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Remember these reality TV winners?

There’s SO MUCH reality TV out there. Statistical fact: 1 out of every 8 people is a reality TV winner.

(Not actually a fact, but feels like it.)

We were all rooting for you!

I was a dedicated reality TV watcher back in the day. My favorites were always the competition shows, the ones where you had to be good at something other than stirring up drama. It’s harder to find time for them these days, because there’s just too many streaming channels and shows, but man, back in the days of the monoculture, I was fully on the “Survivor” and “American Idol” train.

Some reality TV winners (and some losers) have become celebrities in their own right, and we just keep getting more. It’s a good thing I listen to Who Weekly to keep up with them all.

Can you identify what reality show these 10 stars came from?

  1. YaYa DaCosta
  2. Jacinda Barrett
  3. Adam Lambert
  4. Cardi B
  5. Trista Rehn Sutter
  6. Elizabeth Hasselbeck
  7. Christian Siriano
  8. Lauren Conrad
  9. Grace VanderWaal
  10. Emma Stone

Answers up after “The Bench” routine, one of my faves from the early seasons of “So You Think You Can Dance.” Travis Wall might not be a household name, but he turned into a very big deal in the dance choreography world. So that counts.

Answers:

  1. “America’s Next Top Model”
  2. “The Real World: London”
  3. “American Idol”
  4. “Love and Hip-Hop: New York”
  5. “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette”
  6. “Survivor”
  7. “Project Runway”
  8. “The Hills”
  9. “America’s Got Talent”
  10. “In Search of the New Partridge Family”

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