Battle for Ozzfest

Battle for Ozzfest
Genre	Reality television
Directed by	Lisa Caruso Rick Telles
Judges	Ozzy Osbourne
Opening theme	"Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" by Dimmu Borgir
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Production companies	So Divine Productions MTV Networks
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	October 25, 2004 (2004-10-25) – 10 January 2005 (2005-01-10)

Battle for Ozzfest is a reality television show that aired during autumn 2004 on MTV, where eight bands 'battle' it out in a series of challenges to win a spot on the stage of the metal festival Ozzfest, which is a primarily heavy metal-subgenre based music festival. ^[1] The series lasted 12 episodes, the winner being decided by online voters. ^[2]

Cast

Contestants

Band Member	Band	Finish [3]
Marc Serrano	A Dozen Furies	Winner
Adair Cobley	Manntis [4]	6th eliminated
Ryan Camp	Cynder [5] (later known as Curse Your Name)	Runner Up
Ahmad Alkurabi	Beyond All Reason	5th eliminated
Chelsea Muckerman	Final Drive	4th eliminated
Brittany Paige Bouck	Guilt by Association	3rd eliminated
Kelly Abe	Sicks Deep	2nd eliminated
Jesse Preston	Trauma Concept	1st eliminated

References

1. Goodman, Dean (23 October 2004). "Ozzy Osbourne gets real with MTV rock band show". Houston Chronicle . Reuters . Retrieved 4 Apr 2010.
2. "Cynder Loses All But its Cool; MTV Voters Bounce Piedmont Band From Reality Show, But Its Members Relish The Exposure". TRIAD. Greensboro News & Record . 11 January 2005. p. B1.
3. "Battle for Ozzfest - Cast, Crew and Credits". TV.com. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
4. De ATLEY, Richard K. (25 October 2004). "Manntis // Eight bands share path to OZZfest; one will arrive". SHOWTIME. The Press-Enterprise . p. C13. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 4 Apr 2010.
5. Hahne, Jeffrey (8 November 2004). "Triad Band Included in new MTV Reality Show". LIFE. Greensboro News & Record . p. D1.

External links

Battle for Ozzfest at IMDb