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Executive
Producers: Simon Cowell, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Siobhan Greene, Peter Jones
and Clay Newbill
Businessman/former
heavyweight champion/ordained minister George Foreman, British tycoon
Peter Jones, entrepreneur Pat Croce and Spanx creator Sara Blakely join
new host Nick Smith for the exciting, innovative second season of
American Inventor, which has its season premiere WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6
(9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
The
biggest search for America’s best new invention is currently taking
place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Orlando and
Houston. Inventors, tinkerers and entrepreneurs of all ages are
presenting their most prized creations and innovations to "American
Inventor" celebrity judges. Each week during the first six
episodes, one winner from each city will be given $50,000 seed money to
further develop and refine their product for the semifinal round. In the
end, it will be up to the American viewing audience to call in and vote
for the one invention they feel is worthy of the $1 million dollar grand
prize and the chance to mass produce their product. |
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About
the judges:
- GEORGE
FOREMAN was barely out of his teens when he startled the world by
winning an Olympic gold medal in boxing in Mexico City. In his early
twenties, he destroyed the seemingly invincible Joe Frazier to
capture boxing's heavyweight championship. In Zaire, not long after,
he was on the opposite end of a startling upset, losing his crown to
Muhammad Ali. In 1977, in his dressing room after losing a fight,
Foreman had a religious experience. He then gave up boxing, became a
born-again Christian and was ordained a minister. A decade later, to
raise money for his George Foreman Youth and Community Center, he
shocked the sports world by returning to the ring and, at the age of
44 and against all odds, he recaptured boxing's crown. Currently
Foreman is well-known for marketing the George Foreman Lean Mean
Grilling Machine, which has sold over 100 million units to date.
- PETER
JONES is one of the most successful and versatile business gurus in
the UK, with interests spanning telecommunications, business
services, publishing and fashion, as well as television. He created
a $300 million empire from scratch and continues to invest in and
build a diverse portfolio of business interests. Jones found fame as
one of the panelists on the hit BBC business reality show,
Dragon’s Den. He recently closed a deal with ITV to produce
original programming through Peter Jones TV and is currently in
production on the highly anticipated primetime show Tycoon, which
seeks to discover the UK’s next business sensation.
- PAT
CROCE is the outspoken entrepreneur whose meteoric rise from
training room to boardroom of a professional sports team can be
described as nothing less than extraordinary. His remarkable journey
from physical therapist and pioneer in the sports medicine field to
the colorful leader responsible for the resurrection of the
Philadelphia 76ers as a NBA championship contender has been defined
as one of the most amazing stories in sports history. He also found
success as a sports commentator, nationally syndicated talk show
host, motivational speaker and bestselling author.
- SARAH
BLAKELY invented SPANX footless body-shaping pantyhose at age 29 and
revolutionized the $2 billion male-dominated hosiery industry. With
only $5,000 in savings, Blakely launched SPANX from the back of her
Atlanta apartment and, in just six years, turned it into a $150
million brand with more than 100 styles, winning the hearts of
fashion-loving women everywhere and becoming the must-have
undergarment and celebrity-favorite brand on the red-carpet.
Remaining self-funded and profitable from the start, Blakely built
on the success of SPANX in 2006 by launching ASSETS, a new brand of
shapewear in Target stores nationwide. The success of SPANX and
ASSETS enabled her to pledge a portion of all sales to the Sara
Blakely Foundation, which is dedicated to empowering women globally
with education and entrepreneurial support. A winner of the Ernst
& Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Blakely is a
much-in-demand motivational speaker.
About
the host:
- NICK
SMITH worked as host and reporter for the ABC7 News team at KGO-TV
in San Francisco. He also anchored a local morning news program in
Philadelphia and provided live coverage of special interest stories
in his own segment, Nick in the Neighborhood. While serving in the
United States Army in Germany, he worked with a team to create
various training videos. Smith has been a live reporter for the
Army/Navy game, traditionally held in Philadelphia. He has also
worked as a reporter for E! Entertainment Television, and his live
reporting has appeared on the FOX News Channel, the Weather Channel,
ABC’s World News Now, Live! With Regis and Kelly and ABC’s World
News Tonight with Peter Jennings.
SEASON
ONE INFO
Season
one judges included show co-creator Peter Jones, one of the UK's most
successful entrepreneurs, who has created a $500 Million Business
empire; Doug Hall, an inventor, bestselling author and radio host, and
also the founder and CEO of Eureka! Ranch, an inventing, training and
research firm; Ed Evangelista, an executive creative director at the New
York headquarters of JWT; and Mary Lou Quinlan, founder and CEO of Just
Ask a Woman, one of the premiere women's marketing companies in the
U.S.
Matt
Gallant was host. The winner was JANUSZ LIBERKOWSKI, INVENTOR OF THE
ANECIA SURVIVAL CAPSULE;
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