Ten Blogs About Reality TV

Reality TV has become a huge genre over the recent years. It’s cheap to produce as many people are willing to either compete or humiliate themselves on the air for little to no money. Whether you’re trying to become the next super model (America’s Next Top Model, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, 8th & Ocean), a well known chef (Top Chef, Hell’s Kitchen), or you’ve just been given a show because you are rich (The Hills, Laguna Beach), many American’s are willing to tune in to watch. Some are even willing to blog about it.

Blogging Project Runway – Dedicated to Bravo’s Project Runway, a reality show where aspiring fashion designers compete in tasks such as designing for dogs or making a dress for Miss USA, this blog covers everything about the show. Its three contributors post interviews with competitors who have been “Auf’d,” links to news about Project Runway, and even a quiz you can take to find out which contestant you are most like. What I like best about this site is the extensive collection on links on the right side of the page. Everything there is on the web about Project Runway is linked to, including the Myspace pages of the contestants and their models.

Real World/Road Rules Challenge Fresh Meat – As if seeing the inhabitants of The Real World houses once wasn’t enough, some of them have been brought back to compete with former cast members of Road Rules in ridiculous competitions. This blog re-caps the episodes. Bonus RW/RR blog You Have What It Takes

The Laguna Beach Hook-Up – MTV struck gold with its alleged-reality series Laguna Beach which follows the lives of teenagers in Laguna Beach, CA. This reality tv blog is devoted to both Laguna Beach and its spin-off The Hills (starring LC or Lauren Conrad as she’s now known). If you miss an episode come here for downloads!

TARflies Times – Fans of The Amazing Race can come to this blog which contains interviews with past contestants and fun things like TheAmazing Race related quizzes and crosswords.

Survivor TV Show – Ever though of being a contestant on the CBS series Survivor? Come to this reality tv blog for information on how on casting calls or to get an application.

America’s Next Top Model – Upset that ANTM isn’t running any new episodes right now? You can get updates on what the models have been up to by coming to this blog. There’s a link to Joanie’s Myspace page and new photos of Jade and Nik.

Reality Blogs – This is a blog about reality televsion, touching on many shows rather than just one. There was a piece of news about the new Gene Simmons show called Gene Simmons Family Jewels that will air on A&E and a humorous argument about whether Jeopardy is a reality show.

Reality Blurred – This reality tv blog contains mostly news items about reality shows rather than re-caps or commentary of episodes. Its coverage is quite extensive.

Reality TV Convention – This blog contains information on the Reality TV Convention. There are photos up of the first one and information for the 2007 convention will be forthcoming.

Four Four – This blog is an entertainment blog, yet it does feature absolutely hilarious re-caps of shows like Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model. With the posts there are audio clips posted of certain moments including the “Tyraism of the Week” when ANTM is being blogged about.