Like Survivor or The Apprentice? Reality TV goes rodeo with ‘Toughest Cowboy’
Posted by: Chris Hails in TV Add comments
Strictly Come Dancing finishes tomorrow night on BBC1 in a blaze of glory (or should that be anger over the votes scandal) and upwards of over 6 million people will tune in to see who dances to glory.
I have nothing against ballroom dancing but the latest reality show to be commissioned for American TV is more my thing, Toughest Cowboy:
Fearless cowboys will ride in three dangerous events each night-bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding-an unprecedented test of endurance in modern rodeo competition. In reality-show style, one competitor will be pulled each week in a sudden elimination bull ride match, with the ultimate Toughest Cowboy champion winning the deed to a Rocky Mountain ranch near Laramie, WY.
If you’re in Raleigh, North Carolina on 3 January 2009 then stop by - the first 500 kids even get a free cowboy hat!
And there’s more good stuff too. Visit the official website at toughestcowboy.com and you can read all about “international rodeo star and a true cowboy, Whiplash, the Cowboy monkey” - yes that’s right the 21 year old Capuchin monkey “has been riding since he was two years old”.
Now that has to beat John Sargeant shuffling through the tango any day of the week!
