Impress These Apes S3 Contestants Announced

Impress These Apes: Season Three begins Monday, September 22, and this season's contestants have finally been revealed! James Asmus, Seth Dodson, Becky Eldridge, Peter Kremidas, Alan Metoskie, Eve Porcello, Danielle Puterbaugh, and Leigh Vandiver will face off in an arduous eight-week comedy talent contest, to be judged by super intelligent apes from the future. Best!

Changes are afoot this season, however. Gone is Game Show Host Jared Logan, sadly, but happily Ken Barnard and Jim Fath will be taking over hosting duties. Friend o' the blog Ken tells us he'll "be drawing on the beauty pageant host from Little Miss Sunshine as inspiration," and promises that "the talent juice will be flowing hot and heavy from Week 1." And Fath is an Apes alum himself, so we have high hopes.

The audition videos are indeed promising, but Apes' trademark bizarre weekly challenges (perform a sideshow act, do couples karaoke, reenact a scene from a movie) mean picking a favorite is risky business. But Barnard says he's optimistic about this year's contestants. "I think that we should add 'Achieve World Peace' as a challenge because these mother scratchers could get it done with a mellow Dido backing track and some left-over Muppet limbs."