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Utlimate Survival Alaska star Jimmy Gaydos, who died

Ultimate Survival Alaska’s Jimmy shot and killed

One of the competitors on season two of Ultimate Survival Alaska died Sunday from gunshot wounds. Jimmy Gaydos, aka Jimmy Gojdics, was 69. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that his death “is under investigation as a homicide” by Alaska State Troopers. National Geographic Channel said in a statement posted on the show’s Facebook page and …

Ultimate Survival Alaska's Dallas Seavey in a frozen lake

Ultimate Survival Alaska fake? “No” “Everything … is real”

Is National Geographic’s Ultimate Survival Alaska fake or does it stage moments? No, says its producer, who tells reality blurred about how it’s produced.

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Welcome! I’m Andy Dehnart, a writer who obsessively and critically covers reality TV, focusing on how it’s made and what it means.

I created reality blurred 22 years ago as a place to collect interesting links I found. Today, I review and recommend reality shows, documentaries, and nonfiction entertainment; analyze news and report from behind the scenes; and interview people who create and star in reality TV shows. You'll also find other people's insightful takes on reality TV in these pages, too.

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