They've said that they aren't trying 2 replace her. They want 2 move on with their careers, however, when Arista closed their doors, their Greatest Hits album waz up in the air with no promotion and no one 2 put it out. They both also couldn't get their solo albums 2 take form, tho' they both have worked on one.
They wanted 2 promote the greatest hits album with the TV show and felt that jumping on the reality show craze waz the way 2 go. They keep saying that replacing Left Eye is not the idea, but 2 put other entertainers thru' boot camp, TLC style, and the winner will record a song with them and tour with them. They said that if the winner dose have crazy chemistry with them, that they won't rule out future colaborations, but that inviting them in 2 TLC is not their intention.