Joey Fatone and Lance Bass host E!'s ‘Cocktail Wars’

E!'s new mixology competition series, ‘Cocktail Wars’, hosted by Joey Fatone and Lance Bass, has concluded its first two rounds of competition. The series features seasoned mixologists competing in various challenges for a chance to win $10,000 per episode.

In the premiere episodes, Jon Schott and Tyler Kent were named the winners of the first two rounds. Schott, a bartender from Washington, D.C., won the first challenge by creating a rum-based cocktail titled ‘Staycation’, which utilized cold ingredients such as pistachio cream.

Hosts Fatone and Bass, former members of the band *NSYNC, discussed the experience of hosting the series. Bass noted the challenges of participating in a show centered on alcohol while managing Type 1 diabetes, highlighting the importance of monitoring glucose levels during filming.