The 10 Worst Reality Show Concepts to Ever Make It On Air

Dating in the Dark

The concept for this stupid show was to put three men and three women in a pitch-black room where they would have a blind date (get it???) and then pair up the couples. Eventually, the lights would come on and they would see the other person. There was no twist or surprise, it was just regular people the whole time. Here's a clip:

Boy Meets Boy

There's no issue with doing a gay dating show, but it was extremely messed up when Bravo revealed the show's twist: Some of the contestants are straight guys pretending to be gay. If one of the straight guys was selected as the winner, he would win a cash prize. No one thought this was a gross, terrible idea? No one? Here's a clip:

Pete Rose: Hits and Mrs.

If the former baseball player's legacy wasn't tarnished enough from his gambling issues, Rose decided it would be a great idea to let TLC follow him around.  The cameras recorded him as he spent time with his Playboy model fiancée, as well as hanging with little leaguers as he teaches them the art of stealing seconnd base and parlaying multiple bets. It was so bad TLC ended up airing the final episodes back-to-back on a Sunday morning.

The Littlest Groom

Again, the concept of this show isn't the problem. Finding love for a little person is perfectly fine, but FOX made it feel so wrong. Even the twist of bringing in average-sized women was handled in a way that made the groom look like an oversized infant. Here's a clip:

The Pick-Up Artist

Here's a show about a douche in a ridiculous hat trying to teach nerds how to manipulate and trick girls into making out with them. Women are reduced to props in this terrible VH1 creation. If you don't think Mystery is ridiculous enough, wait until you meet his wingman, Matador! Here's a clip:

Mr. Personality

It was bad enough that Fox came up with a show where a woman would be courted by creepy men wearing masks like a Marvel villain, but to top it all off it was hosted by none other than Monica Lewinsky! Thankfully, it didn't even make it through an entire season and was swiftly cancelled.

I Want a Famous Face

There are bad ideas for reality shows, and then there are ideas that will haunt participants for the rest of their lives. This is one of the latter. Here MTV follows youngsters as they spend thousands of dollars on plastic surgery to look like their favorite celebrities. Maybe a tattoo would be less drastic, but if you want your face to look like Ricky Martin who are we to judge? Here's a clip:

Kill Reality

What happened to all those reality stars you hated? They're now all under one roof! That was the idea E! apparently put together in 2005. The show took a bunch of ex-reality stars and started filming a horror movie with them, while also filming a series about making the horror movie. Does that make any sense? It doesn't matter, it's over and gone forever. Here's a clip: