American Idol 9 has discarded another finalist, and her name is Didi Benami. She was in the bottom two along with Tim Urban, while Katie Stevens was in the bottom three. The judges decided not to use their one-time save on her, as we learned two full minutes after 10 p.m. The overrun made sense,… continue reading
Archives for March 2010
Alex Lambert joining If I Can Dream cast, cut his hair
American Idol 9 semi-finalist Alex Lambert, who was surprisingly eliminated just before the finals, will move into the If I Can Dream house tomorrow and join its cast. Typically, contestants can’t do any such projects, especially not while the show is on the air, but the web series is produced by Idol creator Simon Fuller… continue reading
Pamela Anderson in the bottom two, but Shannen Doherty leaves Dancing first
Despite improving week to week and not having the lowest judges’ score, Shannen Doherty was the first contestant voted off Dancing with the Stars 10, and she was joined in the bottom two by Pamela Anderson, who had even higher judges’ scores. After their elimination was announced, Shannen’s partner Mark Ballas revealed that, due to… continue reading
Simon Cowell slams awful Dancing with the Stars singers; finalists limp through R&B, soul
American Idol 9 was, for me, worth the two hours of pain for a single moment: when Simon Cowell ripped apart Dancing with the Stars awful singers, who mangle music so much every night that they make Idol‘s bad karaoke seem like Grammy-winning recordings. “If you’ve listened to one of those dancing shows, they always… continue reading
Glee now casting for new roles, reality series
Fox’s drama Glee has begun its search for new cast members, which will be filmed for a new reality series. To apply online, you have to be 16 to 26 “and not subject to a current recording contract or other services contract that would prohibit you from rendering exclusive and/or first position services,” according to… continue reading
Hills final season trailer: Kristin confronted about drugs, Heidi talks divorce
MTV has released the trailer for the final season of The Hills, and it has lots of fake–and maybe even some real!–drama, from problems with Heidi and Spencer’s relationship (Heidi suggests she’s leaving him and they’re considering divorce) to Heidi showing her new face to her mom for the first time, which doesn’t get a… continue reading
Survivor Nicaragua next for CBS, official says; Italy now filming on Pearl Cays, Big Corn Island
Update: Survivor Nicaragua was confirmed by CBS on May 16. Survivor will indeed produce its 21st and 22nd seasons in Nicaragua, as a tourism official told a newspaper there that the next season of the CBS series will be filmed there. Both “the famous U.S. TV show ‘Survivor’ and the Spanish version ‘Superviviente’ are also… continue reading
SYTYCD judges get more power; Mary Murphy choreographing, won’t be full-time judge; Mia Michaels will return
As part of the shake-up for season seven of So You Think You Can Dance, former chroeographer and guest judge Mia Michaels will return to the show after quitting last fall following the pre-taped audition rounds, and the judges will actually get more power, eliminating contestants all the way until the finale, when viewers will… continue reading
Darryl Strawberry quits Apprentice; Bret Michaels is not a graphic designer, a creeper
We all know how much Donald Trump hates quitters, but we’ve also learned how much Donald Trump cannot criticize his celebrity cast members, which is perhaps the worst part about The Celebrity Apprentice. The typical firing goes something like this: You absolutely sucked at this task, you wrecked the sponsor’s product, but I love you,… continue reading
SYTYCD will only have 10 finalists, who will be paired with all-stars
So You Think You Can Dance‘s seventh season will have just 10 finalists, and they will be paired with all-star dancers from previous seasons of the show instead of each other. Of the final 10, who will be half men and half women, “one finalist will go home weekly,” Fox announced today. They will be… continue reading
IdolVoter iPhone app makes American Idol voting easier; win a free copy
A new iPhone app makes voting for American Idol contestants easy–assuming, of course, you want to vote for anyone who’s on this weak season. The IdolVoter app, which costs 99 cents, is simple: each screen shows a list of the performances that night (scrolling to the right shows the previous weeks). During open voting windows,… continue reading
Clue-reading fail for Amazing Race 16 teams
Yet again, an episode of The Amazing Race was delayed by sports games, affording us this week the opportunity to watch former Mole host Anderson Cooper shirtless and putting on a wetsuit before swimming with great white sharks–and coincidentally foreshadow race host Phil Keoghan jumping off a boat to introduce a challenge. Of course, there… continue reading
Celebrity Apprentice episode dedicated to crew member D’Marco Ray, who died of cancer
The third episode of The Celebrity Apprentice 3 concluded with a title card saying the episode was “in memory” of D’Marco Ray, who worked in the sound department of several shows, including the third Celebrity Apprentice season, and died earlier this year of kidney cancer. A USC in-memoriam piece says D’Marco Ray Smith died “February… continue reading
Puck admits, tries to justify drinking two shots before crash
The Real World San Francisco cast member Puck, aka David Rainey, has admitted drinking prior to the accident that left him and his 8-year-old son hospitalized and significantly injured. But he also offered justification to mitigate that fact. “I had a shot, two shots of Jack Daniels before I left, but I ate a sandwich… continue reading
Next week: Rebel Monkeys take over, Pawn Stars returns, and Real World DC actually ends
Here are last week’s stories you should read, and a summary of stuff that’s coming up next week. The Past Last week was a week of surprises: An amazing Tribal Council pulled Survivor outs of its slump; So You Think You Can Dance is changing its format; Pamela Anderson impressed us with her dancing but… continue reading
SYTYCD changes: no top 20, partners change weekly but only one person will go home
Nigel Lythgoe has announced several major rule changes for So You Think You Can Dance‘s seventh season, which will not have a top 20; eliminate just one person per week (typically, two went home), and have dancers changing partners weekly. Nigel started revealing the changes on Twitter yesterday, writing, “First rule change. Only one dancer… continue reading
Heidi Montag will “now become a full time motion picture actress” and a screenwriter
With the news that MTV has cancelled/is ending The Hills, one of its stars has announced her post-fake life plans: Heidi Montag will become an actor. “I’m so excited The Hills is finally over and I can now become a full time motion picture actress,” she told People. “There is no better training [for an… continue reading
TLC will air Sarah Palin’s Alaska; Palin will receive around $250,000 per episode
TLC has acquired the reality show that Sarah Palin and Mark Burnett had been shopping to networks. Currently titled Sarah Palin’s Alaska, it is described in a press release as “a new eight-part documentary series about the remarkable Governor Palin and her home state of Alaska.” Discovery COO Peter Liguori said in the release that… continue reading
Real Housewives of DC will air this summer and star Michaele and Tareq Salahi
Tareq and Michaele Salahi will be featured on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of DC, which has finished production and will air this summer, according to a report, but not to Bravo, which after surveying people about the Salahis, is waiting to announce it. The Salahis, who crashed a White House state dinner, which led to… continue reading
Jeff and Jordan still dating, say, “We should have been off the show two weeks earlier”
For all of you Jeff and Jordan apologists who’ve rewritten your clock faces to have 25 quarter-hour segments, and who freaked out at my suggestion that they were the weakest team whose elimination from The Amazing Race was long overdue, get this: Jeff agrees. “We got sent on some unfortunate cab rides and got some… continue reading