Pet Star

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Pet Star
Format	Documentary/Sports
Created by	n/a
Starring	Mario Lopez
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	approx. 1:00 (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	Animal Planet
Original run	2002 – 2005
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Pet Star is a show on Animal Planet hosted by Mario Lopez.

It concerns trained pets who do special acts and tricks with their owners during the show. The tricks are graded by 3 judges on a scale of 1 to 10.

In the end, the 3 pets with the highest score come out and the audience votes on who is the episode's Pet Star. Then, at the end of the season, the winners compete to be the year's ULTIMATE PET STAR. The winner of a regular show gets $2,500, while the winner of the finals gets $25,000.

There have been many celebrity judges, including Gena Lee Nolin, Virginia Madsen, Will Estes, Lindsay Wagner, Matt Gallant and Mackenzie Phillips.

Pet Star is based on the show Star Search. It is shown in the United Kingdom on Challenge.

The winner of Pet Star's first season was Skidboot, a purebred, male Australian Cattle Dog from Quinlan, Texas. His owner is David Hartwig.

The winner of Pet Star's second season was a troupe of 9 dogs owned by circus performer Johnny Peers of Sarasota, Florida.

The winner of Pet Star's third season was Spencer Lococo, a male Rhodesian Ridgeback mixed breed from Lexington, Kentucky. His owner is John Flowers. Spencer won a place in the finals through the wild card show.

Videos of the winners and other contestants are available at http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/petstar/petstar.html