberry Shortcake,Droopy,Marvin the Martian,Dagwood,Optimus Prime,Yosemite Sam, andBarney Rubble.[10]