The Defuser, aka Jarrett Crippen, defeated Hygenia (Melody Mooney) and Hyper-Strike (aka John Stork) to win Who Wants to be a Superhero 2. While Hyper-Strike–who had the worst costume, red tights that looked exactly like the ones Jen wore on Big Brother 8 but with a big white explosion printed on each side–was consistently the …
The second season of the SciFi channel’s original reality series Who Wants to be a Superhero debuts tonight at 9 p.m. ET. The show features wannabe superheros competing for a chance to appear in a comic book. This season features 10 contestants who call themselves names such as Parthenon, Braid, Hyper-Strike, Mindset, Hygena, and Mr. …
Stan Lee will return to read awkwardly off a teleprompter for a second season of Who Wants to be a Superhero, and that means he needs more wannabe superheros. The show wants “unique, original and compelling superheroes” who demonstrate “ingenuity,” and who’s stories are well-crafted. The 10-page application [PDF] asks questions such as, “What are …
SciFi’s quasi-reality series Who Wants to be a Superhero? has been renewed by the network. A SciFi VP said the series “garnered great reviews, attracted a record-breaking number of younger viewers to the channel and held its own against some very stiff competition on Thursday nights.” The show “has been expanded from six to 10 …
Feedback, aka Matthew Atherton, has won SciFi’s Who Wants to be a Superhero?. Feedback hugged Stan Lee, who finally emerged from his on-screen prison, and said, “I finally got to embrace the man I have idolized and looked up to my entire life.” Having defeated Fat Momma, he will be immortalized in a comic book, …
Having debuted six weeks ago, SciFi’s Who Wants to be a Superhero? concludes tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Either Fat Momma or Feedback will win, becoming immortalized in a comic book. The first five episodes will air starting at 4 this afternoon, and if you’ve missed it, it’s an interesting series. That’s primarily because there …
There are so many American Idol clone competition talent shows on the air now that I’ve stopped caring. But I’m ready to make room in my life for SciFi’s new competition talent show, which debuts tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Screw people with narrow talents or people who think the can dance: Who Wants to …