Beauty and the Geek

Beauty and the Geek
Created by	Ashton Kutcher
Original work	Beauty and the Geek (United States)
Owner	Banijay Entertainment[1]
Years	2005–present

Beauty and the Geek is a reality television franchise that first aired in the United States.

The show follows groups of "Beauties" (people — almost always women — who rely on their attractiveness and outgoing personalities but typically lack intellect) and "Geeks" (people — almost always men — who rely on their intellect, but typically lack social ability) who must pair up to compete in challenges to avoid elimination.

While a competition, the show is also billed as a social experiment, in which each contestant typically learns from his or her teammate. The geeks help beauties prepare to compete in challenges of intellect and the beauties prepare the geeks to compete in challenges involving social skills.

International versions

  Currently airing franchise

  Franchise no longer in production

Country	Name	Host(s)	TV station	Premiere	Finale
Australia	Beauty and the Geek Australia	Bernard Curry	Seven Network	October 8, 2009	November 27, 2014
		James Tobin
		Sophie Monk	Nine Network	July 11, 2021	August 3, 2022
Bulgaria	Красавицата и отличникът Krasavitsata i otlichnikat	Borislav Lazarov	bTV	October 3, 2005	November 29, 2005
Chile	La Bella y el Geek	Pablo Mackenna	Chilevisión	October 22, 2012	December 17, 2012
Colombia	La Bella y el Nerdo	Víctor Gómez	Canal Caracol	May 4, 2006	?
Croatia	Ljepotice i genijalci	Igor Mešin	Nova TV	March 18, 2019	May 6, 2019
Denmark	Skønheden og nørden	Thomas Hartmann	TV3	February 13, 2006	?
Estonia	Kaunitar ja geenius	Osalejad Lauri and Adelina	TV3	September 3, 2006	?
Finland	Kaunotar ja nörtti	Lauri Salovaara	MTV3	September 4, 2005	?
France	Bimbos et Intellos	Laurent Ournac	TF1	Cancelled
Germany	Das Model und der Freak	?	ProSieben	June 14, 2007	August 28, 2007
				2011	2011
	Beauty & The Nerd	Daniel Boschmann		January 31, 2013	February 21, 2013
		Christian Düren		June 4, 2020	present
India	[V] Beauty and the Geek	Andy Kumar	Channel V	March 19, 2011	June 5, 2011
Israel	היפה והחנון HaYafa VeHaChnun	Pini Tavger	Channel 10	July 23, 2008	April 7, 2014
		Micheal Hanegbi
Italy	La pupa e il secchione	Enrico Papi Federica Panicucci	Italia 1	September 7, 2006	October 23, 2006
		Enrico Papi Paola Barale		April 18, 2010	June 7, 2010
		Paolo Ruffini Francesca Cipriani		January 7, 2020	May 3, 2022
		Andrea Pucci Francesca Cipriani
		Barbara D'Urso
		Enrico Papi		April 10, 2024	May 10, 2024
Mexico	La Bella y el Nerd	Michel Gurfi	TV Azteca	August 20, 2007	November 26, 2007
Netherlands Belgium (Flanders)	Beauty & de Nerd	Mathias Coppens Bridget Maasland	RTL 5 VTM	2006	2009
Norway	Prinsessen og professoren	Jasmin Aasland	TV3	March 9, 2006	April 27, 2006
Portugal	A Bela e o Mestre	José Pedro Vasconcelos and Iva Domingues	TVI	March 11, 2007	May 13, 2007
Russia[2]	Красавицы и Умники Krasavitsy i Umniki	Alexander Anatolyevich and Irina Grigorieva	REN TV	December 20, 2005	February 21, 2006
	Чики и фрики Chiki i friki	(original US show)	MTV Russia	2010	?
Spain	Nadie es Perfecto	Jesús Vázquez	Telecinco	July 5, 2007	August 14, 2007
Turkey	Güzel ve Dahi	?	Show TV	July 7, 2007	July 28, 2007
Ukraine[3]	Гламурні штучки та заучки Hlamurni shtuchky ta zauchky	Gregory Herman	1+1	October 21, 2010	December 29, 2010
United Kingdom	Beauty and the Geek	David Mitchell	E4	February 7, 2006	March 14, 2006
		Matt Edmondson Mollie King	Discovery+[4][5]	September 25, 2022	present
United States	Beauty and the Geek	Brian McFayden	The WB	June 1, 2005	May 13, 2008
		Mike Richards	The CW

In Brazil, the original American show aired on the cable television network Multishow under the title As Gostosas e os Geeks (The Hotties and the Geeks).^[6]

References

1. "Programmes". banijayrights.com. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
2. Красавицы и Умники.
3. "1+1" покаже шоу, яке готувалося для ТЕТу. detector.media (in Ukrainian). October 13, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
4. Walsh, Barry (February 8, 2022). ""Beauty and the Geek" reboot coming to Discovery+". Realscreen.
5. Moss, Molly (February 8, 2022). "Beauty and the Geek reboot confirmed with Matt Edmondson and Mollie King". Radio Times.
6. "As Gostosas e os Geeks". Archived from the original on March 14, 2010.