Cooking shows are hot on television now days, creating serious competition among the celebrity cooks as well as prospective winners in various formats on TV. MasterChef features the likes of Gordon Ramsay (Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares) along side Joe Bastianich (restaurateur/vineyard owner), and Graham Elliot (chef/restaurant owner) as judges who oversee the contestants who come from a wide assortment of occupations including housewives, doctors, lawyers, private chefs, realtors, and travel writers. From what appears to be a huge crowd in the initial tryouts they whittle the prospects down to 100, then down to 38 or so and put them all to the test. With each contestant offering their "signature" dish to the judges, the competition begins and so does elimination, one by one. It is amazingly difficult to please all three judges as they are diverse in their likes and taste preferences, and the pressure is on to perform and show they have a talent for cooking. The coveted crown of MasterChef will be given to whomever can best please the judges and keep their head about them in the heat of the kitchen.

The Biggest Loser TV show is the reality contest series in which couples of overweight people have to overcome various obstacles on the way to reducing its weight and gain good physical shape. Typically, these obstacles are not physical in nature, but psychological only. Laziness and lack of willpower, lack of confidence in themselves, the desire to cheat are the main barriers to a healthy lifestyle for anyone. But at NBC's The Biggest Loser TV show is something else that makes contestants going to do anything to achieve the goal - it's Prize. The couple who reach the best results for weight loss wins the Prize. And perhaps nothing motivates so well as $ 250,000 prize for the fact that you yourself will improve your health. As it as a problem of overweight is spreading around the world - just the same way grows audience of The Biggest Loser. TV show began in 2004 in the U.S. and already has his many fans in 26 countries, where it appears on television screens under different names, but with the same idea: Your goal is to lose weight - becoming healthy and wealthy. And a big cash prize stimulates contestants equally well the in the U.S. as anywhere in the world from South Africa to Ukraine.

The premise here is that Devin Grissom, lovely and lovable Southern gal from the state of Alabama needs to find a man who can win her heart, and please her family as well. A dedicated sports fan (especially football), Devin wants her future to include someone who can keep her happy forever just like her folks who were high school sweethearts. In this reality series she can choose from among 20 fellows, ten country guys and ten from the big city. The men compete in various challenges in hopes of winning some time with the Southern Belle, and at the end of each episode she tells one suitor goodbye for good. Among the competitors are: Adam Moyer grew up on a horse farm and compares the personalities of horses to women. Tribble Reese, a Birmingham, Alabama bartender and former college football player. Collin Varallo, southern gent and landscaper who prefers to court southern belles. Jason Maxim, Hollywood California entrepreneur with his own line of "Maxim" products to offer. Michael Dean, extremely health conscious personal trainer from Las Vegas who's looking for a down home southern gal to get serious about. Brian Wilson, French speaking music manager from LA who's mother who travelled with him and his siblings around the world.

The latest concept in reality television is Same Name which pairs up a "regular guy" with a celebrity who just happens to share the same first and last names. Of course a name like Betty White (at least five in the Boston area alone) is an easy one to match up but how does the well known comedienne compare with someone from the so called normal world? The idea could be interesting if the celeb trades places with the real person and spends some time in their shoes and vice versa. Can Floridian Justin Bieber (they found one in Jacksonville, Florida) sing? In the pilot episode we see a landscaper and electrician from Lake Jackson, Texas with the name of David Hasselhoff trade his life with THE David Hasselhoff, formerly of Baywatch and Knight Rider. Will the Hass electrocute himself? And is Mr. Hasselhoff from Texas better looking? Those who share names with celebrities seldom have anything else in common other than that name thing and it could be humorous observing how difficult it may be for the pampered set to actually work at real jobs.

"Alone" is a reality television series that follows participants as they are dropped off in a remote wilderness location, with only minimal gear, and are tasked with surviving for as long as they can. The show premiered on the History Channel in 2015 and has since aired multiple seasons.

Hot Ones is a popular YouTube show that features celebrity guests being interviewed while eating spicy hot wings. The show is hosted by Sean Evans, who asks his guests a series of questions while they try to handle the increasingly spicy wings. The heat levels of the wings are measured in Scoville units, a unit used to measure the spiciness of chili peppers.