reality blurred + archives + July 18 to July 24, 2010

week of July 18, 2010

Out of the Wild moves to South America for its second (actually third) season
Out of the Wild, the fascinating and entertaining survival series, has been renewed for a third season, and it is leaving Alaska for South America....
Survivor's Jean-Robert Bellande getting "powerful reactions" at World Series of Poker
Jean-Robert Bellande's time on Survivor China, never mind his polarizing cockiness, has followed him all the way to the World Series of Poker. In poker,...

Cast for K-Town, the Asian Jersey Shore, includes "borderline gay porn star"
K-Town, the Tyrese-produced Asian version of Jersey Shore shot a pilot last weekend, and its eight-person cast includes a relatively famous porn model. ChannelAPA has...
Big Brother houseguests speak for us as they limp through another episode
I was so bored with Big Brother 12 last night that I debated just not writing anything today, and feel like I'm on the verge...
Survivor Nicaragua challenges, tribe names, cast member identities leak out
Survivor Nicaragua's not-quite-remote location in a rather touristy area has resulted in photos that show actual challenges plus production areas. Photos posted to Survivor Sucks...
Celebrity Rehab 4 cast includes Rachel Uchitel, Jeremy London, Janice Dickinson, Leif Garrett
The cast for Celebrity Rehab 4 has been announced by VH1, and consists of Party of Five and 7th Heaven actor Jeremy London, alleged Tiger...
Trump rescinds Rachel Uchitel's Apprentice invite, calling Celebrity Rehab "a bad mistake"
Rachel Uchitel is part of the new cast on Celebrity Rehab, but she won't be on The Celebrity Apprentice 4 because Donald Trump thinks the...
Jersey Shore may get around $30K an episode, a 200% raise
The Jersey Shore cast, including Nicole Polizzi (Snooki), Mike Sorrentino (The Situation), and Pauly Del Vecchio, will likely get a raise that brings their salaries...

Craig Robinson rules Last Comic Standing, but its judges suck the life out of it
Last Comic Standing is in its second week of performances by the top 10, and the show's new format just has the finalists performing each...
Ali "heartbroken" and "defeated" after being dumped by Frank
Ali Fedotowsky was dumped by Frank Neuschaefer during last night's episode of The Bachelorette 6, because he decided he was falling back in love with...
Survivor 22: Russell Hantz versus Rob Mariano rumored, while Coach goes to Nicaragua, Hatch says he'll be back
A rumor has surfaced that suggests season 22 of Survivor will be a face-off between Russell Hantz and Rob Mariano, perhaps akin to Stephenie and...

Jimmy Johnson on Survivor Nicaragua; the NFL coach almost went to Gabon
Former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson is a contestant on Survivor Nicaragua. The Dallas Morning News reports that it confirmed online rumors of his casting...
Chris Isaak may judge Idol; Trump interested; Fox wants music industry judge by Sept.
Singer/songwriter and actor Chris Isaak has met with American Idol producers about becoming the show's fourth judge, and The Apprentice's Donald Trump has reportedly expressed...
Producers made Frank wait to break up with Ali, allowing Chris Harrison his usual outrage
Frank Neuschaefer's decision to bail on Ali Fedotowsky on Monday's episode of The Bachelorette was delayed until Tahiti by the show's producers to increase drama....
Scott Conant, red onion fan, hosts and judges Food Network's new 24 Hour Restaurant Battle
Food Network has a great reality competition in the Ted Allen-hosted Chopped with its baskets of mystery ingredients, and tonight it debuts a show that...
Julie Chen gets another CBS job along with other reality show stars
Big Brother host Julie Chen is leaving one CBS show for another: She'll co-host CBS' new knock-off of The View, which has famous mothers as...

Bachelorette weatherman Jonathan faked tears with producers' help, contestant claims
A Bachelorette contestant has claimed that weatherman Jonathan Novak, who started crying because he was afraid to kiss Ali Fedotowsky as part of a music...
Big Brother house breaks down in tears, hypocrisy, self-nomination stupidity
The psychological pressure of being trapped in a badly decorated soundstage house has apparently started to affect the Big Brother 12 houseguests' already fragile, soft,...
A&E's Intervention has a 71% success rate
Of the addicts who have appeared on A&E's Intervention, 71 percent are still sober: 130 out of 161, The Daily Beast reports, which calls that...
CBS reveals not-so-secret tribe names, gives out buffs at Comic-Con as taping ends
The Survivor Nicaragua tribe names and colors were revealed by CBS today, which is amusing because the tribe names and colors have already been revealed:...

Judges give Billy Bell a pass and send no one home
After two consecutive weeks of injury-related eliminations, the So You Think You Can Dance judges opted to send no one home, presumably saving Billy Bell,...
Kristen emerges from the shadows to start a mini-Big Brother house war
For the first time this season, we finally had a decent episode of Big Brother. From Matt being called out on his stupid strategy to...
Matt's melorheostosis lie upsets advocates, CBS okay airing things "we do not condone"
On Big Brother this week, we saw houseguest Matt Hoffman gleefully discuss his strategy: pretending his wife has melorheostosis, which "is a rare and progressive...