Reality Television

There’s raging speculation over which artists will fill the two vacant mentor positions on the ‘X Factor‘ panel. Heavyweight pop divas like Mariah Carey and Beyonce have seen their names tossed into the ring. Another emerging contender for one of the coveted slots? LeAnn Rimes –  and with good reason. ‘X Factor’ could use a dose of country, stat.

Back in October of 2011 I ran across a video of a Military band preforming " Rolling In The Deep" by Adele and at the time no one knew the name of the band or it's lead singer. It took a few months for the identities of them to come out but the whole world now knows that it's U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Angie Johnson and Sidewinder.

Trisha Yearwood is about to marry two of her longtime abilities: being in front of an audience and offering up delicious southern fare. The Grammy Award winning artist has already authored two bestselling cookbooks — ‘Cooking for Family and Friends’ and ‘Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen’ — and now she’s about to step into the spotlight with her own six-episode cooking show on the Food Networ

The final contestant to earn a golden ticket during ‘American Idol‘ on Sunday night was 24-year-old Jason Hamlin. His friends call him ‘Wolf,’ and it’s easy to see why. The golf course mechanic is a larger, much hairier Johnny Cash lookalike.

Samantha Novacek and Patricia Bell both scored golden tickets to Hollywood on Thursday night’s episode of ‘American Idol,’ but only one of them sang a song. Bell, who says people know her as ‘Patty the Pittsburgh Planker,’ laid on her belly in a yoga pose (known as planking) as her 19-year-old sister belted out Faith Hill‘s ‘Like We Never Loved at All.’

Emily Maynard is returning to reality television once more to see if she can find love. Show sources confirmed to People magazine that the chosen fiancé from Brad Womack’s season of ‘The Bachelor’ will be the one to do the choosing in the next season of ‘The Bachelorette.’

Between a Brad Paisley tour, media obligations and English tests, it would seem Scotty McCreery wouldn’t have much time to keep up with reality television, but the 18-year old says he’ll definitely be sitting down when the 11th season of ‘American Idol‘ begins on Jan. 18.

‘The Voice’ judges promise that Season 2 of the successful reality show will be better than the first, with more contestants, more talent and of course, more Blake Shelton. In a new promo for the series, Shelton and his celebrity friends explain what makes ‘The Voice’ so great — and why you should tune in.

Add Miranda Lambert to Team Blake. Shelton‘s wife will join him on ‘The Voice‘ this season. Along with Kelly Clarkson — who, as reported earlier, will be assisting Shelton’s team — Lambert will be an adviser to contestants hoping to be this season’s Javier Colon.

Are you addicted to the Reality shows? I have lots of friends who can just sit and watch and watch and watch, hour after hour, the reality shows. Me, not so much. I do like Dancing with the Stars. Does that count as a reality show? I guess it happens in real time, and they are real people, so it probably is, but I prefer to think of it as an entertainment show with all the music and dancing. Well, they announced the new line up for Dancing with the Stars, and it got me to thinking what were the Worst Reality Shows of 2011?

Kelly Clarkson, the original reality television success story, may soon be lending a hand to contestants on the hottest new singing competition program. Clarkson is said to be in line to help Blake Shelton mentor his singers on NBC’s ‘The Voice.’

With her dazzling attire and stage-brightening smile, Dolly Parton would seemingly be an ideal celebrity to hit the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ set — she’s even got the costuming down already. Still, the ‘Jolene’ hitmaker does not think she’d be a good fit and has refused several offers to appear on the show.