Misery loves company

Who wants to watch someone who gets everything right all the time? It's the losers we want to watch — especially in reality television. Through the catfights, blowouts, and breakdowns, we get a little bit of an escape from our own lives. Here's a look at the reality television stars we watched bottom out on TV.

At left, a contestant hits the mud during an episode of ABC's "Wipeout," where contestants are urged to lose big and keep going. A metaphor for life? Maybe.