Because Kathy Ireland and Macy Gray aren’t afraid to respectively liken Dancing With the Stars to a religious experience and virginity loss. Because the girls of the latest cycle of America’s Next Top Model are so tragique that they’re inspiring the disturbingly silent disdain of a nine-year-old girl named Diva Davanna. Because Project Runway truly, badly, deeply needs the return of Nina “Why do I have to see ugly?” Garcia and her patented brand of bitchery. Because Ellen DeGeneres’ addition to the American Idol judges’ panel is making us look to Kara “the Terrible” DioGuardi for hope and inspiration. (Okay, not really.) And especially because Kris Allen remains adorably, harmoniously, subversively awesome — and because he granted us an early-morning interview after premiering his new single, “Live Like We’re Dying,” at New York’s Z100 radio station earlier this week…we now present to you what critics are calling the most important series in the Internet right this very second our new video series Réalité. Press play below, and enjoy! (Bear in mind that we’ve interspersed Idol’s season 8 champ throughout the duration of our video, because we’re sneaky benches.) And if you’ve got a favorite reality show (or two) that aren’t on our pre-selected roster (So You Think You Can Dance and The Amazing Race will also wind up on Réalité’s radar in the coming weeks) do share ‘em in the comments section below, or make your demands via Twitter. You can follow me @EWMichaelSlezak. Holla! Hey-ayy! (And if you get that heinous “video unavailable” message, you can also watch our premiere here.)
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I had to thank you before I even watch this, SLEZAK DELIVERS hahahahaha THANK YOU =D
You guys are sneaky benches, lol. You know us Kris Allen fans very well. How did you find out about two other song titles?
What a very enjoyable premiere of Réalité.
I don’t watch those shows (mostly) yet the two of you managed to keep me entertained. And yeah…Kris’s new single is great and he is one cute praline. x
sidenote: I somehow still have more faith in Ellen than Kara.
Love it. And you can never have too much Kris Allen!! Smokin!
I LOVE Realite! I’ve missed you and Kristen. Thanks for more Kris Allen – can’t get enough! What – no Survivor?
Survivor has it’s own EW show. Dalton and Josh cover that one enough.
Love you guys….you are too funny and always right on.
And Michael, I thought I was the only one who owned that Ru Paul CD.
Love, love this! It will tide me over until Idolatry which I always miss in the IDOL “offseason”. Please consider covering Amazing Race which I know may not be as “snarky” but I think you’ll find some good fodder there. Great job!!
Oh and thanks for the Kris Allen song titles…..he is so smokin’ it’s siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick.
I have an “ungodly” love for Kristen Baldwin. She is fast and sharp and funny as hell. And then combined with Slezak and talking reality just comme on! Thank You!
agreed. I Love Kristen Baldwin. She had me rolling last year with her Gokey hate. Love Slezak too :>
Realite! Another reason to love you guys. I have watched Project Runway longer than Idol and look forward to your continuing coverage of Heidi, Tim, and the contestants.
Hooray for more Slezak/Kristin!
OMG I LOVE you guys, and I missed you so much! I don’t even watch all those shows, but just watching the two of you bounce off each other makes me happy
Loved the commentary on Idol news – keep it up!
Confucius say: You guys are HILARIOUS! I have been really missing Idolatry and this was a perfect way to get my fix.
Plus, congrats on getting Kris to talk about a couple more songs on his album! Even Cantiello didn’t manage that.
Am I the only one that keep getting the message that the video in unavailable????
BEFORE WE COME UNDONE…
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Love réalité. It’s fast paced, clever and, you say what we are all thinking. You guys rock!
Oh, I love this!! Nice complement to Idolatry.
The ANTM stuff was excellent – Diva Davannah, LOL!!
I’m sitting at home with a fever, sounding like mickey mouse hitting puberty (the beauty of bronchitis), non-surprisingly pissed off. And this officially made my day. This is awesome, can’t wait for Idolatry
It’s so good to have you benches back. I was going through major withdrawals. Seriously what is up with PR. Bring back Kors & Garcia or pull the plug. Also get some designers with some personalities. God this crew is bland. As for ANTM? Tyra has lost it for sure. It’s turned into a snore fest. Looking forward to next Friday and Realite. Thanks Michael and Kristen. You were missed.
I love you Slezak, and I can’t even watch this entirely yet, but you would get a lot more viewers if you changed your damn player. It’s one of the only ones that never fails to mess up on me. I can’t even let it buffer to the end before watching, so here I am typing this in between irritatingly frequent buffering breaks.
Love, someone who endured this throughout last season’s Idolatry eps but cannot stand for it any longer
I second this cheapopop.
I third this, JFC.
I love the new series, and interspersing Kris throughout the video, guaranteed that I would watch the entire video. You are sneaky, in a good way, Mr. Slezak.
You had me at Anoop.
Fantastic first episode. Very happy to have you both back. This is must see TV!
Loved this. I wasn’t sure about Kris Allen’s single. Every time I listen, though, it gets better. I dont’ know if I agree with your comments about Ellen. She may surprise us. DWTS comments–right on!!!
LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU!!!!!!!
You two are the King and Queen of put-downs. I love it! Almost makes me want to watch those shows, though I expect I’ll just stick with Idol when it comes back. There’s only so much staged “realite” (where’s the acute key?) a girl can watch in one year.
Slezak and Kristen 4 months before Idol premiers? It’s like an early Christmas!! Can’t wait to hear you guys on SYTYCD.
Why does it say video not available???? Can someone at EW.com please FIX this so I can watch it???
what about models of the runway???!!!
Add me to the people who’re getting “video unavailable” What’s up with this idplayer? Been trying to watch it since Michael posted the link on Twitter.
Go to the Realite page under the Video tab at the top… I got it to play there…