Battle for Ozzfest

{{more citations needed|date=April 2010}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = [[Reality television]] | creator = | developer = | writer = | director = Lisa Caruso<br>Rick Telles | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = | judges = [[Ozzy Osbourne]] | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = "[[Progenies of the Great Apocalypse]]" by [[Dimmu Borgir]] | end_theme = | composer = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 12 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = [[Sharon Osbourne|So Divine Productions]]<br>[[MTV Networks]] | channel = [[MTV]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2004|10|25}} | last_aired = {{End date|2005|01|10|df=y}} | related = }} '''''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 music|metal]] festival [[Ozzfest]], which is a primarily [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]-subgenre based music festival.<ref>{{cite news | title = Ozzy Osbourne gets real with MTV rock band show.| first = Dean | last = Goodman | agency = [[Reuters]] | date = 23 October 2004 | access-date = 4 Apr 2010| newspaper = [[Houston Chronicle]] | url =http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ae/2861356.html}}</ref> The series lasted 12 episodes, the winner being decided by online voters.<ref>{{cite news | title = Cynder Loses All But its Cool; MTV Voters Bounce Piedmont Band From Reality Show, But Its Members Relish The Exposure. | department = TRIAD | page = B1 | newspaper = [[Greensboro News & Record]]| date = 11 January 2005 }}</ref>

==Cast== {|class="wikitable sortable" |+ Contestants |- ! Band Member||Band||Finish<ref name="finish">{{cite web | url = http://www.tv.com/shows/battle-for-ozzfest/cast/ | title = Battle for Ozzfest - Cast, Crew and Credits | website = TV.com | publisher = [[CBS Interactive Inc.]] | access-date = 2017-07-14}}</ref> |- | Marc Serrano||[[A Dozen Furies]]||'''Winner''' |- | Adair Cobley||[[Manntis]]<ref>{{cite news | title = Manntis // Eight bands share path to OZZfest; one will arrive | first = Richard K. | last = De ATLEY | department = SHOWTIME | page = C13 | newspaper = [[The Press-Enterprise]] | date = 25 October 2004 | access-date = 4 Apr 2010 | url = http://pe.com/entertainment/stories/PE_Fea_Ent_manntis25.a1cbf.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110819113439/http://www.pe.com/entertainment/stories/PE_Fea_Ent_manntis25.a1cbf.html | archive-date = 19 August 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>||6th eliminated |- | Ryan Camp||Cynder<ref>{{cite news | title = Triad Band Included in new MTV Reality Show| first = Jeffrey | last = Hahne | department = LIFE | page = D1 | newspaper = [[Greensboro News & Record]] | date = 8 November 2004 }}</ref> (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 |}

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