Beauty and the Geek - Episode Guide

Seven academically impaired women and seven brilliant but socially challenged men are paired up for a chance to win a grand prize of $250,000. In the first episode, the girls and guys move in, pair up and begin studying for the first challenges, which consists of a spelling bee and dance contest. One team will be eliminated at the end of the episode.

The teams are forced to study extra hard for the latest two challenges, which include car repairs for the ladies and back massages for the guys. Meanwhile, sparks continue to fly between two of the contestants, and everyone waits to hear who will be eliminated next.

This week the teams are faced with more frustrating challenges, as the ladies learn how to build a rocket and the guys buy new outfits for the girls. Meanwhile, one contestant goes to great lengths to try and form an alliance so his team won't get chosen for elimination.

With only four teams remaining in the game, the competition heats up as the ladies get the chance to give the guys makeovers, while the men are given the assignment to get phone numbers from complete strangers. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the house when a rivalry develops between two of the contestants.

The stakes are raised as the guys and girls must work together as a team for the first time in a variety of outdoor challenges, with the winning team securing their place in the final episode. Meanwhile, frustration becomes apparent among the contestants when one requires medical help, another loses their cool and two square off.

With the $250,000 prize money up for grabs, the two remaining teams prepare to compete in the last challenge. Unsure of what the final test will be, both teams spend a day learning more about each other and studying materials from past challenges. Who will be sent packing and who will be named the ultimate "Beauty" and "Geek"?

The Beauties and Geeks gather in front of a live studio audience to reminisce about their time on the show. The guys reveal how their time spent in the house has changed their approach to dating and the girls discuss their new outlook on beauty. Will a romance be rekindled between Erika and Brad? Have Chuck and Richard put their rivalry behind them?

Eight academically impaired women and eight brilliant but socially challenged men are paired up for a chance to win a grand prize of $250,000. In the first episode, the beauties select their geeky partner and prepare for the first quiz which will test everyone's weaknesses.

In the second episode, the geeks face their fears and compete in a karaoke competition while the beauties rack their brains during a political debate. Before the losing teams are sent to the elimination room, they decide to throw a toga party, which leaves the girls very surprised when the guys reveal their idea of fun. In the elimination room, two teams face questions about politics and music, which results in one team packing their bags.

In the third episode, the beauties teach the geeks the secrets of interior decorating, while the geeks test the beauties' technology skills by teaching them to build a computer. The guys go on a shopping and decorating spree while the girls enjoy a geek-free night at the mansion. In the elimination room, two teams face questions about politics and music, which leaves one team packing their bags.

In the fourth episode, the beauties give the geeks a makeover before sending them out of the house to speed date. While the guys are working their magic, the girls are watching and critiquing their skills from the house. In the elimination room, two teams face questioning and one is sent packing.

In the fifth episode, the beauties and geeks travel to Las Vegas and compete in an unconventional game of strip poker. Once exposed, the geek's test their new-found social skills by throwing a party only Vegas could handle. Once everyone returns to the house, an unlikely crush grows between a beauty and a geek, while in the elimination room, two teams face questioning and one is sent packing.

In the sixth episode, the beauties learn they must ask the geeks out on dates. As new friendships are formed, one couple's growing romance becomes more intimate. Meanwhile, the geeks become stylists and photographers for a day when making their beauties feel comfortable during a sexy photo shoot challenge. Two teams are sent to elimination room to face questioning and one is sent packing.

Three teams remain and each player must make a `thank you' video message for their respective partner's, showing us what each beauty and geek have learned from each other. In addition, the teams embark on a scavenger hunt that tests the beauties' ability to read a road map, while the geeks' search for the perfect gift for their partner. Two teams will remain in their quest to become more than just a beauty and a geek.

 In the season finale, only two teams remain. Throughout the series, each contestant was forced to test their weakness but now have the opportunity to showcase one of their strengths, including fly fishing and ice skating. While in the elimination room, the remaining contestants are tested on how well they know their partner, resulting in the winning team sharing the grand prize of $250,000.

This reality series/social experiment pairs eight beautiful women who lack book smarts with eight brilliant men who are socially inept to compete in a series of challenges that push them outside their comfort zones for a chance to win a quarter of a million dollars. This week, the beauties have to work the Dewey Decimal system, leaving one girl in tears, and the geeks are put on the spot in a very public way.

This reality series/social experiment pairs eight beautiful women who lack book smarts with eight brilliant men who are socially inept to compete in a series of challenges that push them outside their comfort zones for a chance to win a quarter of a million dollars. This week, the beauties have to work the Dewey Decimal system, leaving one girl in tears, and the geeks are put on the spot in a very public way.

Seven teams remain and surprise their teammates with a barbecue dinner, along with unique toasts. The geeks are shocked to learn their challenge requires them to sketch a portrait of a nude woman. Once the sketches are completed, they realize they aren't being judged on just their art skills. Meanwhile, the beauties showcase their knowledge of planes and space travel when they act as a tour guide to a group of museum visitors at the California Science Center. Two teams go to the elimination room, but only one team goes home.

Six teams remain and this week the geeks get a makeover. Once the girls have offered style tips, the geeks descend upon LA's trendy Kitson Boutique to select a new wardrobe before heading to the salon for new hairstyles. Back at the mansion, the beauties study for their challenge, which they learn is to serve as an auctioneer at a live charity auction. The item up for bid is their newly made-over teammate. Two teams go to the elimination room, but only one team goes home.

Five teams remain and this week the teams are surprised to learn they are taking a trip to San Diego's Mission Beach. For their challenges, the beauties study radio waves and electronics, while the geeks create their own unique fitness routine. Before the challenges begin, the teams share some bonding time on a yacht, but tempers flair when one beauty lashes out at a geek for sending her team to the elimination room. Two teams go to the elimination room, but only one team goes home.

Four teams remain and this week the teams learn that they will each receive a new teammate - a-four-legged one. Once everyone selects their dog of choice, the guys are sent to a dog park, where they must try to get as many girls' phone numbers as possible. Meanwhile, the girls put their handy work to the test when they must build a home for their furry friend. Back at the house, a beauty realizes one of the guys is more than just a geek. Two teams go to the elimination room, but only one team goes home.

The three remaining teams roll up their sleeves as they head to an animal farm where they must get down and dirty with their teammate. From milking cows to stacking bales of hay, you think you've seen it all, until a beauty tackles a sheep in an effort to win the challenge. The final two teams are revealed and one couple faces uncertainty with their new romance.

The final two teams are shocked when they learn of unexpected visitors who could jeopardize the competition. They prepare themselves for the big elimination by showing each other a side they've never seen before and one teammate makes a personal sacrifice that turns the competition upside down.

The past eight weeks have proven that beauties and geeks can actually learn from each other. Lifelong friendships have been formed and good times have been had. This week offers a special beauty and geek reunion in New York, a look back at some of the most memorable moments from the season, as well as new footage and updates on what the beauties and the geeks are doing now and how the experience has changed their lives.

Season three's favorites, Nate and Jennylee, along with host Mike Richards, embark on a nationwide casting search for the newest crop of beauties and geeks.? The final twenty contestants expect business as usual - gorgeous but academically impaired women pairing with brilliant but socially challenged men to test intellect and social skills for a chance to win the $250,000 grand prize.

During their first day in the mansion, the beauties and geeks learn that they'll have to compete against one pair that's the opposite - a hot guy and a geeky girl - which immediately throws the rest of the house into turmoil. A backyard barbecue gets spicy when the beauties and geeks select their partner in a unique way.

The male Beauty and the female Geek, the biggest twist in the history of BEAUTY & THE GEEK, move into the mansion and shake things up. As everyone is apprehensive about this new addition, the Geeks and Beauties prepare for their first challenge. The Geeks must write and perform an autobiographical rap song in front of Oscar winners 3/6 Mafia, while the Beauties must learn the language of politics and debate each other on current events. The winners of the challenges are safe and in the first elimination ceremony a couple is sent home.

A champagne celebration leads to a wild game of Truth or Dare. Before the night is over, two people begin a romance that throws the mansion into turmoil. The Geeks are challenged to create a romantic gift and the Beauties must study anatomy to locate and draw body organs on their Geek partner. Emotions flare during the stair ceremony when friends are pitted against each other and one couple is sent home.

The beauties and geeks plot to de-throne the "King Geek," while the house romance takes a steamy turn that threatens to destroy one of the teams. As voted on by viewers, this week the teams compete in one of America's all-time favorite challenges that finds the geeks giving a sensual massage to their partner, while the beauties have to prove they can handle rocket science.

It's the makeover episode and the Geeks' shocking new looks are revealed. Meanwhile, the Beauties go back to school and teach a third-grade class, while the Geeks show off their spiffy new looks at the first-ever Beauty and the Geek Prom, proving once and for all who really deserves to be King.

Each team battles to create the ultimate comic book hero. On a field trip to the biggest convention for comic book fans, ComiCon, the Geeks must design the perfect costume, while the Beauties invent the hero's back story. One Geek struggles to adapt to the group, and a strong alliance is formed.

With only five weeks until one team will become more than just a beauty and a geek, we take a look back at special moments from the season and never-before-seen footage.

The Beauties and Geeks travel across the border. One Geek emerges from his shell while another is pushed to the limit with his partner. In their challenges, two Beauties go head-to-head in a memory face-off, while their partners fight for immunity in a Geek dance-off. A new twist turns the game upside down.

The experiment is down to the final four teams and the Beauties and Geeks must put everything on the line to stay in the game. The Beauties get personal with some creepy crawlers, while the Geeks must find every ounce of confidence for a bartending challenge. With tension running high in the mansion,the teams are beginning to second guess their decision to keep one couple in the game.

With only three teams left in the competition, the Beauties and Geeks visit a vineyard for a wine-making challenge. One team hopes to finally put aside their differences as they all grow closer. The stakes are high and the winner of the challenge earns a guaranteed shot at the grand prize.

The final two teams make a surprise visit to their partners' hometowns. When they return to the elimination room, they are shocked to learn that the winner will be chosen in a unique way.

All 10 teams are back for a very special reunion and we reveal the team that America has chosen to become more than just a beauty and a geek.

The nine new beauties arrive via Air Beauty and nine new geeks arrive via the Geek Mobile. Everyone is surprised to learn they will compete as teams of beauties vs. teams of geeks. Upon moving into the mansion and getting used to their new surroundings, the beauties are required to shed their make-up and high heels and are given a complete make-under. Once prosthetic noses and oversize sweaters are added, the girls must put their social skills to the test by trying to secure phone numbers from unsuspecting guys at a bar. The geeks find themselves in the brand new quiz room where one geek is sent home.

With the competition well under way, everyone must showcase their talents when instructed to perform in a beauty vs. geek talent show. Flirtations between several beauties and geeks cause some startling consequences. Fearful of losing her spot in the house, one beauty is willing to do whatever it takes to stick around, but rocks the boat when she frustrates both teams.

When the beauties face off against the geeks in a game of flag football,the action on the field becomes highly aggressive. One player gets injured while another suffers a different kind of fate. Back at the mansion, the social experiment takes another serious turn.

Newly formed geeks and beauty duos try combining skills when their first team challenges are revealed. The social experiment takes a technical turn when the beauties must present a homemade science project to some discerning critics. Some geeks become smooth operators when offering relationship advice to live callers on Dr. Drew's nationally syndicated radio program, "Loveline." One unlucky pair doesn't make the grade and leaves the house.

The highly anticipated geek makeover has arrived and the remaining guys shock the beauties with their new looks. The teams turn up the heat on the set of the Emmy Award-winning daytime drama "The Young and the Restless," as cast members Michelle Stafford and Joshua Morrow appear to judge the teams on their acting chops. A twist at the stair ceremony lets one team off the hook but leaves the remaining teams in the lurch.

When a practical joke falls flat, a geek loses his cool with one of the beauties. Flames ignite when the geeks must become firefighters and rescue their beauties from a burning building. The beauties get a whiff of a smelly challenge involving two of their least favorite things.

This special highlights the biggest, sexiest and most dramatic moments from the first six episodes of the season. The show will also feature an astounding surprise makeover for one eliminated geek, filmed exclusively for this special. Plus, profiles of this year's most colorful characters, never-before-seen footage in the mansion, unseen moments from casting tapes and the inside scoop on all the clicks, clashes, catfights, and love connections

The beauties and geeks don their galoshes for a quick getaway to Big Bear Mountain in California. A sled-building challenge paves the way for a bumpy ride as several teams try to make their way down the mountain. A geek's innocent crush on his partner blows up in his face, causing a hostile barrier to grow between them.

After hashing out their differences in Big Bear, one team returns to the mansion and announces to the other teams that they are a force to be reckoned with. Geeks become style gurus when they give head-to-toe makeovers to a group of nerdy girls for this week's challenge. The beauties roll up their sleeves and are tested on their plumbing skills.

The season finale begins with three teams but, in a surprising twist, the team that fares the worst in a pop quiz is sent home immediately. The two teams that know their partners best will continue to compete for $250,000 and a chance at becoming more than just a beauty and a geek. Jaws drop when the eliminated contestants return to the mansion for one final night and the claws come out during a blow-out fight over one geek's affection. Host Mike Richards reveals that there is nothing the final two teams can do to prepare for the final challenge.