The next great American host

NZ television personality Dominic Bowden is taking his hosting skills to the US, where he will front new FOX reality series The Next Great American Band. In NZ, Bowden has hosted Deal or No Deal, New Zealand Idol and numerous awards shows. The Next Great American Band follows a similar format to Idol and features Ian “Dicko” Dickson (Australian Idol) and musicians John Rzeznik and Sheila E as judges. The Hollywood Reporter has given the show the thumbs up, claiming it far surpasses Idol. Bowden also passes muster as host, with HR describing him as “fresher and more at ease than his American Idol counterpart, Ryan Seacrest”.