Reality TV News (Page 10)

The members of Girlicious were announced on the series finale of Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious last night. Aren't you just dying to see who comprises this new band? On to the results!

Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious: As the episode begins, Charlye still can't get over herself.  She's not sure that she can handle being in a group with Natalie and Chrystina, but Nichole tells her that she's going to have to adjust to the idea... -- Buddy TV

America's Next Top Model: The girls touched down in Rome and were blown away by what they've accomplished thus far. Lauren, as she tends to do every week, explained how she never expected to make it to this point and how she was blown away by it... -- TV Guide

We haven't fully recovered yet from the injustice of Carly Smithson being voted off American Idol last night, but we'll try to remain strong and deliver a few other reality TV show recaps. To wit...

Big Brother: We found Sheila and Adam utterly charming together, especially when they were shackled after having lost the luxury comp. Sure, Sheila snapped at Adam incessantly â€" but seeing her crawl into bed with Adam while wearing nothing but her bra and panties was all the proof we needed to know that these truly liked and respected each other... -- Entertainment Weekly

Top Chef: Entering the kitchen for the Quickfire competition, Nikki spots a table full of sweets and gets excited â€" she's all about dessert. The guest judge is award-winning pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini. Wow, that would make a cool gangster name... -- Reality News Online

Great news for Jeff Probst, Ryan Seacrest and company:

This year an Emmy Award will given out in a new category: outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program.

The award will first be presented at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, broadcast live September 21 on ABC.

"Reality television has become such an integral part of television and our culture, so it only made sense for us to create this new highly competitive category," Television Academy chairman and CEO John Shaffner said in a prepared statement.

Write in now and let us know who you'd vote for in this new category!

With American Idol on last night, it was easy to forget that A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila premiered its second season, while Hell's Kitchen continued to escalate Gordon Ramsay's blood pressure into dangerously high levels.

Here are recaps of the latter two shows:

A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila: The girls are assigned to do a talent show. Kristy does cartwheels. Tashi hula hoops. Samantha is a cheerleader. Brittany pogo sticks. Tarra plays the accordion. Janny sings poorly. V does some slam poetry... -- BuddyTV

Hell's Kitchen: The show picks up right where last week left off. The chefs, after an appalling service, head up to their lair for some R&R. Ramsay finds the PA system and orders them back to kitchen to clean up, even though it's after midnight... Reality TV Magazine

Please tell us this isn't a joke.

According to Wikipedia, we can look forward to a new VH1 reality show this summer called I Love Money.

Hosted by LaLa, the amazing series will follow in the tradition of The Real Word/Road Rules Challenge of just throwing together random contestants from various shows and watching the drama unfold.

The cast will consist of contestants from Flavor of Love (Seasons 1-3), I Love New York (Seasons 1-2), and Rock of Love (Seasons 1-2), as they compete in physical and mental challenges in an attempt to win $100,000.

We're almost too giddy to write this, but here's the rumored cast:

• Pumkin (Flavor of Love, Season 1)
• Hoopz (Flavor of Love, Season 1)
• Toastee Toof (Flavor of Love, 2)
• Nibblz (Flavor of Love, Season 2)
• Bootz (Flavor of Love, Season 2)
• Sinceer (Flavor of Love, Season 3)
• Thing 1 (Flavor of Love, Season 3)
• Thing 2 (Flavor of Love, Season 3)
• Chance (I Love New York, Season 1)
• Real (I Love New York, Season 1)
• Heat (I Love New York, Season 1)
• 12 Pack (I Love New York, Season 1)
• Whiteboy (I Love New York, Season 1)
• The Entertainer (I Love New York, Season 2)
• Midget Mac (I Love New York, Season 2)
• Heather (Rock of Love, Season 1)
• Brandi C. (Rock of Love, Season 1)
• Destiney (Rock of Love, Season 2)
• Megan (Rock of Love, Season 2)
• Kristy Joe Muller (pictured below, Rock of Love, Season 2)

Last night got the reality TV week started in proper fashion. The Rock of Love reunion delivered cat fights galore, while Viva Hollywood remained our new favorite show about wannabe Spanish soap opera stars...

Rock of Love Reunion: Just great stuff all around. Daisy admits to hooking up with Bret multiple times. After calling each other names, we finally get what we wanted as Heather shoves Daisy and a catfight breaks out. Security holds them off, but Daisy storms away while Bret comforts Heather... -- Zap2It

Big Brother: After Natalie walked out of the house, Ryan immediately brought up Adam's loose lips asking him why he spilled the beans on who voted which way. Adam denied the allegations to Ryan, but in a Diary Room confessional admitted that he was guilty... -- Reality TV Magazine

The lovely Lauren Conrad was spun-off Laguna Beach and given her own reality show in The Hills. It became a bona fide smash.

Recently, Jason Wahler - Lauren Conrad's ex-boyfriend from both shows - lined up his own series, entitled 22 and Taken. Seriously, he did.

Another LC ex, Brody Jenner, is in talks for a reality show too.

You knew, then, that it was only a matter of time before we heard talk of a Hills spin-off featuring Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.

The Hills' most-hated pair is pitching a reality TV show on their journey to the altar to MTV, according to this morning's New York Post.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt induce vomiting.

The series would exclude Hills star and Heidi nemesis Lauren Conrad to focus solely on the attention-loving pair as they prepare to marry.

The relationship problems of Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag have been a huge part of the current spring season of The Hills, so who knows.

As for the network's take on a Heidi-Spencer Hills spin-off series, MTV did not comment at this time, saying "We can't confirm anything."

Would you watch a Heidi-Spencer spin-off?

Here are recaps of one brand new reality show and one veteran of the genre:

Step It Up and Dance: Tonight's episode begins with Miguel Zarate mourning the loss of his "sister" James Alsop who was eliminated last week. Why did they have to break them up? Elizabeth Berkley comes over to the apartment with coffee and muffins... -- BuddyTV

Survivor: Credit the ousted Eliza for getting it all started thanks to her revelation at last week's Tribal Council (for anyone who hadn't yet figured it out) that Ozzy did, in fact, hold the hidden immunity idol... -- Entertainment Weekly

What, did you think our recaps of Big Brother, The Real World and American Idol completed the review of last night's reality television?!? Puh-lease! America's Next Top Model and Top Chef take exception to that notion...

America's Next Top Model: Camera pans to a body on a pile of crumpled white sheets. It's Dominique, she's just waking up, and she looks like...well like Dominique. We get a montage of shots as Dominique diligently applies various CoverGirl products to her face... -- TV Squad

Top Chef: Beer! Whoo-hoo! The cheftestants sample a bunch of frothy brew, then pick one variety and make a "simple pleasures" dish that pairs well with said beer. Spike continues to annoy by saying that all beer tastes the same to him... -- Zap2It

There are never enough reality TV shows.

New unscripted drama ideas are always being developed by networks' top minds and brought to TV, to the delight of millions of Americans from coast to coast.

We've got plenty of favorites as is, but there is always room for one more. Or two or three. Here's a list of reality shows we'd like to see in the near future...

Pimp My Bride: Ludacris and Snoop Dogg show grooms how to walk down the ai-zzile with the true woman of their dreams. Yo.

Runway Project: Engineers compete to build the best airplane landing strip.

So Much Bush: A reality show offering rare insight into the mind of George W. Bush as he makes tough budgetary and diplomatic decisions... paying for First Daughter Jenna Bush's wedding, for instance. The first President Bush, other First Daughter Barbara Bush, First Lady Laura Bush and other relatives are there to inject drama, humor and foreign policy experience to a star-studded cast.

Is Christian Siriano fierce enough to handle this?

Really Fierce: Locked in a cage with no weapons, Christian Siriano must battle to survive against wolverines, bears, Siberian tigers and other fearsome critters.

Logan Knows Best: The day-to-day life of X-Men character Wolverine!

31 Flavors of Love: A hidden camera records customers at Baskin Robbins as they sample various ice cream flavors, some of which may be dangerously tasty.

The Amazing Chace: Follow Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford on and off the set of his hit CW series. Guest starring sister Candice!

Alligator Alley: One minute. One competitor. One Alley. Thirty alligators.

Maybe a Midget: Thirty tall women are asked to vie for the love of one man,
who may or may not be a midget.

The Hills rules, but isn't it time for Audrina and Whitney spin-offs?

The Underworld: A racy spin-off of The Hills centering on Audrina Patridge as she ditches LC and pursues the adult film career you know is coming.

The Agency: Another spin-off of The Hills, only not XXX-rated, and starring Whitney Port as she continues her career in the cutthroat fashion biz.

Beauty and the Geek: The daily interactions of engaged couple Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green. Or, you know, other similar pairings.

The Man-Slut: Andy Baldwin, Matt Grant, Lorenzo Borghese, Byron Velvick and other former stars of The Bachelor compete to see who can shag the most chicks in the span of one week. Many tearful female confessionals follow.

Editor-in-Chief: A riveting, unscripted drama taking viewers behind the scenes of a school newspaper as youngsters vie for the top position. Oh, wait, MTV is already doing this and it's called The Paper? Man, all our best ideas get taken.

And the very best, saved for last ...

So You Think You've Got Pants: Blindfolded paraplegics must determine, through a series of questions, if they are, in fact, wearing pants.