reality blurred + archives + July 4 to July 10, 2010

week of July 4, 2010

Film on Lee Atwater, who Karl Rove calls "part myth," "part political mastermind," on DVD
The documentary about Republican strategist Lee Atwater, mentor to George W. Bush and Karl Rove and evil villain to Democrats, is now on DVD. Stefan...
If I Can Dream cast members get naked for PETA, but not Alex Lambert
Three cast members on If I Can Dream, Giglianne Braga, Ben Elliott, and Justin Gaston, have become the latest reality stars to pose naked for...
China bans sexual innuendo, "gold digging" in dating reality series
Following a campaign to "eradicate all social evils" and "advocate a healthy, civilized and high-minded lifestyle" that involved shutting down night clubs and massage parlors,...
American Idol cancels, changes some tour dates
The summer tour featuring the top 10 American Idol 9 contestants started last week, but already dates have been cancelled while others are being changed....
Big Brother debuted 10 years ago tonight
A decade ago tonight at 9 p.m. ET, Big Brother debuted on CBS, instantly taking network reality TV in a new direction. It was a...

Vienna wins Bachelor reunion; angry Jake and smarmy, biased Chris Harrison lose
The long-awaited reunion/confrontation between The Bachelor 14 couple Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi aired last night, and it delivered on the drama. And although there...
Idol tour will end early after cancelling seven stops
More changes and cancellations for the American Idol 9 tour: seven stops have been cancelled and eight rescheduled just days into the tour, moving its...

Real World's Preston peed on toothbrush to "help" Ryan with "social issues and maturity"
We've yet to see what happens with the already infamous toothbrush-peeing incident on The Real World New Orleans 2, but the cast member at the...
Jake pathetically claims Vienna faked her tears
In a pathetic attempt at image recovery, Jake Pavelka's people are claiming that Vienna Girardi's tears during their ugly confrontation were fake, caused by eye...
Bachelorette's Jillian and Ed break up, leaving two Bachelor couples after 19 seasons
The Bachelorette 5 couple Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski have broken up, leaving just two couples from the entire 19-season Bachelor franchise. They took/sold their...
BBC America's The Choir is like a real-life Glee
Tonight, BBC America begins airing The Choir, a compilation of three seasons of a series that aired from 2006 to 2009 on the BBC long...
SYTYCD episodes go online for the first time as ratings drop
Episodes of So You Think You Can Dance are going online for the first time as the televised version changes up its after losing viewers....
Reality TV Emmy nominations will, sadly, probably look very familiar
Tomorrow morning, the nominees for prime-time Emmy awards will be announced, and for the three major reality TV categories, there's unlikely to be much change....

Alex Wong injured, may be eliminated
So You Think You Can Dance 7 front-runner Alex Wong may be out of the competition permanently because of an injury. His inability to perform...
Emmy reality TV nominations: pretty much the same as last year
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced its prime-time Emmy nominees, and for reality television, particularly the non-technical categories, they haven't really changed...
Mary Murphy still hasn't been asked back to SYTYCD; her choreography will be "different"
Where is Mary Murphy? What happened to Mary Murphy on So You Think You Can Dance? Why is Mary Murphy not on SYTYCD? Every Wednesday...
Big Brother 12 live blog and reality blurred's 10th anniversary Q&A
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, it's time for another live blog, and this one is a two-parter: First, since reality blurred is roughly 9 years,...
TAR 17 cast, including another beauty queen, identified; elimination order spoiled
The sleuths at Reality Fan Forum have kept up their identification of Amazing Race 17 teams. Earlier, when the season was still taping (it ended...

Alex Wong out of SYTYCD due to lacerated Achilles tendon, but may return next year
Alex Wong has been eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance 7 because of an injury, though he'll be permitted to return to and...
reality blurred is 10 years old today; a brief history of how and why I created it
I can't believe I'm writing these words, but today, reality blurred officially turns 10 years old, as you might have guessed from the slightly modified...
Wipeout beats Big Brother, which had higher ratings than BB11's debut
Despite a challenge that involved people holding on to giant phalluses and slipping into a (not-very-well-padded) area below, Big Brother couldn't beat ABC's hit Wipeout,...