Usher, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Julianne Hough are set to co-host the Global Citizen competition series from CBS, The Activist. The five-week reality series premieres at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, on CBS and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
The Activist is a competition series that features six ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ activists teamed with three high-profile public figures working together to bring ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ change to one of three vitally important world causes: health, education, and environment.
Activists go head-to-head in challenges to promote their causes, with their success measured via online engagement, social metrics, and hostsโ input. The three teams have one ultimate goal: to create ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ movements that amplify their message, drive action, and advance them to the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy. There, they will meet with world leaders in the hope of securing funding and awareness for their causes. The team that receives the largest commitment is celebrated as the overall winner at the finale, which will also feature musical performances by some of the worldโs most ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ artists.
The series is produced by Global Citizen โ the international education and advocacy organization working to ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ the movement to end extreme poverty that produced the recent Vax Live: A Concert to Reunite the World โ CBS and Deviant Media.
โThe Activist is a first-of-its-kind competition series that will inspire real change, as the series progresses from the United States to Rome for the Activistsโ final challenge at the G20,โ said Hugh Evans, CEO and co-founder of Global Citizen. โThe audience will see the Activistsโ passion and commitment for their causes tested as they petition world leaders to take urgent action to resolve the interconnected crises we face.โ
Michael Rapino, CEO at Live Nation Entertainment said: โThe Activist will spread awareness about societyโs most urgent issues while also giving every viewer the opportunity to be part of the solution โ an unprecedented example of how entertainment can change the world. Combining competition and compassion, these essential causes will take center stage, as the show proves that there are no issues we canโt solve when we work together and demand change.โ
Actress Jameela Jamil wrote, โCouldnโt they just give the money itโs going to take to pay this UNBELIEVABLY expensive talent and make this show, directly to activist causes? Rather than turning activism into a game and then giving a fraction of the much needed money away in a โprizeโฆ?โ People are dying.โ