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Paradise Hotel

Paradise Hotel is returning to Fox and allowing ‘fans to orchestrate the show’s narrative’

Paradise Hotel is returning to Fox and allowing ‘fans to orchestrate the show’s narrative’

January 8, 2019 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Fox is bringing back its trashy fun summer reality competition for what will be its third season in the U.S.

Rejects Zach and Thing 2 win Flavor of Love 3 and Paradise Hotel 2

Rejects Zach and Thing 2 win Flavor of Love 3 and Paradise Hotel 2

May 20, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

Two people previously rejected from their respective reality shows each won the show last night. Zach, who was kicked off of the first Paradise Hotel twice, won the second season, and Thing 2, who was eliminated earlier this season from Flavor of Love 3, won Flavor Flav’s affections. On VH1, Flavor of Love 3 concluded… continue reading

What’s wrong with Paradise Hotel 2?

What’s wrong with Paradise Hotel 2?

March 25, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

Paradise Hotel‘s first season was extremely fun, and when the second season debuted almost two months ago, I was certainly excited. While I’ve been watching since then, the second edition has failed to live up to my expectations, and just doesn’t seem as interesting as the first. Paradise Hotel 2‘s cast members are pretty and… continue reading

Paradise Hotel 2 debuts tonight on My Network TV and Fox Reality

Paradise Hotel 2 debuts tonight on My Network TV and Fox Reality

February 4, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

Paradise Hotel 2, the fun and trashy reality competition that has lots more drinking and hooking up than coherent rules, returns tonight. The show airs on My Network TV at 9 p.m. ET, and then a late-night, TV-MA version of the same episode airs at 1 a.m. ET/10 p.m. PT on the Fox Reality Channel…. continue reading

Paradise Hotel 2 evictees will leave letters for incoming contestants

Paradise Hotel 2 evictees will leave letters for incoming contestants

January 31, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

Paradise Hotel 2 debuts Monday, and unlike the first season, which aired largely in real time, this season was produced over two months last summer. Unlike the last season, incoming contestants knew about the people they were watching on TV. Host Amanda Byram, who returns for season two, told me that change doesn’t have a… continue reading

Paradise Hotel 2 contestant died after filming ended

Paradise Hotel 2 contestant died after filming ended

January 8, 2008 by Andy Dehnart

One of the contestants on the upcoming revival of Paradise Hotel died after production was completed. Nathan Clutter died Oct. 12 after an accident unrelated to the series, and he will still be featured on the show. In a statement reproduced by Reality TV World, Fox Reality and MyNetworkTV said yesterday, “As Paradise Hotel 2… continue reading

A “mature audience version” of Paradise Hotel will air late nights on Fox Reality

A “mature audience version” of Paradise Hotel will air late nights on Fox Reality

December 6, 2007 by Andy Dehnart

MyNetworkTV and the Fox Reality Channel will each air their own versions of the same Paradise Hotel 2 episodes when the show debuts on Feb. 4. (That’s about a month later than its tentative debut date.) The show will air at 9 p.m. ET on MyNetworkTV, a broadcast network, and then “a late-night TV-MA version”… continue reading

Casting begins for Paradise Hotel 2

Casting begins for Paradise Hotel 2

June 7, 2007 by Andy Dehnart

Paradise Hotel 2 will open soon, and the show needs a cast. Casting notices have appeared on Cragislist, and ask for “fun, adventurous, outspoken, and competitive individuals” to participate. Since the casting notice promises “free-flowing spirits,” the Fox Reality channel and MyNetworkTV only want people who are at least 21–and no one over 30, which… continue reading

Paradise Hotel will return next year on Fox Reality and MyNetworkTV

Paradise Hotel will return next year on Fox Reality and MyNetworkTV

May 14, 2007 by Andy Dehnart

Four years after it originally aired, Fox’s spectacularly trashy and fun summer reality series Paradise Hotel is being ressurected by the Fox Reality Channel, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The new show will air on both the Fox Reality Channel and MyNetworkTV, which recently announced that it will air only reality shows, and is tentatively scheduled… continue reading

Paradise Hotel’s Dave Kerpen whores out his wedding

Paradise Hotel’s Dave Kerpen whores out his wedding

June 13, 2006 by Andy Dehnart

It’s not particularly noteworthy when a reality TV whore participates in a direct exchange of goods for their services; that is, after all, the definition of a whore. But usually reality whores get piddling prizes or G-list fame for their troubles. That is not the case with Paradise Hotel‘s Dave Kerpen. He literally sold his… continue reading

Paradise Hotel may come to DVD next year

Paradise Hotel may come to DVD next year

October 24, 2005 by Andy Dehnart

We were teased earlier this year with rumors that the best reality show ever, Fox’s Paradise Hotel, would return. Alas, they weren’t true. Today comes word of a new rumor, one that will hopefully won’t just offer more teasing and torture for fans of the series: Paradise Hotel is coming to DVD next year. The… continue reading

Toni Ferrari has “suffered severe trauma,” “negative backlash” from fans

Toni Ferrari has “suffered severe trauma,” “negative backlash” from fans

August 31, 2005 by Andy Dehnart

Toni Ferrari, star of Paradise Hotel, Love Cruise, and Kill Reality, is currently “dealing with the negative backlash from viewers who take the programs way too seriously.” Horrifyingly, Toni “was physically attacked in NYC,” “was bombarded by belligerent angry nightclub patrons and suffered severe trauma,” “encountered a stalker who literally camped out in front of… continue reading

Paradise Hotel repeats start tonight

Paradise Hotel repeats start tonight

August 15, 2005 by Andy Dehnart

Fox’s beloved summer orgy of crap, also known as Paradise Hotel, returns to television as the Fox Reality Channel begins to repeat the series. Tonight, two hour-long episodes will air back-to-back, starting at both 5 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET. The channel’s web site says that the episodes feature “Reality Revealed,” possibly the “contestant… continue reading

Paradise Hotel’s editing helped us judge the cast members

Paradise Hotel’s editing helped us judge the cast members

August 4, 2005 by Andy Dehnart

How can we justify making fun of the sluts, morons, and jerks who populate our reality television shows? In a new essay for reality blurred‘s exposed journal, Amanda Ann Klein argues that it’s because they “aren’t people, they’re characters.” She fleshes out that idea and explores how and why we relate to cast members. As… continue reading

Two international versions of Paradise Hotel start taping, which could lead to second US version

Two international versions of Paradise Hotel start taping, which could lead to second US version

July 22, 2005 by Andy Dehnart

The Villa Arabesque resort in Mexico, used for the original Paradise Hotel, will host back-to-back tapings of international versions of the show. Holland and Belgium are each shooting their own editions of the series there, according to C21Media. Production company TV Corp is also working on taking the show to “Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal.”… continue reading

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