... And so to the second big televised event of the week, the arrival of The X Factor on our TV screens.

Jacqueline Smith realises this year the small-screen has been full of goobers.

"The Situation" from MTV reality show Jersey Shore.

Hunting for Australia's next big thing.

Digitally altered photos of NZ's Next Top Model entrants have been slammed as an "appalling" attempt to make the models appear thinner than they are.

Kim Kardashian would definitely date Justin Bieber "if he was of legal age", adding he "definitely has this swag to him".

Masterchef runner-up Kelly Young has resigned from Euro to pursue a "much more appealing" venture to become a celebrity chef.

High-pitched screams: the second series of New Zealand's Next Top Model was - as to be expected - full of them.

Pam Corkery's brothel-for-women idea generated some fierce debate. Here's what our readers had to say.

A person Amelia Gough trusted as a Facebook friend ended up stealing her photos and using them to create fake pages in her name.

Sara Tetro, the busy TV star, model agent and mother of two is nothing like her tough on-screen persona.

An escort who has provided sexual services to NZ women for 14 years is not worried about competition from Pam Corkery's planned brothel for females.

Former politician and broadcaster Pam Corkery has been linked to plans for NZ's first brothel for women.

Competition is under way for the new flock of contestants vying for the title of this year's Next Top Model. Jacqueline Smith goes behind the scenes.

The winner of last year's competition has managed to launch her career while completing her schooling.

At least four of the New Zealand's Next Top Model top 13 finalists are already signed with an agency.

They're down to the final 13 in the search for New Zealand's Next Top Model.

The leggy Australian is drawing on her three-decade career as a supermodel to relaunch her television career.

One of the world's biggest TV talent quests is coming here, giving Kiwis the chance to prove they have what it takes to be a superstar.

Police have been asked to look into complaints against the producer behind hit TV shows Dream Home, Location Location Location and Sensing Murder.

Long legs, high heels and big smiles were on show yesterday as auditions began for the second series of New Zealand's Next Top Model.

A 23-year-old Westpac bank teller is leaving her job to compete in a kickboxing reality TV show in Thailand.