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Gabby Windey Is Reason Enough to Add a Reality-TV Performance Emmy
It’s time the TV Academy recognize why we’re watching these shows in the first place.
Most people both inside and outside of the industry have come to accept reality-TV stars as engaging in some level of performance, anywhere from a simple awareness of the cameras ( the authenticity of the Love on the Spectrum cast still includes frequent breaking of the fourth wall) to full-on “life-is-a-cabaret”-style self-producing (Kyle Richards, Countess LuAnn — name a Housewife, really). Laguna Beach ’s Stephen Colletti starred on six seasons of One Tree Hill; the Oscars’ Best Supporting Actress category has American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance to thank for Jennifer Hudson and Arianna DeBose. She was the first person to throw suspicion onto Survivor ’s Tony Vlachos, getting the ball rolling on eliminating a huge threat, and she ultimately won the season alongside Dylan Efron, Dolores Catania, and Lord Ivar Mountbatten.
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