Hot Gallery: These Small-Screen Couples Have Had Some Very Showy Romances
What could be more natural when two people are thrown together in a thoroughly unnatural reality-TV setting than for them to find true love? Well, okay, maybe not always true love—but the heightened reality of reality TV certainly has led to some wild (and some pretty weird) romances. For example, Heidi and Spencer from MTV's The Hills are still going strong and have the new E! special After Shock: Heidi and Spencer airing so we can check in on their romance.
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By Nina Hämmerling SmithWhat started off as a strong alliance on Survivor: All-Stars turned out to be so much more. The reigning showmance couple of all time, “Boston” Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich have appeared on multiple seasons each of Survivor and The Amazing Race, as well as several single-season reality shows and specials, like Around the World in 80 Ways. Brkich and Mariano were the final two contestants of the All-Star season, and he proposed to her during the live finale. She ended up earning the million-dollar prize, but the win seemed pretty anticlimactic given the bigger news of the night.
Update: In 2005, their wedding was filmed and broadcast in a two-hour special called Rob and Amber Get Married. The couple have three daughters, Lucia, Carina and Isabetta.