reality blurred + archives + June 6 to June 12, 2010

week of June 6, 2010

World's Got Talent special may air next summer
Simon Cowell's talent competition may launch a global special--titled World's Got Talent, of course--that would air next summer on NBC, ITV, and elsewhere, and include...
Tila Tequila blames alter for alleged suicide attempt, may be on her way to Celebrity Rehab
Disturbed attention whore and probable season four celebrity Rehab cast member Tila Tequila posted now-deleted video of a suicide attempt she said was the work...
Bravo is "very research-oriented," uses social media to plan reality show plot lines
Bravo's success is no accident, as the cable network uses extensive, almost insane amounts of research to develop its programming, and as part of that,...
Amazing Race 17 may only have two beauty queens after site retracts team ID
The web site that tracks and attempts to identify Amazing Race contestants has retracted its identification of two beauty queen contestants, which means there may...
MTV previews the new Real World New Orleans, Jersey Shore's second season
MTV has released previews for two of its returning reality series, and it's hard to not see the bleed-over between the latest phenomenon, Jersey Shore,...

Melissa Rycroft co-hosting Bachelor Pad spin-off
The Bachelor's spiral into MTV territory, its spin-off competition The Bachelor Pad, has just added former contestant Melissa Rycroft as its co-host. Earlier press releases...
Ronnie Kroell naked in Playgirl, says he had "an artistic vision" for the "high fashion" shoot
Make Me a Supermodel cast member Ronnie Kroell has become the latest reality TV star to get naked for money. He appears on the cover...
Danielle Staub sex tape will be released by Hustler
Hustler will release a sex tape featuring Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member Danielle Staub next Monday, having apparently been convinced there are people...
Teresa Giudice files for bankruptcy, reveals how much Bravo pays her
Table-flipping Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice and her husband Joe have filed for bankruptcy despite all of her spending on the show...
Oprah's OWN will give a talk show to the winner of a Mark Burnett-produced competition
Oprah and Mark Burnett are producing a reality competition series that will search for a talk show host for Oprah's new network, OWN. The series...

Howie Mandel improves America's Got Talent , but Nick Cannon needs to stop
After three episodes of America's Got Talent 5, I think it's not too soon to declare that Howie Mandel was a great replacement for David...
Rob Mariano's Tontine reality show ended in contestants' deaths, film trailer suggests
One of the greatest lingering mysteries in reality TV history--that a small but passionate group of people really care about--is what happened to Tontine, the...
Real Worlder: MTV "fuck[s] you for three months"
The reality of being an MTV reality star, especially on a has-been series, has set in for some of The Real World DC's cast members....
Crude: The Real Price of Oil director doesn't have to give footage to Chevron yet, court says
The director of a film about oil does not have to turn over hundreds of hours of footage to Chevron, thanks to an appeals court...

Marcus Samuelsson wins Top Chef Masters
Marcus Samuelsson won Top Chef Masters 2 and $100,000 for his charity, the UNICEF Tap Project, which raises money to "to bring clean and accessible...
Bravo's preview may reveal which New Jersey housewife is leaving the show
Bravo's annoying promo voice-over guy has been teasing that one of the cast members of The Real Housewives of New Jersey will leave the show...
SYTYCD ends up with a final 11 instead of 10 after lying to finalists, viewers
One of So You Think You Can Dance's big changes for this season, a top 10 instead of a top 20, was changed for the...
Big Brother/TAR's Jeff Schroeder will travel Around the World for Free on CBS.com
Amazing Race 16 cast member (and Big Brother alum) Jeff Schroeder will travel around the world again, but this time without Jordan Lloyd, and also...
World Cup gets its own online reality show, Bud House
The World Cup starts Friday, and for super-fans--or Americans who'd rather just stare at people in a house on their computer than watch a football/soccer...

Trump asked Lindsay Lohan to join Celebrity Apprentice 4
Donald Trump wants trainwreck Lindsay Lohan to join the cast of The Celebrity Apprentice 4, but her movies and court-ordered restrictions may prevent her from...
Next week: Top Chef's back, the Discovery Channel turns 25, and I take a little break
Next week, I'm taking Alain de Botton's advice (via Kottke) and giving my mind a break, unplugging from the world for a few days. Although...