ONTD Original: The Already-Forgotten Reality Shows of 2020
2020 is over! ya boy is still stuck in pandemic time, so it feels like it just turned 2021 a week ago. Anyways, enjoy this belated original about the reality shows of 2020 that consumed us intensely for a few weeks, then disappeared as soon as a new piece of content captured our tiny attention spans.
Too Hot To Handle
Click to viewIf u were super horny and were surrounded by hot horny people, could you keep it in your pants for some money? That was the premise of To Hot To Handle. A bunch of hot dum-dums were trapped on an island and lost money every time they hooked up.
Notably, one of the fuckboys on the show lied about initiating a kiss with Francesca and blamed it on her, making the whole house hate her. The self-loathing girl even ended up getting back together with that asshole. Fuck everything.
also, one of the contestants looks like my sibling.
The Circle
The Circle is based off a popular French (?) reality show of the same name. A bunch of strangers create online profiles and interact using only those profiles. Then, they vote each other off.
The third runner-up was Seaburn, catfished everyone while posing as his girlfriend and fell in love with a teddy bear named Sir BearBear. Second runner-up was not-like-the-other-girls Sammi. First runner-up was disingenuously ingenuous Shubam. Because the world is a dark and terrible place, one of my least favorites, a meathead dude whose name I can't remember, won.
Floor is Lava
Floor is Lava was some delightful brain candy where people competed in an obstacle course where the floor is made of lava.
Yup. That's it.
Tiger King
Yes, it has only been about a year since Tiger King came out. This isn't technically a reality show, but a reality docu-series, so I'm counting it anyways. Ironically, in the feud between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskins, the real losers were the tigers.
Love Is Blind
Love is Blind took a bunch of semi-attractive randos and had them fall in love without knowing what the other person looked like. Surprisingly, not many couples made it down the aisle!
Giannina was an emotionally stunted hothead and Damien was an emotionally closed off stiff. They broke up!
Amber was an immature girl-child and Barnett was a bro. They got married and are still together!
Carlton was a catty bitch and Diamond was a gem. They broke up.
Remember Jessica, who gave wine to her dog? She was obsessed with Barnett, but settled for Mark. They broke up.
Lauren and Cameron were two healthy individuals who had a lot in common. They got married and are still together!
Married At First Sight
I still haven't watched this one, therefore it is not relevant. I assume it's like Love is Blind.
Selling Sunset
I also haven't seen this one.
One Mo' Chance
The soon-to-be iconic network Zeus gave a reality show to Chance, who was on I Love New York. He fell in love with a lady named [spoiler]Yummy.
Keep your eyes peeled for my recap of this show when my brain catches up with 2021 time.
The first ep is online for free. You're welcome.
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