The young women were selected as finalists from 400 who auditioned at George R. Brown Convention Center on Aug. 14 for Project Popstar, a talent search by Knowles' Music World/Sanctuary record label, 104 KRBE radio station, Pepsi and the city of Houston to create a new female singing group. The Popstar experience is being videotaped by VT2 studios in Houston.
Knowles' two-week boot camp provides the finalists with rigorous vocal and dance training to prepare them for the final competition. Five contestants then will be selected to become part of a new female singing group.
Each weeknight, they work with vocal coaches Tom McKinney and Charles Dotson on their harmonies and with choreographer Herman Charles III on their dance moves. But the weekend break from training has proved to be too much time off.
"I can tell they have lost focus," Knowles says. "They are new at this. They aren't in a place where they know how to go from fun to focus. They are stuck....
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