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Gay actor and singer Ryan O'Connor will be one of 10 people competing for their own talk show on Oprah Winfrey's new OWN network, reports Playbill.

Your OWN Show: Oprah Winfrey's Search for the Next TV Star premieres on Friday with O'Connor as one of the contestants; judges include Dr. Phil and Gayle King. O'Connor wants to be America's best friend, he told the Associated Press.

O'Connor hosts a musical revue in Los Angeles called Ryan O'Connor Eats His Feelings and has appeared on the Neil Patrick Harris show How I Met Your Mother.

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