Best Reality TV Competition
When CBS's "Survivor" burst on to TV screens on May 31, 2000, few could have predicted that it would launch an entirely new genre of television that, more than 20 years later, still dominates networks and streaming services. While there were certainly TV competitions before the 2000s (such as, say, "Star Search"), what came after "Survivor" was a different animal altogether, taking average people and launching them into stardom as an ever-increasing number of shows followed their quests for money, love, fame, and sometimes, all of the above. Now the Great Pop Culture Debate podcast wants to determine the Best Reality TV Competition of all time! Among the series discussed: Project Runway, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Survivor, The Bachelor, So You Think You Can Dance?, American Idol, The Mole, Top Chef, Master Chef, Great British Bake-Off, The Voice, The Amazing Race, and more.
Join host Eric Rezsnyak and panelists Curtis Creekmore, Joelle Boedecker, and Michael Schwarz as they eliminate the weakest links and crown a winner amongst the Top 16 reality-television competition series in TV history.
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Round 2 Match-Ups:
Match-Up 1: "Survivor" (1) vs. "The Bachelor" (4)
Match-Up 2: "The Voice" (3) vs. "So You Think You Can Dance" (2)
Match-Up 3: "The Amazing Race" (1) vs. "Master Chef" (4)
Match-Up 4: "America's Next Top Model" (3) vs. "Great British Baking Show" (2)
Match-Up 5: "American Idol" (1) vs. "Iron Chef" (4)
Match-Up 6: "Top Chef" (3) vs. "RuPaul's Drag Race" (2)
Match-Up 7: "The Mole" (1) vs. "The Masked Singer" (5)
Match-Up 8: "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars" (3) vs. "Project Runway" (2)
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EPISODE CREDITS
Host: Eric Rezsnyak
Panel: Curtis Creekmore, Joelle Boedecker, Michael Schwarz
Producer: Curtis Creekmore
Editor: Jeffery Perry