More recently, a reality television producer, Robert Mazza, with ties to Apprentice and Survivor Executive Producer Mark Burnett, announced via his Twitter account that he was seeking contestants for a new reality television program.
Forthcoming BBC 2 program Britain's Hardest Grafter looks set to be a grotesque circus of poverty, in which 25 British workers a mix of the unemployed, the under-employed, and those earning the minimum wage—"will be put to the test in a series of challenges and tasks," according to a release put out seeking contestants.
Mr. O'Ryan was said to be seeking the contestant Shawn Johnson, 17, the Olympic gymnast, at right with her partner, Mark Ballas.
NBC borrowed it for a short-lived dating show in 2002, "Meet My Folks," in which suitors were interrogated by the parents of the date-seeking contestant.
In the first 90-second clip, April seeks beauty contestant advice from Leslie, who tells her to act differently from her usual behavior.
Perhaps viewers were confused because the "Take the Money & Run" preview ended suddenly, just as the contestants seeking the $100,000 prize were being taken in for questioning.
ABC's own "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" has included what Mr. Davies called "the perfect seamless product placement," when the host, Regis Philbin, invokes the name of AT&T to make the calls for contestants seeking help from a friend.
Instead of seeking to become a millionaire, contestants will have the opportunity to become a $1,720,000-aire 1,720,000-airen even more.
Dorries was suspended from the Conservative party by the new chief whip, Sir George Young, five days before the reality show went on air when it emerged she had flown out to Australia to be one of the contestants, apparently without seeking permission.
9 P.M. (Lifetime) PROJECT RUNWAY The contestants seek inspiration from a group of art students.
This year, 9 out of 21 contestants sought the advice of Alfredo Barraza, a fashion designer, who keeps a portrait collection of his pageant winners -- 14 so far.
