Battle of the Network Reality Stars is a television series that aired on the Bravo channel in the US in August and September 2005. Based on the popular 1970s and 1980s television competition Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars is the name of 19 US television specials featuring competitions among teams of popular television performers representing the three major broadcast networks at that time: ABC, CBS, and NBC.- History :...

, the show consisted of thirty-three competitors from several different reality television shows. Some of the better known contestants include Adam Mesh

Adam Mesh

Adam Mesh is an American entrepreneur, stock trader, television personality and author. He is the CEO and founder of The Adam Mesh Trading Group. Adam Mesh was first introduced to television audiences in the 2003 hit NBC show The Average Joe...

, from the Average Joe

Average Joe

Average Joe is an American reality television show broadcast on the NBC beginning in 2003. There were a total of four seasons, the first two following the original show premise, and the last two bringing back contestants from prior seasons.-Show Premise:...

 TV series, Richard Hatch

Richard Hatch (reality TV)

Richard "Rich" Hatch is the $1,000,000 winner of the first American Survivor series, and was a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice 4.-Early life:...

, Survivor winner, Sue Hawk, the Survivor player who gave the infamous "snakes and rats" speech, Ryan Starr

Ryan Starr

Ryan Starr is an American female singer, songwriter and actress. She ranked seventh on the season 1 of the talent search television series American Idol...

 and Nikki McKibbin

Nikki McKibbin

Katherine Nicole "Nikki" McKibbin is an American rock music singer-songwriter who finished third in the debut season of the reality television series American Idol. Prior to American Idol, McKibbin appeared in the first season of Popstars...

 of American Idol

American Idol

American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

 fame, Evan Marriott, of Joe Millionaire

Joe Millionaire

Joe Millionaire is an American reality television show that was broadcast on Fox beginning in January 2003. It was broadcast in the UK that same year...

 fame, and Will Kirby, winner of Big Brother season 2. Chip and Kim McAllister, winners of The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams...

 5, also participated. Veteran NBC sportscaster Mike Adamle

Mike Adamle

Michael David "Mike" Adamle is a sports personality and former National Football League player. He is best known as the co-host of American Gladiators series for seven years....

 hosted the show and featured reality reporters Trishelle Cannatella

Trishelle Cannatella

Trishelle Cannatella is an American reality TV contestant, Playboy model, and actress.-Early life:Cannatella was born on November 4, 1979, and raised in Cut Off, Louisiana. She is of French and Italian ancestry...

 (The Real World

The Real World

The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the...

 - Las Vegas season), Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth

Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth

Omaroseonee Manigault-Stallworth , usually known simply as Omarosa, is a two-time participant on Donald Trump's television reality show The Apprentice.-Early life:Manigault-Stallworth was born in Youngstown, Ohio...

 (The Apprentice

The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)

The Apprentice is an American reality television show hosted by real estate magnate, businessman and television personality Donald Trump, created by Mark Burnett and broadcast on NBC...

 - season 1), and Bob Guiney

Bob Guiney

Robert "Bob" Guiney was a contestant on the first season of The Bachelorette and later, appeared as the bachelor in the fourth season of The Bachelor. He has hosted GSN Live from 2009 until the show's ending in 2011....

 (The Bachelor - season 4). Austin Scarlett

Austin Scarlett

Austin Scarlett is an American fashion designer and artist most popularly known for his appearance the first season of Project Runway and his recent series, On the Road with Austin and Santino.-Early life and education:...

 of Project Runway

Project Runway

Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...

 made fashion commentary in several episodes.

Teams

The Competitors, as divided by team (per first episode structure):

Team Color	Team Leader
Dark Blue	"The Miz"

Celebrity	Reality Show
Bradford Cohen	The Apprentice - Season 2
Richard Hatch Richard Hatch (reality TV) Richard "Rich" Hatch is the $1,000,000 winner of the first American Survivor series, and was a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice 4.-Early life:...	Survivor - Borneo & All Stars
Ryan Starr Ryan Starr Ryan Starr is an American female singer, songwriter and actress. She ranked seventh on the season 1 of the talent search television series American Idol...	American Idol - Season 1
Charla Faddoul Charla Baklayan Faddoul Charla Baklayan Faddoul along with teammate Mirna Hindoyan were known as "The Cousins" and "Mirna & Schmirna" on The Amazing Race 5 and The Amazing Race: All-Stars television shows...	The Amazing Race - Seasons 5 & All Stars
Mirna Hindoyan	The Amazing Race Seasons 5 & All Stars
Valerie Penso	Temptation Island - Season 1
Burton Roberts	Survivor - Pearl Islands
Mike Mizanin Mike Mizanin Michael "Mike" Gregory Mizanin is an American professional wrestler and reality television personality better known by his nickname and ring name The Miz. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand...  aka "The Miz"	The Real World - Back to New York

Team Color	Team Leader
Green	Chip McAllister

Celebrity	Reality Show
Matt Gould Matt Kennedy Gould Matt Kennedy Gould is a former American television personality. He rose to prominence in 2003, when he was the main protagonist of The Joe Schmo Show, a fake reality show in which, unbeknownst to him, all the participants but Gould were actors portraying broad reality show participant...	Joe Schmo The Joe Schmo Show The Joe Schmo Show is a reality television parody show which aired on the American cable network Spike TV from 2003–2004. The show's premise is that a target person or persons are led to believe that they are contestants on a reality television show; in reality, all of the other participants in the...  - Season 1
Sue Hawk	Survivor - Borneo & All Stars
Will Kirby	Big Brother - Season 2 & All Stars
Chip McAllister and Kim McAllister	The Amazing Race - Season 5
Nikki McKibbin Nikki McKibbin Katherine Nicole "Nikki" McKibbin is an American rock music singer-songwriter who finished third in the debut season of the reality television series American Idol. Prior to American Idol, McKibbin appeared in the first season of Popstars...	American Idol - Season 1
Theo Vonkurnatowski Theo Vonkurnatowski Theo Vonkurnatowski aka Theo Von, is an American stand-up comedian. He currently lives in Santa Monica, California.Vonkurnatowski was born in Louisiana. He first became known as a contestant on MTV's Road Rules, and competed on several seasons of its spin-off show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge...	Road Rules Road Rules Road Rules was an MTV reality show that debuted on July 19, 1995. The series, which was MTV's second reality show after The Real World followed six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24 after stripping them of their money and putting them on an RV traveling from location to location only guided...  - Maximum Velocity Tour
Brian Worth	Average Joe - Average Joe: Hawaii

Team Color	Team Leader
Red	Coral Smith

Celebrity	Reality Show
Will Wikle Will Wikle Will Wikle is a registered nurse and a reality television participant best known for his appearance in the fifth American season of Big Brother. Wikle parlayed his Big Brother notoriety into a gig as co-host of the Logo network travel-themed program, Round Trip Ticket...	Big Brother - Season 5
Coral Smith Coral Smith Coral Jeanne Smith is an American reality television personality known as a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Back to New York, and for her appearances on various seasons of The Real World's spin-off show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge...	The Real World - Back to New York
Duncan Nutter	Showbiz Moms and Dads
Adam Mesh Adam Mesh Adam Mesh is an American entrepreneur, stock trader, television personality and author. He is the CEO and founder of The Adam Mesh Trading Group. Adam Mesh was first introduced to television audiences in the 2003 hit NBC show The Average Joe...	Average Joe - Season 1 & Adam Returns
Evan Marriott	Joe Millionaire - Season 1
Rachel Love Fraser	The Swan
Melissa Howard Melissa Howard Melissa Dawn Beck , formerly Melissa Dawn Howard, is a reality show personality, and comedienne....	The Real World - New Orleans
Heidi Bressler	The Apprentice - Season 1

Team Color	Team Leader
Light Blue	Gervase Peterson

Celebrity	Reality Show
Mike Malin Mike Malin -Big Brother 2:HoH: "Wheel of First Impressions"; one person spins the wheel and tells which two HouseGuests best fit the descriptions it lands on . The rest of the HouseGuests vote on which of these two they'd prefer to be the Head of Household. The votes go on until one HouseGuest remains. In the...  aka "Mike Boogie"	Big Brother - Season 2 & All Stars
Brittany Brower	America's Next Top Model America's Next Top Model America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....  - Cycle 4
Jonathan Baker	The Amazing Race - Season 6
Victoria Fuller Victoria Fuller Victoria Alynette Fuller is an American glamour model, artist, actress and reality TV contestant....	The Amazing Race - Season 6
Wendy Pepper Wendy Pepper Wendy Pepper is a fashion designer who appeared on the first season of the reality television show Project Runway, which aired on Bravo, from December 2004 through February 2005.-Early life and education:...	Project Runway Project Runway Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...  - Season 1
Gervase Peterson Gervase Peterson Gervase Peterson was a contestant on Survivor: Borneo, the first edition of the popular CBS reality television series Survivor, which premiered in May 2000, and was the highest rated American series during the summer of that year...	Survivor - Borneo
Chris Russo Chris Russo Christopher Michael Russo , known as the "Mad Dog," is an American sports radio personality who is best known as the former co-host of the widely popular Mike and the Mad Dog sports radio show with Mike Francesa, which was broadcast on WFAN in New York City and simulcast on the YES Network...	The Apprentice - Season 2
Tina Panas aka "Tina Fabulous"	The Bachelor - Season 3

Episode 1

• Obstacle Course - Teams Red and Light Blue advanced to the finals - winner Team Red
• Dunk Tank - Team Green wins with 9 points, followed by Teams Blue and Light Blue with 6, and Team Red with 1
• Jousting - Team Light Blue wins (Jonathan beats Bradford to win the final point)
• Eliminated - Teams Green, Red and Dark Blue are forced to vote off one member each. Kim and Heidi volunteer to leave due to physical weakness, and Charla is voted out.
• Twist - Instead of leaving, they are forced to move to a new team based on the number they choose. Charla goes to Team Red, Kim stays at Team Green, Heidi moves to Team Dark Blue.

Episode 2

• Simon Says (conducted by professional Simon Says caller Steve Max and refereed by Jimmie Walker
  Jimmie Walker
  James Carter "Jimmie" Walker is an American actor and stand-up comedian, known for portraying J. J. Evans on the television series Good Times, which ran from 1974 to 1979...
  
   of Good Times
  Good Times
  Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Michael Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer...
  
   fame) - Team Light Blue is eliminated first, followed by Team Red; Nikki of Team Green and Richard of Team Dark Blue are the final 2 - Richard wins
• Dodgeball - Teams Red and Green advance to the finals; Team Green wins
• Swimming Relay (introduced by Darva Conger
  Darva Conger
  Darva Conger is a former emergency room nurse who was selected as the winner of the reality television show Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?, in 2000....
  
   of Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?) - Team Dark Blue wins, Team Light Blue second, Team Green third, Team Red last
• Eliminated - Team Red has the lowest score of the day and must axe two players. Charla, who had volunteered to swim and then had to be replaced by Melissa at the last minute, agrees to leave; Duncan Nutter also volunteers to leave.
• Twist - As the highest-scoring team of the day, Dark Blue get to choose which two players from another team will join Red. They pick Gervase (the leader of Light Blue) and Tina Fabulous (the "spirit" of Light Blue).
• New arrivals - David Daskal (Average Joe - season 2) and Jerri Manthey
  Jerri Manthey
  Jerri Lynn Manthey is an American actress who is best known for her appearances on reality television.- Early life :Jerri Manthey was born in Stuttgart, Germany and attended both high school and college in Germany. Manthey's father, Cyril, was a career member of the United States Army and served...
  
   (Survivor - Outback/All-Stars) replace Gervase and Tina for Light Blue. Light Blue was horrified that they had lost a great athlete (Gervase) and a solid competitor (Tina) in exchange for unathletic David and unimpressive Jerri.

Episode 3

• Football - (guest referee William Katt
  William Katt
  William Theodore Katt is an American film and television actor, best known as the star of The Greatest American Hero. He is also known for playing Tommy Ross, the ill-fated prom date of Carrie White in the film version of Carrie and Paul Drake Jr. in the Perry Mason TV movies...
  
  ) Team Dark Blue beats Team Light Blue, thanks mostly to David Daskal's putrid play; Team Green beats Team Red. Team Red beats Team Light Blue in consolation round. Team Green beats Team Dark Blue in the finals. 1) Green 2) Dark Blue 3) Red 4) Light Blue
• Soapbox Derby - Red (Gervase) 35.80, Dark Blue (Burton) 34.66, Light Blue (Jonathan) 44.58 (he fell off the soapbox and lost what little respect the team had for him), Green (Theo) 34.42 - Green wins
• Relay Race - 1) Team Dark Blue 2) Team Red 3) Team Green 4) Team Light Blue
• Twist The team with the lowest amount of overall points for that day was to have been eliminated. Instead, a member of the third place team had to face off against a member of the lowest-ranking team, and the loser's team would be eliminated. Team Red (the third place team) were allowed to choose first, and chose Gervase. Team Light Blue (the last place team) had to choose a member of the same gender, and chose Chris, in spite of his having a broken foot. Jonathan wanted to run the race but the team had tuned him out and preferred to take their chances with someone who wasn't 100% physically.
• Eliminated Gervase handily beat Chris, and Light Team Blue (Jerri, David, Jonathan, Victoria, Wendy, Chris, Brittany, Mike Boogie) was eliminated. Jonathan complained about weight differences between the teams, got into an argument with wife Victoria, and was dubbed "the biggest mouth in America" by the announcer.

Episode 4

• Twist - Each team had to vote out one male and female member. Team Green voted out Nikki and Brian. Team Red voted out Adam, and Rachel volunteered to leave. Team Dark Blue voted out Bradford and Mirna. Adam, Mirna and Nikki were shocked, as they were strong competitors, but their teams disliked their personalities. Bradford was well liked by his team but was voted out because Dark Blue had two of the strongest competitors in Mike "The Miz" and Burton Roberts. Mirna was presumably voted out because the team member she was most similar to athletically, Heidi, was better-liked by the team leaders than herself.
• Twist 2 - At the start of the day's first event, Bradford, Mirna, Rachel, Adam, Brian and Nikki arrived as "Team Underdog" to compete against the three teams that voted them out.
• Water Polo - Team Underdog defeated Team Red. Team Green defeated Team Dark Blue. In the final match, Team Green won. In the consolation match, Team Dark Blue beat Team Red to make third place.
• Mechanical Bull Riding (guest referee Ted Lange
  Ted Lange
  Theodore William "Ted" Lange is an American actor, director, and screenwriter best known for his role as the bartender, Isaac Washington, in the 1970s TV series The Love Boat...
  
   of The Love Boat
  The Love Boat
  The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
  
   fame) - Team Dark Blue won, followed by Team Green, Team Underdog, and Team Red. Coral sprained her thumb and had to stay out of the next event.
• Multilegged Race - Team Dark Blue won, followed by Team Green, Team Underdog, and Team Red.
• Eliminated - Team Red (Will Wikle, Tina, Gervase, Coral, Melissa, Evan) were eliminated. Evan said afterwards he preferred losing without Adam to winning with him.

Episode 5

• Roller Skate Derby (guest referee Loretta Swit
  Loretta Swit
  Loretta Swit is an American stage and television actress known for her character roles. Swit is best-known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H.-Early life:...
  
   of MASH fame) - Team Dark Blue won, Team Green trailed for much of the race, but a poor performance by Team Underdog's Brian Worth allowed Green to come in second place. Underdog was third.
• Super High Jump - Team Dark Blue won, Team Underdog narrowly won second place and Team Green, increasingly marred by tension between Theo and Chip, came in third.
• Kayak Relay Race - Team Dark Blue won, Team Underdog won second and Green came in third. Dark Blue advanced to the final round and left Green and Underdog to determine which team would be eliminated next.

Finale

• Tug of War - Although Team Green had the advantage in physical strength, Bradford of Team Underdog had researched tug-of-war the night before the competition and his team managed to use strategy to defeat Green, who were rattled by angry outbursts from Theo and Sue. Team Green (Kim, Chip, Will, Matt, Sue, Theo) were eliminated.
• The final competition to determinate the winner of Battle of the Network Reality Stars was divided into four parts:

Horse - Each player on each team had to sink one basketball into the hoop. The first team to sink each basket spelled out B-A-T-T-L-E and advanced to the next round. After some brief difficulty for Burton, Dark Blue won while Underdog were left with four more baskets to sink. Rachel and Bradford had some problems but the team soon advanced.

Golf - Each player had to make a putt, with each succeeding player being forced to stand at a greater distance than the previous player. The first team to make all six putts spells out B-A-T-T-L-E and moves on to the next round. Dark Blue finished first while Brian and then Adam still struggled to sink their putts.

Reality Results Board - Both teams had to remember which team placed where in every single one of the 40 challenges over the course of the series. Dark Blue started first, but since Underdog was made up of people who had once played on the Red, Green and Dark Blue teams, they finished first.

The Wall (with Lou Ferrigno

Lou Ferrigno

Louis Jude "Lou" Ferrigno is an American actor, fitness trainer/consultant, and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles, and appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron...

 of The Incredible Hulk, along with previously eliminated players, there to offer advice and moral support) - The first team to get all six team members up a steep wall wins. Bradford and Mirna climbed the rope, but Rachel couldn't. Nikki was then pulled up, followed by Adam. Dark Blue finally got there and Ryan and Burton finished while Underdog tied the rope around Rachel's waist and pulled her up. Miz finished, but Dark Blue still had 3 players left on the ground as Brian neared the top of the wall. Brian finished, giving Team Underdog a come-from-behind victory. After winning, Mirna--sarcastically--thanked Ryan and the other Dark Blue team members for voting her off.

Reunion

Hosted by Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin

Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin is an American actress, stand-up comedienne, television personality, New York Times best-selling author and an LGBT rights advocate. Griffin first gained recognition for appearances on two episodes of Seinfeld, and then for her supporting role on the NBC sitcom...

, Bravo's All Star Reality Reunion, which aired the same night as the finale (September 21, 2005) featured all cast members save Rachel, Theo, Melissa, Jonathan, Victoria, Wendy Pepper, Trishelle and Bob Guiney.

Alumni from other reality series also participated in the reunion. They were:

Heather (The Bachelor seasons 2 & 6), Dat Phan

Dat Phan

Dat Phan , is a Vietnamese American stand-up comedian.-Early life:When he was a child, he, his mother, and nine of his siblings emigrated from South Vietnam to the United States. They suffered financial hardships throughout his childhood...

 (winner, Last Comic Standing

Last Comic Standing

Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that has aired from 2003 through 2010.The goal of the program is to select a comedian from a group, who will receive a development contract with the NBC network, and a television special first to air on the cable-TV network Comedy...

 season 1), Erin (For Love or Money

For Love or Money (TV series)

For Love or Money is an American reality television show initially broadcast as summer programming on NBC in 2003 and 2004. Four seasons of the program were shown in linked pairs, and all seasons were hosted by Jordan Murphy. It was produced by Nash Entertainment with Bruce Nash and J. D...

 seasons 1 & 2), Cindy (The Swan season 1), Brennan (winner, Amazing Race 1), Gary (The Biggest Loser season 1), Norm (Real World season 1), Jason (Average Joe), Ivana Ma (The Apprentice season 2), Pamela (Apprentice season 2), Jay London (Last Comic Standing seasons 2 & 3), Ryan C. Benson (winner, The Biggest Loser season 1), Tara (Paradise Hotel

Paradise Hotel

The first season of Paradise Hotel aired on Fox from June 18, 2003 to October 1, 2003 with thirty episodes and was hosted by Amanda Byram. A similar show called Forever Eden was produced the following year...

, Life as a Model), Mark (Average Joe season 1), Reichen Lehmkuhl

Reichen Lehmkuhl

Reichen Lehmkuhl, , is an American former reality show winner, model, and occasional actor...

 (winner, Amazing Race 4), Michael Tarshi (Apprentice season 3), Kyra Sundance and dog Chelsea (Showdog Moms and Dads), Brandon Kindle (Are You Hot?

Are You Hot?

Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People is an American reality television series that premiered February 13, 2003 on ABC. A panel of judges including Lorenzo Lamas, Rachel Hunter, and Randolph Duke evaluated contestants on the sole criterion of their physical attractiveness...

 and Showdog Moms and Dads) and his partner Ryan Pacchiano (Showdog Moms and Dads) and their dog Liberace, Angela Dodson

Angela Dodson

Angela Dodson is an American actress who was born in Port Neches, Texas.-Career:Angela Dodson made her debut playing "Molly Crabtree" on the reality television The Joe Schmo Show, which aired on Spike. Dodson based the "Molly" character on her young cousin from Texas...

 (Molly the virgin, Joe Schmo Show season 1), and Kara Saun

Kara Saun

Kara Saun is an American fashion designer who participated in the first season of American reality show Project Runway.-Career:Saun was a contestant on the first season of the series Project Runway. She is the costume designer for MTV's hit series America's Best Dance Crew and the Jabbawockeez...

(Project Runway).

Discussions included their current careers, how they were treated after their respective series aired, Omarosa's disclosure that being a villain is the best way to garner money and public notoriety, and an update on various feuds from other series (Ryan vs. Nikki on American Idol, Omarosa vs. Heidi on Apprentice and Richard vs. Sue on Survivor).