What reality TV stars looked like in the 2000s, then vs. vs now

Erik-Michael Estrada was the lead singer and 1/5 of Make the group Creation season 1 O-Town at 21 years old.

Those Who Got Addicted To Season 1 Of Big Brother were shocked to see outspoken Eddie, nominated for consecutive elimination weeks, win the grand prize of $ 500,000.

Kelly Osbourne turned 18 the same year her family’s, which was truly the first of its kind, reality TV show debuted. The show followed Kelly’s brief singing career.

Single nation, we’ve come a long way, haven’t we? It’s hard to think of this mega-popular reality show in its early days, but it was when we watched Alex Michel make his way through the Ladies of the first season, ultimately choosing Amanda Marsh.

Season 1 finalist Trista Rehn has been chosen as the premiere Bachelorette. Trista and her ultimate pick, Ryan Sutter, may have been one of the earliest examples of reality TV couple goals. Trista also featured in the inaugural season of another major reality show, Dancing with the stars.

Evan Marriott was the first Joe millionaire when he was 28, putting women to the test to see if they could fall in love with a heavy equipment operator before revealing he had plenty of money. Critics of the show say that Evan didn’t come across as a nice guy.

“The truth is, I never really wanted to be on TV and because I didn’t understand the repercussions of the show’s popularity when it came to managing the minimal fame I had, I failed miserably,” did he declare. in a letter obtained by The Huffington Post.

“I think back to that interview I did with you in 2003 and think what an asshole I was. All I can tell you is I’m sorry.”

Adrianne Curry rose to prominence as the winner of the inaugural undergraduate The next American top model, but it wouldn’t be his last reality TV stint in the decade. In 2015, she hosted Surreal life, where she met Christopher Knight (aka Peter Brady) and ended up marrying him, leading to their reality TV series, My beautiful Brady, which ended in 2008.

Before we had Jersey Shore, we had the Gottis showing us what tanned Italian life was like. Carmine was only 18 when the series aired.

Ryan Benson lost an incredible 122 pounds. to The biggest loser, but he later revealed, like many other contestants, that it was not by the healthiest means. He put on some weight, which earned him a spot in the spin-off Big, big truth.

Bridget was one of Hef’s three girlfriends on The girls next door, alongside Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson.

Brooke Hogan was just 17 and was pursuing a career as a pop star when we first met her on Hogan knows best.

Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander was the laid back tinsel of an energetic Tiffany “New York” Pollard on Flavor of love season 1. Although his love affair with Flav did not last, Alexander had a number of high-profile relationships that followed, would be linked to both TI and Shaq.

RHOC is the one that started it all, and Lauri Waring Peterson was one of the first housewives. She was in the first three seasons of the show, then dropped a few episodes in season 4.

Kerry Harvick was one of the last ladies standing on Season 1 of Bad girls club. During the season, Kerry pursued her dream of a career in country music.

Tailor Made captured the hearts of New York City in Season 2 of I love New York, which aired the same year as Season 1.

Farrah quit filming the show between 2012 and 2016, during which time she explored other reality TV projects. She goes back to Teen mom scene in 2022 with Teen mom: family reunion.