Best reality competition shows

By Christopher Rocchio, 07/12/2007 

ABC's The Next Best Thing: Who is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator? reality series has revealed the Top 10 finalists of its search to find America's best celebrity impersonator.

The Next Best Thing's first four episodes began with coverage of the shw's spring auditions in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York City and Orlando.  During the next two episodes, the 28 impersonators that where selected to compete in the competition's semifinals were split into two groups that performed for a studio audience that included the show's three judges -- stand-up-comedian and actor Jeffrey Ross; Jeff Goldblum impersonator and comedian Elon Gold; as well as actress and comedian Lisa Ann Walterhad. 

After the first group of 14 performed on The Next Best Thing's June 27 broadcast, the judges selected the competition's first five finalists.  Following a Fourth of July hiatus, Wednesday night's The Next Best Thingbroadcast featured the selection of the competition's five other finalists.