The Most Shameless Reality Show Concepts Ever

One might argue that reality television is always shameless, so here are some other words to describe the following shows: deplorable, disgusting, surreal, icky. Thanks a lot, pop culture!

Are You Hot: The Search for America's Sexiest People trotted people out on stage in very little clothing so a few judges could judge them aloud, American Idol style, on their appearances.

Think Boy Meets Boy was a nice way of bringing same-sex couples to mainstream reality dating competitions? Well, sure—except some of the contestant were secretly straight. Good luck!

Engaged women competed in terrible challenges, and after each one, the winner received a specific plastic surgery leading into her wedding.

MTV had loads of terrible dating shows, but in this one, a contestant went on dates with three moms, and chose their ultimate date (the mom's child) via their impression of his/her mother. Got that?

Who doesn't want to look like Britney Spears, right? MTV's I Want a Famous Face followed people getting plastic surgery to more closely resemble their favorite celebs.

Women on Joe Millionaire thought they were competing to marry a millionaire—until the finale, when the winner was told her dream dude was actually a construction worker (albeit a hot one).

My Strange Addiction showcases people who indulge in compulsive behaviors like licking their cats or eating light bulbs.

Another MTV dating show, contestants on Next could instantly ditch their current dates for another person the second the person said something they didn't like. Next!

Paris Hilton gave us many great shows in the 00s. One of them? Sad people competed to spend precious time around her in Paris HIlton's My New BFF.

Established couples traveled to a tropical island, where they were separated from their significant others and forced to go on dates with hot people, on the gross Temptation Island.

Take ugly people and change their entire faces and bodies until they become "beautiful"? Well done, The Swan.

Consider it a public service: VH1's Tool Academy took total douche bags and sent them through a training to become less sucky people. Who nominated them? Their girlfriends.

The grossest show of the bunch only lasted for one episode: Who's Your Daddy? featured an adopted woman placed in a room with 25 men and tasked with finding her dad in the bunch. If she did, she'd win $100,000. Now we'll never know if she found him!