Pet Star
Pet Star was a Series on Animal Planet hosted by Mario Lopez. The series is a competition between owners. The tricks are graded by three star judges on a scale of one to 10. In the end, the 3 pets with the highest score turn out as finalists, and the audience votes on who's the Pet Star of the episode. Afterward, at the season's finish, the winners compete to become the ULTIMATE PET STAR of the year. The winner of a normal series gets $2,500, whilst the winner of the finals earns $25,000.
There were lots of star 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 series Star Search. It is revealed in the United Kingdom on Challenge.