reality blurred + archives + December 12 to December 18, 2010

week of December 12, 2010

This week: Amazing Race tries to make history and Andy Cohen goes nightly
It's not quite the end of the year, but this past week had news about things coming up in 2011: Brad Womack's second appearance on...
Amazing Race Unfinished Business: an all-star season with a twist, lame name
The Amazing Race Unfinished Business is the title of the 18th season of the CBS reality competition, and host Phil Keoghan announced during a preview...

Real Housewives adds (real) lesbian cast member
The Real Housewives of Orange County is adding a new cast member, and she is a lesbian--not a pretend one like Danielle Staub or Kim...
Amazing Race finally has female winners after Nat and Kat dominate final leg
Nat Strand and Kat Chang have made Amazing Race history by becoming its first female team to win. The two doctors, both in their 30s,...
12 days of reality: Four seasons of The Mole
The Mole is one of the best reality competitions that has ever aired. It had the right combination of everything. From Anderson Cooper's dry yet...

NBC's Idol, X-Factor clone (sigh) has blind auditions, ugly people, swivel chairs
NBC has announced that it will air a new talent competition series that's produced by two reality producer superstars, Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett and...
12 days of reality: Five golden vetoes
My love/hate relationship with Big Brother is well-documented. Compared to Survivor, which blew regular TV out of the water with its stunningly produced first season,...
Survivor Heroes vs. Villains coming to DVD
The next full-series Survivor DVD will be for its 20th season, Survivor Heroes vs. Villains. While any release is welcome, it's both disappointing yet predictable...

Teen Mom 2 cast announced
MTV has revealed the cast of 16 and Pregnant spin-off Teen Mom's second season. They are, according to Us Weekly, Leah Messer, 18, who has...
Jillian Michaels: Biggest Loser "a gift" but "How many times can I scream last chance workout?"
The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels is leaving the show after its 11th season, and while she calls the show "a gift," she said, "How...
12 days of reality: Six Deadliest Catch seasons
As entertaining and awesome as completely constructed reality shows can be, some of the best reality shows are just edited versions of a reality that...
Brad says Bachelor ends with "a really happy ending," and he's not talking about a massage
Brad Womack has spoiled the end of his second time on The Bachelor by revealing that he won't do what he did the first time....

Nat, Kat explain their cab strategy; Brook and Claire were just 15 minutes behind
At the end of The Amazing Race 17, it mostly came down to cabs and the order that they left the airport, and in their...
Even Jeff Probst can't convince Survivors to use their brains
In terms of game play, Survivor Nicaragua is a black hole of despair. In terms of entertainment, this 21st season has its moments, and tonight...
12 days of reality: Charla and Mirna race around the world
When Charla Faddoul and Mirna Hindoyan were a team on The Amazing Race 5, the show was at its peak, and they were basically a...

Jeff Probst on a NaOnka return, Survivor Nicaragua ("not one of our greatest seasons")
Jeff Probst basically tried to tell tribe members how to vote on Survivor Nicaragua this week, which is all the evidence even a casual viewer...

12 days of reality: Joe Millionaire's slurps, Joe Schmo's schmo
Of the gifts reality TV has given us, it has given us a lot to laugh at and mock. The 2003 Fox series Joe Millionaire...