Celebra-crushes - TV: non-scripted

As promised, I present the first in my Celebra-crushes series. To get things started I thought it would be best keep things based in reality, or as it's called in Hollywood, "non-scripted television." I find myself watching less and less TV, but the shows I do keep my TiVo's Season Pass with up-to-date, and the shows I look most forward to watching each week, have been narrowed down to three: Lost, Mythbusters, and Top Chef. And as luck would have it, each show features a hottie. Of course the hottie is purely bonus as all three of these shows have plenty to stand on without any eye candy to visually feast upon. I know, I'm going to hell for objectifying these guys like this. Guess that means I'll be seeing all the str8 boys who've been doing the same to the likes of Jessica Alba there too. :)



First up we've got Tory from Discovery Channel's popular Mythbusters. He's absolute tops in my book for a number of reasons:

1. He's a local boy


2. We're almost the same age


3. We're the same height


4. He's worked at ILM


5. He doesn't take himself too seriously


6. It's fun to watch him geek out on projects


7. He's got a wicked sense of humor to match that beautiful shit-eating grin he flashes so often


8. He's an all around handsome guy, even when trying on fancy bras

In fact the only thing working against him is that he's straight. And by "working against him" I really mean working against me. Oh well, no one is perfect and I, for one, am not going to fault him for that. So, Tory, just know that if the whole dating women thing doesn't work out for you, you got a fan on the other side of the fence ready to give it a go. I'd offer Betty to you, but dammit, I saw you first!



Strangely enough, all of the next entires all come from Bravo!, the gayest network on television! Well, not really, but there's still plenty of reasons for the gay boys (and girls) to tune in each week. And Andrew is on Top Chef season four is was one of those reasons. He has reawakened my thing for redheads. In the teaser for the Zoo episode his little animal growl gave me chills in all the right places. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that perhaps it was editing that made him appear a bit abrasive at times, but at least he doesn't seem cunningly evil…like the next guy…



Another Top Chef hottie in the same season? Is it possible? It's all a matter of opinion, but since this is my blog, you get to read about my opinion. (But please feel free to share your 2¢ in the comments below.) Perhaps it's his cockiness, or his swagger, but Spike is another visual treat. Clearly he's supposed to be the "baddie" this season, but that doesn't stop me from thinking not-so-kosher thoughts about him. Oh, and he's got a nice pair of legs he likes to feature when wearing shorts. Yum!



New to Bravo this year (I swear I don't work for Bravo or its parent companies or subsidiaries, and I'm certainly not getting paid to say any of this) is a dance competition show called Step It Up and Dance hosted by Elizabeth Berkley. At first I thought this show was going to be a train wreck trying to capitalize on Ms. Berkley's scantily (if even) clad romp on the big screen in Show Girls. Well it turns out that is not a complete disaster, though it is pretty damn campy even for my tastes, but it does offer some more man candy to drool over. Nick is my favorite with his Texas drawl and his asymmetrical smile. He may not be ripped like some of the other dancers, but he's got something about him that ups the crush factor. Plus the boy can dance! And on mattresses no less! Oh lord, now I need a Xanax.



Well you can't have a dance show without having several hot guys, and that brings me to Cody. I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm in lust with his body. Sure, he's got a nice face and personality, but holy biceps, that man's arms are works of art. Or porn. He's from Canada so there's a chance he might also be hung like a moose, but those damn editors seem to favor above the waist shots. Oh well, if the dancing thing doesn't work out I'm sure it won't be long until we see him in Playgirl.



The last celebra-crush for non-scripted television goes to Brian Peeler from (surprise, surprise) Bravo's Work Out. This is another shallow crush based 93% on looks and 7% on his sexy souther accent. So if Tory rates as someone that I'd marry without a second thought because he's a total package, Peeler would be that guy you try to hook up with when he's drunk to fulfill a twisted fantasy. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

There's a couple honorable mentions for this list. The first is Rob Dyrdek from MTV's Rob and Big. I love his laid back and mischievous ways…but he's not nearly shirtless on camera enough. Come on Rob, show off your foxy skater build!

Lastly there's Michael Johns from this season's American Idol. I think he's got the looks to go far in entertainment industry. I wasn't crushing on him as hard as I was Blake from last season (who has all but disappeared from the face of the earth) but he was still this season's hottest guy by far. Screw that little stoner Jason Castro that all the tweeners are wooing over…he didn't do a thing for me, and actually may have undone a thing or two for me.

OK, there's my current crop of crushes on reality TV stars. Coming soon, my crushes on scripted TV show actors. Anyone want to take any guesses who will show up on that list? The comments await your predictions!