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  Caryn Groedel becomes the sixteenth contestant to exit 'Survivor: Palau'

  May 13, 2005
  With her last-minute scrambling failing to sway any of her fellow remaining castaways, Caryn Groedel, a 46-year-old civil rights attorney from Solon, OH, was voted out of Survivor: Palau during Thursday night's CBS broadcast, making her the sixteenth contestant to exit the competition
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  Uchenna and Joyce Agu win CBS's 'The Amazing Race 7' as "Romber" place second

  May 11, 2005
  After 5 continents, 25 cities, and more than 40,000 miles, The Amazing Race team of Uchenna and Joyce Agu managed to move from worst to first during the competition's final leg and win the seventh edition of the CBS reality series. Despite the fact that their last place finish in the penultimate leg forced them to beg for cash up until the very end, the married couple was able to hold off Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich and Ron Young and Kelly McCorkle to win The Amazing Race 7's million dollar prize.

• Houston couple Uchenna and Joyce Agu win CBS's 'Amazing Race'

  May 11, 2005
  Houston couple Uchenna and Joyce Agu begged for the money to pay a Miami cabbie before they grabbed the $1 million prize in CBS' seventh "The Amazing Race."
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  ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' to feature 'Bachelorette' Trista Sutter among its celebrities

  May 10, 2005
  ABC has announced the identities of the six celebrities competing in Dancing with the Stars, its previously announced six-episode adaptation of the British Strictly Come Dancing ballroom dancing competition series that the network will premiere Wednesday, June 1 at 9PM ET/PT. And in a move that is bound to polarize reality fans, the network has cast former original Bachelorette Trista Rehn, now known as Trista Sutter, as one of the show's participants.
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  Older couple Meredith and Gretchen Smith get eliminated from 'The Amazing Race 7'

  May 4, 2005
  They lasted longer than teams half their ages, but time finally ran out for The Amazing Race 7 contestants Meredith and Gretchen Smith when they finished fourth (and last) in Tuesday night's CBS broadcast of the Race's tenth leg, eliminating them from the competition.

• 'The Amazing Race 7' couple Ron Young and Kelly McCorkle finish last, but still win

  April 27, 2005
  Sometimes, it isn't the victor who gains the spoils. Despite finishing last on Tuesday evening's CBS broadcast of The Amazing Race 7's ninth leg, Ron Young and Kelly McCorkle gained a prize at the end, sacrificing everything except their passports and the clothes on their back but winning a $20,000 vacation package and comfortable place to relax before beginning the Race's next leg.
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  Boyfriends Alex Ali and Lynn Warren get eliminated from 'The Amazing Race 7'

  April 20, 2005
  CBS's The Amazing Race 7 field narrowed to its Final Four last night, with the boyfriends team of Alex Ali and Lynn Warren getting eliminated in the show's broadcast of the conclusion of its Indian leg. Although they completed the Roadblock ahead of older married couple Meredith and Gretchen Smith, the boys were done in by a crucial navigational error on the way to the Pit Stop, making them the seventh team eliminated from the worldwide race.

• CBS to televise Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich's reality wedding

  April 19, 2005
  Reality TV veterans Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich have reportedly taken a love of cameras to the next level, marrying on-camera for a CBS special.
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  CBS confirms 'Rob and Amber Get Married' wedding special to air on May 24

  April 19, 2005
  CBS confirmed Tuesday that it will air Rob and Amber Get Married, a two-hour special broadcast of the wedding of Survivor and The Amazing Race couple Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich, on Tuesday, May 24 at 9PM ET/PT. As Reality TV World first reported last Friday, the couple tied the knot during a "secret" ceremony in the Bahamas on Saturday, April 16.

• The Year In Review: Reality TV still delivering strong ratings, despite missteps

  April 16, 2005
  At the "upfront" advertising-sales meetings prior to the 2004-05 primetime television season, the six U.S. broadcast networks and their cable competitors made it clear that the next season would feature lots and lots of reality television. In fact, the push for more reality TV became so severe that one network (Fox) resorted to the blatant theft of other networks' ideas. Now that the season is in its final two months, how did this glut of reality shows fare?

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