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Bucky Katt 3146 desperate attention whore postings
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"The Big Choice"
Now this is a show worth watching! Good to see Alex's career has done so well after leaving Trading Spaces.

http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?29176

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Having not been burned enough by "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire," FOX will offer up another relationship/reality show next month, but don't expect any happily ever after.

Premiering Monday, Jan.6 at 9 p.m. ET, the show features women who fly to France for several weeks in order to fight for a wealthy and desirable young bachelor, whom they believe to be worth 50 million US dollars. In actuality, the bachelor is a construction worker with an annual salary of $19,000.

The financial twist to the game will prove if the winner's love is for real or not.

FOX is not revealing at this time whether a marriage proposal is involved or not; however, Joe, who will tell his ladies that he recently inherited the large sum of money, will not be lying about any other aspect of his life -- including his education, experience and past relationships.

Less than six FOX execs knew of the project's existence when it was shot in France under the working title "The Big Choice," the network confirms. That was also the title the female contestants knew the show by.

Alex McLeod ("Trading Spaces") will host the new reality show, which will fill the time slot vacated by "girls club" for its seven-episode run.

"I'll have you know, I rock!" BA

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 aka Joe Millionaire Bebo 12-02-02 1
 RE: The Big Choice Lisapooh 12-02-02 2
   RE: The Big Choice SurvivorBlows 12-02-02 3
 RE: The Big Choice Asrai 12-04-02 4
 RE: The Big Choice Drive My Car 12-04-02 5
 RE: The Big Choice Ashmo 12-04-02 6
 RE: The Big Choice Loree 12-10-02 7

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"The Big Choice" was the working title, with "Joe Millionaire" as the actual choice that's being advertised already.

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/va/20021202/103884689300.html

Fox's Faux 'Joe' a Cheap Shot at Reality

After months of top-secret shooting, Fox next month will take the wraps off of a reality series that poses a simple question: Who wants to marry a multimillionaire -- who's actually not even a millionaire?

The network has quietly finished production on "Joe Millionaire," a seven-episode series that combines elements of Fox's controversial 2000 special "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" with ABC's red-hot relationship franchise "The Bachelor." The series will bow Jan. 6 at 9 p.m., filling the time slot vacated by "Girls Club." Alex McLeod ("Trading Spaces") will host.

"In a way, we're ripping the mask off the people (who sign up for shows like 'The Bachelor')," Fox reality programming chief Mike Darnell told Daily Variety. "We find out whether they're really doing this for love."

"Joe" features 20 single women who fly to France in order to win the affection of a hand-some American they believe to be worth $50 million. The twist: The as-yet unidentified man is actually a construction worker with an annual income of $19,000.

"It's the gold diggers and the ditch digger," one Fox insider said.

Viewers will know from the start that the faux Joe is actually a blue-collar guy with no coin to his name. They'll also watch as he undergoes a Pygmalion-like transformation from humble construction worker into someone who might pass for a multimillionaire.

The 20 women who participated in the show, however, are told Joe recently inherited $50 million and is looking for someone with whom he can share his wealth. Joe will maintain this ruse, though he'll be honest with the women about every other aspect of his life, from education to past romances.

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"All of his backstory is true, except for the money part," Darnell said.

As in "Bachelor," Joe will narrow down his potential mates each week, taking them on horseback rides through the French countryside near what the women believe is his chateau, or wining and dining them at the Eiffel Tower.

Rather than hand his rejects roses, Joe will give losing women jewelry of escalating value. The payoff comes in the finale episode, when the faux millionaire chooses the one woman with whom he wants to have a relationship. If the woman agrees to continue the relationship -- Fox isn't saying if a marriage proposal is involved -- Joe is forced to come clean.

'A SPECTACULAR SHOW'

"In the end, he must reveal to her that he's basically broke," Darnell said. "We get to see if she still wants to be with him. It's a spectacular show with a spectacular ending."

Fox Entertainment president Gail Berman knows "Joe Millionaire" will have its critics, just as "Bachelor" has its detractors.

"It'll cause some controversy and hopefully grab some viewers," she said. "We just think it's a great spin on these kinds of shows and reality TV in general."

What "Joe Millionaire" won't be is a regular part of Fox's schedule. "We cannot duplicate this show. It's a one-time-only thing," Berman said.

Indeed, in order to ensure none of the women discovered Joe's secret prematurely, Fox and series producer Rocket Science Prods. ("Temptation Island ( news - Y! TV)") produced the series under a cloak of secrecy heavy even by the already paranoid standards of the reality TV world.

Less than a half-dozen Fox execs knew of the project's existence. The show was shot in France under the code name "The Big Choice" to further throw off competitors. Most of the production crew in France had no idea what they were really shooting, nor did a butler hired to serve as Joe's assistant.

"We had to keep it unbelievably secret," Darnell said. "If the participants knew (the twist), then you're screwed. And if our competitors found out, the women in the show would have found out."

While word did leak out about "Big Choice," competitors were never certain about the details of the show, other than that it was relationship-oriented. News that Fox is developing an arranged-marriage series also may have thrown some off the scent.


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2. "RE: The Big Choice"
Now this is a show I'm excited about. A guy who lies about how much he makes? Women interested in men only for their money? Unheard of!!

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>A guy who lies about how much he makes? Women interested in men
>only for their money? Unheard of!!

"FOX -- Putting the REALITY back in reality television"

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When I first heard about the show, I was estatic! This has got to be the best premise for a show in a very long time! I'm gonna be LMAO the whole time, I just know it!


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This is some sick sh*t people!

( count me in)

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I know I'm watching.

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Oh I can't wait! This will be fun...
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