Duet well or off you go.

Past-their-prime popstars Cyndi Lauper, Richard Marx, Chaka Khan, Michael Bolton and others will attempt to revive their careers by participating in Fox’s new Celebrity Duets, a talent competition where vocalists are paired with non-singing celebrity contestants for the amusement of a panel of judges, a live audience and viewers at home, says www.starpulse.com. The pairings will change each week, with the singers reshuffled among the competitors, who will work with their celebrity partners to make an appropriate song selection and provide guidance on their performance. Similar to the format of American Idol, viewers will then be responsible for deciding who stays and who goes by voting at the show’s conclusion.

While the celebrity participants have not yet been revealed, Celebrity Duets has divulged that well-reputed composer David Foster will serve as one of the show’s judges. Music to my ears.