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2 unusual facts about reality television


Bullet Run

The game takes place in a staged reality TV show studio where contestants battle in a televised arena with cameras and commentators on the sidelines capturing the battle to be broadcast worldwide.

Never Going Back to OK

"We Are the Sound" was used in commercials and promotion of the reality-talent competition show American Idol.


Aimee Allen

That same year the song was also covered by celebrity Tila Tequila for her MTV reality show A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila.

Ami James

He is the co-owner (with Chris Núñez) of the Miami Beach, Florida tattoo parlor Love Hate Tattoos, the subject of the TLC reality television program, Miami Ink.

Ashley Prange

Ashley Prange (born November 24, 1981) is a professional golfer and winner of the reality television program The Big Break V: Hawaii.

Aussie Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

Aussie Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was an Australian reality television series that was based on the original and hugely popular American series, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

Bahamian general election, 2012

The Free National Movement had defeated the Progressive Liberal Party in the 2007 general election amid a scandal involving the residency status of model and reality television star Anna Nicole Smith and allegations that the PLP's then-immigration minister had fast-tracked her application to live in the islands.

Bárbara Evans

Bárbara Evans (born Bárbara Evans Clark on May 22, 1991, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian photographic model and reality television celebrity, best known for being the winner of the sixth season of the Brazilian version of The Farm.

Breanna Conrad

Breanna is the younger sister of Lauren Conrad, who came to prominence after being cast in the reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off The Hills, which documented the lives of her and her friends.

Britney and Kevin: Chaotic

MTV News announced in April 2004 that Spears was planning a reality television series to document her backstage life during the European leg of The Onyx Hotel Tour.

Butler, Missouri

God, Guns & Automobiles, a reality television show that airs on History network features Butler resident Mark Muller and his automotive sales business, Max Motors.

Casey Reinhardt

In 2005, Reinhardt rose to prominence after being cast in the reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which documented the lives of her and her friends as they attended Laguna Beach High School.

Chookiat Sakveerakul

Chookiat garnered critical acclaim for this next film, 13 Beloved, a gritty drama about a deadly underground reality television game, which won several awards in Thailand and from film festivals.

Craig Barnett

Barnett, commonly known by his nickname Barney, is also recognised for his television appearances on Australian television, Network Nine’s 1 vs. 100 in 2007 and Network Ten’s eighth series of Australia’s Big Brother reality television show in 2008.

De Grote Sprong

De Grote Sprong is a Flemish reality television series broadcast on VTM, based on the Celebrity Splash! format created by Dutch company Eyeworks.

Dominique Fidanza

In 2006, she moved to France to participate at the French reality television show Star Academy France and she arrived at the end of the show but she lost against Cyril Cinélu.

E-Vet Interns

E-Vet Interns is a reality television series about veterinary interns working at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Colorado.

Enuff Z'nuff

In 2006, original members Chip Z'Nuff and Donnie Vie reconvened to shoot a pilot for the VH1 reality television show, Bands on the Run.

Eric Pele

Pele is also an accomplished tattoo artist who has appeared on the reality television shows "Inked" and "Tattoo Nightmare", with the latter appearing on Spike TV, using the nickname 'Big E'.

Gulder Ultimate Search

Gulder Ultimate Search (also called GUS) is a Nigerian reality television series, created and sponsored by Nigerian Breweries Plc.

Hi Hi Puffy Bu

"Hi Hi Puffy Club", more accurately titled "Hi Hi Puffy Bu" (Hi Hi Puffy 部 Hi Hi Puffy Kurabu) is Puffy AmiYumi's reality television series, which premiered on TV Asahi on 5 July 2006.

Holly Montag

After moving to Los Angeles, California in 2008, Montag developed a supporting position on the reality television series The Hills, on which her younger sister Heidi Montag was a primary cast member.

Isaac Keys

In 2010, Keys appeared as one of the 12 contestants on the TV One reality television dating game show The Ultimate Merger, which stars former Apprentice contestant Omarosa.

James Hydrick

Following a nationally televised demonstration of his abilities on the American reality show That's Incredible!, he was unable to prove his supernatural abilities on a subsequent television show That's My Line, hosted by Bob Barker, and Hydrick subsequently confessed the fraud to an investigative reporter.

Jason Lo

In 2006, Lo teamed-up with the Malaysian politician Khairy Jamaluddin (who he attended high school with in Singapore at the United World College of South East Asia) to produce the reality TV show MyTeam.

Jennifer Flavin

Flavin has appeared as herself in numerous documentary-style programs including Hollywood Women, Good Day Live, American Gladiator, and The Contender – a boxing reality television series that also features Stallone.

Joana Machado

Joana Machado (born Joana Machado Neves on November 13, 1980, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian personal trainer, photographic model and reality television personality, best known for being the winner of the fourth season of the Brazilian version of The Farm.

Judi Jai

Judith Camille Jackson better know by her stage name Judi Jai is a reality television star, model, and host known for being on Season 7 of the Oxygen series Bad Girls Club.

Kept man

VH1 in 2005 aired Kept, a reality television series featuring a dozen contestants seeking to become the kept man of supermodel Jerry Hall.

Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation

LBCI has produced many popular shows including Star Academy Arab World, Ya Katel Ya Maktoul (Arabic version of Greed), Miss Lebanon, Hellha wo Ehtalha (Arabic version of French TV Show Fort Boyard), Survivor Middle East, El Wadi (Arabic version of The Farm), The Perfect Bride and Mission Fashion.

Lo Bosworth

In 2004, she rose to prominence after being cast in the reality television series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, which documented the lives of her and her friends.

Mall Cops: Mall of America

Mall Cops: Mall of America is an American reality television series that follows the work of the security team at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, the second largest mall in North America.The series was originally just a special one hour event, however due to the popularity TLC decided to commission a twelve-part series of half an hour length.

Marco Monti

He was also featured in the television programme Football's Next Star, a football reality show aimed at British and Irish youth players competing to win a contract with Internazionale.

Miss Naked Beauty

Miss Naked Beauty is a short-lived, six-episode reality television show produced by Maverick Television, aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.

Momma's Boys

Momma's Boys is an American reality television series on the NBC network, executive produced by Ryan Seacrest (American Idol) and Andrew Glassman (Average Joe), which centers on a group of mothers who must help choose the perfect woman for their complacent sons.

My Comrade

It features funny stories and reportage, as well as profiles of a broad range of personalities, from local go-go dancers to widely known reality television stars like Austin Scarlett, along with drag queens, burlesque performers, and artists.

Mykel Shannon Jenkins

Mykel Shannon Jenkins (born July 3, 1969) is an American actor, perhaps best known as the winner of the first season of the SOAPnet reality television series I Wanna Be a Soap Star.

PINAGMULAN: The Journey Home

PINAGMULAN: The Journey Home (Origin: The Journey Home) was a reality television show that aired Sundays on TFC after TV Patrol.

Police Women of Dallas

Police Women of Dallas is the fourth installment of TLC's Police Women reality documentary series, which follows three police officers and a detective of the Dallas Police Department in Dallas, Texas.

Police Women of Maricopa County

Police Women of Maricopa County is the second of TLC's Police Women reality documentary series, which follows four female members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Reichen Lehmkuhl

A former United States Air Force officer, he is best known for winning season four of the reality game show The Amazing Race with his then-partner Chip Arndt, and for his much publicized 2006 relationship with pop singer Lance Bass.

Road Rules: Islands

Road Rules: Islands is the fourth season of MTV's reality television series, Road Rules.

Road Rules: X-Treme

Road Rules: X-Treme is the 13th season of the MTV reality television series, Road Rules, which takes a group of young people and places them on a series of quests and challenges to compete for prizes.

Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew

Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew is a VH1 reality television show that documents people being treated for sexual addiction by Dr. Drew Pinsky and his staff at the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California.

Something Beautiful

The cliffhanger video of the song is influenced by reality shows like Pop Idol, and is one of the few which has two different endings.

Stella Reid

Stella Reid (born 3 October 1964) is an English nanny, best known as the co-star of the Fox network reality television show Nanny 911, on which she shares her child-rearing expertise with desperate parents.

Taya Parker

Taya Parker is an American model, actress, singer and reality TV show contestant best known for winning the VH1 reality television show Rock of Love Bus.

The Strangerhood

The animation is created using the computer game The Sims 2 as a parody of sitcoms and reality television.

Top Model po-russki

Top Model po-russki (rus. Топ-модель по-русски — Russia's Next Top Model) is a Russian reality documentary, and the second Russian adaptation of Tyra Banks', America's Next Top Model after You are a Supermodel which aired from 2004 to 2007, and had four cycles.

WMMM-FM

Project M - an annual reality-style competition featuring local artists; the champion sees one of their songs added to the station playlist and receives the opportunity to open for an Atlantic Records artist in concert.


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AACTA Award for Best Reality Television Series

Reality television productions could previously be submitted in the Best Light Entertainment Series category.

Ajay Rochester

Rochester appeared on the reality television series Celebrity Dog School with her Pomeranian, "Bootsie".

Ängeln i rummet

Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh, covered "Ängeln i rummet" as part of reality television series Så mycket bättre.

Bachelor party

STAG: A Test of Love, a reality television show about bachelor parties

Cha$e

Cha$e (pronounced Chase) is a reality television show aired on Syfy in the United States around the same time as Estate of Panic.

Claudia Leitte

Claudia Leitte is one of the four judges/coaches of the Brazilian reality television show The Voice Brasil.

Cynthia Rowley

Rowley has appeared as a judge on the reality television programs 24 Hour Catwalk, America's Next Top Model, Project Runway and Design Star and has been a guest on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the Late Show with David Letterman, among other programs.

Daniel Mitwali

In 2009, Daniel was chosen from a large pool of young footballers throughout Australia to take part in a reality television program Football Superstar to be aired on Foxtel.

Die Model WG

Die Model WG, German for The Model Community, is the name of two versions of the reality television show Modelville.

Distorted Harmony

In the beginning of 2013 the band's vocalist, Misha Soukhinin, participated in the second season of the reality television singing competition The Voice Israel, in which he chose to be in the team of popular Israeli singer Sarit Hadad and reached the quarter-finals.

Double-barreled cannon

In 2012 a slightly modernized version was built, at customer request, by the Gunsmoke gun shop on the reality television series American Guns (Season 2, Ep 8).

Emily Morse

She is known for her 2012 recurring reality television appearance in Bravo's series Miss Advised (2012).

Fernando Scherer

In 2009, he took part in the second season of a reality television program called A Fazenda, where one of his fellow contestants was his future wife, the actress and dancer Sheila Mello.

Fran Cosgrave

Fran Cosgrave (born 30 December 1977) is an Irish nightclub owner, famous for appearing on reality television programmes and being the former Westlife bodyguard.

Fran Harris

In 2011, Harris was one of eleven contestants appearing on the NBC competitive reality television series America's Next Great Restaurant, in which aspiring restaurateurs pitch their concepts for a fast casual restaurant chain.

Francesca Eastwood

Eastwood first appeared on the reality television series Mrs. Eastwood & Company when it premiered on May 20, 2012.

Gökhan Özoğuz

Gökhan Özoğuz is one of the four jury members in the third season of the reality television singing competition O Ses Türkiye aired by Star TV, the Turkish version of the television show Voice.

Guest of a Guest

Guest of a Guest editor-in-chief Rachelle Hruska and marketing director Molly Harrington were prominently featured in episode 7 of Bravo TV's Chef Roblé & Co. reality television show.

Hidden Star

Skjulte stjerner, a Danish reality television series, aka as "Hidden Star"

Jammin

Jammin was an original reality television series created by Sí TV that documents the attempts of six Latino bands to win a $10,000 cash prize and a Gibson sponsorship.

Joe A. Martinez

Martinez became the featured ring announcer for Oscar De La Hoya's, Fox reality television series "The Next Great Champ" in 2004.

José Offerman

He is the father of reality television star and WWE Diva, JoJo Offerman.

Julie Stoffer

Julie A. Stoffer (born July 11, 1979) is a reality show personality, best known as a cast member on MTV's reality television series The Real World: New Orleans, the ninth season of The Real World series.

Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain

which was also the date of the second season premiere of Real Husbands of Hollywood, a comedy-improv reality television parody on BET created by Hart.

Little Parents, Big Charlie

Little Parents, Big Charlie is a reality television series starring Craig and Becky Hennon on TLC and the Discovery Health Channels.

Malaysia National Hockey Stadium

In the video clip of song "Simetri" sing by the Malaysia rockest Amy Search and Hazama AF9 the champion of popular reality television show Akademi Fantasia.

Mark Anstice

Mark Anstice (born 17 May 1967 in the Angus Glens area of Scotland) is a Scottish explorer, adventurous documentary reality television film maker and writer.

Megan Hauserman

Hauserman was featured in a photoshoot for Guitar World magazine's Holiday 2009 Review Guide, along with fellow reality television contestants Brandi "Hambone" Cunningham, Destiney Sue Moore, and Kristy Joe Muller.

Murtz Jaffer

The show was a behind-the-scenes look at reality television answering big-picture questions about the genre and the first season included appearances from many of Jaffer's reality star friends including Survivors Jonny Fairplay, Ozzy Lusth, Eliza Orlins, Rupert Boneham and Rob Mariano.

Newlyweds

Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, an American reality television series about Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson

Nick Takes Over Your School

Camp Orange - a reality television series aired on Nickelodeon Australia, often seen as a replacement of Nick Takes Over Your School.

OPI Products

The reality television series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians on E!, launched their first nail polish collection by Nicole by OPI for the holiday 2011 collection.

Phare de Sainte Marie

This lighthouse was a featured clue box destination for teams to find on the fourth season of the popular reality television show, The Amazing Race.

Riddlesden

East Riddlesden Hall was featured on an episode of the paranormal themed reality television programme Most Haunted.

Rufus Wright

He is the younger brother of Lance Gerrard-Wright, second husband of the television presenter, Ulrika Jonsson, whom he met on the reality television show, Mr.

Ruth Reichl

As of April 2011, she is also acting as critic/judge on Season 3 of the Bravo reality television show Top Chef Masters.

S Club Search

S Club Search is a CBBC reality television show that documents the audition process and formation for the pop group S Club Juniors in 2001.

Sandra Rinomato

Property Virgins is a reality television series produced by Cineflix.

Shirts and skins

Shirts & Skins, a reality television series about gay basketball players.

Simmons Family

Run's House, a reality television series featuring Joseph Simmons (co-founder of rap group Run-D.M.C.)

Sjung

It was announced on 14 May 2011, that Laleh would be participating in the second season of TV4's popular Swedish reality television show "Så mycket bättre" (So much better).

Socialite

Palermo's fame came after being on the reality television show The City (MTV series), which focused on the lives of Whitney Port and her friends.

Tamta

When Tamta was 22, she and her family relocated to Greece, where she decided to enter the singing competition Super Idol, a reality television show produced and presented by Mega Channel and based on the British show Pop Idol.

The Apartment - Design Your Destiny

The Apartment - Design Your Destiny is a reality television show where 9 teams compete in an interior designing show hosted by Jamie Durie, and judged by both him and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

Todd Harkins

As a result of appearing in the movie, Harkins was cast in the first season of Making the Cut, a reality television show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that follows amateur players competing for an invitation to an NHL training camp.

Totally Jodie Marsh

Totally Jodie Marsh: Who'll Take Her Up the Aisle? was a British reality television show, which saw glamour model Jodie Marsh audition a potential husband in London, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff and Bournemouth.

Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls

Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls was a 2003 reality television series spin-off of the home redecorating series, Trading Spaces, hosted by Diane Mizota.

Walk of shame

In reality television programs like The Weakest Link, Fear Factor and Survivor, America's Got Talent, etc. the "walk of shame" describes an eliminated contestant's departure from the competition.