reality blurred + archives + November 28 to December 4, 2010

week of November 28, 2010

Amazing Race time penalties and credits explained
In the wake of the error on an The Amazing Race task that affected multiple teams and led to the elimination of a speed bump...

Quitting has no consequence on Amazing Race
With two episodes to go, I should have seen the non-elimination leg coming on last night's super-frustrating but also rather good episode of The Amazing...
Audience votes have disproportionate power on Dancing with the Stars
While Dancing with the Stars gives equal weight to viewer votes and the judges' scores, in reality, viewers have a lot more power than judges...
Restrepo: war in Afghanistan "from a soldier's perspective"
Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, The National Geographic Channel debuts Restrepo, a documentary that follows one platoon in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, referred to...

Kardashian Kard cancelled, fees refunded; Kardashians upset about "negative spotlight"
The 250 or so people who tried Keeping Up with the Kardashians by spending money via a prepaid debit card called the Kardashian Kard will...
Lee DeWyze has the worst sales of any American Idol winner
American Idol may have mostly remained on the top of the ratings pile during its last, awful season, but its winner is at the bottom...
Reality Rocks voting ends today; 70,000 votes have been cast so far
Voting ends at midnight for the Reality Rocks awards, and after a month of voting, 70,000 votes have been cast, organizers told me today. So...
Skating with the Stars bleeds out on the ice
Skating with the Stars is lying on the ice, bleeding to death, as it lost 50 percent of its viewers ages 18 to 49 from...

Reality stars die digitally to raise money for World AIDS Day, Project Runway's Mondo designed t-shirts
Several reality stars, including American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Hudson, and the cast of The Buried Life, have agreed to...
Margaret Cho defends Bristol, says Sarah Palin forced her to compete
It wasn't Bristol Palin's choice to compete on Dancing with the Stars, according to one of her self-proclaimed friends, Margaret Cho, who also competed on...
American Idol will have online voting to select 15 finalists
Viewers will apparently be able to vote to select American Idol 10's finalists online, two reports and a Twitter page reveal. Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe...
12 days of reality TV: what gifts has it given you?
It's December, it's chilly even here in Florida, there's good music playing in stores, and I actually have a reason to listen to Delilah. Yes,...

Survivor celebrates quitters NaOnka and Kelly by dragging out quitting for an episode
For the first time, two people quit Survivor at the same time, leaving the series without its biggest villain and its most invisible cast member....
Ponderosa: NaOnka and Kelly get personality makeovers, plus a trip to Granada, cash
Survivor Nicaragua quitters NaOnka Mixon and Kelly Shinn not only got an entire episode celebrating their lameness, but when they were voted out of the...
Top Chef All-Stars: the best all-star cast ever
Top Chef All Stars may have just been perfectly cast. I've long been resistant to all-star seasons, but watching the great 75-minute debut last night,...

Pit Bulls and Parolees ratings double during special episode, so Animal Planet giving $50K
Last Saturday, Animal Planet launched its You Watch, We Give campaign, which raised money for the nonprofit organization featured on its reality series Pit Bulls...
NaOnka reveals real-life impact of her actions; Kelly says why they didn't quit immediately
Survivor Nicaragua's quitters got even more attention as they did the rounds with the media yesterday, though their interviews provide some insight into the quitting-focused...
Ryan Seacrest silent on Twitter as AIDS fundraising campaign is still far from its goal
Celebrities who agreed to stop using Twitter and other social media until their fans raised $1 million on World AIDS Day are still silent two...

Big Brother's Brendon admits to cheating on Rachel via Skype affair, naked pic posted
Please do not copy and paste this into your blog or message board; link to it instead. Big Brother 12's Brendon Villegas has admitted to...