Reality-tv articles
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‘Intense and insane’: was this the most unsettling reality TV show ever?
In the new documentary The Contestant, a Japanese man is put through an astonishing TV experience for more than a yearWhen Tomoaki Hamatsu, an aspiring comedian from the Japanese province of Fukushima, auditioned for the reality show Susunu! Denpa Shōnen in January 1998, he arrived with zero expectations and a dream for some fame. Reality television was still in its wild west infancy – no contracts, no protections, still just a handful of home-grown personalities. The new frontier of reality...
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The Masked Singer Reveals 2 Reality TV Legends as Beets
The Masked Singer took Us back to the early aughts with an all-time delightful reveal during the Group B Finals. The Beets were unmasked as — spoiler alert — American Idol’s Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken during the Wednesday, May 1, episode of the Fox reality competition series, and the panelists couldn’t get enough. The duo performed "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes with Gumball in an attempt to save themselves in the final moments of the show but were...
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I Kissed a Girl review – the sweetest, most touching reality TV in a long time
Like a lesbian Love Island, singles flirt, cry and snog on the terrace while openly communicating their feelings. It’s heartwarming stuff – but there is still plenty of drama and endless partner swapsFirst, let’s start with the premise: 10 singles are sent to a villa – sorry, masseria – in Italy in the hopes of finding love. They’re each coupled up – in this case, sealed with a kiss from a total stranger – before staying together in a big group bedroom. As the days go on, new cast members enter...