Why, oh why… do I get sucked in?  I am talking about reality shows here.  Admittedly, my favorite “reality’ show is So You Think You Can Dance.  I put reality in the quotes because I don’t really put a show like that on the same level as some of the other garbage out there.  SYTYCD is more a talent show, but I LOVE it don’t miss an episode.  American Idol… though I watch it, I am over it for the most part, mainly becuase Randy, Kara and Paula fawn all over The Screecher (aka Adam Lambert)!  Granted the guy can sing, but he ALWAYS (and yes, I mean EVERY song) opens his mouth and goes into this high pitched screech….I can only say it is a lamer version of Chester Bennington’s own rock rebel yell. (Chester is the lead singer for Linkin Park).  Anyways, the reality shows I am talking about here are more like Rock of Love, The new Daisy of Love, Tough Love (is there a pattern here?), I Love Money, and yes, even The Bachelor….shows who’s main goal is to find love for the contestants.

Rock of Love-Brett Michaels of Poison fame is searching for love here.  The show is now in it’s third season here.  As you can see Brett has had LOTS of luck finding love here.  Though I have noticed a trend….it comes down to the final two, and Brett picks the one that is guaranteed to have some issues. The other girl always seems a better fit for him, but if he picked ‘right’ then he couldn’t have another season on VH1.  And let’s face it, the days of 80’s hair bands if over, Brett digs the exposure.

Daisy of Love is a spin off.  Daisy De La Hoya (think that is her last name) was a reject of Brett’s.  One of the final two girls in season two of Rock Of Love, she is who Brett probably should have picked, but he didn’t, and now she gets her own show.  Daisy is trashy and talks in that annoying baby, whiny voice that some adult women use because they think it will get them what they want, and sometimes it might, but just as often is annoys everyone around them.

Tough Love-six, seven, maybe eight women…live in a house and some professional matchmaker is trying to teach them how to behave so that they can snag a decent guy.

I Love Money-by far the funniest of the bunch.  All the rejects from, yes, VH1 reality shows get another try at love…though this time their love is a big fat check.  Crazy challenges ensue, backstabbing, hooking up, etc…all abound.

And then you have your shows that are just a tad more high class…The Bachelor, Survivor, The Real World, etc.  Still lots of backstabbing and trash talking, but with better production and editing.  The Bachelor is a show I only watched this last time as I watched the Bachelorette, and I felt bad for Jason.  He seemed like a nice guy….so I wanted to see what happened.  But more of the same, though at least this guy admitted he made a mistake and asked the second place gal if he could have another chance.  Trashy yes, he just made it all sound nicer.

These shows are silly!  And yes, trashy, We know they probably aren’t going to find love, but somehow I find myself routing for them to do just that anyways.  At the same time, I have to admit that I find some of these trashy ridiculous people hilarious!  And I don’t laugh enough as it is….

“This is Daisy of Love, not I Love Liquor!”