VH1's new show 'Gaydar' - offensive or entertaining? [View All]

[Feanorcurufinwe]

VH1 has ordered a pilot for "Gaydar," a reality project in which celebrity guests try and guess whether contestants are homosexual.

Filming on the half-hour pilot is under way in Los Angeles, with Brian Dunkleman ("American Idol") serving as host. The pilot features a three-person panel comprising celebrity guests and a permanent cast member encountering three contestants who keep their sexual orientation a secret. The panelists try to determine whether contestants are straight by playing a series of games with them intended to yield clues. The prize for each correct guess is a donation to a selected charity.

Comedian Scott Kennedy has been tapped as one of the panelists. Should "Gaydar" get picked up, it also could conceivably be a programing asset that would fit in the lineup at Outlet, the gay-themed cable channel in development at VH1 parent company Viacom.
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