reality blurred + archives + May 8 to May 14, 2011

week of May 8, 2011

Paula Abdul officially on board X Factor as its auditions begin; hosts announced
Live auditions in front of audiences begin today for Fox's fall series The X Factor, and the network officially confirmed the last bit of unconfirmed...

Amazing Race ends with high notes but still has unfinished business of fixing its broken self
The Amazing Race concluded its 18th season and second all-star season with two back-to-back episodes that ended in the Florida Keys with the $1 million...
NeNe quits! Trump makes Meat Loaf cry! Star Jones fired! Trump isn't gay! Apprentice!
NBC scheduled a three-hour Celebrity Apprentice episode last night, and while it was actually just two episodes put together, it was full of the kind...
NeNe Leakes explains why she quit The Apprentice
NeNe Leakes appeared on The Today Show this morning to explain why she quit The Celebrity Apprentice, which wasn't really explained during the episode except...
Bristol Palin gets a reality show on Bio, which calls her our "most famous single mother"
Bio, the network that calls itself The Biography Channel, is taking its first step into narrative, docudrama reality TV, as it has ordered a show...
Amazing Race has its lowest-rated finale ever
The Amazing Race's two-hour finale was the lowest-rated final episode in its 18 seasons, though it did do well against its competition, which may be...

CBS sets Big Brother schedule, debut date
Big Brother 13 will debut on July 7 and air on nearly the same schedule it did last year: Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. However, the...
Film about Chaz Bono's transition from female to male kicks off OWN's documentary series
Tonight, Oprah's new network OWN debuts its Documentary Club by airing a documentary film from the producers of RuPaul's Drag Race that follows Sonny and...

65-year-old grandmother dancing to Michael Jackson: the latest Got Talent viral video
An armless pianist won China's Got Talent last fall, and his amazing performances were broadcast worldwide thanks to the Internet. Now, a video of a...
Jeff Probst says Survivor is "running out of places" to film
Update: Survivor South Pacific was announced during the finale but there was no mention of the fact that the location is Samoa once again. Survivor's...
Phil Keoghan stays on as Amazing Race host, adds executive producer credit
Phil Keoghan will stay on as host of The Amazing Race, and as part of that deal, he has become a co-executive producer of the...
Contest winner will spend a day in the Big Brother house for press day
CBS will let the winner of its new "Ultimate Fan sweepstakes" spend the day in the Big Brother 13 house, the same day that members...
Donald Trump won't wreck Celebrity Apprentice finale with campaign-related nonsense
The May 22 finale of The Celebrity Apprentice 4 won't be wrecked by Donald Trump making any kind of announcement about his potentially series-ending run...

Amber Portwood loses primary custody of her kid
Teen Mom star has lost custody of the baby that made her an MTV reality star, as a judge gave custody to the kid's father,...
Another person out of Rob Mariano's way in his march to $1 million or another loss
Rob Mariano called tonight's vote on Survivor Redemption Island the "biggest vote we've had so far." But really, it was just another inevitable vote. Survivor...

James Durbin's exit helps American Idol march toward an even more mediocre finale
James Durbin was voted out of American Idol 10 last night in what has been compared to a shocker on the level of Chris Daughtry's...
Must-watch trailer for Coach's new movie 180 includes him making out with another Survivor
Survivor Heroes vs. Villains cast member Ben "Coach" Wade stars in a new movie that will be released this summer, and in it, he reunites...
Shark Tank renewed on the eve of its second-season finale
Excellent end-of-week news and for great network reality TV: ABC has renewed Shark Tank for a third season. The Mark Burnett-produced series concludes its second...