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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 (Caitilin)        Massage (Chuck)             Erika & Joe 
  3    Rocket Science (Caitilin)    Women's Fashion (Shawn)     Krystal & Brad 
  4    Math (Lauren)                Get Girls' Phone #s (Chuck) Lauren & Bill 
  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 (Cher)        Karaoke (Tyson)            Amanda & Brandon 
  3    Assemble PC/Burn song (Cher)  Interior Decorating (Joe)  Thais & Tyson
  4    Makeover for the Geeks        Speed dating (Wes)         Tristin & Chris 
  5    Strip poker (Brittany)        Party planning (Josh)      Danielle & Karl 
  6    Frumpy flirting (Jennipher)   Fashion photography (Joe)  Sarah & Wes 
  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 (Ceci)         Social Challenge (Nate)    No eliminations 
  1    News Interview (Sheree)       Stand-up Comedy (Nate)     Tori & Sanjay 
  2    Museum Tour Guiding (Nadia)   Model Quiz (Mario)         Sheree & Piao 
  3    Geek Makeover/Charity Auction (Jennylee & Niels)         Andrea & Matt 
  4    Beach Escape Challenge (Ceci) Fitness (Scooter)          Erin & Drew 
  5    Building a Doghouse (Megan)   Getting Phone #s (Nate)    Nadia & Mario 
  6      Ranch Duties Challenge (Megan & Scooter)               Jennylee & Niels 
  7    Who Changed the Most (decided by previous contestants)   Cecille & Nate 
 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 (Rebecca)   Gift Baskets (Will)      Hollie & Josh
  4    Rocket Building (Sam)          Massage Skills(Jesse)    Rebecca & Will
  5    Teaching 3rd Graders (Shay)    Prom King/Queen (Shawn)  Katie & Luke
  6      Comicon Modeling & Sewing Challenge (Sam & Nicole)    Erin & Jesse
  7              Recap Episode (No challenges)                 No eliminations
  8    Mayan Glyph Memorization (Sam) Salsa Dancing (David)    Natalie & John
  9    Zoology/Insect Challenge (Sam) Flair Bartending (David) Shay & Josh
  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 (Kristina)   Geek Firefighter (Tommy)      Randi & Greggy
  7        Building a Sled (Tommy & Amanda)                    Kristina & Jason
  8    Plumbing (Leticia)        Geeky Girls Makeover (Chris)  Joe & Tara