reality blurred + archives + April 15 to April 21, 2007

Sunday, Apr. 15, 2007

Charm School debuts, I Love New York reunion airs on VH1 tonight
Two Flavor of Love spin-offs air episodes on VH1 tonight. First, at 9 p.m. ET, the cast of I Love New York reunites, followed by...
Don Ho dies; his "Tiny Bubbles" song was part of a Mole 2 challenge
During one challenge late during The Mole 2, contestant Al was led into a room that contained a cot without a mattress that was being...

Teams travel to Hong Kong to wallow in stereotypes
Four teams, four episodes to go. What kind of ending of this Amazing Race All-Stars episode possibly have? Dustin and Kandice had a conversation with...
TV Guide Channel pays $6.7 million to exclusively repeat VH1's Celebreality shows
The TV Guide Channel paid $6.7 million for VH1's Celebreality shows, which it will exclusively repeat for three years. The shows include Flavor of Love...
Idol exec insists Sanjaya is "not going to win"; Simon says finalists are "not a great cast"
Sanjaya Malakar will not win American Idol, executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz says in this week's Entertainment Weekly cover story. Apparently trying to bait those who...
Apprentice 6 limps toward its finale with four annoying candidates
On last night's The Apprentice 6, Donald Trump left us hanging until next week's live finale, when he'll pick one of the four remaining candidates...
Tango dumps New York on I Love New York reunion
Last night, VH1 aired Tango and New York's first meeting since he proposed to her on the finale of I Love New York. Although New...
Rock Star Supernova changing their name (again); Gilby Clarke has not left the group
The band known as Rock Star Supernova, the awkward result of a name change forced by a lawsuit brought by a group called Supernova, is...

MTV's Living Lahaina debuts tonight; cast member says "there's no making out"
Tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET, MTV debuts the second of its two new Hawaii-set shows. Living Lahaina follows five surf instructors who live in a...
Carrie Underwood wins three CMT awards
Carrie Underwood's award show dominance continues, as she won three CMT awards last night. She won Female Video of the Year and Video of the...

Idol awkwardly addresses the Virgina Tech tragedy, and Simon and Ryan fight over Sanjaya
Ryan Seacrest opened the country music-themed episode of American Idol 6 by saying, "Good evening. At this difficult time, we want to say to all...
Pirate Master will debut on Survivor's 7th anniversary and fill Big Brother's timeslot
Mark Burnett's summer reality show Pirate Master, which filmed in the Caribbean in March, will debut exactly "seven years to the day that 'Survivor' first...
Survivor 15 will be filmed in China
Survivor is heading to China for its 15th season. With that, the show moves "away from an island setting for the first time since the...
Survivor's doctor fired; Burnett would take Apprentice to another network
Mark Burnett, the executive producer of Survivor has fired the doctor that works as the on-set medic. Adrian Cohen admitted to using cocaine and getting...
American Idol producers, network have "no fear" about gay contestants
While a report last year suggested that openly gay people may not be welcome on American Idol, a FOX spokesman, Joe Earley, tells The Advocate,...
Laguna Beach may not return because of MTV's new strategy and online focus
In the middle of a story about MTV's new online strategy, the Los Angeles Times drops huge news: Laguna Beach may be cancelled. The reason...

Sanjaya Malakar voted out of American Idol
That which seemed increasingly unlikely yet completely probable has finally happened: Sanjaya Malakar has left American Idol 6. Ryan Seacrest said this was "the biggest...
Jeff Probst says Survivor China will be filmed on islands
The report in Variety yesterday announcing that the next Survivor will be filmed in China says the show would move "away from an island setting...
Sanjaya was prevented from singing Joplin's "Mercedes Benz" because Ford sponsors Idol
Sanjaya Malakar's post-eviction exit interview with the press today offered little insight, other than that Sanjaya has little insight to offer. He said banal, Paula...

Sharon Osbourne officially replaces Brandy as America's Got Talent 2 judge
NBC confirmed yesterday what has been rumored since last Month: Sharon Osbourne will replace Brandy as a judge on America's Got Talent 2. Neither network...
Charges against man who punched Real World Austin's Danny may be dropped
The man who punched Danny Jamison in the face during the first episode of The Real World Austin may not be prosecuted. The judge "said...