The participants of The CW reality series Beauty and the Geek --
Back row, l-r, Nadia, Tori, Jennylee, Erin, Megan, Andrea, Cecille and Sheree Middle row, l-r, Matt, Nate, Sanjay, Mario, Neils and Andrew
Front row (up to neck in pool), l-r, Paio and Scooter Photo: Jospeh Viles/The CW ©2006 The CW NETWORK, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Beauty and the Geek Returns
Beauty and the Geek will return to The CW for its third installment with a two-hour season premiere on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 (8 to 10 p.m. ET) with eight consecutive episodes. Beginning January 10, the series will air in its regular timeslot on Wednesdays (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET), with encore telecasts on Sundays (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET).
The producing team of Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg (“Punk’d”) recruited an all-new group of eight gorgeous but academically impaired women and eight brilliant but socially challenged men for the third installment to test intellect and social skills. This cycle will remain true to the series’ format, pairing the women with the men for a chance to win a $250,000 grand prize. Among the challenges, the guys will be required to deliver a stand-up routine in a comedy club and test their artistic abilities when they sketch a drawing of a nude model. The women will brush up on current events for a television newscast and research history books when they act as museum tour guides. The past two seasons saw an unlikely connection between a beauty and a geek, and the third time could be the charm for another lucky couple.
During each competition, the geek tries to pass brains on to the beauty, while the beauty helps the geek overcome social awkwardness. At the end of the eight-episode series, each contestant comes out a changed person, and one couple will walk away with a quarter of a million dollars.
The second season of Beauty and the Geek was the number one series on The WB in adults 18-34 last season, delivering gains over its successful first season by +32% in adults 18-34, +22% in women 18-34, +47% in men 18-34 and +35% in adults 18-49.
Beauty and the Geek is from fox21 and is produced by Katalyst Films and 3 Ball Productions with executive producers Ashton Kutcher & Jason Goldberg (“Guess Who,” “Punk’d”), Nick Santora (“Prison Break,” “The Sopranos”), J.D. Roth (“The Biggest Loser,” “For Love or Money”) and Todd A. Nelson (“The Biggest Loser,” “For Love or Money”).
Contestant Hometowns:
Beauties: Erin – Chicago, Illinois
Cecille – Los Angeles, California
Nadia – Burr Ridge, Illinois
Megan – Boca Raton, Florida
Andrea – Kansas City, Missouri
Tori – Elk Grove, Illinois
Jennylee – Sherman Oaks, California
Sheree – Live Oak, Florida
Geeks: Sanjay – Westminster, California
Piao – Lorton, Virginia
Alan – Cambridge, Massachusetts
Neils – Berkeley, California
Matt – Goldens Bridge, New York
Drew – Chicago, Illinois
Mario – Bridgeport, West Virginia
Nate – Evergreen, Colorado
