• 'Average Joe' producer: "Sure we stacked the deck... guilty"

  January 5, 2004
  Unlike some reality television producers, Average Joe executive producer Stuart Krasnow freely admits that he intentionally cast his show in such a way that the former beauty queens starring on it were faced with having to backup their pre-show claims that "looks aren't that important" or come off looking shallow or hypocritical -- and he makes no apologies for it.

• Norway's Kurt Nilsen wins 'World Idol' as contest favorite Kelly Clarkson places second

  January 2, 2004
  In a surprise upset, Norwegian Pop Idol Kurt Nilsen, a former plumber, defeated competition favorites Kelly Clarkson and Will Young and won World Idol's clash of the world's Idols.

• 'World Idol' winner announced

  January 1, 2004
  WARNING: The following story contains spoilers as to the winner and finish orders of the World Idol results show which will air on FOX and CTV in the U.S. and Canada this evening. If you do not wish to know this information, please stop reading right now.

• 'Bachelor' Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier finally come clean and publicly acknowledge breakup

  December 30, 2003
  Another week, another Bachelor couple admitting that their relationship has ended during an interview on the syndicated Extra entertainment news program. Oh what a busy December it's been for Bachelor/Bachelorette couple news.

• 'World Idol' to feature performances, abundance of sniping from judges

  December 24, 2003
  Although we have no idea what the final cut of World Idol, to be broadcast by Fox and CTV on Christmas Day, contains, we have now received a number of reports about the taping sessions on December 17. If you can picture a judging panel made up of 11 Simon Cowells, you've got the right image.

• 'Bachelor' Bob Guiney sued by show's producers over '3 Sides' album promotion

  December 22, 2003
  Count The Bachelor producers And Syndicated Productions, Inc. among Bob Guiney's former fans.

• 'Bachelor' couple Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft breakup

  December 9, 2003
  Fresh on the heels of yesterday's news that Bachelorette Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter were married this weekend, comes the news that Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft, the couple from the third Bachelor edition, have broken up -- and they announced their split on television.

• NBC's 'Average Joe: Hawaii' sequel to premiere January 5

  December 1, 2003
  Hot on the heels of its currently airing hit Average Joe series, NBC has announced that it will premiere Average Joe: Hawaii, the second installment of the series, on Monday, January 5 (10-11 PM ET).

• 'Bachelor' couple Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier already broken up?

  December 1, 2003
  Are ABC's Bachelor Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier, the woman that he selected at the conclusion of the series, already broken up? According to at least one New York City newspaper gossip column, yes.

• New report: Meredith Phillips... or "Tina Fabulous" starring as ABC's next 'Bachelorette'

  December 1, 2003
  Apparently her own name isn't that only thing about which E! Online gossip columnist Kristen (who formerly went by the pen name Wanda) is indecisive.

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