reality blurred + archives + September 11 to September 17, 2011

week of September 11, 2011

Nine Project Runway designers presented collections at Fashion Week
The nine remaining designers on Project Runway 9 presented collections at New York Fashion Week on Friday morning. That's actually a majority of the 16...

Let's vote for Shelly Moore to win $25K as fans' favorite Big Brother houseguest
As I wrote on Thursday, I am not moved to vote for any of the Big Brother 13 houseguests to win $25,000 as the fan...
Jeff Probst wins his fourth consecutive Emmy, Deadliest Catch wins its first as a series
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences gave out Emmys in the creative arts category Saturday night, including two of the three major reality series...
Biggest Loser's Sam Poueu seriously injured after falling off a building
The Biggest Loser 9 contestant Sam Poueu fell off of a building and was seriously injured, with internal and head trauma that has led to...
Bravo's evil branding genius brings Top Chef to your freezer
You'll soon be able to buy frozen food branded with Top Chef, thanks to Bravo's latest evil genius move: partnering with Healthy Choice to sell...
Korilla, disqualified for cheating, insists "we would never cheat"
New York City-based food truck Korilla was eliminated from The Great Food Truck Race's second season last night, disqualified after being accused of cheating in...

Design Star rebounds, improves on its earlier self after its terrible fifth season
Design Star rebounded this season, its sixth season, thanks to no-brainer changes to the show's structure, better challenges, and the addition of season-one winner David...
So You Think You Can Dance Canada cancelled
The Canadian version of So You Think You Can Dance has been cancelled after four seasons, and its producers and judges seem blindsided and surprised...

Technical difficulties screw America's Got Talent act Silhouettes
Technical difficulties meant that one of the final four America's Got Talent act's performance mostly took place after the hour had concluded, so any viewers...
Survivor South Pacific premieres tonight with a focus on Coach and Ozzy (ugh)
Survivor debuts its 23rd season tonight, returning to Samoa and last season's Redemption Island game structure with returnees Ozzy Lusth and Ben Wade. Survivor South...
How did Big Brother get its best ratings since 2004 for one of its worst seasons?
Big Brother 13 concludes tonight after having been, for the most part, a disappointment of a season. While there was a series of awesome events,...
Big Brother renewed for its 14th season
CBS has renewed Big Brother for its 14th season. Although the renewal comes earlier than usual and before season 13 even concludes later tonight, this...
Fall 2011 reality TV debut schedule
With two major reality series kicking off tonight (Survivor and Top Model) and two concluding their run (Big Brother and America's Got Talent), it's time...

America's got another mediocre singer as its America's Got Talent winner
There was just a 25 percent chance that a mediocre singer would yet again win America's Got Talent, but the people who vote didn't disappoint...
Rachel wins Big Brother, Jeff gets $25K, and producers' storylines pay off
Rachel Reilly won Big Brother 13, and her man, Brendon Vieglas, hugged and kissed her in a hail of confetti, and the producers got the...
Survivor South Pacific starts strong: a viewer blindside, sidelining of returnees, self-defeat
Survivor South Pacific may have just copied and pasted last season's structure, and it may have annoyingly started by giving too much weight and attention...
Cast of Real World San Diego: two LGBT cast members, two engineers, two "gym rats"
MTV has revealed the cast of The Real World San Diego 2, which includes two LGBT cast members, two "gorgeous gym rats," and two "brainy...
Survivor has its worst fall premiere ever, sadly; H8R crashes and burns, thankfully
Despite having a very strong opening 90-minute episode last night, Survivor South Pacific had its lowest-rated fall debut ever and came in second in viewers...

Simon Cowell, producers explain how X Factor differs from American Idol
The seemingly endless hype leading up to next Wednesday's premiere of Fox's X Factor continued this week as the show had its formal premiere in...
Rachel and Brendon getting married this weekend
Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas are getting married this weekend in Las Vegas, just a few days after she won Big Brother. Last night, Rachel...