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Beauty and the Geek is an American reality television series that premiered on The WB on June 1, 2005. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and J. D. Roth. The show's title is a parody of Beauty and the Beast. This was the first show produced by the Fox Television Studios sub-division Fox 21.[citation needed]
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| Opening theme | "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by Pet Shop Boys |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 48 |
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| Running time | 46 minutes |
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| Release | June 1, 2005 – May 13, 2008 |
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The show follows groups of "Beauties" (people — almost always women — who rely on their attractiveness and outgoing personalities but typically lack intellect) and "Geeks" (people — almost always men — who rely on their intellect, but typically lack social ability) who must pair up to compete in challenges to avoid elimination. The final pair remaining is declared as being "More than just a Beauty and a Geek" and wins the grand prize of $250,000.
While a competition, the show is also billed as a social experiment, in which each contestant typically learns from his or her teammate. During the competition, the contestants live in a mansion and compete in a series of challenges, with the beauties competing in challenges of intellect, and the geeks competing in challenges involving social ability.
The theme song, "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by the Pet Shop Boys (originally released in 1985), is used also on the British, Danish and Belgian-Dutch versions. Commercial promos for the show featured a different theme song, "The Geeks Get the Girls" by American Hi-Fi.
Following the second season, the American version moved to The CW, the new network formed when both The WB and UPN ceased operations in September 2006. The two-hour season premiere for the third season aired Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. EST on The CW. The fourth season premiered on September 18, making BATG the first series to premiere for the CW for the 2007-08 television season. Beauty and the Geek was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on March 12, 2008.
After the fifth season, the show was put on indefinite hiatus in order to stoke renewed interest in the show, and perhaps the addition of innovative twists to the format.[1] In October 2008, casting began for a sixth season,[2] scheduled to air on MTV, with minor celebrities as the beauties.[3] However, a sixth season never materialized.
| Beauties | Geeks |
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| Cheryl Elliott "Cocktail Waitress" | Eric Chase "Computer Programmer" |
| Erika Rumsey "Life-size Barbie Model" | Joe Hanson[a] "Never Been on a Date" |
| Krystal Tini "NBA Dancer" | Brad Dancer "Mensa Member" |
| Lauren Bergfeld "Lingerie Model" | Bill Lambing "V.P. Dukes of Hazzard Fan Club" |
| Scarlet Garcia "Beer Spokesmodel" | Shawn Bakken "Asst. Boy Scout Master" |
| Mindi Emanuel "Sorority Girl" | Richard Rubin[4] "Has Never Kissed a Girl"[b] |
| Caitilin Stoller "Aspiring Fashion Expert" | Chuck Munyon "Med Student: Functional Neurology" |
| Week | Beauty Challenge (Winner) | Geek Challenge (Winner) | Eliminated | Survived Elimination |
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| 1 | Fifth Grade Knowledge (Mindi) | Dancing Competition (Richard) | Cheryl & Eric | Erika & Joe |
| 2 | Car Repair (Caitilin) | Massage (Chuck) | Erika & Joe | Krystal & Brad |
| 3 | Rocket Science (Caitilin) | Women's Fashion (Shawn) | Krystal & Brad | Mindi & Richard |
| 4 | Math (Lauren) | Get Girls' Phone Numbers (Chuck) | Lauren & Bill | Mindi & Richard |
| 5 | Outdoor Challenge (Caitilin & Chuck) | Scarlet & Shawn | Mindi & Richard | |
| 6 | How much do you know about your partner (Caitilin & Chuck) | Mindi & Richard | Caitilin & Chuck | |
| Winners | Caitilin & Chuck | |||
| # | Contestants | Episodes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 1 | Caitilin | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WINNER | ||
| Chuck | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WINNER | |||
| 2 | Mindi | WIN | SAFE | RISK | RISK | RISK | RUNNER-UP | ||
| Richard | WIN | SAFE | RISK | RISK | RISK | RUNNER-UP | |||
| 3 | Scarlet | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
| Shawn | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| 4 | Lauren | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| Bill | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
| 5 | Krystal | SAFE | RISK | OUT | |||||
| Brad | SAFE | RISK | OUT | ||||||
| 6 | Erika | RISK | OUT | ||||||
| Joe | RISK | OUT | |||||||
| 7 | Cheryl | OUT | |||||||
| Eric | OUT | ||||||||
| Beauties | Geeks | Notes |
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| Amanda Horan "Hairstylist" | Brandon Blankenship "Assistant Neurobiologist" | Amanda's Week 1 partner: Chris Brandon's Week 1 partner: Tristin[a] |
| Brittany Knott "Tanning Salon Administrator" | Joe Block "Speed Chess Champion" | |
| Cher Tenbush "Beer Spokesmodel" | Josh Herman "Museum Critic" | |
| Danielle Gonzalez "Cocktail Waitress" | Karl Hench "Dungeon Master" | |
| Jennipher Johnson "Camp Counselor" | Ankur Mehta "MIT Graduate" | |
| Sarah Coleman "Dental Assistant" | Wes Wilson "Tracks Monkeys With Lasers" | |
| Thais Soares "Model" | Tyson Mao "Rubik's Cube Record Holder" | |
| Tristin Clow "Cocktail Waitress/Shot Girl" | Chris Saroki "Has Only Kissed One Girl" | Tristin's Week 1 partner: Brandon
Chris's Week 1 partner: Amanda[a] |
| # | Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 1 | Cher | SAFE | WIN | WIN | RISK | SAFE | RISK | WIN | WINNER | ||
| Josh | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | WIN | RISK | WIN | WINNER | |||
| 2 | Brittany | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | RISK | RUNNER-UP | ||
| Joe | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | RISK | RUNNER-UP | |||
| 3 | Jennipher | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | WIN | OUT | |||
| Ankur | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| 4 | Sarah | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| Wes | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |||||
| 5 | Danielle | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||
| Karl | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| 6 | Tristin | SAFE | RISK | RISK | OUT | ||||||
| Chris | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | |||||||
| 7 | Thais | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| Tyson | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||||||
| 8 | Amanda | WIN | OUT | ||||||||
| Brandon | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| Week | Beauty Challenge (Winner) | Geek Challenge (Winner) | Eliminated | Survived Elimination |
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| 1 | Quiz (Amanda & Chris) | No eliminations | ||
| 2 | Public Speaking (Cher) | Karaoke (Tyson) | Amanda & Brandon | Tristin & Chris |
| 3 | Assemble a computer and burn a song (Cher) | Interior decorating (Joe) | Thais & Tyson | Tristin & Chris |
| 4 | Makeover for the Geeks | Speed dating (Wes) | Tristin & Chris | Cher & Josh |
| 5 | Strip poker (Brittany) | Party planning (Josh) | Danielle & Karl | Jennipher & Ankur |
| 6 | Frumpy flirting (Jennipher) | Fashion photography (Joe) | Sarah & Wes | Cher & Josh |
| 7 | Navigation (Cher) | Shopping (Josh) | Jennipher & Ankur | Brittany & Joe |
| 8 | How their partners think (Cher & Josh) | Brittany & Joe | Cher & Josh | |
| Winners | Cher & Josh | |||
| Beauties | Geeks | Episode Eliminated |
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| Megan Hauserman "Playboy Model" | Alan "Scooter" Zackheim "Harvard Graduate" | Winners |
| Cecille Gahr "Bikini Model" | Nate Dern "Singer: Star Wars Band" | Episode 7 |
| Jennylee Berns "U.F.C. Ring Girl" | Niels Hoven "Had A Perfect S.A.T. Score" | Episode 6 |
| Nadia Underwood "Sorority Girl" | Mario Muscar "Owns 25,000 Comics" | Episode 5 |
| Erin Gipson "Voice Teacher" | Drew Sawa "Trekker" | Episode 4 |
| Andrea Ciliberti "Beauty Pageant Queen" | Matt Herman "M.I.T. Graduate" | Episode 3 |
| Sheree Swanson "Former Hooters Waitress" | Piao Sam "Has Only Kissed One Girl" | Episode 2 |
| Tori Elmore "Model" | Sanjay Shah "Virgin" | Episode 1 pt. 2 |
| # | Contestants | Episodes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 1 | Megan | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WINNER |
| Scooter | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WINNER | |
| 2 | Cecille | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | WIN | SAFE | RISK | RUNNER-UP |
| Nate | WIN | WIN | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | WIN | RISK | RUNNER-UP | |
| 3 | Jennylee | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | |
| Niels | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | RISK | RISK | OUT | ||
| 4 | Nadia | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||
| Mario | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
| 5 | Erin | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
| Drew | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| 6 | Andrea | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | OUT | ||||
| Matt | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | OUT | |||||
| 7 | Sheree | SAFE | WIN | OUT | |||||
| Piao | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| 8 | Tori | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Sanjay | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| Week | Beauty Challenge (Winner) | Geek Challenge (Winner) | Eliminated | Survived Elimination |
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| 1 (Part 1) | Library Search (Cecille) | Social Challenge (Nate) | ||
| 1 (Part 2) | News Interview (Sheree) | Stand-up Comedy (Nate) | Tori & Sanjay | Erin & Drew |
| 2 | Museum Tour Guiding (Nadia) | Model Quiz (Mario) | Sheree & Piao | Andrea & Matt |
| 3 | Geek Makeover & Charity Auction (Jennylee & Niels) | Andrea & Matt | Cecille & Nate | |
| 4 | Beach Escape Challenge (Cecille) | Fitness Instructor (Scooter) | Erin & Drew | Jennylee & Niels |
| 5 | Building a Doghouse (Megan) | Collecting Phone Numbers (Nate) | Nadia & Mario | Jennylee & Niels |
| 6 | Ranch Duties Challenge (Megan & Scooter) | Jennylee & Niels | Cecille & Nate | |
| 7 | Who Changed the Most (decided by previously eliminated contestants) (Megan & Scooter) | Cecille & Nate | Megan & Scooter | |
| Winners | Megan & Scooter | |||
| Beauties | Geeks |
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| Amanda Hanshaw[5] "Aspiring Playboy Model" | Tony Tran[6] "Biomedical student" |
| Erin Schneider[7] "Beautician" | Jesse Yeary[7] "Lives with parents" |
| Hollie Winnard "Professional Betty Boop" | Josh Bishop-Moser[8] "Rubberband Club President" |
| Jasmine Moore[9] "Babysitter" | David Olsen[10] "LARPer" |
| Jennifer Carter "Cigar Model" | William McDonald[11] "Server, Online gamer" |
| Katie Roberson "Sorority Girl" | Luke Neyer[12] "Robotics Engineer" |
| Natalie Reeves "Ultimate Hooters Girl" | John Gardner "Perfect 5.0 at MIT" |
| Rebecca Nichols[13] "Cocktail Waitress" | Will Frank[13] "Software Engineer" |
| Shalandra "Shay" Champ[14] "Beauty Pageant Queen" | Joshua Green[14][15] "Astrophysicist" |
| Sam Horrigan "Club Promoter" | Nicole Morgan "Musicologist" |
| # | Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 1 | Jasmine | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WINNER | ||
| David | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WINNER | |||
| 2 | Sam | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | RISK | WIN | WIN | WIN | RISK | RUNNER-UP | ||
| Nicole | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | RUNNER-UP | |||
| 3 | Jen | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | RISK | OUT | |||
| William | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | RISK | OUT | ||||
| 4 | Shay | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | RISK | OUT | ||||
| Joshua | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | OUT | |||||
| 5 | Natalie | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | OUT | |||||
| John | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | RISK | OUT | ||||||
| 6 | Erin | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Jesse | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| 7 | Katie | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| Luke | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| 8 | Rebecca | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||||||
| Will | SAFE | WIN | WIN | OUT | |||||||||
| 9 | Hollie | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| Josh | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
| 10 | Amanda | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
| Tony | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||||
| Week | Beauty Challenge (Winner) | Geek Challenge (Winner) | Eliminated | Survived Elimination |
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| 1 | Intellectual Skills Analysis (lowest score wins) (Shay) | Social Skills Analysis (lowest score wins) (Joshua) | No eliminations | |
| 2 | Debating (Sam) | Rap Off (Will) | Amanda & Tony | Natalie & John |
| 3 | Anatomy Body Paint (Rebecca) | Romantic Gift Basket (Will) | Hollie & Josh | Erin & Jesse |
| 4 | Rocket Building (Sam) | Massage Skills (Jesse) | Rebecca & Will | Jen & William |
| 5 | Teaching 3rd Graders (Shay) | Prom King or Queen (John) | Katie & Luke | Sam & Nicole |
| 6 | Comic-Con Superhero Challenge (Sam & Nicole) | Erin & Jesse | Natalie & John | |
| 7 | Mayan Glyph Memorization (Sam) | Salsa Dancing (David) | Natalie & John | Shay & Joshua
Jen & William[a] |
| 8 | Zoology/Insect Challenge (Sam) | Flair Bartending Challenge (David) | Shay & Joshua | Jen & William |
| 9 | Wine Challenge (Jasmine & David) | Jen & William | Sam & Nicole | |
| 10 | Viewer's Vote[b] | Sam & Nicole | David & Jasmine | |
| Winners | David & Jasmine | |||
Season 5 premiered on March 11, 2008, taking over the timeslot of Reaper.[16] For the first three episodes, the beauties competed as a group against the team of geeks. The remaining beauties and geeks then paired off to compete against the other pairs, as in previous seasons.
| Beauties | Geeks |
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| Amber Griffin "Runway Model" | John English[17] "Child Genius" |
| Jillian Beyor "Playboy Cyber Club Model" | Jonathan Prater[18] "Mama's Boy" |
| Tiffany Wade "One Tough Mama" | Jim Babcock[19] "Video Game Programmer" |
| Cara Goldberg "Aspiring Soap Star" | Chris Follett[20] "MIT Oceanographer" |
| Tara McComas "Daisy Dukes Hostess" | "Cowboy" Joe Cortez Assignment Desk Editor |
| Randi Ferrera "The Navy Diva" | Greggy Soriano[21][22][23][24][25] "Self-Proclaimed 'Gaysian'" |
| Kristina Savenok[26] "Daddy's Girl" | Jason Prager "One Buff Geek" |
| Leticia Cline "Extreme Sports Model" | Matt Carter "The Poet" |
| Amanda Corey[27] "Hawaiian Tropic Model" | Tommy Severo "Sweater Vest Enthusiast" |
Note: John, Amber and Jillian were all eliminated before the teams paired. Jonathan was left without a partner and was therefore eliminated.
| # | Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| 1 | Amanda | WIN | RISK | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | RISK | RISK | WINNER | ||||
| Tommy | RISK | WIN | RISK | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | RISK | RISK | WINNER | |||||
| 2 | Cara | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | RISK | RUNNER-UP | ||||
| Chris | RISK | WIN | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | WIN | RISK | RUNNER-UP | |||||
| 3 | Leticia | WIN | SAFE | WIN | RISK | WIN | SAFE | RISK | WIN | OUT | |||||
| Matt | SAFE | WIN | RISK | RISK | WIN | SAFE | RISK | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| 4 | Tara | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | RISK | OUT | ||||||
| Joe | RISK | WIN | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | RISK | OUT | |||||||
| 5 | Kristina | WIN | RISK | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | OUT | |||||||
| Jason | SAFE | WIN | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| 6 | Randi | WIN | RISK | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| Greggy | SAFE | WIN | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| 7 | Tiffany | WIN | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||
| Jim | SAFE | WIN | RISK | OUT | |||||||||||
| 15 | Jonathan | RISK | WIN | RISK | OUT | ||||||||||
| 16 | Jillian | WIN | RISK | OUT | |||||||||||
| 17 | Amber | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 18 | John | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Week | Challenge (Winner) | Eliminated | Survived Elimination | |
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| 1 | Getting Phone Numbers (Beauties) | John | Chris, Joe, Jonathan, Tommy | |
| 2 | Talent Show (Geeks) | Amber | Amanda, Jillian, Kristina, Randi | |
| 3 | Flag Football Game (Beauties)[a] | Jillian | Chris | |
| Teammate draft[b] | Jonathan | All other geeks | ||
| 4 | Science Fair (Cara) | Love Hotline (Tommy) | Tiffany & Jim | Leticia & Matt |
| 5 | Geek Makeover & Soap Opera Challenge (Leticia & Matt) | No Elimination | ||
| 6 | Garbage Math (Kristina) | Geek Firefighter (Tommy) | Randi & Greggy | Tara & Joe |
| 7 | Building a Sled (Amanda & Tommy) | Kristina & Jason | Leticia & Matt, Cara & Chris, Tara & Joe[c] | |
| 8 | Plumbing (Leticia) | Geeky Girls' Makeovers (Chris) | Tara & Joe | Amanda & Tommy |
| 9.1 | How Well Do You Know Your Partner | Leticia & Matt | Amanda & Tommy, Cara & Chris | |
| 9.2 | Former Cast Members Hunt in LA (Amanda & Tommy) | Cara & Chris | Amanda & Tommy | |
| Winners | Amanda & Tommy | |||
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