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By CORY MATTESON Lincoln Journal Star wo weeks after Camila Nakagawa and a group of University of Nebraska-Lincoln students went down to Acapulco for spring break in 2010 and competed in and won Break she got a call from Murray Productions. A generation of TV viewers might recognize that company logo as the one that appeared at the end of every episode of Real and The company also produces a show that pits former cast members of those MTV staples against one another. And the producers wanted Nakagawa, a Brazilian-born UNL student, to join the party, asking her if she would participate in Challenge: Nakagawa said yes, hung up and asked herself a question. am I getting myself The answers have included everything viewers have come to expect from the MTV reality series: myriad competitions, elimination rounds, big parties, bigger personalities, the occasional shouting match and cameras everywhere to record it all. For Nakagawa, 23, it also has included a title.

In her third season on the show, she and teammate Johnny Devenanzio, who is better known to viewers as Johnny Bananas, emerged victorious at the end of Challenge: Battle of the After spending the entire shoot in the sun-splashed Dominican Republic, the final competition pitted Nakagawa and Bananas against two other groups in a final series of contests across a snow-blanketed stretch of Iceland. Even though she hates the cold, had to charge into icy water and drank blood from a Viking horn during the course of that final episode, Nakagawa called the Iceland quest most beautiful thing ever seen, ever But this being MTV, they help but dwell on a few rough patches along the way. manage to show the most embarrassing Nakagawa said, laughing. show all the good stuff. They show all the bad stuff, like my (See sidebar.) The final show first aired in late March, and Nakagawa had to keep quiet about how she did until it was on the air.

But she have to keep still. Though she said she considers Lincoln a place to recharge and relax after spending every waking moment of her life being filmed, Nakagawa has been putting her half of the $150,000 first-place prize to work. She invested part of her winnings in Clean Start, a body-cleansing spa in Miami, with two other entrepreneurial young women. She started a 90-day fitness challenge. modeled.

She has talked with producers in Brazil about being a part of the just-now- exploding reality TV trend there. Though game to compete on another she said there are a lot of other options on the table. want to be Camila from MTV she said. have a lot more that I want to Reach Cory Matteson at 402-473-7438 or 402 OURNAL TAR Tuesday, May 15, 2012 www.402411.com Comments? Questions? Call Kathy Steinauer-Smith, 402-473-7251 Page Design: George Wright The 411 Where you live what you need to know STORiES BY JEFF KORBELiK Lincoln Journal Star BC will debut six new series this fall, add a fall edition of and pair comedies and on Friday nights. The network announced its 2012-13 primetime season Monday for advertisers.

NBC will wait until midseason to bring back when it also will premiere six other new series. Not returning next season: You There Friends Playboy and got a lineup of new shows that will really get people to sit up and take NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt told advertisers. with the Olympics coming this summer and two nights of in the fall, also got the tools we need to give our shows the kind of launch they New dramas this fall include the thriller from J.J. Abrams on Monday nights and from guru Dick Wolf on Wednesday nights. The latter involves Chicago firefighters and paramedics and stars Jesse Spencer (Chase from Among the new fall comedies are Matthew With and New from and Horror creator Ryan Murphy.

Also returning at midseason will be Off Their and Biggest New midseason comedies include and New midseason dramas are No and Here is fall schedule, with new shows in capital letters: Monda 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Tuesda 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

NEW 9 p.m. Wednesda 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. WITH THE 8 p.m. Order: 9 p.m.

Thursda 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. All 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Center With Brian Frida 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. saTurda Encore programming sunda 6 p.m Night in 7:15 p.m.

Sunday Night NBC to air in the fall NBC alum Jesse Spencer stars in the new NBC drama which will air Wednesday nights this fall. OX will move to Thursday nights this fall, where it will be paired with results show, and introduce three new series. The network announced its 2012-13 prime-time season to advertisers Monday. Also moving is Kiefer which is leaving Thursdays to make way for moves to 7 p.m. Friday, where it will serve as a lead-in to the final season of Not returning are Hate My Teenage and New shows this fall include the drama Mob starring Jordana Spiro (from on TBS) and new comedies and and Mindy from Mindy Kaling, who played Kelly on Returning at midseason will be Cleveland and New shows premiering at midseason include Kevin thriller which stars Kevin Bacon, and the Scott Foley-Becki Newton comedy Goodwin Here is fall schedule, with new shows in capital letters: Monda 7 p.m.

8 p.m. MOB Tuesda 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. AND 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

MINDY Wednesda 7 p.m. Thursda 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Frida 7 p.m. 8 p.m.

saTurda 7 p.m. FOX Sports Saturday sunda 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

Reach Jeff Korbelik at 402-473-7213 or or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/LJSjeffkorbelik. FOX to move to Thursdays FOX FALL TV SEASON For fans, some show-specific quotes The people who follow series really, really follow it. Look up one of the 22 seasons on Wikipe- dia and find an elaborate color-coded grid detailing the process of elimination during the show and which people were able to stave it off the longest and how. (Players have battled in domes, infernos and a gulag in seasons past.) Whoever made that thing knows way more about the show than the average Journal Star reader, and these quotes from Nakagawa are for that person and other fans. on how to tweak the series: feel like the challenges, they can do a lot to improve (them).

become a lot more about the actual challenges, way more about the competition versus the reality of the house. wish we had less people. I feel like the perfect challenge would be one with less people, and imagine if the people leave the house. OK, you screwed me over well, still in the house and I can still vote. Even though I win any more, I can still create all this on her darkest moment during of the literally got really, really drunk.

I was throwing chairs. I made three times. know that I could be that crazy, just put it that way. It was unfortunate that it was on national television, but kind of glad that I saw it because what made me stop. what made me go, Camila, I barely drink on her championship main weakness: cake, our on the Web: Find more about Nakagawa at www.camilanakagawa.com.

Nakagawa trying to build off MTV victory. JULIA KUZMENKO photo Rising to the challenge Camila Nakagawa posed for a photo shoot in Omaha earlier this month. one of many, many activities that done since winning Challenge: Battle of the earlier this year. The new FOX comedy Mindy starring Bill Hader (left) and Mindy Kaling, will air at 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays this fall after Counting Crows will perform July 28 at the Pinewood Bowl, the fifth concert added in the new music series there.

The concert is part of the Outlaw Roadshow and also will feature We Are Augustines, Field Report and Kasey Anderson and the Honkies. The show will begin at 7 p.m., with gates opening at 6 p.m. Counting Crows released its debut album, and Everything in 1993 and had a hit single from it, The band has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and earned an Academy Award nomination in 2004 for in which was in the movie The most recent album, Sunshine (or what we did on our summer was released April 10. Tickets for reserved seating are $25, $35, $45, $55, $85 and $95 for front-row seats. A four-pack of tickets is available for $79; all ticket prices are subject to additional fees.

an eight-ticket limit per purchase. This is an all-ages show. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Pershing Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations, at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 800-7453000. Tickets will be available at Pinewood Bowl Theater on the day of the show three hours before the gates open.

Four other concerts have been announced in this Pinewood Bowl music series; Counting Crows will be the first concert. Train will perform Aug. 2, while My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses will play Aug. 7. Crosby, Stills Nash will perform at Pinewood on Aug.

8, and B.B. King and Robert Cray will perform Aug. 16. Tickets for those shows are now on sale through Ticketmaster. Lincoln Journal Star Counting Crows to perform July 28 at Pinewood Courtesy photo Counting Crows will perform July 28 at the Pinewood Bowl..