week of May 27, 2001

Tuesday, May. 29, 2001

• Germany's Big Diet debuts.
  Germany's Big Diet debuts. The second version of Big Diet--the first aired in Holland--has debuted. After three months, the man and woman who've come closest...
• Survivor 3 location discovered?
  Survivor 3 location discovered? A location in the Shaba National Reserve in Kenya has been identified by a web site as the possible location for...
• Big Brother 2: audience won't vote; Julie Chen will return as host.
  Big Brother 2: audience won't vote; Julie Chen will return as host. Big Brother 2 will debut on July 5, with one-hour episodes every Tuesday,...

Wednesday, May. 30, 2001

• Melissa says The Real World's angle is "look at these fools."
  Melissa says The Real World's angle is "look at these fools." The Real World New Orleans' Melissa has some advice (and "warnings") for potential cast...
• Colleen: "I never saw manipulation."
  Colleen: "I never saw manipulation." In an interview about her new movie, Colleen says that the fact that Rich one is proof that there wasn't...
• despite contestants' affair, UK Survivor's ratings stay down.
  despite contestants' affair, UK Survivor's ratings stay down. Although one UK Survivor castaway "has admitted cheating on her husband with another island castaway," the ratings...

Thursday, May. 31, 2001

• creator of SurvivorBlogs launches Mole-inspired Puppetmaster.
  creator of SurvivorBlogs launches Mole-inspired Puppetmaster. The Mole Blog hasn't quite gotten off the ground yet, but the creator of SurvivorBlogs 1 and 2 is...
• live in the next Real World house with six of your friends.
  live in the next Real World house with six of your friends. It sounds like a casting call, but it's not; instead, MTV is giving...

Friday, Jun. 1, 2001

• Jacob injures his back; O-Town faces LMNT tonight.
  Jacob injures his back; O-Town faces LMNT tonight. Jacob hurt his back Monday while performing "Take Me Under" at the Rock And Roll Hall Of...
• critics nominate Survivor for best new show and program of the year.
  critics nominate Survivor for best new show and program of the year. Apparently, bitterness toward Mark Burnett or animosity toward the series have been forgotten--at...
• UK Big Brother cast ordered indoors to prevent outside contact.
  UK Big Brother cast ordered indoors to prevent outside contact. Two fireworks exploded over the Big Brother house in Britain, and the cast was ordered...
• Real World reunion: cast threatens to walk, verbal fight breaks out.
  Real World reunion: cast threatens to walk, verbal fight breaks out. At the 10-year reunion of all past Real World cast members, things got ugly....

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