One year ago the first post was made. Now the site has 160 posts, 98 pages, 1,272 articles, and 2,250 items in the database! Thank you to everyone who has contributed, visited, and shared the word about the scrapbook. A special thank you to Kim who helps me post and to Kristin and Sarah who helped load the database full of items from the site.
To celebrate, the Behind the Scenes Gallery has been updated with tags so you can search by cast or crew member! There are currently 244 photos in the gallery. I know I have a few more, so I’ll post them when I find them.
Heated Rivalry is nominated for Dorian TV awards! The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics celebrates the best in film, television, and New York theater. For the 2026 Dorian TV Awards, Heated Rivalry is nominated for Best TV Drama, Best LGBTQ TV Show, Best Written TV Show, Most Visually Striking TV Show, and Connor and Hudson are nominated for Best TV Performance – Drama, along with François for Best Supporting TV Performance – Drama.
Nadine has been featured in Seventeen!
Ksenia is at the Banff World Media Festival.
Video of Yara Shahidi presenting Rachel Goldstein-Couto and François Arnaud the Peabody for Heated Rivalry has been posted.
Echo A Cappella posted this super cool cover of I’ll Believe in Anything.
Canada Media Fund played a Heated Rivalry parody during their festival. Video comes from Barry Hertz.
Heated Rivalry fans raised over $39,000 for Ilya’s birthday! Way to go! Farrah on Threads compiled the totals:
602 unique contributors (many did more than 1 donation!)
19 different currencies represented
At a MINIMUM ~$39,045 USD was raised through verified donations alone
Many submitted receipts intentionally hid donation amounts or cropped totals for privacy, meaning the true impact of this campaign is undoubtedly well over $40,000 USD.
Some of the organizations supported included:
The Trevor Project
NAMI
Rainbow Railroad
Robert Enke Foundation
Mind UK
Luna on Threads posted this fun Heated Rivalry emoji challenge!
Check out the comments of the Threads post for the answers!
Smut & Sip’s Heated Rivalry and The Long Game Preorder is tomorrow! This morning was the early access preorder (June 17) and tomorrow (June 18) everyone has an opportunity. Check out these gorgeous photos:
Top 5: Heated Rivalry Podcast’s full interview with Devante Senior is out now!
Harrison’s All The Things He Said with Joseph William Morgan is releasing June 26th! I’m not ready!
iHeartRadio Canada wants to know – who are you sitting beside during a hockey game?
Heated Rivalry is now available for digital purchase! You can buy the season on Fandango, Amazon Prime Video, or Apple TV.
REMINDER! This week’s giveaway is still going!
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