The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott

The Road to Stardom With Missy Elliott is a competitive reality television show that aired on UPN from January 5 to March 2, 2005.^[1] The main judge and host was hip-hop artist Missy Elliott.^[2] Other judges were singer-producer Teena Marie, producer Dallas Austin, and manager Mona Scott. ^[3]

The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott
Genre	Reality competition
Starring	Missy Elliott
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Original release
Network	UPN
Release	January 5 (2005-01-05) – March 2, 2005 (2005-03-02)

Contestants

• Akil: 23-year-old teacher from Jersey City, New Jersey
• Cori Yarckin: 21-year-old recent college graduate from Orlando, Florida
• Deltrice: 23-year-old clothing designer from San Francisco
• Eddie: 25-year-old construction worker from New Orleans
• Frank B: 21-year-old construction worker from Brooklyn, New York
• Heather Bright: 22-year-old student from Boston
• Jessica Betts: 23-year-old writer from Chicago
• Marcus: 24-year-old security guard from Houston
• Matthew: 25-year-old theme park entertainer from Orlando, Florida
• Melissa: 19-year-old student from Plymouth, Minnesota
• Nic: 29-year-old disc jockey from Aliso Viejo, California
• Nilyne Fields: 23-year-old make-up artist/student from Plainfield, New Jersey
• Yelawolf: 24-year-old contract artist (mural painting) from Rainbow City, Alabama^[4]

Jessica Betts was named the Season 1 winner.^[5] The show was not picked up for a second season.