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The Real Pod: Badgelor goes bonkers and The Block NZ is the pits

The Real Pod: Badgelor goes bonkers and The Block NZ is the pits

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.
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By The Real Pod | 13th September, 2018
Podcast
The Real Pod: We went on The Block and Duncan went on a Segway

The Real Pod: We went on The Block and Duncan went on a Segway

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.
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By The Real Pod | 7th September, 2018
Podcast
A villain from The Bachelor US dishes the dirt on UnREAL

A villain from The Bachelor US dishes the dirt on UnREAL

Ahead of UnREAL season three arriving exclusively to Lightbox tomorrow, Olivia Caridi from The Bachelor US takes us behind the curtain of reality romance.
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By Alex Casey | 26th February, 2018
Senior writer
When The Bachelor goes more batshit than UnREAL ever could

When The Bachelor goes more batshit than UnREAL ever could

Alex Casey shares her favourite moments of producer manipulation, contestant craziness and pant-pooping in all of dating show history.
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By Alex Casey | 9th August, 2016
Senior writer
Bachelor in Paradise: Reality Television Reaches a New Peak With an iPhone-Wielding Raccoon

Bachelor in Paradise: Reality Television Reaches a New Peak With an iPhone-Wielding Raccoon

"The raccoon uses consoling squeaks to comfort Clare in her time of need, HANGS UP the phone with his TINY RACCOON FOOT and then DIVES INTO THE POOL"
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By Alex Casey | 21st August, 2015
Senior writer
The Spinoff’s TV Week: Double-Headed Dogs, Forklift Fury and Reality Paradise

The Spinoff’s TV Week: Double-Headed Dogs, Forklift Fury and Reality Paradise

Bringing together the TV moments on the week, including Jon Stewart’s final address, doubling the dogs on TV One and paradise lost in Bachelor in Paradise.
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By Group Think | 7th August, 2015
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Bachelor in Paradise: Onion Whisperers and Mould Survivors – Introducing 2015’s Greatest Reality Show

Bachelor in Paradise: Onion Whisperers and Mould Survivors – Introducing 2015’s Greatest Reality Show

Alex Casey introduces the strong line-up for TVNZ's Bachelor in Paradise, and argues why you should watch this deplorable, fantastic piece of television.
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By Alex Casey | 7th August, 2015
Senior writer

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