American Idol's farewell season will go out with a big bang, paying tribute to 15 seasons on the air and everyone who has been affected by the long-running reality singing competition.
With 2009 drawing to a close, it's time to take a look back at the year that was. The following is Reality TV World's 2009 Reality TV Year In Review, a 12-part, month-by-month review of some of the past year's reality TV headlines, highlights, lowlights, and milestones.
With 2009 drawing to a close, it's time to take a look back at the year that was. The following is Reality TV World's 2009 Reality TV Year In Review, a 12-part, month-by-month review of some of the past year's reality TV headlines, highlights, lowlights, and milestones.
Lou Diamond Phillips said he didn't expect to be crowned "King of the Jungle" during last night's live I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! finale broadcast.
Hollywood actor Lou Diamond Phillips was crowned I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'s champion during Wednesday night's live finale broadcast of the NBC reality competition.
Sanjaya Malakar feels American Idol and I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! were both "learning experiences in different ways," and he places more value on his most-recent stint on the NBC reality series.
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! eliminated Sanjaya Malakar and Patti Blagojevich and determined its final three contestants during last night's penultimate broadcast of the three-week NBC reality competition.
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! lost two more celebrities during last night's broadcast, with Stephen Baldwin quitting the three-week NBC reality competition only days before its finale and Holly Montag getting eliminated a second time after being allowed to return as a result of Baldwin's decision to leave.
Holly Montag and Janice Dickinson became the third and fourth celebrities voted out of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! by home viewers during last night's broadcast of the three-week NBC reality competition.