reality blurred + archives + February 27 to March 5, 2011

week of February 27, 2011

MTV's Abram Boise arrested, wrote his name in feces on jail cell wall
Road Rules cast member and MTV Challenge veteran Abram Boise was arrested for peeing on a car, and in his jail cell, defecated and smeared...

Phil Keoghan reports from earthquake-damaged Christchurch
The Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan is from New Zealand, and grew up near Christchurch, the city hit hard by an earthquake one week ago....
Dancing with the Stars cast: the Karate Kid, Sugar Ray, Kirstie Alley, plus people with no name recognition
Dancing with the Stars 12 announced its cast last night during another fake press conference, and it's far less star-heavy than last season's relatively impressive...
Reality Rocks announces weak list of reality stars, panels about getting famous
The Reality Rocks expo, which is billing itself as "the ultimate reality TV fan experience," has announced its confirmed stars, and the list stretches the...
Abram's blood alcohol was .208; charged only with defacing property with his feces
MTV reality show star and kids' book author Abram Boise appeared before a judge yesterday after his defacing his jail cell with feces, and he...

Oprah cheats by giving letting both Your OWN Show finalists win while viewers still lose
The Oprah Winfrey Network's first competitive reality series, Your OWN Show, ended its low-rated first (and thus probably last) season on Friday night with predictable...
Jeopardy! reality TV category includes Survivor, Amazing Race questions
Jeopardy! had a "reality of TV" category last night as part of the Teen Tournament, and its answers included Survivor and The Amazing Race. TAR...
Top Chef Masters dumps its format, judges and will become like Top Chef
For its third season, Bravo's Top Chef Masters is dropping its format and modeling itself after its parent. And besides firing host Kelly Choi and...
Christina Aguilera signs up to judge NBC's The Voice with Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine
NBC confirmed today that Christina Aguilera will judge--er, be a "musician coach"--on The Voice, along with Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine. She will sit...
Next Celebrity Rehab cast reportedly includes Salahis, Michael Lohan, Doc Gooden, more
A partial cast list for the fifth season of VH1's Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew has been published, and it includes The Real Housewives of...
Kangaroo costumes, clues improve Amazing Race despite equalizer
At long last, I watched the second episode of The Amazing Race 18. (I spent the weekend with a former Survivor contestant for an upcoming...

Russell rash finally voted out of Survivor after his tribe throws a challenge
At long last, our great national Russell Hantz nightmare is over. He's infested three of the last four seasons of Survivor, and spoiled two of...
Russell's fans defend his honor; Jeff Probst compares his exit to moon landing
Russell Hantz's elimination last night was awesome and remarkable--it's the first time he's been voted out, and it may end his streak of being on...
Reality Steve changes Bachelor ending spoiler, switching who Brad picks
The Bachelor spoiler Steve Carbone admitted earlier this week that "my sources have been wrong about the ending of the show," though he notes that...

American Idol has its top 13 after a (mostly) efficient and swift cut from 24 to 10
In one of the best elimination shows it has ever produced, American Idol 10 now has its top 13: 10 finalists selected by viewers and...
Tonga rejected as location for next two US Survivor seasons; the show may return to Fiji
Survivor won't film seasons 23 and 24 in Tonga, although it was considering doing so, and could now return to Fiji. A year ago, a...