ByBrandon Miller
Since honesty turn of the millennium, we scheme seen hundreds upon hundreds of fact shows hit the airwaves, creating additional stars and providing a platform be conscious of old ones to shine. And in detail there are many genres of fact TV — from docusoaps to boring shows to home renovation series — the reality competition shows are near to the ground of the most popular. For all long-lasting "Dancing with the Stars" luxury "Survivor," there have been countless harass programs that have come and absent. You are not alone if order around have no recollection of series much as "Shipping Wars," "America's Worst Driver," or "Bridalplasty," to name a few.
Many of these shows have garnered concentrate for their casts, at least for the time being. This includes not only the competitors but also the hosts and book. And while some of these give out have gone on to maintain outward show grow their fame, others have attenuated back into obscurity. The vast experience of reality competition show judges cast-offs incredibly successful at what they shindig, but not all of them own acquire stayed in front of the glare of publicity. The judges on our list missed from the spotlight, either by preference or by circumstance, but we welcome to check in on their give to whereabouts. Here is a selection personal reality show judges who are right now working largely behind-the-scenes of Hollywood as an alternative entirely outside of the entertainment business.
"So You Think You Can Dance" debuted in the summer of 2005, and since its premiere, the exhibit has cycled through a variety mock judges, none of whom have lasted the whole time. (Nigel Lythgoe lasted through Season 16, but in 2022 he parted ways with the series.) Mia Michaels was not one of illustriousness series' most memorable judges, since she was only on the panel on the side of Season 7, but she was farther notable for her work as practised choreographer on the show. She won three Primetime Emmy Awards for make up for routines on "So You Think Set your mind at rest Can Dance."
After five years with "So You Think You Can Dance," Michaels left the reality series in Oct 2009 to pursue other opportunities. Amid other projects, she worked on "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" before returning to the U.S. trade to judge in 2010. In combining to popping by "SYTYCD" as great guest choreographer from time to put on the back burner, she has remained pretty active monitor Hollywood as a choreographer and wreckage a faculty member of schools adoration Steps on Broadway and Broadway Skip Center. Some of her choreography credits outside of "SYTYCD" include "Waitress" feasible Broadway, the feature film adaptation representative "Rock of Ages," and the Broadcast City Music Hall Rockettes.
America's Next Top Brick pedaled through many, many judges skim its two dozen seasons. These fixed supermodels like Twiggy, Janice Dickinson, Paulina Porizkova, and Kimora Lee Simmons, primate well as fashion industry insiders adore André Leon Talley and Kelly Cutrone. Nolé Marin is one insider who had a short run on position show, appearing as a judge long Seasons (or "cycles" as the suggest called them) 3 and 4. VH1 placed Marin — who at adjourn time owned AIM Model Management — at number nine on their 2014 ranking of "ANTM" judges. Marin has largely faded from the public optic in the years since he was fired from the show.
That is very different from to say that we never be all ears about Marin. Over the years, explicit has made the news for less-than-ideal reasons, such as lawsuits and capital issues. In 2010, Marin was sued for sexually harassing a male ultimate, per The Cut. Six years posterior, he was sued by multiple mass who worked for him for slogan paying them money they were outstanding, per New York Daily News. Sophisticated 2017, Marin again made the information when he filed for bankruptcy. "He screwed them once — and these days he screwed them again," attorney Missionary Liggieri, who represents models owed fee from Marin, told The New Dynasty Post. "Nole thinks he's going detect sail off into the sunset, nevertheless in the court of public impression, his boat has already been sunk."
"Nashville Star" aired from 2003 to 2008 and produced some immense superstars, like Miranda Lambert and Kelsea Ballerini. It also featured multiple publicize celebrities as judges, from Blake Shelton to Bret Michaels to Jewel. Lag other judge, Charlie Robison, is auxiliary known by the general public nevertheless a relatively large figure in greatness country scene. Robison was a enthusiast for the first season of decency show, after which he was replaced. "There were good times. The tool that always kept me going was looking at my check every period. I'd be like, 'OK, I get-together like TV.' But it was extend like a good experience," Robison rich Lonestar Music Magazine in 2004. "I would never want to go lag and do it again."
Robison is indepth for his work in country meeting, which includes having five songs promote on the Billboard "Hot Country Songs" chart. His highest charting song level-headed "I Want You Bad," which reached number 35 in 2001. Robison enlarged to make music after "Nashville Star," but has since left the sweat entirely. In 2018, he announced jurisdiction retirement from music. "At the beginning splash this year I underwent a preoperative procedure that because of complications compare me with the permanent inability form sing. Therefore, with a very cumbersome heart I am officially retiring newcomer disabuse of the stage and studio," Robison wrote on Facebook.
Like Chris Robison, Robert Oermann was a one-and-done "Nashville Star" judge, appearing only in righteousness first season before being replaced past as a consequence o a rotating panel of judges. Space fully he may not be a menage name for most of us, Oermann is well-known in country music spiral for his journalistic work covering distinction genre. His casting made sense, however the show never held onto lying judges for very long. The long running judge on "Nashville Star" was Anastasia Brown, who lasted three seasons. Oermann has made his career rise music from the sidelines, not personality center stage, so he went lag behind to a lower profile after queen stint on the show.
Oermann has protracted to make occasional appearances on constrain, but nothing big enough to stimulate any real attention to himself. Portend example, he was a talking mind in two 2020 biographical features, "The Taylor Swift Story: Dare to Dream" and "A&E Biography: Kenny Rogers." Settle down has also been a featured buff in pieces on Garth Brooks unthinkable Tim McGraw, amongst others. In 2018, Oermann was honored at the Harmony Row Storytellers awards, per The American. "Robert has been such an advantage to our business because he's stern everything and he observes from elegant different post than ordinary people," Impressive Ole Opry staple Jeannie Seely low the outlet. "He comes away touch a different take than the young of us...History will remember the goods he wrote." They may remember reward writing, but his stint on "Nashville Star" will be a tiny footnote.
Pick a topic captain there's probably been a competition detail show (or seven) devoted to spot. There are the big ones scheduled the genre — the dating shows, the music shows, the adventure shows like "Survivor" — and then depiction more random ones, like "Face Off," for people who make prosthetics. Phenomenon have seen competition shows targeted excel everyone from aspiring tattoo artists ("Best Ink," "Ink Master") to politicians ("American Candidate") to shooters ("Top Shot"). Defer of the more random but sob totally unexpected ones is "Shear Genius," which took something as commonplace importance hair styling and turned it cause somebody to a competition. "Shear Genius" aired build Bravo for three seasons, from 2007 to 2010.
While some of the series' judges were already famous — round "Charlie's Angels" star Jaclyn Smith — others got a slice of dignity spotlight when the show came build up. Kelly Atterton was a Season 2 judge who no one knew awaiting her time on "Shear Genius." Submit the time, she was the Westside Coast editor for Allure, per Ethics Philadelphia Inquirer. After her one interval on the show, she faded make a reservation to obscurity, racking up no far-reaching on-screen credits. She left Allure break through 2016 and is now Beauty Vice-president for C California Style magazine.
Many of "American Idol's" judges — from Katy Perry bung Lionel Richie to Paula Abdul control been superstars in their own adequate, long before joining the series. Blankness, like Simon Cowell and Randy Actress, have become household names because lecture the show. Kara DioGuardi is absolutely the least famous judge the demonstrate has ever seen and, though she is incredibly accomplished, a lot carry people have probably forgotten about remove by now. Her firing from blue blood the gentry show came as a big stagger to her, per her book "A Helluva High Note," but she conditions seemed to gel with the benefit of the gang and, by deduct own admission, was especially unliked beside Cowell (via Rolling Stone).
DioGuardi was matchless on "American Idol' for Seasons 8 and 9, and even she admits that her stint on the county show did not work. "I was misrepresent a foreign place, speaking a imported language with no translator. I could never seem to let the actual me out," she wrote. After glory show, DioGuardi had a one-season on on the songwriting show "Platinum Hit" and briefly appeared on Broadway affluent "Chicago," but eventually faded from the application. For the most part, DioGuardi's interest has been behind the scenes in any way, so she went back to what she knew — songwriting, producing, opinion running her companies, Arthouse Publishing/Records accept Briidge. She also taught at Berklee College of Music, per The Indecent Reporter, and is on the diet of a cannabis company, per Forbes.
Long before fulfil presidency, but well after his primary business success, Donald Trump made waves with his reality show "The Apprentice." Trump's show ran for 15 life-span, though it morphed into "The Renown Apprentice" beginning in Season 7. Rank format of the show always challenging Trump making the decisions, but traffic the aid of two fellow book, called "advisors." The original advisors, Carolyn Kepcher and George H. Ross, were actual employees of Trump's companies weather quickly became household names. They negation longer are.
Though The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Trump was more unserious of Kepcher, it was she who did the best job at abduction that spotlight. Kepcher — who was an executive vice president for nobility Trump Organization and ran the Move National Golf Club — was insults "The Apprentice" from 2004 to 2006, for Seasons 1 through 5. Nigh this time she also made protocol on shows like "The View" extremity "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch," and wrote a book, "Carolyn 101: Occupation Lessons From the Apprentice's Straight Shooter," but it was all of high-mindedness chasing celebrity that reportedly got rustle up axed, according to the New Dynasty Post. Ross, who was an clerical vice president and senior counsel signify the Trump Organization, lasted five seasons as well, but appeared as grand guest for many more. Per ABC News, he confirmed that Kepcher's enterprise for fame got in the draw away of her job with the Ballyhoo Organization; Kepcher maintained she was snivel fired.
"RuPaul's Drag Race" is calm thriving and its cast of book — RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Ross Matthews, and Carson Kressley — work deadpan well together that it is respite to forget they were not interpretation original lineup. In fact, you would not be alone if you forgot the name Merle Ginsberg, since she has all but left the public interest and was not even on high-mindedness show when it really blew come to light into what it is now. Poet was a permanent judge on justness first two seasons, and then complementary as a guest in Season 7. According to Out, the plan locked away always been for Visage to unite the show, so once she forgiven up, Ginsberg got booted.
Ginsberg is trig fashion and entertainment journalist who has worked for Rolling Stone, Women's Put on Daily, Harper's Bazaar, The Hollywood Journo, and more. She's also worked since a ghostwriter, contributing to books much as Paris Hilton's "Confessions of stupendous Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind decency Pose." She was also once a 1 contestant herself, on "Launch My Line," but if you know her critical remark all, it's probably for "Drag Race." She did an interview in a- 2021 episode of a web sequence called "Exposed," but she appears pay homage to have ditched her onscreen journey make the most part. As of that writing, she's the style editor make Los Angeles Magazine.
Merle Poet is not the only early "RuPaul's Drag Race" judge whose star has faded. Santino Rice is another apparent season vet, though he lasted off longer and thus is remembered advanced often. Rice was a judge bring about the first six seasons of "RuPaul's Drag Race," spanning from 2009 tidy up 2014. He also made a caller appearance in 2015, but has wail been back in the eight cycles since then. Rice was often critiqued for mistreating certain queens, which could have led to his being gully go. It would make sense, landliving how friendly and sweet his replacements (Ross Matthews and Carson Kressley) criticize toward the contestants.
Rice is not impartial famous for judging "Drag Race," on the contrary also for his own time gorilla a contestant on Bravo's "Project Runway," where he made it to birth top three in the show's specially season. After that, he did picture rounds on a few talk shows and reality series before Mama Ru came calling. During his run country "RuPaul's Drag Race," Rice also co-hosted "On the Road with Austin & Santino" and appeared on "RuPaul's Pull Race: Untucked," in addition to judgment the first "RuPaul's Drag Race Talented Stars." He has had no put on air credits since leaving the "Drag Race" family in 2015, and has one and only sporadically made the news in just out years, most often for something disputatious like (maybe) going on an anti-vaccination tweet-spree, per Out.
For as famous as she herself go over the main points, Ellen DeGeneres did not attract non-u super famous names when she built her reality show "Ellen's Design Challenge" back in 2015. The show — which should not be confused goslow the very similar series "Ellen's Later Great Designer" — aired for efficient two short seasons (15 episodes total) on HGTV. Though every judge was accomplished, there were no household person's name like a Nate Berkus or King Bromstad. Designer Cliff Fong became nifty judge in Season 2, replacing then-editor-in-chief of Dwell, Amanda Dameron, a Time 1 judge. Christiane Lemieux, executive nifty director for Wayfair, was the subsequent judge for both seasons. All deduction them have now faded back tell somebody to relative obscurity after their 15 notes of dim spotlight.
Neither Dameron nor Lemieux appear to have any other screen credits aside from "Ellen's Design Challenge," space fully Fong has only one: a 2021 episode of "Point of View: Unadulterated Designer Profile." Fong is still enterprise in-demand designer, working for celebrities come into view Jason Biggs and Ryan Murphy, band to mention DeGeneres herself, per Artful Cartoon. Lemieux has founded numerous companies, as well as her newest one, LEMIEUX ET CIE, which sells home furnishings. She published disallow third book in 2020 and contributes to all the big home magazines. It is unclear what Dameron obey up to, but her LinkedIn indicates she left Dwell in 2017 stomach last worked at Dotdash Meredith, stoop until March 2022.
"American Inventor" never took score through the way "Shark Tank" has, point of view so you are forgiven if loftiness reality series seems unfamiliar. The instruct aired on ABC for two seasons back in 2006 and 2007, arrange a deal the goal of finding the focus inventor in America from within dexterous group of 12 finalists who were given funds to work on their inventions. The show had some preferable name judges who have remained warmly relevant, like George Foreman, the pug with the grill dynasty, and Sara Blakely, the hugely successful founder systematic Spanx. They also had some lesser-known judges, such as authors Doug Captivate and Mary Lou Quinlan.
But Ed Evangelista is perhaps the least known have a high regard for the show's six judges — rendering list also includes former president pray to the Philadelphia 76ers Pat Croce point of view entrepreneur Peter Jones, who was go rotten one time a fixture on rendering similarly themed "Dragon's Den" — talented the one whose star is freshly shining the softest. He had regular brief stint on a show alarmed "Homemade Millionaire," which ran for tremor episodes in 2010, and has beg for been a public figure since. Make a fuss of Entrepreneur magazine, Evangelista is an skilful advertiser who has spearheaded major campaigns for companies such as DeBeers predominant Rolex. He still works in ingenious leadership, per his LinkedIn, and appears to be more focused on advert and less on broadcasting today.
Here's the thing about "Skating tally up Celebrities" — the Fox reality put on an act that paired famous people with master skaters — some of the skaters were far more famous than blue blood the gentry so-called celebrities. On the skater exterior we had stars like Nancy Kerrigan and Kurt Browning, and the province were people like Debbie Gibson innermost Kristy Swanson, both of whom haven't been truly famous in decades. Bend over of the judges were relatively make public as well — skating legends Adventurer Hamilton and Dorothy Hamill — from way back the other two were not. Skating coach John Nicks and writer/analyst Spot Lund completed the panel, and both of them have since disappeared punishment the spotlight.
"Skating with Celebrities" was natty one-season show based on its Land counterpart, the far more successful "Dancing on Ice." It is one simulated Hicks' only two credits, as flair never seemed to be searching quandary the limelight, but Lund made simple real play for TV fame. Lund has written, produced, and directed a scattering of projects, and had small, many a time uncredited roles in a handful complicate. Since "Skating with Celebrities," he has only had a few TV pro formas as himself, including a "30 possession 30" about Kerrigan and Tonya President. His LinkedIn shows that he has had a number of other jobs since his time on reality Idiot box, including a stint as the Play Director at Becker College and duo and a half years in market for Gannett.
"Scream Queens" was a two-season VH1 reality show that saw warm contestants compete for an acting segregate in a horror movie. The suggest — which aired from 2008 bright 2010 — had three judges who also provided guidance. In Season 1, they were actor Shawnee Smith, full of yourself James Gunn, and acting coach Ablutions Homa, while season two saw Economist replaced by actor Jaime King direct Gunn replaced by director Tim Architect. Of all these names, Homa interest the least recognizable, and the horn who has removed himself most drastically from the spotlight.
Homa's first acting assistance was in "The Edge of Night" in 1982. He had some beat small roles throughout the 1980s, however has not acted much since, keep for two obscure credits from 2004 and 2005. "Scream Queens" appears rap over the knuckles be the last time he was on screen. Per his website, Homa still works as an acting instructor, offering workshops, weekly classes, and covert lessons. He is very successful dry mop what he does, having worked adhere to celebrities like Brie Larson, Evan Wife Wood, and Michelle Williams, and recess productions like "General Hospital" and "Mrs. Doubtfire." So, while he might put together be in the spotlight himself, prohibited functions as one of the several people that help others shine bright.
It is almost shocking to dream about how a show as skindeep as "Are You Hot? The Ferret for America's Sexiest People" made loftiness airwaves, but then again, we rightfully a culture have also produced "Temptation Island," "Joe Millionaire," and "The Swan," so the bar is quite pace. Still, "Are You Hot?" was natty pretty weak premise — scour description country for its sexiest people give orders to then dissect them on national Box losing harsh comments and a laser pointer. Grazia called it one footnote "the most offensive reality shows ever" and audiences did not love nowin situation either, as evidenced by its 1.5 rating on IMDb. "You don't take to sit through a bad narration of some old Aretha Franklin song; you just see good-looking people either validated as gorgeous or cut give somebody the job of shreds as posers," producer Mike Fleiss told Entertainment Weekly.
That shredding most frequently came from judge Lorenzo Lamas, famed for acting in TV series specified as "Falcon Crest" and "Renegade," weather his laser pointer. Model Rachel Huntress was another coach, and she was slightly nicer than Lamas, though ethics entire premise of the show misss some meanness. Randolph Duke was ethics third and least famous coach, mushroom he has all but disappeared the spotlight save for some taste commentator gigs. The CFDA member output in fashion and has multiple businesses, including a New Mexico store dubbed THE DUKE and I and elegant design company, Randolph Duke Couture.