Pet Star

★ 7.9•2002•3 Seasons•ANIME

DocumentaryFamily

Pet Star was a show on Animal Planet hosted by Mario Lopez. The show is a contest between owners and their trained pets who perform tricks. The tricks are graded by three celebrity judges on a scale of one to 10. In the end, the three pets with the highest score come out as finalists, and the audience votes on who is the episode's Pet Star. Then, at the end of the season, the winners compete to be the year's ULTIMATE PET STAR. The winner of a regular show gets $2,500, while the winner of the finals gets $25,000. There were many celebrity judges, including Gena Lee Nolin, Virginia Madsen, Will Estes, Lindsay Wagner, Matt Gallant, Mackenzie Phillips, Billy West, James Avery, George Wallace, Melissa Peterman, Christopher Rich, John O'Hurley, Vanessa Lengies, Dom Irrera, Carol Leifer, Andy Kindler, Melissa Rivers, Meshach Taylor, Kaley Cuoco, Rosa Blasi, Jeff Cesario, Karri Turner, Peter Scolari, Bruce Jenner, Fred Willard, Shari Belafonte, Josh Meyers, Lori Petty, Ben Stein, Richard Jeni, Ken Howard, Paul Gilmartin, Maria Menounos, Tempestt Bledsoe, David Brenner and Amy Davidson. Pet Star is based on the show Star Search. It is shown in the United Kingdom on Challenge.

Top Cast

Mario López

Self - Host

Episodes

Season:

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1. Pet Star: 1

60m

Pets: Amber TV the dog, holds balls in her mouth; Max the bird, chasing a mirror; Chip and Raider the chickens, hypoing; Flash the poodle, dancing; Kava the dog, catching cheese balls; Tater the Chihuahua, Butt Surfing; Merlot the pig playing piano; Marverick the Lab Dog, hiding in the box; Ricky the bird, laughing, going to the bag, saying ouch; Monk the dog, acting as a table, and a old movie Finalists: Max, Kava, Maverick

Aired: 8/9/2002

2. Pet Star: 2

60m

Pets: Maggie (dog) and the wolf, did Little Red Riding Hood; Bambi the hamster, got out of the cage in 10 seconds; Sally the frog, hypoing frogs; Skiboot, command his owner; Max and Ruby, play catch; Fluffy the cat, walk across the rope; Larry the lobster, stood on its head; Kizzy the lizard, rode a motorcycle; Warner the ground hog, raised the American Flag; Patrick the Irish setter, jumping rope Finalists: Skiboot, Warner, Kizzy; Judges: Ben Stein, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Susan Yezzi

Aired: 8/10/2002