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Reality TV is the stuff second chances are made of.

Which may explain why spurned loverboy Sean Lowe has been tapped as the latest star of ABC’s hit dating show “The Bachelor.”

Lowe, 28, who was among the final three in Emily Maynard’s season of “The Bachelorette,” won over audiences with his easy-going demeanor, all-American looks and sweet sense of humor.

Sean Lowe

He even managed to sweep Maynard off her feet, but toward the end of the season, the single mother opted to let Lowe down gently instead of allowing him to propose in front of millions on national television.

Maynard went on to say “Yes” to Utah entrepreneur Jef Holm. The pair is currently adjusting to life together in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Now, the Dallas businessman is being given a second shot at love, and will be handing out roses to romantic hopefuls in the coming season, airing in January 2013.

Read more at NY Daily News.

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Amidst all the broadcast network premieres this week, cable outlet GAC (check with your cable company for channel number) debuts a farm-based reality show filmed locally at Freedom Farms in Butler: “Farm Kings” (9 tonight).

A “Farm Kings” special aired on GAC earlier this year but now the series begins in earnest. The show follows the work (and off-the-clock) lives of the King brothers.

The three oldest — Joe, Tim and Pete — started Freedom Farms on 150 acres in 2009. There are nine King brothers total plus one sister. The show, at least in its premiere, is focused on the three oldest plus Dan (pictured at left), who is depicted as a bit of an irresponsible screw up.

Dan doesn’t stick to any job long — he was supposed to work in the family bakery for six months but only lasts four — and he overwaters the farm’s greenhouses, threatening the crops the guys are trying to grow. He’s also a bit of a hot head, tossing a wheelbarrow and driving a tractor in a manner that leads the brothers to suggest he’s going to get someone hurt one day.

Farm Kings – A New Reality Show

Read more at the Post Gazette.

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In fact, fans of the shows expect harsh language and the knock-down, drag-out fights that are featured.

But R&B Divas, TV One’s newest reality series, looks to change that dynamic.

The show follows the lives of singers Faith Evans, Nicci Gilbert-Daniels, Monifah Carter, Syleena Johnson and Keke Wyatt as they join forces to record R&B Divas, an Evans album that features all the ladies and also pays homage to inspirations such as Whitney Houston.

Singers such as Nicci Gilbert feature in a new reality show, R&B Divas.

“We all know that life has drama,” said Evans, who is also the widow of rap legend Christopher “The Notorious BIG” Wallace. “But what we wanted to showcase was that the drama doesn’t always have to be resolved in violence or fighting, that there can be some inspiring (going on) as well through reaching resolutions.”

Read more at News.com.au on the show.

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Whitney

Zagat features a series in which they show you where food-world heavy hitters and other celebs spend their oh-so-precious off-hours. This week they are spotlighting five of America’s Next Top Model season 10 winner Whitney Thompson’s favorite eats in five different U.S. cities.

Read more at the Zagat blog.

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Leila Goldkuhl

Leila Goldkuhl was eliminated from America’s Next Top Model: College Edition during The CW’s broadcast of the nineteenth season’s fifth episode Friday night.

Leila, a 5′ 11″ unemployed 20-year-old student from Framingham, MA attending the University of Rhode Island, was ousted from the competition after she found herself in the bottom two alongside Brittany Brown based upon her total combined scores from the challenge, Top Model’s three judges and home viewers’ fan vote.

However, Leila will get to participate in most of the upcoming photo shoots against previously-eliminated contestants Destiny Strudwick, Jessie Rabideau and Darian Ellis and future-eliminated girls in attempt to gain the highest social media score and earn a spot back in the competition.

In an exclusive interview on Monday, Leila talked to Reality TV World about her America’s Next Top Model: College Edition experience — including whether she has any intention to reconcile with Laura James, why she didn’t exactly take the judges’ criticism of her runway walk to heart, whom she described as being her “rock” in the house, and what she had to say about Victoria Henley.

Read the interview at RealityTVWorld.com

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“Roxy” Roxanne Morris, a 28-year-old seminary student from Brooklyn, NY, was voted out of her Survivor: Philippines’ Matsing tribe during Wednesday night’s second episode of the CBS reality series’ 25th edition.

Roxanne Morris

Roxy was voted out of her tribe at the season’s second Tribal Council, which was also the second elimination vote for Matsing, after she failed to gain the trust of Denise Stapley — who had served as the swing vote when determining whether Roxy or Angie Layton should be voted out of the tribe. Roxy and Angie were considered the two weakest players in the tribe, but Angie had the support of Malcolm Freberg, who had previously declared an alliance with Denise. Russell Swan voted to oust Roxy, his ally, as well seemingly as a way to simply blend in with his tribemates despite his own differing opinion.

In an exclusive interview on Thursday, Roxy talked to Reality TV World about her short-lived Survivor: Philippines experience — including whether she believed it was really Russell’s fault for stepping into a leadership role within the tribe or if he was filling a void by default, why she actually got along with Angie from the beginning and when that dynamic changed, whether she was offended by Russell’s comment suggesting she lacked strong character, and how she was cast on the show.

Read more at RealityTVWorld.

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When you think about it, the weird thing is the genuine anger some people apparently feel over revelations that Breaking Amish isn’t exactly what it seemed.

The wildly popular “reality” show was originally advertised by host network The Learning Channel as a program about “four Amish and one Mennonite, breaking away from their faith and travelling to New York City for the first time.”

Breaking Amish

But last week, after just two episodes had been broadcast — to the highest ratings of any TLC program in the last three years — Breaking Amish was beset by rumours that breaking away was old news. Indeed, one cast member, rumour had it, had already been married, divorced and had three kids, though not necessarily in that order.

And if you think that’s big news, think again. This week, rumours surfaced about every one of the five cast members — Abe, 22, Jeremiah, 32, Kate, 21, Rebecca, 20 and Sabrina, 25 — rumours that made our married and divorced cast member seem like a paragon of stability.

Now you’re obviously wondering where Facebook is in all of this, so here you go: There now exists a Facebook page called Breaking Amish: The Truth, which, according to its creator, was “started to peacefully and respectfully document misleading information” in Breaking Amish. But oh, what the hey, acting as a clearing house for many of the rumours couldn’t hurt either, right?

Read more at the Vancouver Sun.

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Just weeks before a scheduled trial, reality television producer Scott Einziger is dropping his lawsuit against United Talent Agency and agent Michael Camacho over an alleged conflict of interest related to a romantic affair.

Einziger, a former producer of Big Brother, filed suit in August 2011 claiming he is owed more than $10 million from UTA and Camacho because the agent allegedly steered him from the CBS hit to a risky job at RelativityReal, which was to be operated by Ellen Rakieten, a producer who was engaged in a “serious personal relationship” with Camacho.

The case raised interesting issues for Hollywood talent agents because while UTA would only receive a standard 10 percent commission from Einziger if he continued to work on Big Brother, “UTA and Camacho represented RelativityReal as a packaging agent and stood to obtain lucrative fees from projects developed under the auspices of RelativityReal that came to fruition,” the lawsuit alleged. Einziger quit RelativityReal in May 2011 amid what he called a “toxic” workplace, and Camacho allegedly dropped him as a client via text message shortly afterward. He claimed he lost “millions of dollars in compensation, career momentum and reputation” due to Camacho’s alleged conflict of interest.

Michael Camacho

Read more at The Hollywood Reporter.

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New Zealand motor-racing ace Scott Dixon may soon be starring in a reality television show with his wife and other motor-racing glamour couples.

Dixon, who is on holiday in New Zealand with his family, yesterday revealed details of a pilot show called IndyCar Couples being considered for production.

Race car driver, Dixon, and wife

The 31-year-old and his Welsh-born wife, Emma Davies-Dixon, a former British and Welsh 800m running champion, have been approached to star in the show alongside three other IndyCar couples.

2012 IndyCar Championship winner American Ryan Hunter-Reay and his wife, Beccy, a former US women’s softballer and off-road racing enthusiast, plus Canadian driver Alex Tagliani and wife Bronte are also in the mix.

Spanish driver Oriol Servia and girlfriend Jackie Becker are the fourth couple.

Dixon said only a few details about the show had been revealed.

“I know there’s a pilot [which has] been floating round at the moment … named IndyCar Couples.

“I don’t know the details of it yet, but I think, if it goes well, starting to shoot in the spring of America.”

Read more at the New Zealand Herald.

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