Playing It Straight (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Playing it Straight was a 2004 American reality show in which one woman spent time on a ranch with a group of men in an attempt to discern which of them were homosexual and which of them were heterosexual. All of the men pretended to be heterosexual. The woman went on individual dates with the men, in addition to engaging in group activities with them. Over the course of the episodes, she voted to eliminate the men she believed to be gay.

At the end of the show, the woman had to choose one man. If he was heterosexual, the man and woman would split the prize money, but if he was gay, then he would receive all the money (and the woman would receive nothing).

Fox Show

The show was first broadcast in the United States on the Fox Network and premiered on March 12, 2004. The program was set on a Nevada ranch, and Jackie Thomas spent time with 14 men with a chance to win US$ 1 million. It was hosted by Daphne Brogdon and was officially canceled after only three episodes, due to low ratings.

Contestants

Contestant	Status	Sexual Orientation
Gust	Eliminated week 1	straight
Louis	Eliminated week 1	straight
Alex	Eliminated week 2	gay
Ryan	Eliminated week 2	straight
Eddie	Left the show week 3	gay
Chad	Eliminated week 3	gay
John	Eliminated week 4	gay
Lee	Eliminated week 4	gay
Bradley	Eliminated week 5	gay
Luciano	Eliminated week 5	gay
Bill	Eliminated week 6	gay
Chris	Eliminated week 8	gay
Sharif	Eliminated week 8	straight
Banks	Winner week 8	straight

In 2005, nearly one year later after the show was recorded, Fox issued a press release stating that Jackie and Banks were still together.

Channel 4

Channel 4 (UK) broadcast their own version of the show, first episode on 8 April 2005, as part of their Twisted Dating Season. The show is set on a Mexican ranch and Zoe is spending time with 12 men. Ten men started the show and two more, Lee and Marco, were added in week 3 - it was revealed when they arrived that one was gay and one straight. The prize money was £100,000 and the show was hosted by June Sarpong.

Contestants

Contestant	Status	Sexual Orientation
Pretesh	Eliminated week 1	straight
Raphael	Eliminated week 1	straight
Demetrius	Eliminated week 2	gay
George	Eliminated week 2	straight
Lee	Eliminated week 3	gay
Peter	Eliminated week 3	gay
Jonny	Eliminated week 4	gay
Alex	Eliminated week 5	gay
Daniel. K	Eliminated week 5	straight
Marco	Eliminated week 6	straight
Danny. B	Eliminated week 6	straight
Ben	Winner	gay (but split money with Zoe)

Seven Network

An Australian version of the show aired on the Seven Network starting October 2004. Despite much of the hype surrounding it the show bombed in the ratings and was quickly pulled from the schedule. The remaining episodes were later aired sporadically over the next six months. Chad was the eventual winner and, although he was revealed to be straight, this is very heavily disputed.

See also

• Boy Meets Boy (a 2003 program on the Bravo network in which a gay man successfully chose another gay man from a mixed group of gay and heterosexual men).

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