reality blurred + archives + February 3 to February 9, 2008

week of February 3, 2008

Mary Delgado says she "was not falling over drunk" when she was arrested for hitting Byron
Mary Delgado's arrest for battering Byron Velvick had nothing to do with alcohol nor their engagement, Mary said. "It was just an unfortunate set of...
Richard Hatch loses his appeal
The original winner of Survivor will still be in prison when the show's 16th season debuts Thursday, as Richard Hatch's appeal to the First U.S....

Priscilla Presley, Florence Henderson, Marla Maples among rumored Dancing stars
There's more than a month to go before the debut of Dancing with the Stars 6, but anonymous sources are busy providing tabloids and other...
Paradise Hotel 2 debuts tonight on My Network TV and Fox Reality
Paradise Hotel 2, the fun and trashy reality competition that has lots more drinking and hooking up than coherent rules, returns tonight. The show airs...
CBS was planning to cancel Survivor after Micronesia
CBS executives and Survivor producers expected to end the series after its 16th season, but changed their mind thanks to Survivor China, which aired last...

The Hills' Lauren and Whitney working for PR firm
After quitting their jobs at Teen Vogue, The Hills' stars have found a new job: they're working for a PR agency. After Lauren Conrad and...
Paula Abdul, Jordin Sparks criticized, praised for Super Bowl performances
Reviews are in for the Super Bowl performances of two American Idol stars: season six winner Jordin Sparks, who sang the national anthem, and Paula...
British financier Matt Grant is The Bachelor 12
Last night during Dance War (a terrible, awful mess of a spin-off) ABC revealed the identity of the 12th Bachelor star, and for the first...

Big Brother 9's cast will compete as pairs with their producer-selected "soulmates"
The cast of Big Brother 9, the show's first winter edition, has been announced, and once again producers are handicapping contestants by pairing them up....
Big Brother producers turning off a/c to encourage contestants to strip
Producers for Big Brother 9 will encourage contestants to take off their clothes by turning off the air conditioning. Executive producer Allison Grodner told TV...
Ryan and Jen appear to already be dating
CBS' announcement of the cast and twist for Big Brother 9 said that this season features "the first-ever all-single cast," who will be paired with...
Trading Spaces ratings return to their 2005 level
Ratings for the newly relaunched version of TLC's Trading Spaces improved over the Paige Davis-less version, returning to where they were three years ago, but...

Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew debuts tonight
Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew, MTV's new reality competition, debuts tonight at 10 p.m. ET. In case the title doesn't make it obvious,...
Project Runway 4 finalists present Fashion Week collections Friday, two others already have
Project Runway 4's finalists present their collections at Fashion Week on Friday morning, but two designers from this season, along with one from season three,...
Survivor Micronesia debuts tonight, Survivor Supercharged Sunflower Seeds debut in March
Survivor Micronesia, the 16th season of the series, debuts tonight at 8 p.m. ET. It's the show's third season with returning contestants, counting Guatemala, and...
12 Project Runway 4 designers will compete in Sew Not Over online spin-off
Some of Project Runway 4's designers will compete in an online-only spin-off called Sew Not Over (get it?!). They will "create three looks on a...
NBC's reality focus is "just a strike-informed reality"
NBC is having success with its new reality shows, such as American Gladiators and The Celebrity Apprentice, which saw higher ratings than the scripted shows...
American Idol will become a theme park attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios
American Idol will become a theme park attraction later this year in Orlando at Disney's Hollywood Studios, the park known up until this year as...

Tyra Banks lies, then admits not all Top Model contestants deserved to win
In advance of the premiere of America's Next Top Model 10, host, judge, and den mother Tyra Banks revealed on her talk show that she's...
American Idol ratings increase week to week
Ratings for American Idol 7 increased this week when compared to last week, even for the "best of the rest" episode that aired Wednesday, reversing...
Jonny Fairplay unanimously voted out of Survivor Micronesia after working on his image
The first person voted out of Survivor Micronesia was Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton, who may or may not have quit the show after working hard...
Project Runway 4's final five presented at Fashion Week
All five remaining Project Runway 4 finalists presented collections at New York Fashion Week this morning, although one or more may end up being decoy...
Survivor Micronesia wins its timeslot but loses three million viewers from Fiji's spring debut
Survivor Micronesia easily won its timeslot last night, but the "fans versus favorites" twist didn't cause a spike in viewers; in fact, it lost more...