reality blurred + archives + November 29 to December 5, 2009

week of November 29, 2009

White House party crashers want money for interviews
Michaele and Tareq Salahi, who met Barack Obama after crashing a White House state dinner, have cancelled a planned CNN interview because they now want...
Jordan and Jeff from Big Brother 11 are on Amazing Race 16, which is now taping
The Amazing Race 16 is now in production, and Big Brother 11 winner Jordan Lloyd and her quasi-showmance Jeff Schroeder are among the contestants. They...

Winter 2009/2010 reality TV show debut schedule
December is a day a way, although you would have thought it started in October based on the way Christmas decorations showed up. As early...
Prague brings bickering, conflict, and the last of the Globetrotter music to Amazing Race 15
After two episodes of The Amazing Race 15 set in Prague brought us a lot of the same from our final four, which after the...
Babies documentary trailer makes babies look fascinating, and even entertaining
I saw The Fantastic Mr. Fox yesterday, which was decent, but pretty much like every other Wes Anderson film except with incredible stop-motion puppets. In...
Globetrotters "had a good time" with brothers, blame editing for creating fake rivalry
The closest thing The Amazing Race 15 has left that resembles a rivalry was between the gay brothers and the Harlem Globetrotters, who were eliminated...

Caitlin Upton, rambling Miss Teen USA contestant, may be Amazing Race contestant
Caitlin Upton, the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant contestant who's most famous for a rambling, incoherent response during the pageant, is likely a contestant on...
Disabled model competition Britain's Missing Top Model debuts on BBC America tonight
The 2008 BBC reality competition Britain's Missing Top Model comes to the U.S. tonight when BBC America debuts the series at 9 p.m. ET. The...
Salahis "lives have been destroyed"; is there any chance Bravo won't cast them?
In all of the coverage of Real Housewives of DC cast members and uninvited White House guests Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the media points out...
Adam Jasinski has to go to rehab before his parents can bail him out
Class-act Big Brother 9 winner Adam Jasinski, who was indicted and jailed since late October for possessing Oxycodone with the intent to distribute it, will...
ABC News leaves American Idol off its weak list of top reality shows of the decade
It's the time of year when every journalist has to start slapping together lists to wrap up the previous year--and now, decade. It's fun, easy,...

Shear Genius 3 drops host Jaclyn Smith and mentor Rene Fris, adds judge Jonathan Antin
For its third season, Bravo's Shear Genius will get a makeover, as the show will have a new host and new judges. The only person...
CBS invited all 301 Survivor cast plus crew to Jan. TCA party in L.A., but only flying all-stars
CBS is inviting all Survivor cast members to Los Angeles in January for a party and press event that will likely be part of the...
Susan Boyle beats Adam Lambert, who more than doubled Kris Allen's record-low sales
The numbers are in, and Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle has the year's biggest debut. She sold 701,000 copies, which is "the best opening...
Hills, The City renewed; Kristin and Justin Bobby "not necessarily" dating, he says
The Hills concluded its fifth--and final?--season Tuesday night with new pro/antagonist Kristin Cavallari and Justin Bobby deciding to date. Of course, they're not actually in...
Byron Velvick, Mary Delgado break up, defying Chris Harrison, who said they'd marry this year
Bachelor 6 couple Byron Velvick and Mary Delgado managed to survive two arrests, including one for domestic violence two years ago, but have now broken...

Top Chef has its final three after the inevitable final four start the real competition
After taking yet another hiatus last week, Top Chef 6 narrowed the competition to its final three contestants last night. The tragic part is that...
Steven Seagal Lawman, Hoarders set debut ratings records for A&E; time for a crossover?
Last night, A&E debuted Steven Seagal Lawman--the law is so much a part of who he is, his title doesn't even need a colon--and 3.5...
Mark Burnett Productions takes over HGTV's Design Star for season five
Survivor and Apprentice executive producer and creator Mark Burnett's company will produce the fifth season of HGTV's Design Star, which is now casting. This is...
Tool Academy's Aida says Jaimee Grubbs talked about Tiger Woods affair on camera
Jaimee Grubbs discussed her affair with Tiger Woods on camera during production of VH1's Tool Academy last year, according to one of her fellow cast...

Shambo's headless chicken nightmares fail to predict blindside; John says pie not a factor
Any of the simple-minded people who think Survivor is fake and populated with actors need only watch last night's Tribal Council, when the camera focused...
Next week: the Amazing bickering Race ends, Carrie Underwood gets two festive Fox hours
And suddenly, it's the first week of the last month of the decade. Here's what you may have missed the past two weeks, and what...