#youtube will search for the next Justin Bieber with a cover song competition show

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Ryan Seacrest will produce the cover song competition series Best.Cover.Ever in collaboration with YouTube and production company EndemolShine (known mostly for reality hits like The Biggest Loser and MasterChef), as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

The series will be hosted by Ludacris and will stream exclusively on YouTube. A roster of famous musicians will serve as champions / mentors for aspiring artists in a structure loosely based on popular TV singing competition shows. Participating musicians choose one of their most popular songs for contestants to cover, then choose the two best submissions — those two people appear on the show, and whoever wins (the metrics of that decision haven’t been announced), gets to record a duet…

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