Realty Show Whore

I'm trying to post regularly in here but I have a really bad habit of writing but not quite finishing up so I've got an amazing backlog of about a hundred (sadly, not an exaggeration) unfinished drafted posts that I'm going to try and polish up and spit out. (There's probably a less gross way to phrase that but I chose not to explore that route.)

Anyway, this first one's fairly relevant since I wrote it only a few weeks ago and I spent a good deal of this past Sunday watching a marathon of the fourth season of Hell's Kitchen with friends.

So, I was sitting at the kitchen table voting on TWOP's Tubey Awards (or at least on the preliminary nominees? I don't know. It involved judging and clicking so I was all for it) and I was having fun. I watched a decent amount of tv this past year (way more than a normal human being, way less than I used too, but significantly more than the previous year) so I had a variety of choices to pick from but there weren't many tough calls.

Then, the "Best Reality TV Show Host or Judge" pops up and the shit hit the fan.

"Ooh, Adam Shankman... I love him... Oh crap! Cat Deeley! How do I pick? ... Well, who else is... Gordon Ramsey, Jesus Christ... John Barrowman's in this damn category? Well, I don't think I could watch that show so I can pass on that one... RuPaul versus Tim Gunn?!"

I ended up picking RuPaul cause she's awesome and was a great host.

Gordon Ramsey would have won for Kitchen Nightmares but he doesn't do a whole lot but scream constantly and call people stupid cows and donkeys on "Hell's Kitchen" (which is way more entertaining than it has any right to be) and Shankman and Deeley canceled each other out ... though I would have picked Lil C in an instant if he'd been a contender.

Oh, and then Nigel Lythgoe won my vote for "Worst Reality TV Show Host or Judge" without a moment's hesitation. Because he's a pervy old man who is constantly pushing his "strict gender roles in dancing" agenda on an otherwise pretty awesome show.


(For those who don't know: The last four people mentioned are all from "So You Think You Can Dance." Deeley is the incredibly adorable host. Lythgoe's the executive producer and a main judge. Shankman is a regular guest judge. And Lil C is a regular choreographer and guest judge... and his wikipedia page jut told me he was in Stomp The Yard and now I really want to pull out my dvd.)