Kev & Get It

(Episode Guide)

Jessie Williams (Correspondent) *(S3-)*

Enzo Lombardi

Gabriel Torres

Geneva Endicott

Hudson Gamboa

Kyungri Kim

Owen Delarosa

Raluka Nistor

Tika Wilson

**Kev & Get It** (often abbreviated as **K&GI**) is a reality TV show, and one of the main television shows on SimTV. It is a competition-style reality program, with weekly challenges and one winner. It is hosted by ajmkv, who is the creator and serves as the main creative director, as well.

The winner of K&GI receives many prizes, including a cash prize, several contracts with SimTV, and property awarded by the sponsors of the show.

It is currently airing its second season, and has been renewed for a third and fourth. It has received mostly positive reviews, and remains one of the most successful shows to be produced by SimTV.

## Development

The producers at SimTV, in conjunction with longtime collaborator ajmkv, had been wanting to launch a reality competition for years, but had not found much success with their first attempts. The first show with any traction on the network was Life Is A Game, and though the show was cancelled after only one season for various reasons, the network and the creators of the show later came up with a new competition formula that they considered appropriate for broadcast. The new show, named after one of the creators, was soon revealed to be Kev & Get It, and the first season was announced after a successful pitch to the owners of the network.

After a short pre-show development period during which the premise was refined and the prizes were finalized, a casting call for a first season was put out. Out of hundreds of applications, the producers chose 14 contestants who, upon arriving at the filming location, were sequestered in a large house that was well-equipped with video cameras. The contestants were filmed around the clock, and their activities and efforts during challenges were recorded and condensed into weekly episodes. Though the network initially wanted all the contestants to remain in the competition throughout the duration of filming, the producers of the show prevailed in their original idea of an elimination-style contest. Once the pilot was aired to the audience of SimTV and was generally well-received, the network gave the go-ahead for a full season and even greenlit subsequent seasons.

## Format

   K&GI is an elimination-based competition. It is hosted by ajmkv, who acts as the head judge and mentor to the competitors. Each week, the contestants participate in various creative and performance challenges in order to stand out from the crowd and receive attention from the fans. They also interact with their housemates in an effort to make friends, since each housemate nominates three people at the end of most weeks. The people with the most nominations and/or with the worst performance in the challenge is put up for elimination, and the fans vote to save their favorite person in the Bottom 3. The winner of the challenge receives various prizes for their performance, though the winner may not always be called first at the Call-out ceremony—the contestant with the First Call-out of the week is determined by their overall performance in the episode. The winner of the season is also chosen by the fans.

Each season's episodes are split into several parts: with the exception of the first episode which has no challenge or elimination, the first few parts of an episode contain the main storyline, the challenge, and the nominations (if there are any), while the last part contains the elimination special, which occurs after the fan voting that chooses the eliminee. The final episode replaces the challenge with a cast reunion in its first parts and, after the final fan voting period, announces the winner in its last part.Though there are only 13 named episode arcs per season, this split-episode mechanic brings each season's total of aired episodes to around 60.

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There have been instances where two contestants have been eliminated during the same week, as well as where two or more contestants have won the weekly challenge. In addition, the producers and judges may decide to save someone in the Bottom from elimination. Other deviations to the general formula are inserted occasionally. The challenge for each week is usually announced via a message from ajmkv, known as as ajmkvmail. The challenges include photoshoot, dance, fashion, comedy, and social aspects, but often expand upon these. Mainstay challenges include a product campaign photoshoot, cover tries for Vista Magazine, and shooting a pilot for a TV show on Sim TV. The Top 3 of each season become the focus of a the special reunion and finale episode, and the winner is chosen through a fan vote. The prizes are awarded shortly after the finale, and the current prize package includes one million Simoleons, an exclusive real estate property offered by Sim Media Corp., the cover and a spread in Vista Magazine, a reality show on Sim TV, and a stint as the face of the aforementioned media companies.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* ajmkv as the host and main judge
* Geneva Endicott as a correspondent (Seasons 1 - 2)
* Jessie Williams as a correspondent (Season 3 - Present)

### Guest Judges

There have been many guest judges throughout the three seasons of Kev & Get It. These include:

* Jdbw
* Tika Wilson (Sweetie)
* Abigail Kintanar (Red Oyster)
* Schatar Sapphira (Hottie)
* Hudson Gamboa
* Bella Goth

## Seasons

Two seasons of K&GI have aired so far, with a third under production. It is rumored that All Stars seasons will be aired eventually, but SimTV has not confirmed these rumors.

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### Season 1

*Main article: Kev & Get It (Season 1)*
Season 1 of K&GI aired in 2016. As the first season, it presented the format and the premise of the show, and was met with good reviews and popularity. Its cast of 14 contestants was well-received by audiences, and notable storylines include rivalries between the multiple gay men in the house, attempts at eliminating the self-proclaimed villain Dahlia, Christophe's extramarital affair with pop star Andreea, Owen's budding political career, Eden's endearing but unrepentant shady actions, and Hudson's slow rise to stardom. In a surprising twist, Hudson won the competition and went on to have much success after the show.

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### Season 2

*Main article: Kev & Get It (Season 2)*
Season 2 of K&GI began airing in 2017 and ended in 2020. Though fraught with many delays during its airing due to internal issues at the network, it built off of the success of the first season and enjoyed even more praise and higher ratings. It had a cast of 14 new contestants, though several of them were related in various ways to the cast of the previous season. The most notable storylines this season include Enca's relationship and failure to use her status as a celebrity to become a true contender, Charlee's failed attempts at becoming a true villain, Gabriel's complicated web of lovers, Louise's troubled relationship with her father and her marked character development, Kyungri's money-hungry ways, the mystery behind Marjan's charming but ditzy personality, and the blooming of a relationship between Matthieu and Harrison.

### Season 3

*Main article: Kev & Get It (Season 3)*
Season 3 of K&GI was greenlit by the network in 2018 and is currently in production. The cast was released early due to a series of promotional photo leaks.

### Season 4

*Main article: Kev & Get It (Season 4)*
Season 4 of K&GI was ordered by the network in 2021 and is anticipated to be in production in 2022.

## Reception

From the beginning, K&GI received praise from SimTV's audience. It was considered to be a superior version of Life Is A Game, and the contestants were hugely popular. The first season brought in good ratings for the network, and the fan interaction behind the eliminations on the show was a huge driving force for the explosion in popularity toward the end of the season. The second season of the show saw even larger numbers and several episodes broke previous ratings records for the network.

Critically, the show was commended for its mix of classic reality TV interpersonal and competitive drama, as well as for its particularly good casting. Many reviewers appreciated that, though there were multiple previously-known celebrities included in the cast, they were mostly treated as equal to the other contestants in the challenges. The inclusion of many LGBT cast members was also lauded by many critics, though some noted that this was most likely because the majority of the producers and collaborators were gay themselves. Regardless, the show received most positive reviews during the airing of its first two seasons. On the negative side, the show received criticism for its occasional delays and multiple re-edits which some people grew frustrated with. The show received more negative criticism for its subtle favoritism toward some of the contestants, which at some points was called "hamfisted" and "frustrating". The show's host, ajmkv, also was criticized for being too overbearing in some of the episodes.

   Vista Magazine, a sponsor of the show, called K&GI a "fresh take on the reality TV competition genre", as well as praising its "clever mix of all the juiciest bits of drama and TV challenges we love to indulge in." The reviewers at Gunoi! also appreciated the show, applauding the "over-the-top extravaganza of the challenges and the contestants themselves." The magazine went on to provide extensive coverage of the show and followed the contestants after their eliminations. The well-known celebrity and fashion blogger Geneva Endicott of Juicy Bits and Bites called the show "a revelation in modern RTV competitions" and expressed appreciation for the mix of humor and fashion that the show offered its audience. Writing for the San Myshuno Daily, Bella Goth generally approved of the show, but she expressed distaste at ajmkv "becoming the 15th contestant in each season", and she said that he was the real winner of the show, for better or for worse. Social media sensation Hellsøn also was disdainful of the show, writing that "all you need to succeed on the show is to be gay with a cute twinky face, some stubble, a fashionable first name, preferably following the H-son structure," as well as "it also helps if you're a beautiful but bitchy girl with a secret heart of gold. There's not much more to it." Regardless of the negative criticism, the majority of reviewers admitted to liking the show.

## Season Guide

*For a full overview of the K&GI seasons, read the K&GI Episode Guide.*

## Kev & Get More

*Main article: Kev & Get More*
Kev & Get More is the companion show to K&GI. It focuses on the contestants' stories outside of the competition, and it serves as a way to get to know each contestant more after they have had a significant episode or have been eliminated.

   The show is more of a collection of stories as the various episodes don't connect with each other, and each episode has a different format. It started airing during the second season of K&GI but a retrospective season to look at the stories of the Season 1 contestants has been ordered and will likely air during the re-release of that season.

## Spin-offs

Aside from Life Is A Game and Kev & Get More, there have been other shows related to K&GI. The majority of them were previewed or conceived during the show, and managed to make it to full releases on Sim TV and other networks.

* Hot Tea & Honey, Hudson's winning TV pilot for Sim TV. In it, he travels around the world on his boat and teaches people his favorite home recipes.
* Paloma De Pasiones, a telenovela created during an acting challenge on Season 2 of K&GI. It stars many alumni from the show, including Hudson and Kyungri, and airs on El Canal De Los Amores.
* Plastic Unnies Playhouse, Kyungri's winning TV pilot for Sim TV. It follows the life of Kyungri and her many "plastic" girlfriends.
* The Jeffersons, a show which follows Season 2's China and her hippy family.

## Gallery

* K&GI logo
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