10 (More) Bad Reality TV Shows
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Entertainment Weekly put out its list of the best and worst reality shows in the history of TV, and we've got to say: job well done. They nailed the twenty best with callouts to 'Survivor' (the classic), 'American Idol' (the obsession), and 'The Hills' (guiltiest of guilty pleasures). But while we applaud their choices for worst shows (the appalling 'Cheaters,' anyone?), we wonder why they stopped at ten. When considering the worst of reality TV, we think we could just about go on forever. So here are our ten FURTHER awful reality shows.
10. Short-lived series 'Superstar USA' was like the anti-'Idol,' where untalented contestants who THOUGHT they were good sang for judges who pretended to like the sound of it. Mean, weird, and not unlike fingernails on a chalkboard.
9. 'Temptation Island,' where couples go to flirt with beautiful strangers, test the strength of their relationships, and do body shots on video that will be shown to their crying partners later. It's like heaven on Earth. Here's a clip from the Australian version, which is just as hideous as 'TI USA.'
8. 'Amish in the City' involved a bunch of Amish kids on break from their religion to get makeovers, party, and do things their parents would be horrified by... if their parents could ever see them on TV. Which they can't.
7. 'Paradise Hotel' - a reality competition with an undefined cash prize, an undefined set of rules that changed seemingly at random, and a ton of screaming freakouts and sexual tension. It was almost brilliant, but also terrifying.
6. 'Elimidate' was the non-monogamous little brother of 'Blind Date,' with four suitors (or suitorettes) to choose from, more alcohol, and SO MUCH MORE drama.
5. We miss being able to remember Brett Michaels from his Poison days, without having to imagine scores of loose ladies draping themselves over him in pursuit of true... um... love on 'Rock of Love.'
4. This 'Soup' clip says everything we can't about the horrorshow that is 'I Know My Kid's a Star.'
3. 'Wife Swap' seems like a great idea, except for the way the kids involved always seem to end up crying, or with tummy aches, or both - and the swapped spouses say such very ugly things to their new families.
2. It's not that 'Farmer Wants a Wife' was not entertaining. It just seems that the search for a new reality show premise is getting stretched so thin, there's no limit to the type of guy producers will make 25 young women think they've fallen in love with. A farmer? Check. Millionaire? Check. Masked man? Check. (Seriously, it happened on 'Mr. Personality.') Where will it end??
1. 'The Pickup Artist' got his own show, where he taught bunches of awkward dudes how to use the Mystery Method, and then let them loose on the ladies of the world. Criminal.
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2009-06-05 17:59:00
