Posted 08/06/2008 by RealityWanted in Last Comic Standing
In this lively, must-see finale at the Paris Las Vegas, viewers will find out which comic America has chosen to be the “Last Comic Standing.” But first, there will be stand-up performances by Jon Lovitz and last season’s “Last Comic Standing” winner Jon Reep, and special appearances from Gilbert Gottfried, Penn and Teller and Joel McHale, as well as this season’s top 12 finalists. In the end, the “Last Comic Standing” will be revealed, winning a $250,000 grand prize, including an exclusive talent deal with NBC, a brand new Honda Pilot, and
Posted 08/05/2008 by RealityWanted in So You Think You Can Dance
FOX has ordered a fifth season of the summer’s hottest show, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. Created by Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, the original dance competition follows amateur dancers as they compete in everything from Hip-Hop, Krumping and Popping to Salsa, Quickstep and Jive to be named America’s favorite dancer.
FOX's President of Alternative Entertainment, Mike Darnell said, “We're delighted to have DANCE back for a fifth season next year. FOX is very lucky to have television's preeminent performance competitions in AMERICAN IDOL and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, and it’s
Posted 08/05/2008 by RealityWanted in Nashville Star
On Monday, August 4, Melissa Lawson was crowned the latest "Nashville Star" -- wrapping up NBC's dramatic first season of the popular talent search. The 32-year-old Lawson, an Arlington, Texas native and mother of five boys, took the prize over fellow Texan classic country singing Gabe Garcia and Iowa's country rock and blues-belter Shawn Mayer in a live broadcast.
The show culminated with Lawson performing her debut single (produced by John Rich), which will be released to country radio tomorrow (August 5). Additionally, Lawson won a record contract with Warner Bros.
Posted 08/05/2008 by RealityWanted and Game Show News
The craziness continues for the
final four Americans (Meaghan Cooper, TX; Bilenda Madison, NC; Donnell
Pitman, IL; Justin Wood, AL) competing in Japan when the season finale
of "I Survived A Japanese Game Show" airs TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 (9:01-11:00
p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Andrew Kelly-Hayes (Boston,
MA) was eliminated on last night's episode.
Here are the games in the season finale:
MAKING NEW FRIENDS IN JAPAN
Contestants
compete as individuals on the streets of Tokyo to complete five tasks,
all involving random strangers. The person with the slowest time goes
Posted 08/05/2008 by RealityWanted in Wipeout
Butt Kicker, Big Balls, Topple Towers, Donut Stack Swing, Teeter Totter and Floating Block Maze are among the over-the-top obstacles included in this week's episode of "Wipeout," the wildest series on television featuring the world's largest obstacle course. Hosted by John Anderson (ESPN's "SportsCenter"), John Henson ("Talk Soup") and co-hosted by Jill Wagner, "Wipeout" airs TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 (8:00-9:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Each week 24 new contestants of all ages, shapes and sizes will go head to head through four rounds of grueling and physically demanding obstacles to battle