The Hometown Heroes
Danni Boatwright, Tonganoxie, Kansas
Survivor: Guatemala
Best-known: for winning the million-dollar prize
Last spotted: as a sideline reporter for the Kansas City Brigade arena football team
Brandon Bellinger, Manhattan, Kansas
Survivor: Guatemala
Best-known: as ninth person eliminated from the show
Last spotted: ranching in Manhattan
Jermaine Jamison
Richard Branson’s Rebel Billionaire
Best-known: for being booted in the fourth episode for falling asleep on an African safari
Last spotted: on the board of directors for Solace House, a Prairie Village nonprofit supporting families of murder victims
Stephen Johnson
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Best-known: for pulling gunshot-wounded paramedic Mary Seymour out of the line of fire when the Kansas City Fire Department responded to a house explosion in south Kansas City, and raising five kids as a single father
Last spotted: still working as a firefighter; appealing a $3,720 property tax bill for his new pad
Amanda Marsh
The Bachelor
Best-known: for being chosen by the show’s first bachelor, Alex Michel (the couple later broke up)
Last spotted: on E! True Hollywood Story: The Bachelor and The Bachelorette: working in PR for Diagnostic Imaging Centers; engaged since March 2005 to Matt Zender, a Black & Decker salesman
Gina McFadden
American Idol 4
Best-known: as daughter of famed singer and tap dancer Lonnie McFadden from the McFadden Brothers (made the top 50 before getting cut)
Last spotted: performing the national anthem in May at the Famous Dave’s barbecue cook-off
Lora Manka
Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?
Best-known: for appearing on the show
Last spotted: married, but not to a millionaire; working as a PR manager at the Lathrop & Gage law firm
B.B. Anderson
Survivor: Borneo
Best-known: as contestant second to be voted off
Last spotted: as a retired contractor, splitting his time between KC and Vail, Colorado
Lisa Forbes
The Bachelor: Paris
Best-known: for being dismissed after the first round
Last spotted: working as a sales manager at the Sheraton Hotel in Overland Park
Cara Kahn
Real World: Chicago
Best-known: for being cast for the show while living in St. Louis and for being the show’s most flirtatious cast member
Last spotted: working at Serendipity, a boutique in Fairway; engaged to a resident at KU Med
Shandi Sullivan
America’s Next Top Model, Season 2
Best-known: for being charged for robbing a Mr. Bulky’s prior to taping the show, in which the former Walgreens cashier finished third
Last spotted: trying to embrace the bad-girl persona from the show by selling homemade “Shanthrax” and “Evil Shandar” T-shirts —when that didn’t work, she moved on to working as a DJ at Pianos, a lounge on the Lower East Side of New York City
Wes Bergmann
Real World: Austin
Best-known: for describing himself as someone who “has never really experienced living with an African-American”
Last spotted: taking a break from college to work in bar promotions
Dan Renzi
Real World: Miami
Best-known: for being bitchy and unrepentant
Last spotted: on May 5, 2004, when police charged him with exposing himself at The Stand, a porn theater on Troost; appearing, 10 years after his Real World debut, in The Inferno II , a challenge between MTV reality show contestants in Manzanillo, Mexico
Susan Edds
The Bachelor: Paris
Best-known: for being dumped after she and Travis visited her parents in North Carolina (there, her dad asked her: “You think this is going to launch your [acting] career in Los Angeles?”)
Last spotted: moving to Manhattan Beach, California, to pursue acting; starring in The Evil Inside, a locally made film screened at the 2006 Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee
Melana Scantlin
Average Joe
Best-known: for picking one of the show’s good-looking ringers over an Average Joe
Last spotted: as the hot side dish in a Wendy’s commercial; also doing commercials for alma mater Park University and a seasonal talk show for the Chiefs
Megan Denton
Temptation Island
Best-known: for her job on the show (along with at least four Kansas Citians) —to wreck other relationships
Last spotted: teaching kindergarten, according to the Lawrence Journal-World, at a private school in California
Marcus Butts
American Idol 3
Best-known: for auditioning in a jumpsuit (his “darker Elvis” bit didn’t make the top 32)
Last spotted: calling criticism of then-scandalized Paula Abdul “pretty ridiculous” on WDAF Channel 4 in April 2005
Bryce Gahagan, Parkville
Apprentice 5
Bio: A 28-year-old University of Kansas grad with a journalism degree, he co-founded custom-home builder Gahagan-Eddy Building Co.
David Spiker and Lori Willems
Manhattan, Kansas
The Amazing Race 9
Bio: self-proclaimed nerds, a Pizza Hut manager and musician, respectively, they were eliminated fifth.
Britt Koth
8th and Ocean
Bio: A 20-year-old, home-schooled preacher’s daughter, she’s eager to be a model in vice-ridden South Beach.
Tony Gonzalez
Celebrity Cooking Showdown
Bio: Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez teamed up with superchef Cat Cora to “cook a game-winning meal that will bowl over the competition,” according to the show’s Web site. He was eliminated in the first round.
