Season
Four of "Queer Eye" Premieres June 6th 5/6/06
BRAVO'S
EMMY-AWARD WINNING 'QUEER EYE' HITS THE VEGAS STRIP
AN ALL-NEW FOURTH SEASON KICKS OFF WITH VEGAS-THEMED EPISODES
PREMIERING TUESDAY, JUNE 6 AT 10 PM ET/PT
NEW YORK -- May 3, 2006 -- On Tuesday, June 6 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, Bravo
will launch the fourth season of the Emmy-award winning "Queer
Eye." The premiere episode of the sixteen, one-hour episode run will
feature a loving New York couple whose only opportunity to be married in a
harmonious environment is to elope to Vegas, even if that means having an
Elvis, Bond, or Rocky Horror-themed wedding with Carson Kressley as the
officiant. Feather boas, pink poodles and poker chips abound as the Fab
Five ''make-better'' the sloppiest straight guys on the strip in the first
three episodes of the season, which feature everything from a fire-eating
magician whose dog is an Elvis Impersonator, to a celebrity Vegas poker
tournament that will raise thousands of dollars for charity.
"The first three seasons of ''Queer Eye'' made an indelible mark
on popular culture and captured the hearts and funny bones of loyal
viewers throughout the world," said Frances Berwick, Senior Vice
President, Programming and Production, Bravo. "Las Vegas is the
perfect setting to kickoff this fourth season that brings the Fab Five
face-to-face with an even broader range of make-better subjects like
couples, families, and gay pride."
Carson, Jai, Kyan, Ted and Thom will make Sin City their playground as
they take their subjects on a whirlwind ride to hot spots that include
Harrah''s, Caesar''s Palace and the Forum Shops, Bally''s, Cristophe
Salon, Rio, Paris, Silverton Hotel and Casino, Todd English''s Olives
restaurant, the World Market Center, and Aureole restaurant. The
"Queens" of style will then ''watch what happens'' from their
loft away from home in the Palms Hotel. Travelocity is also one of the
leading partners integrated into all three episodes.
The premiere episode of "Queer Eye" features Asher and
Tsiliana, a New York couple who met on a dating website and instantly fell
in love. They were engaged after three months, and now this fun loving duo
is struggling to please his family, who wants an Orthodox wedding with
hundreds of guests from their synagogue, as well as her family, who
prefers something glamorous and secular. Enter the Fab Five, who will give
Asher and Tsiliana the dream elopement of a lifetime as they are whisked
off to a fantasy location where they will undergo a transformation that
will take them from average to stunning. In typical Vegas fashion, Carson
Kressley will officiate and Rita Rudner will do a reading offering
marriage advice.
The Fab Five''s next mission is to help animal magician and fire-eater
Max Clever and his wife Joni. This wacky artistic duo live on the
outskirts of Vegas in Death Valley in a messy, ramshackle house surrounded
by desert and filled to the rim with Max''s show animals, including 109
doves, five dogs, two parrots, one rabbit, and four fish. Joni is a
talented painter who makes G-strings for showgirls and Max supports his
family by performing his dog act for tourists. He deeply loves his wife
and is frustrated that Joni''s artistic ability has gone unnoticed. With
the help of the Fab Five, Max will spruce up his Vegas act so he can earn
a better living and throw Joni a star-studded art opening that will
showcase her talent, to be featured in the all-new episode airing Tuesday,
June 13 at 10:00 PM.
In the third installment of "Queer Eye," viewers will meet Ed
Miller, a professional poker player and accomplished author of a
well-known "how to" poker-strategy book series. He has the
skills of the game but none of the panache. The Fab Five help Ed become a
successful and well-known poker guru, and Ed teaches one of them to play
in a Texas Hold ''em poker match with classic Vegas performers who are
currently performing on the strip, including Susan Anton, Penn Jillette,
David Brenner, and George Wallace. The prize is meaningful to Ed, who grew
up in New Orleans where his parents divorced and lived around the corner
from each other until Hurricane Katrina destroyed both of their homes.
Watch one of the Fabbers compete with Vegas royalty for a $10,000 prize,
made possible by Travelocity, to be donated to Habitat for Humanity in New
Orleans in an all-new episode premiering on Tuesday, June 20 at 10:00 PM.
Highlights from season four also include:
Steve Halliday, an injured firefighter, not only gets a second chance
at life, but also gets a second chance to thank his beloved family and
friends who helped him through a near death experience.
Jesan Hyde prepares for the hectic world of a male model and enlists
the help of the Fab Five, who then recruit successful male model Tyson
Beckford.
Jeff Berman is a gay man living in a "straight" world. The
Fab Five team up to help Jeff become fabulous in his own way and embrace
his gay lifestyle.
"Queer Eye" is produced for Bravo by Scout Productions.
Executive producers are David Collins, Michael Williams, and David
Metzler. Linda Lea is co-executive producer.
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and pop culture with original programming, acclaimed drama series, movies,
comedy and music specials, and by showing a whole different side of
celebrities. Currently available in more than 80 million homes, Bravo is
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at style, media, fame and Hollywood, pulling back the curtain on the
creative process and making influential and inventive original
programming. Its critically acclaimed and award-winning original
programming includes "Blow Out", "Kathy Griffin: My Life on
the D-List", "Inside the Actors Studio," "Celebrity
Poker Showdown," as well as the 2004 Emmy winner for Outstanding
Reality Program, "Queer Eye" and the Emmy-nominated hit
competition series, "Project Runway."
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