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With the help of a team of experts and friends, two families compete to design, construct and decorate brand new homes over the course of just ten weeks.

Surviving Disaster is unlike any other series on television, as it may actually save a life. What's the best way to survive an earthquake, home invasions, plane hijacking, bioterrorism, hurricane, or even a nuclear attack? Navy SEAL Cade Courtley vividly takes viewers through catastrophic scenarios and arms them with the knowledge needed to survive the unthinkable.

Chefs vs. City is an American television show produced by Food Network. The show stars chefs Aarón Sanchez and Chris Cosentino who travel to different cities of the United States to challenge two local chefs to a variety of food-related challenges. Also starring is actor Ethan Erickson as the show's host. The show first aired on August 7, 2009.

Double Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell, TV presenter Ben Fogle and Doctor Ed Coats compete in one of the world’s greatest challenges – the 2009 race to the South Pole - the first organised race since Scott and Amundsen almost 100 years ago.

Graham Norton hosts the annual search for a singer or group to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Tattoo Highway is a documentary television series about a tattoo artist, Thomas Pendelton driving around the American Southwest with his crew in a tattoo shop converted bus. It premiered on A&E Network Wednesday May 27, 2009.

Every bride hopes her big day is spectacular and she works hard to make it the best possible wedding ever. This series gives women the chance to see how their weddings stack up -- against those of other brides. Each episode follows four brides as they plan their own weddings and attend each others' nuptials. At the end, they must vote on which wedding takes the cake. The winning bride and groom will be whisked off on a dream honeymoon.

A weekly television talk show, which selected young women, ages 14–25, to promote education, skills and choosing the right career. Nestlé Nesvita's Women of Strength initiative aims to provide young urban women with the tools and guidance to create positive, goal-achieving changes in their lives. It tells stories of strength from women who thought they had achieved something extraordinary in life and deserved the title of ‘Woman of Strength’.

Popular reality fare about overweight people competing to drop pounds. Divided initially into teams, the contestants are aided (and bullied) by trainers and must participate in physical reward challenges. At the end of each episode, there's a weigh-in that helps determine who is sent packing.

My Life as an Animal is a television series broadcast on BBC Three and presented by Rebecca Wilcox. In each episode, two volunteers spend four days with a different species of animal, living how they live in an attempt to be accepted by the animals as one of them. They also find out how to communicate with the animals and see their entire life cycle. They are guided by wildlife expert Terry Nutkins.

A dream becomes reality for one of eight female contestants competing for a recording contract in this series that also pits two established producers against each other. Under the tutelage of Drumma Boy and Jazze Pha, who each work with four of the contestants, the ladies go through an intense development process with songwriters, stylists, designers and photographers until two finalists emerge. A concert performance determines the winner of the contract, and either Drumma or Jazze will produce her new record, depending on who coached her during the show.

A family of six and their home are stripped of all their modern technology to live a life of decades past. In each episode, the family lives through a given decade at a rate of a year per day. They have their own Technical Support Team to source and supply them with the vintage technology that would have been available to British households during the decade.

P. Diddy's Starmaker is an American interactive talent show that first aired on MTV in August 2009. It is currently presented by Kimberly Caldwell, with P. Diddy, Rodney Jerkins, Tamara Conniff and Laurie Ann Gibson as judges.

Op zoek naar Maria is a talent competition program that aired in Belgium on Vtm. It premiered on 25 March 2009. The premise of the series was to find a musical theatre performer to play the role of Maria von Trapp in the 2009 Albert Verlinde and Roel Vente revival of The Sound of Music at the Efteling Theatre. The show is hosted by Koen Wauters and featured Frank Van Laecke, Linda Lepomme, and Peter de Smet as the judges for the show. Following a public telephone vote, 27-year-old Deborah De Ridder was chosen as Maria with 25-year-old Fleur Brusselmans as the runner up and Liv Van Aelst in 3rd place. A commercial advertising the show, featuring over 200 dancers dancing, seemingly spontaneously, to "Do-Re-Mi" in Antwerpen-Centraal railway station, has received over 20,000,000 hits on YouTube.

The Phone is a United States reality television show, based on the Dutch version of the same name. This show aired on Fridays at 10pm Eastern time on MTV

Participants from different parts of West Bengal participate to win the title as Host Sourav Ganguly tests their intellect and humour quotient.

Mexico's Next Top Model, sometimes abbreviated as MxNTM, is a Mexican reality television series, based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model. It is the second franchise in Latin America after Brazil's Next Top Model, and like the latter, the Mexican version is broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television. The series features a group of young women who would be competing for the title of "Mexico's Next Top Model" and a chance to begin their career in the modeling industry.

13: Fear Is Real is a reality television series which premiered on January 7, 2009.

Bank of Hollywood is an American reality television series. Hosted by Bryan Callen, the show airs on E!. It is based on the U.K. series Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway, in which contestants must appeal to a celebrity panel in order to receive money, and produced by Ryan Seacrest. The panel consists of four celebrities: ⁕Melody Thornton - Pussycat Doll ⁕Candy Spelling - author, entrepreneur, mother of actress Tori Spelling and wife of late film and television producer, Aaron Spelling ⁕Vanessa Rousso - professional poker player ⁕Sean Patterson - President of Wilhelmina Models

Victorian Farm Christmas looks into the lives of 19th century farmers and shows you how to make traditional gifts, food, games and decorations.

Don't Quit Your Gay Job is a Canadian reality television series presented by Rob Easton and Sean Horlor and broadcast on OUTtv in Canada, on here! gay television network in the United States and through OUTtv Netherlands available in most of Europe. Each half-hour episode of Don't Quit Your Gay Job features Easton and Horlor competing to see who can be the most successful at stereotypical jobs. The first season of the show was broadcast in 2009 and a second season in 2010 started with a sports series followed by a general set of careers.

Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is a UK children's reality show hosted by Sam Nixon, Mark Rhodes and Stan Lee, based on the NBC Universal/Sci Fi Channel series of the same name. The show is a co-production between CBBC and NBC. Children aged 9 – 13 create and become their very own, unique, never before seen superhero characters for the series, taking part in missions and challenges and living away from home in ‘The Superhero Lair’ in London. Contestants responded to trails on the CBBC Channel and application forms on the CBBC website. It is unknown whether a second season will be made.

The search is on to find Britain's best young speaker. From across the UK, thousands of 14- to 18-year-olds applied in a bid to become The Speaker.

The Apprentice Australia is an Australian reality television series which airs on the Nine Network. It is based on NBC: The Apprentice. It first aired on 28 September 2009 and features Mark Bouris, founder and chairman of Wizard Home Loans and Yellow Brick Road, as the chief executive officer. It is narrated by Andrew Daddo, and the series' winner received a one-year employment contract worth $200,000 at a job managing Bouris' newest business venture, Yellow Brick Road.

Former professional footballer and young offender Ian Wright is on a personal mission to help young offenders at Portland Young Offenders Institution create and participate in their own football academy.

Ukrayina maye talant is a Ukrainian reality television series on the STB television network, and part of the global British Got Talent series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 1,000,000 Ukrainian hryvnia. The show debuted in April 2009. The three judges Vladyslav Yama, Slava Frolova and Ihor Kondratyk join host Oksana Marchenko. The show is now on hiatus, preparing for the fifth season in 2013.

Humorous words of wisdom for achieving popularity, success and style are offered by a child actor.

Ultimate Cake Off is an American television series that currently airs on TLC. The show is based on professional cake artists that go "head-to-head" in constructing cakes over five feet tall with the assistance of a team of chefs, designers etc. for a money prize. Season one of the series, hosted by Michael Schulson, premiered on August 3, 2009. Season two, hosted by George Duran, premiered on February 1, 2010. Professional bakers Margaret Braun and Leigh Grode join the hosts as judges.

T.I.'s Road To Redemption is an American reality television show that premiered on February 10, 2009, on MTV. The show was produced by T.I., Michael Hirschorn, Stella Stolper and Chris Choun of Ish Entertainment. The series, focusing on the 45 days before rapper T.I.'s March sentencing, hoped to encourage teenagers to avoid spending a life of crime by showing seven teenagers that there is another way. In T.I.'s Road to Redemption, T.I. shares the mistakes he has madeand the lessons he learned. The show includes events in his personal life such as the birth of his sixth son and the release of his album, Paper Trail. In 2007, T.I. was convicted of two felony gun charges. He served a sentence of one year and one day behind bars starting March 27, 2009. He was also sentenced to 1500 hours of community service. The series started filming in June 2008 continued until March 2009. "We visited T.I. early in 2008 while he was under house arrest in Georgia and found a man utterly unlike his rap persona," Stella Stolper and Michael Hirschorn of Ish Entertainment said. "He felt that he was undergoing a karmic reckoning, a time when he would have to balance the scales of his life and integrate who he was with who he is. We've never seen someone so introspective, so smart about how who he was back in the slums of Atlanta is affecting who he is now."

A competitive reality TV series on Lider TV. The show originated in the UK with the title Britain's Psychic Challenge.

Benelux' Next Top Model is a Dutch reality television show aired in Flanders and the Netherlands. The show is Dutch writer and former top model Daphne Deckers. Despite the reference in the title to the Benelux, no Luxembourger or Walloon contestants are participating, nor is the program being broadcast in Luxembourg or Wallonia. The first cycle premiered in September 2009, and is based on the top-rated series America's Next Top Model with supermodel Tyra Banks.

Sixteen contestants are put into different scare games to test their bravery, courage and self-control. Locked up in the former San José Hospital, located next to the General Cemetery of Santiago.

Some of Northern Ireland's most haunted buildings come under the spotlight of paranormal investigators

4th and Long is a reality television series hosted by Michael Irvin that premiered on Spike on May 18, 2009. The winner of the show earned a spot at the Dallas Cowboys training camp - with a shot of making the roster. The show pits six wide receivers against six defensive backs. The show was filmed at the Cotton Bowl, with Joe Avezzano as the coach for the receivers and Bill Bates as the coach for the backs. The athletes have varying backgrounds, including national champions, CFL players, arena league veterans, semi-pro players, and those who have tried to make NFL rosters.

The CW is inviting people to meddle in the lives of their pals in this reality show. Each week a couple, nominated by friends who feel they should either get married or call it quits, faces a series of personalized exercises designed to test their relationship and force them to confront their problems, which can range from meddling would-be in-laws to jealousy. At the same time, the wedding of their dreams is being planned. At week's end, the pair must decide whether they should go through with the ceremony or call the whole thing off. It was hosted by Tanya McQueen.

An inside look at the work of Drug Enforcement Administration agents working in Detroit.