reality blurred + archives + August 20 to August 26, 2000

week of August 20, 2000

even in Orlando, O-Town isn't well-known.
even in Orlando, O-Town isn't well-known. The Orlando Sentinel sets out to find out how popular the band created on Making the Band actually is,...
all about Survivor.
all about Survivor. With three days to go until the finale, Canoe.ca looks at everything Survivor: the final four, winner odds and predications, the show's...

Karen's newspaper: "How fast can people forget this embarrassing nightmare?"
Karen's newspaper: "How fast can people forget this embarrassing nightmare?" Columbus' The Republic editorializes about Big Brother, and says, "Seldom has there been a more...
"Reality is in the eye of the editor."
"Reality is in the eye of the editor." Duh....
Rich: "I'm happy with the way I played."
Rich: "I'm happy with the way I played." The castaway everyone loves to hate talks to Newsweek--along with the rest of the final four Tagi...
cash keeps winner a well-kept secret.
cash keeps winner a well-kept secret. Why don't we know the winner yet? It's all about the money: If they talk before Wednesday, the contestants...

Eddie gets rubbed down by a mystery person.
Eddie gets rubbed down by a mystery person. Eddie's reward for winning the Sumo wrestling match was a massage given by a mystery masseuse in...
$1 million for the winner, $600,000 every 30 seconds for CBS.
$1 million for the winner, $600,000 every 30 seconds for CBS. CBS is raking in cash for ads during the final episode. While they're...
near mutiny and other things Big Brother won't show us.
near mutiny and other things Big Brother won't show us. Salon examines the dramatic events inside the Big Brother house that are visible to the...

time for Mardi Gras--and a visit with the vampire writer.
time for Mardi Gras--and a visit with the vampire writer. On The Real World, it was finally time for New Orleans big party, and everyone...
Karen leaving her husband.
Karen leaving her husband. It's no surprise that Karen just announced she's leaving her husband, moving from Columbus to California with one of her daughters....
Survivor Day has arrived.
Survivor Day has arrived. Tonight, at 8 p.m. EST, the final two-hour episode of Survivor will air, followed by a one hour, live town hall...

Rich wins (and the world freaks out).
Rich wins (and the world freaks out). Survivor ended where it began: with the 39-year-old corporate trainer who formed an alliance and became the person...
nominations are in, and this time, it's "a six-way tie."
nominations are in, and this time, it's "a six-way tie." Only Jamie (with one nomination) escaped being "marked for banishment" this week, as Brittany, Cassandra,...
51 million watched Rich win Survivor.
51 million watched Rich win Survivor. Survivor's huge number of finale viewers made it the second-highest rated show this year besides the Super Bowl. Even...

"Survivor will be a hard act to follow."
"Survivor will be a hard act to follow." Wired argues that in order to keep interest, the show's producers are going to have to push...
"Big Brother is worse than you think--get out now"
"Big Brother is worse than you think--get out now." A plane rented by a group calling themselves Media Jammers flew over the Big Brother house...
nook propsal brings another half-million plus for Rich.
nook propsal brings another half-million plus for Rich. Rich's propsal for a 37-chapter memoir/how-to/Survivor analysis book "Survival Skills For Life: An Owner's Manual" is being...
Survivor helps Real World's syndication efforts.
Survivor helps Real World's syndication efforts. The first four seasons of The Real World have been available for syndication purchase for a year now,...

"Survival exposed: Outdoors. Outhouse. Out of their minds!"
"Survival exposed: Outdoors. Outhouse. Out of their minds!" Atom Films presents a hilarious series of Flash shorts spoofing Survivor and its cast members....
"Why 'Survivor' left me feeling sad and dirty."
"Why 'Survivor' left me feeling sad and dirty." On Time.com, Lance Morrow deconstructs his feelings toward Survivor and its outcome: "It is human nature to...
near Orlando? Meet O-Town tomorrow.
near Orlando? Meet O-Town tomorrow. Meet the guys from Making the Band tomorrow at the Planet Hollywood in Orlando. They'll be there from 4 to...