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'''Celebreality''' is a [[portmanteau]] that combines the words [[celebrity]] and [[reality]], and is generally used to refer to programming in which celebrities star and participate in [[reality television]] shows.

The first known published use of the word was by Michael Gross, writing for the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' on [[May 12]] [[1991]], who used it in reference to celebrities looking like everyday people at the 1991 [[Oscars]]. The next known published use of the word was by Joyce Millman, writing for the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[January 5]], [[2003]] [http://www.wordspy.com/words/celebreality.asp], who used the word in its commonly accepted form. Since then, the word "celebreality" has become increasingly popular, in part because the genre of television programming it was used to describe started to gain popularity.

On [[November 19]] [[2004]], [[Viacom]] applied for trademark registration of the word [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78520234].  Since [[December 5]] [[2004]], Viacom subsidiary [[VH1]] has used the word "Celebreality" as the title of [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/101732/episode.jhtml its block of reality shows] featuring [[A-list|B and C-list]] celebrities, but the term is also commonly used by writers about pop culture to describe this type of program (examples: ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'', ''[[Skating with Celebrities]]'', ''[[The Osbournes]]'').

==Season One==
The first season of Celebreality premiered on [[January 9]] [[2005]]. Anchored by the fourth season of ''[[The Surreal Life]]'', which VH1 picked up from [[The WB]], the block of reality TV also debuted the inaugural season of ''[[Celebrity Fit Club]]'' and a ''Surreal Life'' spin-off from the previous season: ''[[Strange Love]]'' which followed the relationship between [[Flavor Flav]] and [[Brigitte Nielsen]].

==Season Two==
Celebrealty made a comeback on [[July 10]] [[2005]]. Once again, ''The Surreal Life'' was the main attraction. ''Celebrity Fit Club'' returned for its second season, and ''[[Hogan Knows Best]]'', a reality show documenting the life of wrestler Hulk Hogan and his family, premiered.

===(Part Two)===
The second season of Celebreality featured more than twice as many shows as the first. Since both ''Hogan Knows Best'' and ''Celebrity Fit Club'' were both five episode shows, and ''The Surreal Life'' featured ten, two new shows picked up for the two concluding shows as the second half of ''The Surreal Life'' continued. The new shows were ''[[Breaking Bonaduce]]'', chronicling the life of former ''[[Partridge Family]]'' star [[Danny Bonaduce]], and ''[[My Fair Brady]]'', another ''Surreal Life'' spin-off, which followed the relationship between [[Christopher Knight]] and [[Adrianne Curry]]. Both shows premiered [[September 11]] [[2005]].

===(Part Three)===
The third part of the second series of Celebreality continued the series of ''My Fair Brady'' and ''Breaking Bonaduce'' (both ten episode shows), but also introduced a replacement for the concluded ''The Surreal Life''. This was ''[[But Can They Sing?]]'' a five episode singing competition featuring stars who are famous for things other than singing (boxing, acting, modeling).

==Season Three==
The third separate series of Celebreality began airing on [[January 1]] [[2006]]. Unlike all previous installations, it did not debut a new season of ''The Surreal Life''. However, ''Celebrity Fit Club'' did return for season three, and ''[[Flavor of Love]]'', a dating competition starring [[Flavor Flav]] premiered.

===(Part Two)===
Once ''Celebrity Fit Club'' and ''Flavor of Love'' had concluded their ten episode runs, two returning favorites took their place. These included another new season (the sixth) of ''The Surreal Life'' and season two of ''Hogan Knows Best'' (both premiering [[March 19]] [[2006]]). The second season of ''My Fair Brady'' premiered [[May 28]] [[2006]]. ''Flavor of Love'' returned [[April 2]] [[2006]] for its reunion show.

==Season Four==
The fourth season of Celebreality will begin on [[August 6]] [[2006]] with season two of ''Flavor of Love'' and season four of ''Celebrity Fit Club''. ''Breaking Bonaduce'' and ''Hogan Knows Best'' will resume in October [[2006]].

==Celebreality Stars==
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{| class="wikitable"
!Person!!Claim to fame!!Show
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|[[Adrianne Curry]]||[[America's Next Top Model]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Four), [[My Fair Brady]]
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|[[Da Brat]]||Female Solo Rap Artist||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Four)
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|[[Christopher Knight]]||[[The Brady Bunch]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Four), [[My Fair Brady]]
|-
|[[Joanie Laurer]]||[[WWF|WWF Wrester]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Four)
|-
|[[Marcus Schenkenberg]]||Male Supermodel||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Four)
|-
|[[Verne Troyer]]||[[Austin Powers]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Four)
|-
|[[Jane Wiedlin]]||[[The Go-Go's]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Four)
|-
|[[Flavor Flav]]||[[Public Enemy]]||[[Surreal Life]], [[Strange Love]], [[Flavor of Love]]
|-
|[[Brigitte Nielsen]]||[[Actress]]||[[Surreal Life]], [[Strange Love]]
|-
|[[Caprice Bourret]]||[[Mode]]l||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Five)
|-
|[[José Canseco]]||[[Baseball Player]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Five)
|-
|[[Sandy Denton]]||[[Salt-N-Pepa]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Five)
|-
|[[Janice Dickinson]]||[[Supermodel]] (World's First)||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Five)
|-
|[[Carey Hart]]||[[Motocross]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Five)
|-
|[[Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth]]||[[The Apprentice]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Five)
|-
|[[Bronson Pinchot]]||[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]||[[Surreal Life]] (Season Five)
|-
|[[Hulk Hogan]]||[[WWE|WWE Wrester]]||[[Hogan Knows Best]]
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|[[Florence Henderson]]||[[The Brady Bunch]]||[[My Fair Brady]], [[Surreal Life]] (Season Six)
|}