''Jenna's American Sex Star'' is an adult
pay-per-view
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reality television
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series hosted by
Jenna Jameson
Jenna Marie Massoli (born April 9, 1974), known professionally as Jenna Jameson (), is an American model, former pornographic film actress, businesswoman, and television personality. She has been named the world's most famous adult entertainme ...
on
Playboy TV
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History
The channel first launched on December 9, 1980, as Escapade by Rainbow Programing Services (a joint-venture of four cable companies, ...
that ran from 2005 until 2006.
Premise
In each episode, with Jameson as the host, five contestants competed in a series of sexual performances for a panel of judges. The judges first eliminated a contestant and then viewers voted for their favorite performer on
Playboy.com
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
. Winners were awarded an exclusive contract with Jameson's movie studio
ClubJenna
Jenna Marie Massoli (born April 9, 1974), known professionally as Jenna Jameson (), is an American model, former pornographic film actress, businesswoman, and television personality. She has been named the world's most famous adult entertainme ...
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The show also included interviews with
porn actor
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s about each contestant.
Ron Jeremy
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953) is an American former pornographic actor.
Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list. Jeremy has also made a number of non-pornographic ...
did the lead-in and introduction for the first episodes. Subsequent episode lead-ins were done by ClubJenna girls, including Jesse Capelli and McKenzie Lee.
Judges
Season 1 judges included
Christy Canyon, Ron Jeremy, and Jim Powers.
Season 2 judges included Jim Powers, Jenna Lewis, and
Jay Grdina
John G. "Jay" Grdina (born October 11, 1967) is an American businessman and former pornographic actor. His family originates from Croatia. (Jenna's ex-husband).
KISS
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band member
Gene Simmons
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made an appearance as a guest judge. Playboy TV's
Andrea Lowell
Andrea Lowell (born January 17, 1983) is an American actress and model most recognizable from her ''Playboy'' magazine nude pictorials and on air work for a variety of Playboy TV programs.
Career
Lowell was the co-host of ''The Playboy Morning Sh ...
appears in season 2 as the envelope presenter when girls are to be eliminated or winners were to be announced.
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Contestants
Contestants included:
Winners
The first girl to move on to the finals by popular vote selection was Tiffany Taylor.
Season 1 winner, Brea Bennett,
Production
The executive producer
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of the show was Derek Harvie
Derek Kevin Harvie (born April 7, 1971) is a Canadian TV and film writer and producer. Harvie grew up in Ottawa and graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in film and literature.
''Us Weekly'' named him one of the "100 Most Cre ...
and Jordan Wiles did the audience casting. Each of the sixty-minute episodes was produced in Los Angeles
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by the Playboy Entertainment Group
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The company is focus ...
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References
External links
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* {{AFDB movie, 75273, Jenna's American Sex Star 2007
Interview with Roxy Jezel
(conducted July 26, 2006 prior to winning Season 2)
2005 American television series endings
2000s American reality television series
Erotic television series
Jenna Jameson