![\"\"](\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T152156.359.png\")
Yes, THE Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame actually started his career out on reality TV. He starred on a reality TV dating show called The Big Date in 1996 and was paid a mere $250.<\/p>\n
Zac Efron<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T152246.319.png\")
Via YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWhilst Zac Efron had already started appearing in films in the early 2000’s he also appeared in a very dubious reality TV show called Room Raiders.<\/p>\n
The premise revolved around Zac Efron rifling through three female contestants’ bedrooms to narrow down which of them he’d go on a date with…<\/p>\n
Lucy Hale<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T152546.360.png\")
Via YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBefore Lucy Hale rose to fame in her iconic appearance as Aria Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars, she competed in a reality TV singing competition.<\/p>\n
The show was called American Juniors, and Lucy took part in it when she was just 14, and actually ended up winning the whole thing!<\/p>\n
Glen Powell<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T152654.366.png\")
Via YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYes, that’s right, Mr heartthrob of the century actually made his big screen debut as a reality show contestant on Discovery Kids’ Endurance in 2002. What a time.<\/p>\n
Emma Stone<\/h2>\n![\"reality](\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T152918.327.png\")
Via YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEmma Stone actually starred in a reality TV show in 2004 where the premise revolved around trying to find young child actors to star in a scripted show called The New Partridge Family. And look where she is now!<\/p>\n
Bella and Gigi Hadid<\/h2>\n![\"reality](\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T152950.558.png\")
Via Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI feel like everyone knows this one, but Bella and Gigi Hadid first got their careers kickstarted on Real Housewives<\/a> of Beverly Hills, where their mum Yolanda was one of the key cast members.<\/p>\nFor all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is so iconic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":26154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2005,1565],"class_list":["post-26131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-real-housewives","tag-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Zac Efron to Bella Hadid: All the mega famous celebrities whose careers started on reality TV","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["real housewives","the real housewives of beverly hills"],"dateCreated":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","datePublished":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","dateModified":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z"},"rendered":"
Whilst Zac Efron had already started appearing in films in the early 2000’s he also appeared in a very dubious reality TV show called Room Raiders.<\/p>\n
The premise revolved around Zac Efron rifling through three female contestants’ bedrooms to narrow down which of them he’d go on a date with…<\/p>\n
Lucy Hale<\/h2>\nVia YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBefore Lucy Hale rose to fame in her iconic appearance as Aria Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars, she competed in a reality TV singing competition.<\/p>\n
The show was called American Juniors, and Lucy took part in it when she was just 14, and actually ended up winning the whole thing!<\/p>\n
Glen Powell<\/h2>\nVia YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYes, that’s right, Mr heartthrob of the century actually made his big screen debut as a reality show contestant on Discovery Kids’ Endurance in 2002. What a time.<\/p>\n
Emma Stone<\/h2>\nVia YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEmma Stone actually starred in a reality TV show in 2004 where the premise revolved around trying to find young child actors to star in a scripted show called The New Partridge Family. And look where she is now!<\/p>\n
Bella and Gigi Hadid<\/h2>\nVia Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI feel like everyone knows this one, but Bella and Gigi Hadid first got their careers kickstarted on Real Housewives<\/a> of Beverly Hills, where their mum Yolanda was one of the key cast members.<\/p>\nFor all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is so iconic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":26154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2005,1565],"class_list":["post-26131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-real-housewives","tag-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Zac Efron to Bella Hadid: All the mega famous celebrities whose careers started on reality TV","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["real housewives","the real housewives of beverly hills"],"dateCreated":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","datePublished":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","dateModified":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z"},"rendered":"
Before Lucy Hale rose to fame in her iconic appearance as Aria Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars, she competed in a reality TV singing competition.<\/p>\n
The show was called American Juniors, and Lucy took part in it when she was just 14, and actually ended up winning the whole thing!<\/p>\n
Glen Powell<\/h2>\nVia YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nYes, that’s right, Mr heartthrob of the century actually made his big screen debut as a reality show contestant on Discovery Kids’ Endurance in 2002. What a time.<\/p>\n
Emma Stone<\/h2>\nVia YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEmma Stone actually starred in a reality TV show in 2004 where the premise revolved around trying to find young child actors to star in a scripted show called The New Partridge Family. And look where she is now!<\/p>\n
Bella and Gigi Hadid<\/h2>\nVia Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI feel like everyone knows this one, but Bella and Gigi Hadid first got their careers kickstarted on Real Housewives<\/a> of Beverly Hills, where their mum Yolanda was one of the key cast members.<\/p>\nFor all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is so iconic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":26154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2005,1565],"class_list":["post-26131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-real-housewives","tag-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Zac Efron to Bella Hadid: All the mega famous celebrities whose careers started on reality TV","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["real housewives","the real housewives of beverly hills"],"dateCreated":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","datePublished":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","dateModified":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z"},"rendered":"
Yes, that’s right, Mr heartthrob of the century actually made his big screen debut as a reality show contestant on Discovery Kids’ Endurance in 2002. What a time.<\/p>\n
Emma Stone<\/h2>\nVia YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEmma Stone actually starred in a reality TV show in 2004 where the premise revolved around trying to find young child actors to star in a scripted show called The New Partridge Family. And look where she is now!<\/p>\n
Bella and Gigi Hadid<\/h2>\nVia Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI feel like everyone knows this one, but Bella and Gigi Hadid first got their careers kickstarted on Real Housewives<\/a> of Beverly Hills, where their mum Yolanda was one of the key cast members.<\/p>\nFor all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is so iconic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":26154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2005,1565],"class_list":["post-26131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-real-housewives","tag-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Zac Efron to Bella Hadid: All the mega famous celebrities whose careers started on reality TV","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["real housewives","the real housewives of beverly hills"],"dateCreated":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","datePublished":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","dateModified":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z"},"rendered":"
Emma Stone actually starred in a reality TV show in 2004 where the premise revolved around trying to find young child actors to star in a scripted show called The New Partridge Family. And look where she is now!<\/p>\n
Bella and Gigi Hadid<\/h2>\nVia Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI feel like everyone knows this one, but Bella and Gigi Hadid first got their careers kickstarted on Real Housewives<\/a> of Beverly Hills, where their mum Yolanda was one of the key cast members.<\/p>\nFor all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is so iconic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":26154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2005,1565],"class_list":["post-26131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-real-housewives","tag-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Zac Efron to Bella Hadid: All the mega famous celebrities whose careers started on reality TV","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["real housewives","the real housewives of beverly hills"],"dateCreated":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","datePublished":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","dateModified":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z"},"rendered":"
I feel like everyone knows this one, but Bella and Gigi Hadid first got their careers kickstarted on Real Housewives<\/a> of Beverly Hills, where their mum Yolanda was one of the key cast members.<\/p>\n For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is so iconic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":26154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2005,1565],"class_list":["post-26131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-real-housewives","tag-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Zac Efron to Bella Hadid: All the mega famous celebrities whose careers started on reality TV","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/zac-efron-to-bella-hadid-all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-07-16T153056.452.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["real housewives","the real housewives of beverly hills"],"dateCreated":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","datePublished":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z","dateModified":"2025-07-16T14:36:18Z"},"rendered":"