reality blurred + archives + June 18 to June 24, 2006

Monday, Jun. 19, 2006

Ryan Seacrest, Tyra Banks, Donald Trump, Ty Pennington, Nicole Richie, and Heidi Klum make Forbes' list of powerful celebs
In its current issue, Forbes names its Celebrity 100, a list of "the most powerful names in the business." Five of those people--and thus five...
Producer promises "more edge" to all-star Big Brother
Allison Grodner, executive producer of Big Brother, says the all-star edition airing this summer will "have more edge than it has in the past." She...
Real World Denver cast may work as Outward Bound guides
One of The Real World Denver cast members already has a job as a bartender, but the cast needs a job they can collectively blow...
Starz debuts Looking for Stars tonight
Starz, the series of pay movie channels, is launching its own reality TV talent search tonight with Looking for Stars, which debuts at 8:50 p.m....
NBC's Treasure Hunters debuted last night, could be the sleeper hit of the summer
NBC debuts its new competion reality series Treasure Hunters last night. The show is a race between teams to find seven artificats that lead to...
John Paulus apologizes to Clay Aiken, Claymates, but says they still had sex
Just two days after continuing to slam his alleged ex-lover by posting evidence of their encounter on his blog, John Paulus has apologized to Clay...

Bravo reveals Project Runway 3 cast
Bravo has unveiled the cast of Project Runway 3, which debuts in just a few weeks, on July 12. There are only 15 cast members,...
The Contender 2 drops host Sylvester Stallone and team challenges
Sylvester Stallone will not appear on-screen for The Contender 2, which debuts on ESPN in July. Stallone "was busy filming Rocky Balboa," according to Entertainment...
Heidi Klum is pregnant again
Normally, a couple successfully conceiving a child isn't exactly newsworthy. If Britney Spears and Kevin Federline can figure out how to accomplish the task, it's...
Apprentice renewed for a seventh season
Production on The Apprentice 6 has not yet begun in LA, but NBC has renewed the show already for a seventh season. Donald Trump told...

Hell's Kitchen 2's ratings increase; Ramsay wins libel suit over claims his other show was faked
Hell's Kitchen 2 is looking to be the first reality hit of this summer. The series debuted with an average of 6.7 million viewers last...
Idol's Anthony Federov develops a crush on reality TV whore Trishelle
Last week's episode of reality all-star Fear Factor saw Jonathan and Victoria have yet another uncomfortable on-screen meltdown, but that was nothing compared to what...
NBC debuts America's Got Talent tonight
NBC debuts America's Got Talent tonight at 9 p.m. ET, adding yet another talent search reality TV show to the lineup of unwatched talent search...
Big Brother 7 cast hopefuls officially revealed tonight
Tonight, CBS airs a one-hour special that will present the 20 potential all-star occupants of the Big Brother 7 house. The Julie Chen-hosted special debuts...
Katie Lee Joel reportedly dropped as host of Top Chef 2
The awkward and stilted host of Bravo's Top Chef has reportedly been dropped from the show's second season. Blog Televisionary, via Defamer, cites a "well-placed...

Katharine treated for bulimia before Idol began, was throwing up seven times a day at the auditions
Meanwhile, Katharine will reveal in People and Teen People tomorrow that she is "a recovering bulimic," according to MTV.com. She started throwing up at age...
Taylor Hicks' single debuts at number one, tops Billboard's charts
Taylor Hicks' first single debuts at number one on Billboard's Hot 100 today. Taylor sold "190,000 physical singles and another 38,000 digital downloads of the...
CBS reveals Big Brother 7 contenders
In a pre-taped special last night, Julie Chen revealed the candidates for Big Brother 7. The list matches the accidentally leaked list, although it's now...
reality blurred and TVgasm endorse Danielle, Ivette, James, Janelle, Jase, and Will for Big Brother 7
The 20 possible all-star houseguests for Big Brother 7 have been revealed, and now it's up to us to vote for six of those, three...
More than 2.4 million Big Brother 7 votes were cast in the first 18 hours
CBS' decision to allow viewers to vote in six of the 12 Big Brother 7 candidates is a popular one, and has succeeded in driving...

CBS pulls Tuesday Night Book Club
CBS' first foray into an MTV-style docudrama, Tuesday Night Book Club, has been pulled from the schedule after two weeks. According to the futon critic,...
Tom Colicchio: Harold's Top Chef win "was a lot closer than people thought"
Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio says winner Harold Dieterle's victory "was a lot closer than people thought just watching the program." He tells the Denver...
Hell's Kitchen 2 contest winners revealed
We have a winner for the Hell's Kitchen 2 contest. Before I reveal her name, and the names of the runners-up, I just wanted to...
Denver newspaper assembles fake Real World cast and crew to fool the public
I admit that when I heard the next Real World was going to Denver, I thought that producers had basically run out of cities. But...
12.4 million watched America's Got Talent
NBC's summertime talent search series debuted strongly on Wednesday. It was watched by an average of 12.4 million viewers, which "marked NBC's strongest Nielsen performance...