An interview taped in Las Vegas including some shots from his "The Red Piano" show will air on February 20, 2004.

For co-hosts Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, Joy Behar, Star Jones and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, February 16, 2004 was all about unleashing their inner showgirl. They were poolside at Caesars Palace, doing the first two of five shows.

Nothing says Vegas like rhinestones, sequins, boas and bling bling, before noon. "You're way too `tarted up,' " Jones chided sidekick Vieira, who was wearing a flashy burgundy sequined mesh top.

Jones supplied the bling bling: jewel-encrusted sunglasses, an all-black outfit smothered in sequins and a huge new engagement ring that would impress even Joan Rivers.

She got engaged Sunday during the fourth quarter of the NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles, she announced to everyone, including guest Elton John, who gave the audience of 500 a teaser of "The Red Piano" show by playing "Candle In The Wind" on his lacquered red Yamaha piano. That interview airs at 10 a.m. February 20, 2004, on KTNV-TV, Channel 13.

Elton said he was ecstatic about his new show, which opened February 13, 2004 at Caesars' 4,100-seat Colosseum.

"You have to come here and do something different or you're going to fall flat on your face," he said.

After completing the third and fourth shows this morning, "The View" crew flies to Los Angeles to appear on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

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