American Idol or and the rest of 1D on The X Factor in the UK. But there are so many bold-faced names that also first appeared on our screens—with varying degrees of success—on competition shows and/or other reality staples like MTV's The Real World and Road Rules.
We did some Internet sleuthing and discovered 14 big names in music, movies, and TV today, including Emma Stone and Jon Hamm, who all appeared on reality shows before they were famous.
Do you remember spotting these stars-in-the-making?Before making us all cry as the resident life coach on Queer Eye, Brown was the first openly gay Black man to appear on The Real World: Philadelphia back in 2004.
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