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Odds ‘n Ends - Friday, April 27th

Author Carrie | 27.04.2007 | Category Odds 'n Ends

phil keoghan Odds ‘n Ends is a weekly roundup of news bites in the world of reality TV, and appears every Friday.

Phil Keoghan Brings Reality Show to Canada

Canadians have long been left in the dust when it comes to reality shows. Sure, we’ve got Canadian Idol, Canada’s Next Top Model, and a few odd little copycat shows. But the big names that look for ordinary people that don’t sing or model aren’t really interested in us. That’s about to change.

Phil Keoghan, host of The Amazing Race and owner of the best wardrobe on television, is bringing his reality show No Opportunity Wasted (NOW) to Canada. He’ll be appearing across the country doing book signings and taking applications for the show in May! Check out NoOpportunityWasted.ca for details, and make sure you watch the intro video if only to hear his hot New Zealand accent come out much more than we hear on TAR.

Idol Gives Back - What Happened to Gwen Stefani?

Remember back when Gwen Stefani was the mentor on Idol, and she told the audience that she’d be back for the Idol Gives Back concert? Me too. So a few people were pretty surprised when she didn’t make an appearance. According to TMZ, Stefani’s performance was taped (along with Pink’s), but was edited out of the show due to time constraints.

Perhaps if Ryan Seacrest hadn’t spent so much time talking and they had skipped the ridiculous “bottom two” facade, there would have been time for Gwen. Or, you know, they could have cut that disturbing Celine/Elvis thing. I’m just sayin’.

Posh Spice is a Diva. Wait, No She’s Not.

This past week there were lots of stories about Victoria Beckham, who is shooting a reality TV show with her husband, soccer star David Beckham. The stories claimed that the film crew for the show were complaining that Victoria was, well, a royal bitch.

In a case of what seems to be a major journalistic oops, these statements and stories have been retracted. Apparently filming has yet to begin on the series, and the Beckhams have yet to even meet the film crew. Whoops!

That’s it for today - have a great weekend!

Tags: reality tv, phil keoghan, idol gives back, american idol, victoria beckham, gwen stefani, no opportunity wasted

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Survivor Nostalgia

Author Carrie | 26.04.2007 | Category Survivor

The two-hour American Idol Gives Back extravaganza has been covered, so instead of a rant, casting call, or news bit, I thought I’d take you all back in time and relive the best jury speech ever made.

Every season people speculate on which jury member could possibly compare to Sue Hawk, and every season we’re disappointed. Some Survivors have made some great speeches, but there’s nothing as memorable as this one. I don’t think there ever will be. So, without further ado, I give you Sue Hawk’s “Rat and Snake” speech from the very first season of Survivor.

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James is Just as Confused as We Are

Author Carrie | 24.04.2007 | Category The Apprentice

James Sun, The Apprentice LA When I write recaps for reality shows, I often get e-mails from the contestants themselves. Sometimes they correct me, sometimes they’re downright angry (three of the Paradise Hotel girls were pretty nasty - try and guess which ones!), but most of the time they’re friendly and happy to talk about their time on the show.

Anyway, I don’t want to harp on this Apprentice thing too much, but I wanted to share this with you all.

After posting my recap of The Apprentice LA Finale, I got a short e-mail from James Sun. He complimented the recap (thanks James!) and sent me to his blog at his website, Zoodango.com, to get his take on what the mysterious “dialogue” might have been. Guess what? He doesn’t know for sure either.

If James is right and Trump got his knickers in a twist over the mention of Zoodango, then something screwy is going on. I can think of several former candidates who pimped their companies and websites, by name, on previous seasons of the show. So why would James be singled out for that? Maybe it’s a combination of all of the things he’s pointed out in his blog, or maybe Trump was referring to something completely different that we’ll never know about.

Even if you don’t care what the comments Trump was talking about are, check out Zoodango. It’s a great concept, and the site itself is a good browse.

For more Apprentice goodness, hit up SirLinksALot: The Apprentice. Photo courtesy of NBC.

Tags: the apprentice, james sun, donald trump