It doesn't matter if they're doing it for the cameras or not. Television personalities - reality show judges especially - are a temperamental lot. And their emotions, more often than not make it to your screen. Here's a look at who bare their fangs to those most likely to give you a hug... in exactly that order.
GRIZZLIEST
Gordon Ramsay: Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen, The F Word, Hotel Hell, Behind Bars, MasterChef USA, his reign of terror knows no bounds.
Simon Cowell: American Idol or X-Factor, he's the one contestants fear the most. Don't let that smile fool you. His biting sarcasm is stuff of legend.
Raghu Ram: The Roadies rager's 'temper' is meant to intimidate. And intimidate he does. His chilling gaze and fearful demeanour has spawned several parodies, but the man himself keeps playing it up for the cameras every season.
Piers Morgan: Known to have meltdowns on his live talk show as well as on former seasons of America's Got Talent.
Abby Lee Miller: The dance coach from hell, watcher her on Dance Moms is an exercise in fear. She berates children so badly for the cameras (and probably off it, too) that the child would probably hate it. Who knew dance was a byword for terror?
Donald Trump : There's a reason why The Apprentice became the behemoth it is. Season after season, Trump's sardonic and succinct 'You're fired!' scared the shit out of corporates the world over.
Patti Stanger: She runs a matchmaking firm, showcased on a reality show called Millionaire Matchmaker where she gets models desperate to be on television to spend time on a cocktail mixer with 'eligible' bachelors to see where it leads. Doesn't sound so bad? Well, she's judgmental, temperamental and is known to snap at the contestants.
Marco Pierre White: Widely recognised as the only man to make Gordon Ramsay cry, he has mellowed down and has settled into a mentor's role on several versions of MasterChef.
Arnab Goswami: His antics on a news TV channel makes him sound like a class monitor more than a debate moderator. His 'the nation wants to know' catch-phrase has caught on and is known to send people twice his age into stupefied bouts of silence
CUDDLIEST
Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and Matt Preston: The MasterChef Australia judges are the biggest teddy bears around. Just catch them on TV and you'll know why. They may be stern sometimes but never rude or overbearing.
Mary Murphy, Nigel Lythgoe and Cat Deeley: The So You Think You Can Dance regulars (two judges, one host) are media darlings. Nigel may be a little stern sometimes but he's no Simon Cowell. Cat's a sweetheart of a host. Aspiring hosts, take note.
Nick Cannon, Howard Stern, Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel: Cannon is America's Got Talent's Ryan Seacrest, if you get the drift. Howard, Sharon and Howie come off as one of the coolest, if not the most consistently entertaining judges around.
Blake Shelton and Adam Levine: Their bromance on The Voice is the show's USP, but at the outset, was quite unexpected. It has remained convincing enough for the show's producers to keep them season after season.
Ellen Degeneres: The talk show host is a hit with children and adults alike. She has retained her child-like charm and is a hit with politicians and the general public as well
Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr: The latest American idol judges are a much-loved bunch and are rarely (if ever) mean to contestants. JLo's sweet to a fault while Harry's a no-nonsense guy. Keith, it seems is just there for the ride.
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