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Welcome to the fox like I'm Michael tomorrow -- his career start twelve years ago as host of the hit and TV -- hero.
And now he's making his moves to primetime network TV as house and ABC's duets.
-- new singing competition so that he says is the most important is it showing that history of television.
Really yeah we're sitting down the star it'll start to arise could this is in the -- like welcome.
Thank you so is about the -- we have bold statement I love American -- that low edited zero -- -- -- But duets is the evolution of music yeah well there are a lot of singing competition shows out there so what makes -- different.
It's a special for the fact is most these other shows these superstars that they have on this are often don't like Stoops let's be let's be really -- some of them -- record executives.
That pretty partisan very much know what else.
The I I think -- made a point.
Of saying really that it's that the dynamics it's the fact.
It's more so fact that these superstars -- coming out judging table putting themselves on the line.
Having stakes in the game at a higher than just gently commentaries going to be it's it's really their reputations.
Their performance level.
-- bringing up the level of these undiscovered talents.
And -- them in the truest sense and having something that really really is significant onstage were breaking ground and the fact that these superstars are now.
Competing.
Against it's against the so that these are elite stars these are not people that need to do reality John Legend Kelly Clarkson.
Jennifer Nettles yes exactly trying to Hanson or thundershower this happen mama I think up a -- against it exactly and -- -- in the so -- -- of those -- that's the one part of the business you'll go to well describe the moment you've got the call for your management agency wanted you.
Well it was certainly a happy moments.
It it made all make sense this was to have -- some time -- Don't know you know what with a plan is ultimately sometimes that is -- saying -- really love when we plan.
God laughs speaking of divine intervention and being less to do a lot of charity work.
Dominating.
I was so fortunate this organization or -- -- global syndicate.
Invited me down a trip to Haiti in February and it changed my life it was something that for me was important because my family won't have my family father.
Is from Haiti and so I wanted to revisit my roots but also the fact is two years later after the earthquake.
A lot of people wonder what happened all that money yeah yeah everybody is so.
Grateful for French connection community love the basics the things that we oftentimes so take that here is the antithesis of Hollywood.
In Haiti so it was a big refresher course -- what's important night for me my perspective shifting -- because I was Hollywood.
It has hit a little.
It really to get that check what's -- we'll thank you for stopping by.
This show is duets the network is ABC check your local essence festival to thank you so much of this.