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Beauty and the Geek
Starring	Brian McFayden Mike Richards
Opening theme	"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by Pet Shop Boys
Composers	Jeff Lippencott Mark T. Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	48
Production
Executive producers	Ashton Kutcher Nick Santora J. D. Roth Jason Goldberg Todd A. Nelson John Foy
Producers	Heather Carrington Dana C. Arnett Allison Kaz Paul Hogan Danny Kon Steve Youel Matt Assmus Matt Westmore Ian Golding Julie Singer Lisa Michelle Singer Adam Paul Steve Pilot Mike Richards Sean Paulsen Siegfried Hildebrand Jessley Ranek Jamie Sykes Tee-a Hof
Cinematography	Darrin Webb Steve Russell Adam Sampson Mark S. Jacobs Tim Baker
Editors	D. J. Nurre Colin Dixon Jamie Sykes Stephen Baumhauer J.R. Arinaga Josh Lennox Debra Light Paul Makkos Joe Weiss Scott Zabielski Michael Degl'Innoenti Anne-Marie Hess Marina Catala Kurt Jones Ryan Main William Drucker Scott Bagley Katherine Griffin Mike Barry Pierre Dwyer Karl Kimbrough Teresa O'Mara Paul Sadowski Bradford L. Dean Chris McKnerney Tori Rodman Shawn Chou Greg Berg Dan Golding David Dooyun Kim Robert Marshall Kathy Messer Daniel Paek Joe Shugart Roger Bourdeau Daniel Korb Barry Murphy
Running time	46 minutes
Production companies	Katalyst Films 3 Ball Productions Fox 21
Original release
Network	The WB (2005–2006) The CW (2007–2008) Fox Reality (reruns)
Release	June 1, 2005 (2005-06-01) – May 13, 2008 (2008-05-13)
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Beauty and the Geek

Beauty and the Geek is an American reality television series that premiered on The WB on June 1, 2005. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and J. D. Roth. The show's title is a parody of Beauty and the Beast. This was the first show produced by the Fox Television Studios sub-division Fox 21.

The show follows groups of "Beauties" (people — almost always women — who rely on their attractiveness and outgoing personalities but typically lack intellect) and "Geeks" (people — almost always men — who rely on their intellect, but typically lack social ability) who must pair up to compete in challenges to avoid elimination. The final pair remaining is declared as being "More than just a Beauty and a Geek" and wins the grand prize of $250,000.

While a competition, the show is also billed as a social experiment, in which each contestant typically learns from his or her teammate. During the competition, the contestants live in a mansion and compete in a series of challenges, with the beauties competing in challenges of intellect, and the geeks competing in challenges involving social ability.

Production

The theme song, "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by the Pet Shop Boys (originally released in 1985), is used also on the British, Danish and Belgian-Dutch versions. Commercial promos for the show featured a different theme song, "The Geeks Get the Girls" by American Hi-Fi.

Following the second season, the American version moved to The CW, the new network formed when both The WB and UPN ceased operations in September 2006. The two-hour season premiere for the third season aired Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. EST on The CW. The fourth season premiered on September 18, making BATG the first series to premiere for the CW for the 2007-08 television season. Beauty and the Geek was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on March 12, 2008.

After the fifth season, the show was put on indefinite hiatus in order to stoke renewed interest in the show, and perhaps the addition of innovative twists to the format. In October 2008, casting began for a sixth season, scheduled to air on MTV, with minor celebrities as the beauties. However, a sixth season never materialized.

Season 1

Cast

1. Hanson came out as transgender in 2021, changing her name to Lily Hanson. This section reflects the male identity Hanson presented at the time of the filming and airing.
2. After incidents where Richard kissed Krystal (in episode 3), Lauren (in episode 4), and Mindi (in episode 6), Richard's title was changed from "Has Never Kissed a Girl" to "Has Kissed One Girl" to "Has Kissed Two Girls" to "Has Kissed Three Girls".

Challenges and eliminations

Episode progress

  The contestants won the competition.

  The contestant won the challenge and their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant's partner won the challenge and they were safe from elimination.

  The contestant did not win the challenge, but their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant and their partner survived elimination.

  The contestant and their partner was eliminated.

  The contestant or their partner won the challenge and were also eliminated.

Season 2

Cast

1. ^ After winning the first challenge, original partners Chris & Amanda were allowed to choose any two teams (including themselves) and swap their partnerships. They opted to swap themselves and Brandon & Tristin.

Episode progress

  The contestants won the competition.

  The contestant won the challenge and their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant's partner won the challenge and they were safe from elimination.

  The contestant did not win the challenge but their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant and their partner survived elimination.

  The contestant and their partner was eliminated.

Challenges and eliminations

Season 3

Cast

Episode progress

  The contestants won the competition.

  The contestant won the challenge and their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant's partner won the challenge and they were safe from elimination.

  The contestant did not win the challenge but their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant and their partner survived elimination.

  The contestant and their partner was eliminated.

Challenges and eliminations

Season 4

Cast

Episode progress

  The contestants won the competition.

  The contestant won the challenge and their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant's partner won the challenge and they were safe from elimination.

  The contestant did not win the challenge but their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant and their partner survived elimination.

  The contestant and their partner were eliminated.

Challenges and eliminations

1. There was no elimination room finale; instead, the two challenge-winning teams selected a team to eliminate directly.
2. For the first time, the show's winner was decided by America's votes, four months after the taping of the first 12 episodes.

Season 5

Season 5 premiered on March 11, 2008, taking over the timeslot of Reaper. For the first three episodes, the beauties competed as a group against the team of geeks. The remaining beauties and geeks then paired off to compete against the other pairs, as in previous seasons.

Cast

Note: John, Amber and Jillian were all eliminated before the teams paired. Jonathan was left without a partner and was therefore eliminated.

Episode progress

  The contestants won the competition.

  The contestant won the challenge and their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant's partner won the challenge and they were safe from elimination.

  The contestant did not win the challenge but their pair was safe from elimination.

  The contestant and their partner survived elimination.

  The contestant and their partner was eliminated.

Challenges and eliminations

1. For this challenge, one member of each team was required to temporarily join the other team. After the selections were made, the contestants were informed that the temporary member of the losing team would be automatically eliminated.
2. The seven remaining beauties were asked to each pair up with a geek. The last remaining unpaired geek would be eliminated.
3. Instead of elimination trivia, each losing team cast a vote for another team to be eliminated. Since each team received one vote for elimination, Tommy and Amanda cast the tie-breaking vote.

Contestants who appeared on other competition shows

• Richard Rubin would later appear on 1 vs 100 as a member of the mob.
• Tyson Mao appeared on Identity as a stranger.
• Megan Hauserman appeared on the second season of Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, finishing in 5th place; the first season of I Love Money, where she quit on the last episode, officially finishing in 3rd place; and Rock of Love: Charm School, getting expelled on the 4th episode. She would later get her own dating game show: Megan Wants a Millionaire.
• Greggy Soriano competed on the first season of Cake Boss's Next Great Baker, where he was eliminated in 7th place.
• Jason Prager appeared on season 1 of The Gong Show revival.

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External links

• Beauty and the Geek (WB site)
• Beauty and the Geek (CW site)
• Beauty and the Geek at IMDb

• 2000s American reality television series
• 2005 American television series debuts
• 2008 American television series endings
• 20th Television franchises
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