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Latoya's Reality TV Blog

By Latoya West, About.com Guide to Reality TV since 2005

Daily Dose of Reality -- Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006

Thursday August 31, 2006
What's On Tonight? It's Fat Momma vs. Feedback on the season finale of Who Wants To Be A Superhero? The winner wins immortality in a Stan Lee comic book -- the ... Read More

Daily Dose of Reality -- Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006

Wednesday August 30, 2006
Janelle Wins POV Again Here's what went down on Big Brother: All Stars last night. Janelle is kicking butt this season! She saved herself from eviction by winning the power of ... Read More

Celebrity Duets Premiere -- What You Missed

Wednesday August 30, 2006
I watched the first-ever episode of Fox's Celebrity Duets and I'm already hooked. The show is a cross between American Idol and Dancing With the Stars. If you didn't ... Read More

Daily Dose of Reality -- Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2006

Tuesday August 29, 2006
Celebrity Duets Premieres Tonight I'm just happy to see "Carlton" from the Fresh Prince back on TV -- even though he probably won't do the Carlton dance. Fox's Celebrity Duets premieres ... Read More

Daily Dose of Reality -- Monday, August 28, 2006

Monday August 28, 2006
Only on Flavor of Love, Folks On Sunday night's episode of Flavor of Love, Flav sent Toastee home after Nibblez revealed that Toastee is an internet porn star! Toastee denied it, ... Read More

Former Baywatch Babe Erika Eleniak Talks About Celebrity Fit Club

Sunday August 27, 2006
Former Baywatch babe Erika Eleniak is one of the celebs competing on Celebrity Fit Club 4. Here's what the actress had to say about losing weight on the VH1 reality ... Read More

Search For New Pussycat Doll Begins

Friday August 25, 2006
The reality tv search for the next Pussycat Doll kicked off in New York City on Friday. Auditions were scheduled for 12 pm at Park Central New York Hotel, with ... Read More

Dancing With the Stars 3's Monique Coleman Talks About Rehearsals

Friday August 25, 2006
High School Musical star Monique Coleman tells me preparing to compete on Dancing With The Stars is no joke! "Rehearsals are excruciatingly hard," Monique said when I caught up with ... Read More

New Survivor Castaways Were Divided By Race

Wednesday August 23, 2006
Thank goodness the producers of Survivor don't run the country. At the start of the upcoming season of show, they divided their "most ethnically diverse cast to date" into ... Read More

New Dancing With The Stars Pictures : Our First Look At The New Teams

Tuesday August 22, 2006
Jerry Springer looks way too happy to be dancing with a hot blonde. Joe Lawrence has a bald head and I didn't even recognize him. And Sara Evans and ... Read More

Catching Up With Benji, Heidi, Travis and Donyelle At The Teen Choice Awards

Monday August 21, 2006
One of my favorite moments on the Teen Choice Awards Red Carpet was when I chatted with the So You Think You Can Dance final four (photographed here at ... Read More

Kristin Cavallari Offers Advice To New Laguna Beach Cast

Monday August 21, 2006
I asked former Laguna Beach star Kristin Cavallari -- who was looking too gorgeous when I caught up with her at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday -- what ... Read More

Celeb Survey: We Ask Celebs If They Would Do Reality TV

Monday August 21, 2006
We asked random celebs attending the 2006 Teen Choice Awards if they would ever, ever star on their own reality show. Here's what the stars that we polled had to ... Read More

Interview With Benji Schwimmer, The Winner of So You Think You Can Dance

Friday August 18, 2006
I chatted with So You Think You Can Dance winner Benji Schwimmer on Friday about beating his cousin Heidi in the finals, his future plans (he has been offered a ... Read More

Bianca Ryan Wins America's Got Talent

Friday August 18, 2006
Add Bianca Ryan to the list of summer reality TV winners. The 11-year-old singer (who sounds like she is 25) beat jugglers, quick change artists, cloggers, a rappin' granny, and ... Read More

Benji Wins So You Think You Can Dance

Wednesday August 16, 2006
So, I guess we think he can dance! Benji Schwimmer, a 22-year-old dancer from Redlands, CA, received the most viewer votes to win the second season of So You Think ... Read More

America's Next Top Model 7 Contestants Revealed

Wednesday August 16, 2006
Okay, Top Model fans. Here they are. These are the 13 girls who will compete on the seventh season of America's Next Top Model. I must say that I impressed ... Read More

Who Are The Celebrity Duets Celebs?

Tuesday August 15, 2006
Fox has announced the celebrities who will compete on their new competition series Celebrity Duets . The stars are: WWE World Champion Chris Jericho Actress Lucy Lawless ("Xena: Warrior Princess," "Battlestar ... Read More

Dancing With The Stars Participants Include Jerry Springer, Emmitt Smith, and Tucker Carlson

Monday August 14, 2006
The Dancing With The Stars 3 participants have been announced. Prepare to be shocked (The two talk show guys will surprise you), confused (asking who the heck some of those ... Read More

This Week's Reality TV Season Finales

Sunday August 13, 2006
Monday: The season finale of Hell's Kitchen Tuesday : The season finale of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. The season finale of Real World: Key West Wednesday: The season Finale of So You Think You ... Read More

Who Are The America's Got Talent Finalists?

Friday August 11, 2006
Leonid the Magnificent is NOT one of the 10 contestants who will move on to the America's Got Talent finals next week, but I just had to post his photo ... Read More

Josh Blue is the Last Comic Standing

Wednesday August 9, 2006
Josh Blue, 27, was crowned the winner of Last Comic Standing on Wednesday night. The comic wins a contract with NBC and the opportunity to star in his own comedy ... Read More

Vote : Who Should Win So You Think You Can Dance?

Wednesday August 9, 2006

Dancing With The Stars Participants Will Be Announced on GMA

Wednesday August 9, 2006
The latest Dancing With The Stars participants will be announced Monday morning on Good Morning America. A commercial hyping the GMA announcement says the new group of celebrities will include ... Read More

Big Brother Blast From The Past Week...And "Coup d'Etat" Twist

Wednesday August 9, 2006
CBS is planning a Big Brother "blast from the past" week. Former houseguests will return for cameo appearances on the episodes airing on Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday. On Thursday night's ... Read More

Wednesday Night Reality TV Highlights

Wednesday August 9, 2006
8 pm on NBC: Who will be the Last Comic Standing -- Ty or Josh? We'll find out during the live season finale tonight. 9 pm on Fox: On So ... Read More

Meet the Barkers Couple Travis and Shanna Call It Quits

Wednesday August 9, 2006
Is there some kind of MTV curse? First it was Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson. Then it was Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra. Now, yet another MTV couple ... Read More

Nashville Star 5 Audition Dates Announced

Tuesday August 8, 2006
If you think you have what it takes to become the next Nashville Star, you may want to audition for the next season of the hit USA network show. Nationwide ... Read More

NBC To Find Next Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko On Grease Reality Show

Tuesday August 8, 2006
Are you the next Sandy Dumbrowski or Danny Zuko? You may be the one that NBC wants. The network is launching a search for a guy and girl to star ... Read More

Reproducing With Celebrities -- Skating's Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler Are Expecting

Tuesday August 8, 2006
When Skating With Celebrities partners Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler started hooking up off the ice , it was scandalicious indeed. Lloyd was still married and his wife was pregnant ... Read More

Gene Simmons Family Jewels On A&E

Sunday August 6, 2006
A rock legend allowing reality tv cameras to film his family? That's nothing new. Ozzy Osbourne did that years ago. But can Gene Simmons top Ozzy with his new ... Read More

Flavor of Love and Celebrity Fit Club Premiere Tonight

Sunday August 6, 2006
It's a big night of season premieres for VH1. A new group of girls will be competing for FlavaFlav's heart -- and, most important, camera time -- on Flavor ... Read More

The Hoff Sings

Friday August 4, 2006
Here it is -- the funniest performance I have seen on America's Got Talent so far. But it's not a performance by one of the contestants. I'm talking about ... Read More

Who Will Be The Winner of So You Think You Can Dance? See Pictures of The Finalists

Thursday August 3, 2006
Natalie and Ivan were eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance on Thursday night. That means the final four dancers are Donyelle Jones, Heidi Groskreutz, Travis Wall, and ... Read More

Extreme Makeover Returns Tonight, The Swan Coming to DVD

Thursday August 3, 2006
I have good news for fans of those plastic surgery makeover shows we don't see on television anymore. During the month of August, ABC will air four new episodes of ... Read More

Premiere Dates Announced for Survivor: Cook Islands And The Amazing Race

Thursday August 3, 2006
CBS has announced the premiere dates for its two fall reality shows. Survivor: Cook Islands premieres Thursday, September 14 at 8 pm ET/PT. The tenth season of The Amazing ... Read More

BET Gets In The Reality TV Game

Wednesday August 2, 2006
While its sister network MTV has been cranking out hit reality TV shows for years, cable channel BET has not been known for its reality programming -- until now. The ... Read More

Pussycat Dolls Reality Show In The Works

Wednesday August 2, 2006
Don't cha wish you could be a Pussycat Doll? The hit pop group will be recruiting a new member on a reality show that is being produced for the new ... Read More

The End for Queer Eye?

Wednesday August 2, 2006
Remember three years ago when Queer Eye For The Straight Guy was the hottest cable reality show? The Fab Five were the toast of the town, appearing on every talk ... Read More

Vincent Pastore Answers Our Questions About Celebrity Fit Club

Tuesday August 1, 2006
Former Sopranos actor Vincent Pastore is one of the stars battling the bulge on the fourth season of Celebrity Fit Club, which premieres Sunday night on Vh1. Vincent participated in ... Read More

Ted Lange Answers Our Questions About Celebrity Fit Club

Tuesday August 1, 2006
Former Love Boat actor Ted Lange is one of the stars battling the bulge on the fourth season of Celebrity Fit Club , which premieres Sunday night on Vh1. Ted ... Read More
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