international shows
- Kidney donation on Big Donor Show wasn't real, was intended to "raise public awareness"
3 Jun 2007
- Big Donor Show follows a terminally ill woman selecting a recipient for her kidney
29 May 2007
- Italian network cancels all reality shows "to improve the quality of its programming"
30 Mar 2007
- VH1 will air Australia's Top Model starting in March
23 Feb 2007
- On the Road in America reality series follows Arab students exploring the US
1 Feb 2007
- Bob and Jillian back together for Australia's Biggest Loser 2
17 Jan 2007
- Amazing Race Asia debuts to strong ratings, is viewable online
18 Nov 2006
- Contender format sold to Thailand as kickboxing competition; other countries to come
13 Nov 2006
- Jay Manuel will host second cycle of Canada's Top Model
1 Nov 2006
- Japan won't have its own version of The Apprentice because of its "distinctive form of capitalism"
25 Apr 2006
- Uruguay reality show accident leaves seven dead, others limbless
19 Mar 2006
- Former gang members star in Guatemalan reality show Desafio 10
27 Feb 2006
- Contestant "lost half the hair on her head" after Fear Factor South Africa stunt
26 Jan 2006
- The Amazing Race's format sold overseas
17 Oct 2005
- Trump will produce Chinese Apprentice
22 Aug 2005
- Heidi Klum will host German version of Next Top Model
12 Aug 2005
- Popular Iraqi reality show is "considered a key tool in fighting the insurgency."
8 Jun 2005
- Australia's Queer Eye cancelled.
25 Feb 2005
- Sperm Race begins in Germany.
1 Feb 2005
- Expedition Robinson reality TV star in Sweden fakes rape rescue to get attention.
29 Nov 2004
- Australia's Queer Eye cast revealed.
22 Nov 2004
- Project Greenlight heading to Australia.
10 Nov 2004
- four of Australia's Fab Five identified.
5 Oct 2004
- Simple Life format goes international.
28 Sep 2004
- overseas Apprentices having difficulty finding their version of Donald Trump.
1 Sep 2004
- Canada will get its own French-language Apprentice, and may host Survivor 11.
19 Jul 2004
- Big Brother creator casts himself in lead role of German Apprentice rip-off.
9 Jul 2004
- "strong global demand" for The Bachelor.
6 Jul 2004
- Canada's CBC plans NHL training camp competition series Making the Cut.
11 Jun 2004
- Joe Millionaire, Temptation Island, and other FOX shows are heading overseas.
26 May 2004
- Top Model sold to 40 countries; Russia's version watched by 13 percent of viewers.
27 Apr 2004
- opera singers compete in France.
24 Mar 2004
- France's prime minister not happy with reality TV show that follows politicians.
3 Sep 2003
- stereotype-dependent Russian show featuring house-building couples is a hit.
12 Aug 2003
- reality TV series ship hits rocks, sinks; contestants rescued, went home.
16 Jun 2003
- Bravo Canada show looking for guys who want to learn how to strip.
27 May 2003
- Christa wins latest Canadian Popstars.
7 Apr 2003
- Australia-born Popstars now facing competition from its imitators.
17 Dec 2002
- Operación Triunfo "most successful television show ever produced in Spain."
4 Dec 2002
- race around Antarctica called "world's biggest reality television program."
18 Nov 2002
- Holland's The Abbey "will bring 12 people of different religions together."
14 Oct 2002
- Argentinian reality TV show will select congressional candidate.
17 Sep 2002
- seven male Australian reality TV stars strip for Cleo magazine.
27 Aug 2002
- South Africa show gives entrepreneurs three days to make money.
5 Aug 2002
- U8TV's The Lofters cancelled; show will continue online for now.
20 May 2002
- Telemundo's Protagonistas de Novela is "must-see TV for Hispanics."
23 Apr 2002
- Canada's Popstars 2 group revealed; Velvet Empire is three women and two men.
18 Apr 2002
- reality TV "still increasing its presence on television around the world."
17 Apr 2002
- "foreign reality programmes show a lot of things you don't do in India."
12 Apr 2002
- ban in Greece on Big Brother, The Bar overturned by board.
26 Mar 2002
- Greece government official pulls Big Brother, The Bar off the air.
22 Mar 2002
- U8TV's first two lofters nominated for eviction; voting now open to the public.
20 Mar 2002
- Canada's Popstars 2 debuts tonight.
1 Mar 2002
- Norwegian Fear Factor player gets cow's eyeball caught in his throat.
19 Feb 2002
- Australian Survivor volunteers to be voted off--and votes for herself.
14 Feb 2002
- U8TV's new lofters move in--and prepare to be voted out.
8 Jan 2002
- France's Star Academy criticized for its "sexist and homophobic situations."
19 Dec 2001
- new French reality TV
18 Dec 2001
- Popstars will be the first reality TV show produced in India.
7 Dec 2001
- new reality TV show Ancient Astronaut offers trips to space as prize.
6 Dec 2001
- Ukrainian TV now airing Last Hero, that country's version of Survivor.
20 Nov 2001
- "record numbers of people" audition for third Australian Popstars.
12 Nov 2001
- Spain airing Operacion Triunfo.
7 Nov 2001
- Canada's U8TV looking for eight new non-"hip and trendy" "Lofters."
31 Oct 2001
- Indian viewers are "savouring the taste of game and reality TV shows."
24 Oct 2001
- Drifters: The Water Wars debuts.
24 Sep 2001
- Budapest's first reality TV show, Bár, a hit, but not controversial.
10 Aug 2001
- Romania's Temptation Island a hit.
7 Aug 2001
- Melbourne rehab clinic approached to serve as location for show.
18 Jul 2001
- Polish directors want reality TV regulated and want one show banned.
4 Jul 2001
- Survivor-like Journey to Shangri-La coming to China.
26 Jun 2001
- Scotland Castaway contestant plans to sue producers for £100,000.
18 Jun 2001
- Germany's Big Diet debuts.
29 May 2001
- Portugal will prosecute two reality TV show producers for "affront[ing] public decency."
23 May 2001
- couples return to the city after living as pioneers for a year.
4 May 2001
- Canadian water-themed reality TV show is looking for cast members.
24 Apr 2001
- Thailand's Reality Game will be like Survivor set in a Thai village.
3 Apr 2001
- Big Diet debuts in Holland.
19 Mar 2001
- Scream Test debuts in Australia.
28 Feb 2001
- unsuspecting burglar breaks into the set of a Norwegian reality TV show.
6 Nov 2000
- Big Diet is up next.
16 Aug 2000