These former Power Ranger cast members were in non-scripted television programming, meaning reality shows, reality-base contest shows and talk shows.
In 2005, VH1 had a reality contest series called "Kept," in which men vied for the affection of a wealthy woman Jerry hall. Ricardo Medina Jr. (Cole in "Wild Force') was on the show for an episode or two, as you can see on his profile above on the old site (no longer up) that he was a waiter, not an actor. He was doing any roles that year. In the show, I recall his butt got exposed but blurred during a challenge and he was cocky and quickly dismissed. I suppose his behavior on this show cemented some fans to dislike him further.
Blake Foster (Justin in "Power Rangers Turbo") was in MTV's "Is She Really Going Out with him?" in 2008. The show is about 'beautiful' girls breaking up with 'deadbeat guys.' As of 2010, he has been more prominent in fan convention events and active on his Facebook account with fans.
I was reminded that Michael Copon (Lucas in "Time Force") was in "But Can They Sing?" competition in 2005 by VH1. Michael Copon performed This Is How We Do It with the other contestants (except Joe Pantoliano) singing back-up to close out the week 6 show. Copon's charity, Shaken Baby Alliance, received $50,000 from his win.
Bede Skinner (Jarrod in "Jungle Fury") was the presenter of "Top of the Pops" (A rundown of the latest chart hits, featuring in-studio performances from popular music artists in the United Kingdom) in 2005-2006 before he was in PRJF.
It's Top of the Pops. not Tops of Pops.
ReplyDeletethis is going to sound perverted but could you link us to that butt shot
ReplyDeletewhy is it that people do not like cole i mean he was a jungle boy and he did a good job
ReplyDeleteWish I could, just don't have the picture.
ReplyDeleteBecause Ricardo is a douchebag
ReplyDeleteDidn't Lucas from PRTF do a Singing Competition show with a bunch of other celebrities??
ReplyDeletelook i tend not too look at the actor personally i look at the character its easier but i mean cole was a good jungle guy who only cared about the earth and was kinda stupid
ReplyDeleteps would you do a poll or post about the actors and how they were recieved by fans
Top of the Pops is a big show. Michael Copon's can actually sing, but his win was overshadowed by Bai Ling, who would do outlandish performances. Also, Ricardo did more douchy things than just showing his butt, but that might have been for an art challenge, in which they had to do "life drawing" paintings of each other. Two of the contestants (the finalists) on the show went on to do a parody video of Ricardo, in which they overdubbed some of his moments on Kept.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous #5, I already did a poll about the actors and how they were received by fans
ReplyDeletereally whats it called
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