Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll is the first season of Pussycat Dolls Present that premiered on March 6, 2007 on The CW, and aired for a total of eight weeks. It was a joint venture between Ken Mok's 10x10 Entertainment, Pussycat LLC, Interscope A&M Records, Wonderland Sound and Vision, and Warner Horizon Television. The series was filmed from September to November 2006, and followed a group of young women as they went through an audition process to join the girl group, The Pussycat Dolls. The contestants, who also lived together during the course of the series, were groomed by the group's founder and the series' creator and co-producer, Robin Antin, and were judged on their vocal and dancing ability. The winner went on to join the Pussycat Dolls as the act's seventh member, and appeared in the series but performed with the group only once before opting to go solo. In the UK, the show aired on T4 (the Channel 4 weekend teenage block programming slot) on April 1, 2007. In Australia, the show aired on Network Ten on April 1, 2007. Finalists Makeovers Jaime: Dyed blonder & restyled Sisely: Extensions sewn in Mariela: Straightened Anastacia: Thinned & straightened Melissa S.: Darker & later on bangs added Chelsea: Bangs added & trimmed Melissa R.: Trimmed ends Asia: Blonde streak extensions added Elimination Chart Colour key Notes: On Week 1, Robin Antin announced the final 9 girls. Eliminating Shauntae, Catherine, Kelli, Eva, Sandra, Anjelia, Jasmin, Natascha and Robyn. On Week 2, Asia was called out by Mark McGrath, but not by Robin Antin. On Week 4, group 1 was called out as "group 1", no specific name order was given. On Week 6, Chelsea and Anastacia were deemed the worst dancers and as such didn't take part in the challenge. On Week 7, Melissa S was called before Chelsea but eliminated anyway. On Week 8, Chelsea was called first and eliminated. Robin then called Asia as the winner. Performances Episodes Episode 1: The Auditions The 18 semi-finalist are given songs as follow: Rehearsal does not go smoothly, as Anjelia gets sick, and Sisely struggles with her group because she doesn't want to rehearse too late to preserve her energy. Sandra as well as the Hot Stuff group struggle with their vocals while Chelsea and Shauntae struggle with their dancing. The girls are then taken to a Pussycat