reality blurred + archives + December 16 to December 22, 2007

Monday, Dec. 17, 2007

NBC's Clash of the Choirs debuts tonight
Tonight, NBC debuts its live, four-night holiday mini-reality series Clash of the Choirs at 8 p.m. ET. The show follows Michael Bolton, Patti LaBelle, Nick...
Pamela Anderson not doing a home life reality show, but Will Smith may be
Pamela Anderson and her new husband Rick Salomon will not be starring in an E! reality series, she says. Us Weekly reported "that the couple...
Survivor Micronesia is "superfans" versus all-star "favorites"
The 16th season of Survivor will not be a true all-star season, as has been rumored. Instead, as Jeff Probst reported during the live reunion...
Todd wins Survivor China; viewers give James $100,000; Mark Burnett gives Denise $50,000
Todd Herzog, who Jeff Probst pointed out was just 14 when Survivor first debuted seven and a half years ago, was a student of the...
California Senate holding hearings on reality TV labor; WGA has "room to negotiate" on reality
The California State Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee will "hold an oversight hearing on February 1st, 2008, in response to allegations of widespread and...
Survivor finale watched by 15.1 million, up from Fiji but down from Cook Islands
On Sunday night, 15.1 million people watched Todd Herzog win the $1 million prize on Survivor China's finale, Variety reports. Those numbers are up from...

School district denies Denise was demoted; was always a janitor and was actually promoted
Survivor China lunch lady Denise Martin was not demoted to the position of janitor, as she claimed on the reunion show, and was actually a...
New York selects Tailor Made but rejects his proposal
I Love New York 2 limped through its finale last night as New York selected Tailor Made, aka George Weisgerber, but rejected his marriage proposal....
Denise Martin admits she's a janitor, apologizes for being unintentionally "misleading"
In an interview this morning on The Early Show, Survivor China contestant Denise Martin admitted that she was not a lunch lady, and apologized for...
New York and Tailor Made have been living together since the show taped
New York selected Tailor Made on Monday night's finale of I Love New York 2, and since the series was taped this past summer, George...

I Love New York 2 was VH1's third-most popular show ever
Monday's finale of I Love New York 2, during which New York selected Tailor Made (who she's now living with), was watched by 5.4 million...
Kristin Cavallari may return to MTV on The Hills
Kristin Cavallari, the narrator of Laguna Beach's second season, may return to that series' spin-off The Hills. She was part of a love triangle with...
Bill wins The Biggest Loser 4 but his twin brother Jim lost more weight
The winner of The Biggest Loser 4 was not, alas, the biggest loser, but because the show is about strategy and not entirely weight loss,...
Heidi and Spencer are no longer engaged but are still together
The big cliffhanger on the season finale of The Hills has been resolved by two of the show's stars: Heidi and Spencer say their wedding...
Denise Martin asks that producer's $50,000 gift go to charity
Janitor and former lunch lady Denise Martin, the fourth-place Survivor China contestant, wants the $50,000 she received during the reunion to go to charity. Specifically,...

Mole 2 Bill writes about his experiences; Fox Reality will air the second season Saturday
More than five years after the conclusion of The Mole 2, the Fox Reality Channel will re-air the entire season, and the show's actual mole...
Celebrity Apprentice debut delayed by a week
The debut of The Apprentice 7, the celebrity edition, has been pushed back a week. In a press release, NBC said only that the show...
Tila Tequila selects a boy; MTV spins off show starring Domenico
MTV's Shot of Love with Tela Tequila ended Tuesday with its bisexual star, Tila Tequila, selecting Bobby, a man. She'll reunite with him and everyone...
Cheryl Burke off Dancing tour after being hospitalized for possible appendicitis
The Dancing with the Stars 5 national tour started Tuesday night in Seattle, but two-time winner Cheryl Burke was not there due to illness, and...
Ruben Studdard dropped from J Records
American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard has been dropped from his record label, J Records. "A rep from his label has confirmed the artist's departure,"...

VH1 searching for telenova stars and white female rappers
VH1 will air a competition for a telenova star, and the winner will receive a role on a Telemundo show, while the network has also...
Real World Hollywood cast details revealed
Additional details about the cast of The Real World Hollywood have been revealed. During an improv performance earlier this month, the cast was identified by...
Apprentice 7's debut moved again, and more may come in ABC and NBC's scheduling feud
NBC has again moved The Apprentice 7's debut, this time back to its original debut date of Jan. 3. The network moved the debut a...
2007's Top Reality TV Whores
With just 11 days remaining in 2007, the time has come yet again to look backwards and assess this period of time, and to follow...