reality blurred + archives + September 11 to September 17, 2005

week of September 11, 2005

Kara Saun hired as WB sit-com's costume designer, created dresses for Top Model 5
Kara Saun lost Project Runway, but she insists, "I did win." That's because she's just been hired as the costume designer for a WB sit-com,...
Big Brother editors have fun with the Friendship's delusional hypocrisy
Perhaps as expected, Janelle won the latest America's Choice contest, and was able to visit the set of Two and a Half Men as CBS...
J.D. wears "Go Fuck Your Self" t-shirt on Rock Star
One of the four remaining contestants on CBS' Rock Star: INXS wore a t-shirt on the show that appeared to be a series of Asian...

Survivor Africa repeats start tonight
A month and a couple weeks after the Outdoor Life Network started airing repeats of Survivor, they've already burned through two seasons. The first Survivor...
Janice and Omarosa threaten each other's weaves; Omarosa calls Janice "a high-society crackhead"
On Sunday, we finally saw the long-awaited confrontation between Surreal Life 5 cast members and larger-than-life reality TV personas Omarosa and Janice Dickinson. Alas, VH1...
Apprentice candidate Alla worked as a stripper; her client robbed and killed three people to help pay her
The Apprentice 4 candidate Alla Wartenberg describes herself on her web site as "a self made multi-millionaire" and the owner of "a chain of upscale...
Polled people say there are too many reality shows, and most are "totally made up" or "mostly distorted"
The AP and TV Guide surveyed 1,002 people, and 80 percent of them said there are "too many reality shows are on the air. A...

Kill Reality ends as Jonny Fairplay is kicked out for pooping on Trish's bed
E!'s hit train wreck Kill Reality concluded last night, and the in-house drama didn't end until the show ended. Jonny Fairplay continued to play to...
30-second American Idol 5 commercial sells for a record-breaking $705,000
American Idol 5 has broken a television record by selling a 30-second ad for $705,000, the most expensive 30-second commercial ever for "a regularly scheduled...
The Biggest Loser 2 debuts tonight
The Biggest Loser 2 debuts tonight, marking the return of NBC's biggest reality surprise of last year. The 90-minute premiere episode debuts at 8 p.m....
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition wins Oustanding Reality Show Emmy
At Sunday's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, reality TV shows were mostly scorned. While we have to wait until the real Emmys this coming Sunday to...

The Friendship's end: when a cult implodes
Big Brother 6's cult finally turned on itself, as Ivette evicted April after the two had a huge falling-out. All of this was carefully orchestrated...
Amazing Race will reach its 100th episode this season; creator Elise Doganieri promoted to executive producer
The person responsible for creating The Amazing Race has been promoted. Elise Doganieri, whose husband Bertram van Munster serves as executive producer of the show,...
Returning Survivors will play the game; viewers almost voted but Jeff Probst said no
John Powell's interview with Jeff Probst reveals two key points about Survivor Guatemala's big twist, which involves the return of two players. First, producers considered...

Melissa O'Neil wins third Canadian Idol
Canada has its first female Canadian Idol, and she is 17-year-old Melissa O'Neil. She beat Rex Goudie after receiving the majority of the 3.6 million...
Lil' Kim is being filmed for a reality show before going to prison
USA TODAY asks, "Who will be the next big reality star?" Specifically, the paper wonders which celebrity will be next to get a boost after...
Final Big Brother 6 HOH competition finalists revealed
The two women who will face off against each other in the live, final HOH competition on Friday night have been revealed. Although the live...
Survivor Guatemala debuts tonight
The 11th season of CBS' hit reality series debuts tonight. Survivor Guatemala premieres at 8 p.m. ET, and will not be preempted by the President's...
Bravo wants a second season of Kathy Griffin's show but hasn't come up with the cash yet
Bravo wants to tape a second season of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, but so far, Kathy hasn't said yes. She tells the...

Stephenie and Bobby Jon join Survivor Guatemala as players; the old guy goes home first
As it turned out, the big Survivor Guatemala surprise wasn't that Survivor Palau cast members Bobby Jon Drinkard and Stephenie LaGrossa joined the cast. (They...
ABC changes Dancing with the Stars dance-off length just because it can
Dancing with the Stars' finalists will have a dance-off on Tuesday, and ABC previously scheduled the hour-and-a-half special to start at 8:30 p.m. ET. That's...
Key West house revealed; cast has been spotted bar-hopping
Photographs of the new The Real World Key West house have made their way to reality blurred, helping continue the tradition of revealing Real World...
Real World starts casting this weekend
Casting for the next season of The Real World--not the Key West season, but the one that will likely tape next spring--starts this weekend. Tomorrow,...
Survivor Africa's Carl needed a newspaper's help to get his cable installed
If you think appearing on a reality show will make you more famous than you'd ever imagined you could be, think again. Here's an example:...
The world falls to its knees and sobs as final HOH Ivette evicts Janelle
And the fucking Friendship has won. The delusional, megalomaniacal, self-indulgent, stuck-up cult of "friends" who bonded over their ostracization of others finally defeated their last...

Apprentice changes exemption rules, requiring a team vote
For the fourth Apprentice, there's going to be a change to the game. In the past, project managers who led their team to victory were...
Why aren't Ivette's "raving lunatic racist" comments and other offensive remarks airing?
Two seasons ago, the final two Big Brother houseguests made racist and homophobic comments while in the house, but those comments were never aired. This...