2008’s most popular reality TV stories and shows

When I talked with Marcus Lehman in Gabon last June, I had no idea that his penis would generate more interest than any other story I wrote last year. If I’d known that it’d soon be accidentally exposed to the whole world and become insanely popular, I would have at least asked him a few questions about it.

Just like last year, the stories people read the most on reality blurred were about sex, nudity, or a resident physician’s genitalia. Thus, I will be making changes such as replacing morning-after recaps of The Amazing Race with badly Photoshopped fake nude images of its cast members. (I joke, of course.)

The lists below only represents stories published in 2008, as I filter out previous years’ stories to determine what happened last year that was popular; otherwise, the list would be dominated by other porn stories. This may be the solution to the newspaper and magazine industry’s economic woes: publish lots of free porn.

Anyway, here are the most popular pages on reality blurred over the past year, as determined by the popularity of individual stories and of show-specific archive pages.

The 20 Most-Popular reality blurred Stories of 2008

1. Marcus Lehman’s penis exposed on Survivor [Survivor Gabon]
2. James appears in more gay porn [Big Brother 9]
3. Dallas is dating Starr, missed the finale because of lost passport, which was returned [Amazing Race 13]
4. Ollie and April have (unprotected) sex [Big Brother 9]
5. Jeff Probst and Julie Berry broke up; Richard Hatch smuggled matches in his ass [Survivor Vanuatu/All-Stars]
6. Big Brother 9 cast member James appeared in amateur porn, print ad for gay porn [Big Brother 9]
7. Ad for Idol 8 admits looks matter, not singing [American Idol 8]
8. Two Big Brother couples have sex [Big Brother 9]
9. Jessica “Sugar” Kiper: “I’d rather be the innocent pin-up than someone who gets paid to” act [Survivor Gabon]
10. Nude photo of Amazing Race 13’s Dallas removed [Amazing Race 13]
11. Jon & Kate Plus 8’s Kate: “we’re certainly not going to hide our imperfections” [Jon & Kate Plus 8]
12. Design Star’s Mikey Verdugo did gay porn, is an openly gay police officer [Design Star]
13. New York and Tailor Made will stay together despite her move to California [New York Goes to Hollywood]
14. Amy Finley said no to a second season of her Food show in part due to blogger “attacks” [Next Food Network Star
15. Report claims New York and Tailor Made broke up, and I Love New York 3 may follow [I Love New York 2]
16. Roloff family friend and Little People, Big World cast member Mike Detjen dies [Little People, Big World]
17. Alex McCord defends nude photos; Jason Colodne sues employer for $55 million over show-related firing The Real Housewives
18. Paradise Hotel 2 contestant died after filming ended [Paradise Hotel 2]
19. DeAnna and Jesse break up [The Bachelorette 4]
20. Keesha was topless in a horror movie [Big Brother 10]

The 20 Most-Popular Reality Shows on reality blurred in 2008

1. Big Brother 9
2. Survivor Gabon
3. Big Brother 10
4. The Amazing Race 13
5. The Real World Hollywood
6. American Idol 7
7. Real World/Road Rules Challenges
8. Survivor Micronesia
9. The Hills
10. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
11. The Bachelor 12
12. Dancing with the Stars 6
13. Paradise Hotel 2
14. The Celebrity Apprentice
15. Hell’s Kitchen 4
16. Project Runway 4
17. The Biggest Loser 5
18. The Mole 3
19. Top Model 10
20. Project Runway 5