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Reality Show Contestants Still Aren't Here to Make Friends
One of my favorite Internet videos of last year — of all time, really — was the "I'm not here to make friends" montage, a bunch of clips of reality show contestants uttering that now-famous phrase. I just have to wonder: Do these people know that what they're saying is a cliche? Is that why they say it?
Have You Ever Gone to a Reality Show Tour?
This year's American Idol top 10 are officially on the road. This year's live tour kicked off in Portland over the weekend (here's Adam and Allison's "Slow Ride" duet) and will be crisscrossing the country through September. It's maybe the best-known of the reality show tours, but plenty of others also take their top acts on the road, from So You Think You Can Dance to America's Best Dance Crew to Nashville Star.
How Well Do You Know "American" TV?
With the Fourth of July weekend upon us, I'm bringing back an old favorite quiz about TV shows that search for America's best. In recent years, we've turned to television to find some of our hottest singers, greatest inventors, young talents, and even cute dogs. In honor of Independence Day, this quiz is all about reality shows with "America" or "American" in the name.
Which Reality TV Judging Panel Is Your Favorite?
Part of the fun of watching reality TV is watching the judges bicker, tease each other, and occasionally fall all over themselves with praise for a contestant. Some shows pick their judges at the start of the show and never waver; others add guest judges into the mix; still others (say, American Idol) add new full-time judges to shake things up. Tell me: Which reality show has your favorite judging panel overall?
Fox to Marry Strangers on Reality Show
Oh, Fox. The network that kept it classy with Married by America is at it again, this time cooking up a reality show in which couples don't meet till the moment they say their vows.
The show — aptly and honestly called I Married a Stranger — takes one single person fed up with the dating scene and presents his or her friends and family with a set of six possible suitors.
Will You Check Out Osbournes: Reloaded?
After tonight's American Idol, Fox will show the premiere of the new variety show Osbournes: Reloaded. The show has some segments filmed in a studio — like a game where a blindfolded man has to kiss a grandma — and others set up as small sketches skewering pop culture, including a spoof of The Hills with Lauren Conrad (below).
This might make me sound like an old lady, but my first response to this show is, "Why is it so loud?"
Reality Shows About the Bailout and Plus-Sized Dating? Yup
Two stories about new reality shows are making the rounds today, and I'm not sure which one is making me cringe more. One is an interesting idea in concept but I imagine it'll be cringeworthy in execution, while the other is just a little odd for these times. The deets:
- Over on Fox, we have More to Love, a dating show about "a single average guy with a big waist and an even bigger heart" seeking the full-figured lady of his dreams.
Would You Watch a Real-Life Gossip Girl?
Fascinated by the lives of rich and ritzy Upper East Siders like Serena and Blair on Gossip Girl? Why not watch the real thing? Bravo is developing a documentary series focusing on private school kids in New York City that's being described as a real-life version of the CW show.
Meet the New Cast of Dancing With the Stars
ABC announced the new cast of Dancing with the Stars on Sunday, and this just might be the craziest group of contestants yet. It's a group pretty heavy on musicians: Jewel (who's doing her second reality show with her husband, former rodeo star Ty Murray), Belinda Carlisle, Lil Kim, and Chuck Wicks. Among the other contestants: Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, comedian David Alan Grier, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Reality Roundup: Game Show in My Head, True Beauty, 13
American Idol's still the biggest thing on TV, but it's not the only reality show hitting the airwaves in January. Lots of new reality shows are starting up next month, and here, I've got previews for three of the biggies.
Ashton Kutcher is behind two of these shows, ABC's True Beauty and CBS's Game Show in my Head.
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