Category Archives: Reality Bites

‘X Factor’ Cast X-ed Out

By Roger Catlin | Published: February 1, 2012
“The X Factor” may not have been the ratings behemoth that producer Simon Cowell predicted, but its ratings still beat a lot of other shows last fall and made Fox a contender in the autumn which is new for them. Still, it needed a  bit of a shakeup and got just that with the ouster [...]
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Steve Jones is the New Dunkleman

By Roger Catlin | Published: January 30, 2012
The British host may have been one of the lesser problems of the first season of “The X Factor,” American style. But Steve Jones has been cut from the show, he tweeted Monday. “I wont be hosting next seasons XFactor which is a shame,” Jones said, sans quotes nor contractions. “but I cant complain as [...]
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Assessing the ‘Idol’ Auditions

By Roger Catlin | Published: January 27, 2012
How many did tney send through to Hollywood this week? One hundred? Two hundred? In the three “American Idol” audition shows they’ve aired since Sunday it seems as if there are more singers that the largely uncritical judges pass through to the next round than rejects. There were more, though, in Aspen and especially Houston, [...]
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An All-Approval ‘American Idol’

By Roger Catlin | Published: January 20, 2012
Anyone who needs proof that “American Idol” has changed completely from the show it once was need only look at Thursday’s episode of Pittsburgh auditions. Where once the audition rounds was a place where some hilariously horrific auditions were occasionally interrupted with glorious singing, now “Idol” audition episodes are made up with one great singer [...]
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Cast Announced for ‘Survivor: One World’

By Roger Catlin | Published: January 19, 2012
The cast for next month’s “Survivor: One World” was announced Wednesday, looking more like the buff young cast of “Big Brother.” In a season that will emphasize the how men and women get along (and minus Redemption Island), it’s mostly big chiseled guys and bikinied women but at least without the returning players who have [...]
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‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Cast Announced

By Roger Catlin | Published: January 4, 2012
As the field of Republican Presidential contenders shrinks, the new cast of “Celebrity Apprentice” was announced Wednesday. It includes such veterans of reality TV as Adam Carolla, Pen Jillette, Dee Snider and Paul Teutel Sr. of “American Chopper” fame as well as Arsenio Hall, Clay Aiken, Lou Ferrigno (TV’s “Hulk,” left), George Takei of “Star [...]
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Ben ‘The Bachelor’ Starts Another Sideshow

By Roger Catlin | Published: January 3, 2012
The first night is probably the best night to watch “The Bachelor” – before things get bogged down in their super-sized dates or round the globe sightseeing. On the first night, when all the girls are meeting the guy, the possibilities are endless, the more desperate among them are ready to do anything for a [...]
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‘X-Factor’ Crowns Its First Winner

By Roger Catlin | Published: December 22, 2011
She had appeared in the earliest promo ads for the American version of the British hit show. And Melanie Amaro was a breakout star in one of the first episodes of “The X Factor” this fall. Now the teen from the British Virgin Islands, who was originally not part of the Final 12 for the [...]
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‘Uninvited’ Guests ‘Complicate’ ‘X-Factor Finale

By Roger Catlin | Published: December 22, 2011
For a show with a huge cash prize ($5 million), “The X Factor” played fast and loose with its final performances Wednesday. With only a chance to sing just two songs before the deciding round of viewer votes, the first of them for all three contestants was obscured by pairing up with professional singer. Josh [...]
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Neither Coach Nor Ozzy Win ‘Survivor’

By Roger Catlin | Published: December 19, 2011
They came into the 23rd season confident they’d be dominating the game they loved so much and one of them would surely win. But while Benjamin “Coach: Wade and Oscar “Ozzy” Lusth – players forever known by their nicknames both stayed in the game almost to the end, it was the last woman in Coach’s [...]
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