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Reality TV Features & Interviews - December 2008
A Look Back: The 2008 Reality TV Year In Review
December 31, 2008
With 2008 drawing to a close, it's time to take a look back at the year that was. The following is Reality TV World's 2008 Reality TV Year In Review, a month-by-month review of some of the past year's reality TV headlines, highlights, lowlights, and milestones.
Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels dish about 'The Biggest Loser: Couples'
December 23, 2008
To many, Bob Harper is seen as The Biggest Loser's level-headed trainer who rarely loses his cool with his contestants.
Exclusive: Heba Salama talks about 'The Biggest Loser: Families'
December 22, 2008
Heba Salama may admit to being outspoken, but not to being a bully.
Nigel Lythgoe, Michael Flatley dish on NBC's 'Superstars of Dance'
December 22, 2008
Nigel Lythgoe feels Superstars of Dance is not just another dance-themed reality show.
Exclusive: Ed Brantley discusses 'The Biggest Loser: Families'
December 22, 2008
Ed Brantley saw two different sides of The Biggest Loser: Families' ranch: its friendlier earlier rounds that culminated in his first elimination, and the gameplay-filled pressure cooker that he returned to when he re-entered the ranch in Week 7.
Exclusive: Vicky Vilcan talks about her time on 'The Biggest Loser'
December 19, 2008
Michelle Aguilar may have been the winner of The Biggest Loser: Families, but it was probably Vicky Vilcan who stole the show.
Exclusive: Matty Whitmore talks about his time on 'Survivor: Gabon'
December 19, 2008
Matty Whitmore's run on Survivor: Gabon was quite a long one, if not quite a challenging one as well
Simon Cowell 'happy and optimistic' about 'Idol's eighth season
December 18, 2008
American Idol judge Simon Cowell feels optimistic that the show's eighth-season contestants will be better than what viewers saw last season.
Michelle Aguilar talks about her 'The Biggest Loser: Families' win
December 18, 2008
Michelle Aguilar didn't want to count her chickens before they hatched, but she had a good feeling.
Jason Mesnick dishes about his upcoming 'The Bachelor' journey
December 17, 2008
Although The Bachelor's thirteenth-season premiere is more than two weeks away, Jason Mesnick said he decided to spill the beans about being engaged because it was something he didn't want to try and keep secret.
Ken "Kenny" Hoang dishes about his time on 'Survivor: Gabon'
December 17, 2008
Despite arriving on Survivor: Gabon as one of the competition's underdogs, Ken "Kenny" Hoang was almost able to parlay numerous bold gameplay tactics into a surprise victory for the 22-year-old professional video gamer from Westminster, CA.
Death made 'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell think "long and hard"
December 17, 2008
Death made 'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell think "long and hard"
Exclusive: Jessica 'Sugar' Kiper talks about 'Survivor: Gabon'
December 16, 2008
Jessica "Sugar" Kiper was anything but conventional during her stint on Survivor: Gabon.
Exclusive: Robert 'Bob' Crowley dishes about his 'Survivor: Gabon' win
December 15, 2008
Robert "Bob" Crowley hardly seemed like the favorite to "outwit, outlast and outplay" his seventeen fellow Survivor: Gabon castaways when the reality competition began. In fact, the 57-year-old physics teacher from South Portland, ME, commanded so little attention during Survivor: Gabon's early rounds that he was known more for his lengthy naps than his gameplay.
Exclusive: Susie Smith talks about her 'Survivor: Gabon' experience
December 15, 2008
Few thought that Susie Smith had any chance of real success in Survivor: Gabon.
Ryan Seacrest and Andrew Glassman talk about 'Momma's Boys'
December 15, 2008
The concept for Momma's Boys, NBC's newest reality show, is clearly something near and dear to show producer Ryan Seacrest's heart. Just ask Seacrest what his mother looks for in the women he dates.
Exclusive: Crystal Cox talks dishes her 'Survivor Gabon' experience
December 12, 2008
Crystal Cox, a 29-year-old 2004 Olympic gold-medalist track athlete from Durham, NC, had managed to last 35 days in Survivor: Gabon without many major causes for alarm, despite spending a large amount of that time as a member of the competition's sputtering Fang tribe.
Exclusive: Andrew Lappitt and Dan Honig talk 'The Amazing Race'
December 10, 2008
"Fraternity Brothers" Andrew Lappitt and Dan Honig want everyone to know that no team makes it to The Amazing Race's finale by accident.
Exclusive: Ken and Tina Greene talk about 'The Amazing Race 13'
December 9, 2008
For Ken and Tina Greene, The Amazing Race 13 was about much more than simply competing for a cash prize.
Exclusive: Nick and Starr Spangler dish about 'The Amazing Race' win
December 8, 2008
Nick and Starr Spangler may have not pleased all of their fellow contestants with their aggressive style of gameplay on The Amazing Race 13. However their strategy worked, as the "Brother and Sister" team dominated much of the competition before being revealed to be the CBS reality series' thirteenth-season champions during last night's finale broadcast.
Exclusive: Corinne Kaplan dishes about her time on 'Survivor: Gabon'
December 5, 2008
For Corinne Kaplan, a 29-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative from Los Angeles, CA, it was clearly evident that desperate times called for desperate measures.
Renee Wilson talks about her time on 'The Biggest Loser: Families'
December 4, 2008
Being on The Biggest Loser: Families ended up helping Renee Wilson simultaneously accomplish two of her dreams: losing weight and reconnecting with her daughter Michelle Aguilar.
Exclusive: Toni and Dallas Imbimbo talk about 'The Amazing Race'
December 2, 2008
While other teams around them made costly mistakes as the weeks progressed, the "Mother and Son" team of Toni and Dallas Imbimbo proved to be the model of consistency as they continually placed solidly in each leg of The Amazing Race 13 without garnering much attention.
Amy Cremen talks about her time on 'The Biggest Loser: Families'
December 1, 2008
It may have seemed that Amy Cremen, a 26-year-old purchasing department representative from Auburn Hills, MI, wasn't aware of the potential consequences when she voted to send former Blue team teammate Brady Vilcan home during The Biggest Loser: Families' ninth week elimination.
