Reality check

BYE-BYE, 'PAPA.'Christine E. Shields-Markoski, 39, a Merrick elementary schoolteacher, successfully fought off a second Redemption Island challenge on "Survivor: South Pacific," beating Mark "Papa Bear" Caruso, 48, a former NYPD detective from Forest Hills. She next faces Stacey Powell, a 44-year-old mortician voted off the main island in the last episode.

'TOP CHEF' V. TEXAS. Reality-show producer Magical Elves is suing the Texas attorney general over the AG agreeing to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request. The Dallas Observer had inquired about $400,000 in taxpayer money that the state tourism board paid to "Top Chef," which filmed its upcoming season in Texas. The company doesn't want details about the money to be released.

's live-results show. She told Newsday, "I'm not actually going back as a professional dancer [cast member] but there'll be guest spots or a little routine with my brother or something."

PREMIERES. "I Used To Be Fat" returns to MTV Tuesday at 10 p.m., paired at 11 with the new series "Chelsea Settles," about a 324-pound Pittsburgh woman trying to make it in the L.A. fashion industry . . . Season Two of Bravo's "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist" premieres Wednesday at 9 p.m. . . . A four-star chef and a motorcycle mechanic on the road in History's new "Hairy Bikers," debuting Friday at 10 p.m. . . . And this Sunday at 9 p.m. on VH1, a matchmaker helps you answer the question "Why Am I Still Single?!"

RECAPS. Kristin Cavallari and Mark Ballas are off "Dancing With the Stars" . . . Patrick Ferrari was booted from "The Biggest Loser" . . . and Camille McDonald will not be "America's Next Top Model."