reality blurred + archives + September 29 to October 5, 2002

Monday, Sep. 30, 2002

EW writer: "the wrong person won the Big Brother dough."
EW writer: "the wrong person won the Big Brother dough." "Danielle may have been a major-league backstabber, overplayed the angles at times, and gone a...
duet from Pop Idol winner and runner-up lands at number one in the UK.
duet from Pop Idol winner and runner-up lands at number one in the UK. Gareth Gates and Will Young, the respective runner-up and winner of...
Pepsi shopping reality TV series that would send winner into space.
Pepsi shopping reality TV series that would send winner into space. Pepsi is looking to spend one third of its promotional budget--$35 million--on a reality...
celebrity Big Brother may air in Oct.; CBS wants celebrity Survivor.
celebrity Big Brother may air in Oct.; CBS wants celebrity Survivor. A celebrity edition of Big Brother may air as soon as October. CBS president...
celebrity Boot Camp airs tonight.
celebrity Boot Camp airs tonight. Barry Williams, Tiffany, Coolio, David Faustino, Kato Kaelin, Lorenzo Lamas, Tiffany, Vitamin C, Nikki Schieler Ziering (a Price is Right...

Big Brother "should be required viewing for everyone" beacuse of its "reflections of life."
Big Brother's "reflections of life" "should be required viewing for everyone." Because it's "an accurate representation of what goes on every day in every community,"...
Coolio wins Celebrity Boot Camp.
Coolio wins Celebrity Boot Camp. Rapper Coolio beat nine other b- (or c-) list celebrities to be crowned the winner of FOX's celebrity Boot Camp....
Kelly Clarkson and Will Young will record a duet.
Kelly Clarkson and Will Young will record a duet. They sang together on the finale of American Idol, and now that show's winner, Kelly Clarkson,...

Project Greenlight entries due tonight at midnight.
Project Greenlight entries due tonight at midnight. If you want to enter a script in Project Greenlight 2, or if you'd like to direct the...
Hear'Say splits up citing "daily abuse" from public and media.
Hear'Say splits up citing "daily abuse" from public and media. The UK's first Popstars group, Hear'Say, has broken up, citing "the daily abuse they received...
CBS threatens to sue over ABC's I'm a Celebrity...
CBS "[threatens] legal action" over ABC's plans to air I'm a Celebrity... Days after Castaway Productions challenged the UK's I'm a Celebrity--Get Me Out of...
"open 'secret' there that Survivor is planning to film" in the Amazon.
"open 'secret' there that Survivor is planning to film" in the Amazon. It appears that Survivor 6 will be filmed in the Amazon rainforest between...
Amazing Race 3 debuts tonight.
Amazing Race 3 debuts tonight. CBS sends 12 teams on a race around the world tonight as The Amazing Race 3 debuts at 9 p.m....

review of American Idol finalists' CD calls it an "unbearable collection."
review of American Idol finalists' CD calls it an "unbearable collection." The new compliation album that features the 10 American Idol finalists, which was released...
Bachelor 2 beats Amazing Race 3 premiere by 1.5 million viewers.
Bachelor 2 beats Amazing Race 3 premiere by 1.5 million viewers. Early overnight ratings suggest that CBS' The Amazing Race 3 was watched by 9.5...

new Bachelor is "a Midwestern doofus" and "a bland human being."
new Bachelor is "a Midwestern doofus" and "a bland human being." The star of The Bachelor 2, Aaron, "has made Alex [the first bachelor] look...
The Real World Paris auditions will be held in London tomorrow.
The Real World Paris auditions will be held in London tomorrow. Bunim-Murray and MTV will be looking for European cast members for The Real World...
BBC's Fame Academy debuts tonight.
BBC's Fame Academy debuts tonight. Fame Academy, a show that follows a group of people living in a house and training to become pop stars,...
Dunkleman won't return for American Idol 2; FOX "lukewarm" about him.
Dunkleman won't return for American Idol 2; FOX "lukewarm" about him. The co-host of the first season won't return to host American Idol 2. Brian...
Survivor Africa's Kel "stabbed repeatedly in a crowded bar while bystanders did nothing."
Survivor Australia's Kel "stabbed repeatedly in a crowded bar while bystanders did nothing." Rumors circulating online that Survivor Australia cast member Kel Gleason was attacked...