reality blurred > 2009 > archives for January 2009

  • Idol 8 auditions end as the show runs out of material, but ratings are up over last year

  • Debra Beebe: “I’m kind of upbeat so negativity kind of grinds on my nerves”

  • Gordon Ramsay says he’s never watched Hell’s Kitchen because “I’ve lived the nightmare once”

  • Jerry Sims: “I don’t want to” be a leader

  • American Idol apologizes to those “offended by” contestant’s “be careful” comment

  • Hell’s Kitchen’s fifth season is more of the same great insults, incompetent chefs

  • HBO’s The Trials of Ted Haggard debuts tonight

  • Donny Osmond won’t be on Dancing with the Stars, at least not until fall

  • JT Thomas: “I’ll play the dumb role if I feel like it’ll push me farther in the game”

  • TAR 14 teams include nude model, three gay men

  • Brian Dunkleman pitching fictional series about his post-American Idol life

  • Former contestants suggest Bob Harper is gay

  • Solitary pods touring malls as part of the show’s third torture-filled season

  • Donny Osmond will be on Dancing with the Stars 8

  • Carolina Eastwood: “you can’t really bullshit me”

  • Fresno spent $115,000 on Extreme Makeover but crew spent $750,000 to $1.25 million

  • Miss Indiana Katie Stam, a viewer-selected finalist, wins Miss America

  • Benjamin “Coach” Wade: “I want to get the four strongest people to the final four because that’s who deserves it”

  • “Grueling” Amazing Race 14’s cast includes a deaf man, an actor/screenwriter, and stuntmen

  • Real World Cancun will be the show’s 22nd season

  • Paris Hilton searching for another best friend, but Brittany insists she and Paris are still BFFs

  • Sydney Wheeler: Survivor may lead to fame but “I just don’t know if that’s what I want”

  • John McCain confirms Cindy McCain rejected Dancing with the Stars 8

  • My Life on the D-List will have “a talk-show feel”

  • Countdown to the Crown ends tonight with viewers four joining Miss America pageant

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