{"id":1968213,"date":"2025-08-19T08:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1968213"},"modified":"2025-08-19T08:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:37:36","slug":"all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/all-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"All the mega famous celebrities whose careers started on reality TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Despite a lot of celebrities being genuine nepo babies, some of them actually kickstarted their careers by appearing on reality TV.<\/p>\n

So, from Zac Efron and Glen Powell to Bella Hadid and Emma Stone, let\u2019s have a look at all the celebrities who started in slightly less highbrow circumstances.<\/p>\n

Jon Hamm<\/h2>\n

\"\"Via YouTube<\/p>\n

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

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Whilst Zac Efron had already started appearing in films in the early 2000\u2019s 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\u2019 bedrooms to narrow down which of them he\u2019d go on a date with\u2026<\/p>\n

Lucy Hale<\/h2>\n

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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>\n

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Yes, that\u2019s right, Mr heartthrob of the century actually made his big screen debut as a reality show contestant on Discovery Kids\u2019 Endurance in 2002. What a time.<\/p>\n

Emma Stone<\/h2>\n

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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>\n

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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

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source realitytvshrine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite a lot of celebrities being genuine nepo babies, some of them actually kickstarted their careers by appearing on reality TV. So, from Zac Efron and Glen Powell to Bella Hadid and Emma Stone, let\u2019s have a look at all the celebrities who started in slightly less highbrow circumstances. Jon Hamm Via YouTube Yes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1968214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[23662,315558],"class_list":["post-1968213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-real-housewives","tag-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/All-the-mega-famous-celebrities-whose-careers-started-on-reality.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}