Elimination Night

For readers of *The Devil Wears Prada* and fans of TV shows like *American Idol* and *America’s Got Talent* comes *Elimination Night,* an uproariously funny look at the backstabbing, ego clashes, and 24–7 snafus that transpire behind the scenes of one of the country’s smash talent programs. 

Sasha King dreams of being a serious novelist and living the good life with her AWOL hunk of a boyfriend, Brock. But her day job as an assistant producer of Project Icon, the once-mighty ratings juggernaut that’s recently taken a hit in the Nielsen’s ratings, keeps her working nonstop. She’s got her hands full with the show’s two new celebrity judges, entrepreneur-actress-singer Bibi Vasquez (“Crew to be forbidden to make eye contact with Artist AT ALL TIMES,” reads her contract) and rock legend Joey Lovecraft, a priapic wild man who doesn’t even own a TV (it goes against the teachings of his guru, Tibetan high lama Yutog Gonpo).

As the competition among the hopeful, young would-be stars—including the foul-mouthed Mia Pelosi and the chaps-wearing Jimmy Nuggett—heats up, Sasha finds herself constantly putting out fires. A date with a mysterious stranger makes her rethink her devotion to Brock. And then an unexpected revelation rocks her world.

A frighteningly smooth host (Wayne Shoreline), muckraking gossip columnists, and powerful people named Nigel round out the pure madcap reading pleasure of *Elimination Night,* a book so hilariously accurate about the inner workings of the talent show machine that it had to be written anonymously.