reality blurred + archives + April 1 to April 7, 2007

week of April 1, 2007

Bravo's new series Project Top Gay will be hosted by its VP Andy Cohen
This satirical story is part of the April 1, 2007, edition of reality blurred. To fill its Wednesday night at 10 p.m. slot during the...
The Real World 20 will be filmed in a Los Angeles rehab facility
This satirical story is part of the April 1, 2007, edition of reality blurred. After searching around the country for cast members with career goals...
Sanjaya Malakar drops out of American Idol for "personal reasons"
This satirical story is part of the April 1, 2007, edition of reality blurred. Sanjaya Malakar, having made it to the top nine on American...
Dancing with the Stars expands to three hours, adds episodes to counter American Idol
This satirical story is part of the April 1, 2007, edition of reality blurred. In response to FOX's seven-minute expansion of American Idol last week,...

All-star teams travel to Auschwitz, choke down 24 inches of kielbasa
After watching two hours of The Amazing Race 11, I'm almost as exhausted as the teams were, and I didn't even travel from one hemisphere...
Road Rules site's "Vote Maximization Project" says it has voted more than 16,000 times
Although Road Rules producers took away half of the interactivity with no explanation, viewers are still allowed to vote for the Pit Crew member they...
I Love New York ends tonight; The Bachelor 10 debuts
Reality show love is at the center of two series tonight, one of which is ending and another of which is beginning. At 9 p.m....
Nicole Richie has "almost passed out" "four or five times" at Simple Life camp
Nicole Richie's hospitalization for her weight delayed production on The Simple Life 4, and once production resumed six months later, she was briefly hospitalized after...

Flavor of Love producers say their shows are "responsible" and "inclusive"
During production of Charm School, the Los Angeles Times stopped by to talk to executive producers Mark Cronin and Cris Abrego, who are responsible for...
Sanjaya leads Yahoo searches; hunger strike ends; KFC offers him food for bowl cut
Sanjaya, Sanjaya, Sanjaya: The world can't get enough, and everyone's trying to get a piece of him, from YouTube whores to corporations to journalists. First,...
New York chooses Tango, who proposed and says he had to "kill [Chance] or relax"
I Love New York came to an end last night as New York selected Tango, which was not a surprise considering she made Tango's hand...
Bravo plans Money Shot series, a competition between (paparazzi?) photographers
Bravo is continuing its streak of competitions between creative professionals with a new show called Money Shot. Although its title makes it sound like an...
Apprentice Los Angeles could have been lawyers versus non-lawyers
The Apprentice 6 almost returned to its third-season format of having two groups--besides men and women--face off against each other. Specifically, "they were going to...
Bill and Joe were "reprimanded" for kissing during TAR1, say Eric has "issues of his own"
Partners Joe and Bill were eliminated from The Amazing Race 11 on Sunday's episode, and in an interview with Reality TV World, they were asked...

Tony Bennett is "a big fan of" Sanjaya; Kelly Clarkson, Harry Potter will appear on Idol
It's sad to watch a legend deteriorating before your eyes, but that's what we saw when when Tony Bennett appeared on American Idol 6 last...
American Idol Songwriter 2007 contest entries due in less than two weeks
Producers said American Idol's songwriting contest was "on the back burner" as recently as two weeks ago, but after a lot of feet-dragging, it has...
4.8 million watched I Love New York finale; ratings were well below Flavor of Love 2's finale
I Love New York is officially "the second-highest-rated season of any VH1 series ever," according to The Hollywood Reporter. On Monday, 4.8 million viewers watched...
Real World Vegas cast will reunite for six-episode series
The cast of The Real World Las Vegas will reunite for a six-episode series that will be filmed in the exact same $2 million suite...

MTV renews The Hills for a third season, which will debut this summer
Following the drama of Laguna Beach spinoff The Hills' second-season finale, the show has been renewed for a third season. It will air sometime this...
Gina Glocksen out of American Idol as producer questions the value of winning the show
First, unfinished business from Tuesday's performance episode: After Simon praised Sanjaya, the contestant said "thank you," and added something else as the audience cheered. Several...
Three 6 Mafia's MTV series Adventures in HollyHood debuts tonight
MTV debuts a new celebrity reality series tonight that follows hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia. The group, which won an Oscar last year for "It's...
Idol votes can be traced to prevent fraud; DialIdol called "useless"
Individual American Idol votes can be traced to ensure their authenticity, the show's executive producer Ken Warwick revealed in a conference call with reporters yesterday....
Photo of Chris Richardson and Blake Lewis cuddling backstage at Idol is fake
A photograph of two American Idol 6 finalists that is making the rounds online offers something a lot more interesting than Sanjaya to talk about:...
Tim Gunn officially signed for Project Runway 4
Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn will officially return for the fourth season, The Weinstein Company, which produces the series, announced today. In February, he said...

American Idol 6 has its lowest ratings yet; Sanjaya is "an object of ridicule" in India
American Idol's ratings are continuing to slip. Wednesday's results show was the lowest-rated episode so far this season. 25.3 million viewers watched Gina Glocksen go...