Battleground Earth
Battleground Earth was a 2008 television series on Planet Green hosted by rock star Tommy Lee and rapper Ludacris.
Show premise
The series is set on the road in a 10-city tour across America, told in 10 episodes, in which Ludacris and Tommy Lee battle against each other to see who can keep their act “more green" focusing on environmental consciousness. Throughout the tour they also battle to get the word out about the state of the environment. The battle culminates in a “green” carpet benefit concert at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California.The winner of the 10-part battle gets to headline the concert while the loser faces shame as the opening act. The concert raised over $33,000 including a donation from Treeland, benefiting the renewal of Griffith Park which was devastated by recent wildfires. Musical acts featured in the benefit concert and final episode of the series include: Tommy Lee, Ludacris, Comedian Tommy Davidson, Train, Switchfoot, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top with Slash and Duff McKagan, Ziggy Marley, The Blue Man Group, Robby Krieger of the Doors, Bowling for Soup, Dee Snider and Rock Star Supernova.
;Ludacris's team is composed of:
- Cousin SeSean Bridges
- Rapper Big Willie Box
- Rapper Tony “4 IZE” Hayes III
- Musician Johnny Colt
- MTV personality Dave “Diggity Dave” Aragon
- Musician Nina Bergman
Episode guide
Episode: 101 “Raise the Rood”Challenge: Building solar structures
Guest Stars: Nikki Sixx, P. Diddy, Cedric the Entertainer, Members of Mötley Crüe, Questlove and The Roots, Isaiah Washington, Dr. John, Ivan Neville, Big Boi of Outkast and Paul Stanley of Kiss
Episode: 102 “Green Death”
Challenge: Greener Funerals
Guest Stars: Gene Simmons and members of Kiss, Mickey Hart & Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, Jon Fishman of Phish, Summer Rayne Oakes, Paul Rodriguez, Craig Gass, Joe Bartnick, Joan Baez
Episode: 103 “Trash Talkin”
Challenge: Trash and Recycling, installing environmentally friendly artificial turf on a local sports field
Guest Stars: Daisy Fuentes, Too Short, Justin Fargas, Thomas Howard, Kirk Morrison, Members of the Oakland Athletics
Episode: 104 “Fast Fuel”
Challenge: Make bio-fuel for the tour busses from using vegetable oil; visit a methane farm to turn cow manure into fuel to power a barbecue
Guest Stars: Michael Irvin, Meat Loaf, Flo Rida
Episode: 105 “You've Got Junk Mail”
Challenge: Collect junk mail for recycling
Guest Stars: Big Boi
Episode: 106 “Duel In The Desert”
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Episode: 107 “Wet and Wild”
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Episode: 108 “Heal the Bay”
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Episode: 109 “Downtown Battleground”
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Episode: 110 “Finale at the Greek”
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