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Hello and welcome to Not Just a Beauty and a Geek, a fanlisting for the TV show, Beauty and the Geek that is maintained by me, Joy. It was opened on February 14, 2007. Feel free to take a look around. I hope you enjoy your stay here and please join the fanlisting if you are a fan.

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Beauty and the Geek is a reality television show, first aired by The WB network on June 2, 2005. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and Nick Santora. Each season, 8 "beauties" (young women who have relied primarily on their looks thus far in life) and 8 "geeks" (young men who have relied primarily on intellect and are socially inept) are paired up to compete as couples for $250,000 and other prizes. Each beauty lives together in a room with her geek during the course of the competition. There is a competition during each episode, after which one couple is eliminated. By the end the competition, many of the contestants say that they have learned much about interacting with people from a different social group (and positive lessons about the character of people from that group), positive things about themselves and their own characters, and often something about human nature in general. The theme song, "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by the Pet Shop Boys (originally released in 1985), is used also on the British version.

Following the second season, the American version moved to The CW Television Network, the new network formed when both The WB and UPN ceased operations in September 2006. The two-hour season premiere for the third season aired Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 8PM EST on The CW.

On February 7, 2006 a British version of the show debuted on E4. Although there is no host, voiceovers are provided by David Mitchell. A Norwegian version will start on Norwegian TV3 in March 2006. It has been given the name Prinsessen og Professoren ("The Princess and the Professor"). In Denmark the original American show is aired with Danish subtitles. An Italian version started on Italia 1 in September 2006, called La pupa e il secchione ("The Doll and the Nerd"), hitting ratings records for the channel. An Estonian version also started on Estonian TV3 in September 2006 called Kaunitar ja geenius (The Beauty and the Genius) and a Colombian version also debuted on Canal RCN in May 2006, called "La Bella y El Nerdo" (The Beauty and The Geek).

Challenges

-Season 1
 Week  Beauty Winner        Geek Winner         Eliminated
 ----  -------------        -----------         ----------
  1    Spelling Bee (Mindi) Dancing (Richard)   Cheryl & Eric
  2    Car Repair           Massage (Chuck)     Erika & Joe
       (Caitilin)
  3    Rocket Science       Women's Fashion     Krystal & Brad
        (Caitilin)              (Shawn)
  4    Math (Lauren)        Get Girls' Phone #s Lauren & Bill
                                     (Chuck)
  5    Outdoor Challenge (Chuck & Caitilin)     Scarlet & Shawn
  6   (How much do you know about your Partner) Caitilin & Chuck
 Winners          Caitlin & Chuck

-Season 2
 Week Beauty Winner         Geek Winner         Eliminated
 ---- -------------         -----------         ----------
  1         Quiz (Amanda & Chris)               No eliminations
  2   Public Speaking       Karaoke (Tyson)     Amanda & Brandon
          (Cher)
  3   Assemble PC/Burn song Interior Decorating Thais & Tyson
            (Cher)                 (Joe)
  4   Makeover for Geeks    Speed dating (Wes)  Tristin & Chris
  5   Strip poker           Party planning      Danielle & Karl
      (Brittany)                (Josh)
  6   Frumpy flirting       Fashion photography Sarah & Wes
        (Jennipher)               (Joe)
  7   Navigation (Cher)     Shopping (Josh)     Jennipher & Ankur
  8   How their partners think (Cher & Josh)    Brittany & Joe
 Winners           Cher & Josh

-Season 3
 Week  Beauty Winner          Geek Winner        Eliminated
 ----  -------------          -----------        ----------
  1    Library Search         Social Challenge   No eliminations
           (Ceci)                 (Nate)
  1    News Interview         Stand-up Comedy    Tori & Sanjay
          (Sheree)                (Nate)
  2    Museum Tour Guiding    Model Quiz (Mario) Sheree & Piao
            (Nadia)
  3    Geek Makeover/Charity Auction             Andrea & Matt
            (Jennylee & Niels)
  4    Beach Escape Challenge Fitness (Scooter)  Erin & Drew
         (Jennylee & Niels)
  5    Building a Doghouse    Getting Phone #s   Nadia & Mario
           (Megan)                (Nate)
  6    Ranch Duties Challenge (Megan & Scooter)  Jennylee & Niels
  7           Who Changed the Most               Cecille & Nate
          (decided by previous contestants)
 Winners            Megan & Scooter

-Season 4
 Week Beauty Winner            Geek Winner       Eliminated
 ---- -------------            -----------       ----------
  1   Knowledge (Shay)         Women (Joshua)    No eliminations
  2   Political Debate (Sam)   Rap Off (Will)    Amanda & Tony
  3   Anatomy Body Paint       Gift Baskets      Hollie & Josh
         (Rebecca)                (Will)
  4   Rocket Building (Sam)    Massage Skills    Rebecca & Will
                                   (Jesse)
  5   Teaching 3rd Graders     Prom King/Queen   Katie & Luke
           (Shay)                 (Shawn)
  6   Comicon Modeling & Sewing Challenge        Erin & Jesse
              (Sam & Nicole)
  7       Recap Episode (No challenges)          No eliminations
  8   Mayan Glyph Memorization Salsa Dancing     Natalie & John
             (Sam)                (David)
  9    Zoology/Insect Challenge Flair Bartending Shay & Josh
             (Sam)                   (David)
  10     Wine Challenge (David & Jasmine)        Jen & William
  11   America Voted & the winners are David & Jasmine

-Season 5
 Week  Beauties             Geeks                Eliminated
 ----  --------             -----                ----------
  1    Getting Phone Numbers (Beauties)          John
  2        Talent Show (Geeks)                   Amber
  3      Flag Football Game (Beauties)           Jillian
  3      Flag Football Game (Beauties)           Jonathan
  4    Science Fair (Cara) Love Hotline (Tommy)  Tiffany & Jim
  5      Soap Opera Challenge (Leticia & Matt)   No eliminations
  6    Garbage Math        Geek Firefighter      Randi & Greggy
        (Kristina)             (Tommy)
  7    Building a Sled (Tommy & Amanda)          Kristina & Jason
  8    Plumbing (Leticia)  Geeky Girls Makeover  Joe & Tara
                                (Chris)