Best Casting Award Reality TV-II
A film and television casting director’s best casting list
The all-time best casting award for reality television, as chosen by a film and television casting director. Will the winners surprise you?
What makes great reality television show casting? Read on to find out the top ten all-time best casting picks, as chosen by a film and television casting director. See if you agree with the winners and reasons why these stars made the best casting list. What do you think?
#8 Amber Brkich and Rob Marino- Survivor: The Australian Outback, Survivor: Marquesas, Survivor All-Stars, The Amazing Race Season 7, Rob and Amber Get Married and The Rob and Amber Project. Rob and Amber’s numerous appearances on Survivor was a win, win situation for the lovebirds. Amber won the million dollars on Survivor All-Stars and Rob won Amber’s heart! The reality television stars got married on national television, took second place in The Amazing Race and are now starring on The Rob and Amber Project for FOX Reality.
#7 Adrianne Curry and Christopher Knight- America’s Next Top Model, The Surreal Life Season 4 and My Fair Brady. Adrianne is the queen of reality television. Not only did Adrianne win the first season of America’s Next Top Model, she met Chris on The Surreal Life and actually pitched the plot of My Fair Brady (and her life) during the show! Plus, Adrianne has a pretty sweet modeling career because of her win on America’s Top Model.
#6 Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown- Being Bobby Brown. Bobby and Whitney were the train wreck that you just could not stop watching. My personal favorite, when Bobby stops the Dalai Lama in London. “Mr. Lama, Mr. Lama,” Bobby says. Graciously, His Holiness greets Bobby. It is obvious that His Holiness has absolutely has no idea who Bobby Brown or Whitney Houston are (although Bobby is fairly insistent that the Dalai Lama should). This show was just too crazy!
#5 Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood- American Idol Season 1 and American Idol Season 4. Both girls are American Idol winners and both have multimillion-dollar recording contracts!
#4 Trista Rehn and Ryan Stutter- The Bachelor, The Bachlorette and Trista and Ryan’s Wedding. The hot blooded men of America wanted to date Trista so badly while she was on The Bachelor, ABC created a new show just for her. On The Bachlorette Trista met Ryan, a gorgeous fireman from Vail, Colorado, moved to paradise and got married in front of millions of television viewers. Trista and Ryan’s story was reality television at its best!
#3 Elizabeth Hasselback- Survivor: The Australian Outback. Elizabeth parlayed her sixth place finish on Survivor into a multimillion-dollar television contract and is now a co-star on ABC’s The View.
#2 Jennifer Hudson-American Idol Season 1 (8th place). Dreamgirls, enough said.
#1 Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne- The Osbournes. I don’t know what I loved more all the animals running around their Beverly Hills mansion, the chaos of trying to run an eccentric rock-n-roll family, or just watching Ozzy attempt basic household tasks. Sharon, Kelly and Jack have all successfully moved on to numerous entertainment projects. Ozzy is still Ozzy! I was honestly envious of their neighbors…
Read on for Best Casting Award Reality TV-I winners #9, 10 and the honorable mentions!
