December 2020 – Page 2 – reality blurred

Sun and Crocodile performing during The Masked Singer season 4 finale

Amazing Race and Masked Singer finales, and other reality TV this week

Your weekly preview of reality TV premieres, which this week mostly includes documentaries and holiday specials—but there are a few shows returning, and one new Disney+ series.

Phil Keoghan fires a starter pistol to start The Amazing Race 32's final four teams—hil Keoghan, Will Jardell, James Wallington, Hung Nguyen, Chee Lee, DeAngelo Williams, Gary Barnidge, Riley McKibbin, and Maddison McKibbin—on the city spring in Manila

Amazing Race 32’s final four teams sprint to a bitter end

During Amazing Race’s first city sprint—which involved racing around Manila and completing tasks, kind of like every other leg of The Amazing Race, just without those tasks being labeled as Detours or Roadblocks—the alliance struck again.

Producer Victor Plank Harms on the set of Paradise Hotel

From Paradise Hotel in Denmark to Impractical Jokers in the US: a producer reflects on reality TV

In this edition of The Confessional, Victor Plank Harms, who’s worked behind the scenes on reality TV from Paradise Hotel Denmark to Impractical Jokers: After Party, writes about the differences and similarities between producing reality in Europe and the US.

Phil Keoghan during Tough as Nails season 1's finale

Tough as Nails season 2 is getting Survivor’s spring timeslot

Survivor’s Wednesday timeslot is going to Phil Keoghan’s show Tough As Nails—and that’s a show I really enjoyed and looked forward to all summer, so I’m thrilled it’s returning.

Julie Chen, photographed for Big Brother 22: All Stars

Julie Chen Moonves’ gifts to Big Brother cast and crew: a Bible, ‘BB22 by the grace of God’ mask

The host of Big Brother, Julie Chen Moonves, gifted both cast and crew Bibles, granola, and BB22-branded face masks with a religious message on them.

The Doody family's house in Las Vegas, Nevada, as seen on The Great Christmas Light Fight season 8

This week’s 19 reality TV premieres, from The Challenge to The Great Christmas Light Fight

The Great Christmas Light Fight, The Challenge: Double Agents, and special episodes of The Masked Singer and My Lottery Dream Home are among the reality shows and documentary specials premiering this week.

Big Brother 22's Christmas Abbott and Memphis Garrett, who are now dating—and using their celebrity to raise money for a charity

Survivor, Big Brother winners among reality stars socializing mask-less at a charity event

A Survivor winner and a Big Brother winner are among the 50+ reality TV cast members participating in the Hearts of Reality fundraiser for Give Kids the World. And several of those cast members have been socializing with each other, without masks, despite the charity’s rules.