On April 25, MySpace.com and Mark Burnett announced that they will team up to produce a new Internet/Television show, similar to other reality shows, for potential independent candidates for president. Mark Burnett produced Survivor, The Apprentice, The Contender, Rock Star INXS, among other hit “reality” TV shows.

It is thought that Wayne Allyn Root (who is seeking the Libertarian presidential nomination) has been aware of this coming development, and plans to participate.

The show will immediately begin to search for a host TV network. It expects to begin searching for applicants in September 2007. The show would air in early 2008. The winner would receive a prize of $1,000,000, but the money could only be used for political activity. The show will be interactive, meaning that viewers and MySpace users would give feedback to the contestants and together would determine the winner.

A somewhat similar attempt was tried in 2003, called “The American Candidate.” However, the producers of that show were intimidated into banning actual candidates from participating in the show, because of fear of the federal campaign finance laws. “Independent” is resolute that it will not buckle under and that it wants actual candidates to participate. “The American Candidate” was supposed to have run on the Fox TV network, but in the end Fox dropped it and it only ran on Showtime.