reality blurred + archives + April 2 to April 8, 2006

week of April 2, 2006

American Inventor loses 30 percent of viewers 18-49
Facing a new episode of CBS' CSI for the first time last Thursday, ABC's American Inventor lost almost a third of its viewers from the...
Paula Abdul will reportedly be paid between $5 and 8 million a year for Idol
Paula Abdul's renewed contract for American Idol is, according to the New York Post, "worth between $5 million and $8 million each season, according to...
Raj has twice been arrested for drunk driving
Former Apprentice 2 candidate Raj Bhakta, who is running for Congress, was twice arrested for drunk driving, once in 2003 and once in 1997. The...
Hoopz and Flavor broke up; New York and Pumkin fight on the Flavor of Love Reunion
Last night, the cast of Flavor of Love got together to reflect on their shared experiences--and to remind us that reality TV is at its...
Finding Miss America reality series will let viewers vote on Miss America finalists
In 2001, the Miss America pageant borrowed some of reality TV's conventions, and last year it threatened to turn into a reality series. That will...

A&E's King of Cars debuts tonight
A&E begins to profile yet another industry tonight at 10 p.m. ET with two back-to-back episodes of its new reality series King of Cars. The...
ESPN debuts Bonds on Bonds, which "ignited fierce debate within ESPN"
Also tonight, ESPN2 debuts its new Barry Bonds reality series Bonds on Bonds at 8 p.m. The 10-episode series airs new episodes on ESPN2, and...
Photos of Jeremy, Eric, BJ, and Tyler frolicking half-naked hit the web; Eric tells haters to "kill yourself"
Over the weekend, some hysterical photos of Amazing Race 9 duos Eric and Jeremy and BJ and Tyler started floating around the Internet. Since we...
Rock Star 2's behind-the-scenes episodes will air online only
MSN, which hosts the Rock Star web site, will again partner with the CBS series for its second season, hosting both repeats of the regular...
Idol contestants' friends and family are "paying a price to lend moral support"
The friends and family members of American Idol 5 finalists make great television, cheering wildly or booing when Simon Cowell criticizes their kid, but the...

Clay Aiken's accuser posts alleged evidence on his new blog while the Clay universe reacts
Faded Youth ventured into the more militant segments of the Clay Aiken universe to find out what some Clay fans are saying about the accusations...
Danielle and Dani deny they hooked up with Eric and Jeremy
Eric and Jeremy's relentless boasting about banging Danielle and Dani at the pit stops . But according to Danielle and Dani, basically nothing happened between...
Simon Cowell tells Ryan Seacrest to "lose the beard," Paula gets booed on crazy Idol
It's becoming increasingly apparent that, as American Idol's ratings have increased, so has the judges' apathy. Paula's crazy behavior didn't exactly prove that, but last...
BBC's How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria will find a lead for the Sound of Music
The BBC will air a talent-based competition series called How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? this fall. The winner "will get a contract...

Picture it: Sicily, a boring Amazing Race 9 episode
It's really too bad I didn't accidentally delete this week's highlights of The Amazing Race 9, because the episode was rather boring. Besides being completely...
Mandisa leaves, telling the audience, "I thank you and I bless you in the name of Jesus"
"Just under 35 million" votes were cast for American Idol 5 last night, according to Ryan Seacrest, but not enough of them went to Mandisa,...
Flavor of Love 2 is now casting; application asks 10 questions about violent, psychotic behavior
VH1 is now casting for a second season of Flavor of Love. That's not at all surprising because the first season finale was VH1's highest-rated...
Paula Abdul assaulted at a party, suffered concussion, spinal injuries
Paula Abdul filed a report with the LAPD on Tuesday about an assault at a party that happened Sunday and reportedly left Paula injured. An...

Wednesday move causes Amazing Race 9 to lose viewers
CBS moved The Amazing Race 9 to Wednesday because it was suffering from low ratings in its Tuesday at 10 p.m. timeslot, but in its...
Flavor of Love's New York may get her own VH1 series, is asking fans to sign a petition
In addition to starring in a second season of Flavor of Love, Flavor Flav may reunite with his first-season co-star New York for their own...
Mandisa would not perform at a gay event because "I'm not an advocate for [being gay]"
Last week, The Advocate reported that Mandisa "lists author and lecturer Beth Moore as her personal American idol" on the show's web site. Mandisa wrote...
Mark Burnett, Steven Spielberg team for FOX director talent search On the Lot
Mark Burnett has teamed with Steven Spielberg to produce a FOX series that will give its winner a DreamWorks studio development deal. The show, On...
Pumkin is in a relationship with a woman who she describes as her "soulmate"
Flavor of Love's Pumkin, aka Brooke Thompson, who spat in New York's face during the show, is engaged to a woman. On her MySpace profile,...