The Top 9 Rejected
Sci-Fi Reality Shows

9> Space Coliseum: Earth TV writers are captured from picket lines, taken to a giant amphitheater, and fed to vicious animals from other planets while alien dignitaries in togas look on from above. (Why was this rejected, anyway?)

8> Dancing With the Death Star: Galactic celebrities pair off with Twi’lek dancers in this competition. Losers have their home planet vaporized.

7> Neelix’ Celebrity Chef Smackdown

6> The Biggest Loser: Antiheroes including Thomas Covenant, Arthur Dent, and Anakin Skywalker, vie for the ultimate title.

5> Extreme Makeover, Death Star Edition: Cancelled after the Alderaan episode.

4> Survivor - Red Shirt: Nameless crewmembers struggle to survive a series of bizarre missions in order to win regular cast status.

3> Trading Climates: Can you survive a severe climate change? A hilarious mis-take on Global Warming.

2> Big Brother: Watch what happens when twenty people are turned lose inside a fullscale reproduction of George Orwell’s 1984!

and the Number 1 Rejected Sci-Fi Reality Show…

1> The Bachelor, with Lazarus Long: After he meets his mom, and his grandmom, and finally his twin daughter, it just gets creepy.

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Credits:

Selected from 21 submissions from 6 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC — 1, 5
Jennifer A. Ford, Chicago, IL — 2, 4, 6 (Hat trick!)
Guy Reeves, Houston, TX — 3
Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH — 7, 8
Tracy Lunquist, DeLand, Florida — 9
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — SciFi List Moderator