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I have a confession to make. My life without Pawn Stars, Wife Swap, 50 Day Fiance (The Other Way included), and some others would never be the same. I love the absurdity, the drama, the lack of profoundness these reality TV gems bring us. And even if the day has been the worst bender in a 365-day marathon, it’s still complete and quasi-satisfactory after a handful of those episodes before falling asleep.
This is on one condition, of course. If you want to enjoy the TV shows like that, you gotta turn a blind eye to the fakery that comes with it. And although we suspect it's huge, this viral thread on r/AskReddit shows exactly how humongous it is.
“Redditors who have been on a reality TV show such as Hardcore Pawn or Pimp My Ride or Pawn Stars, how FAKE was it,” someone asked on Ask Reddit and the responses started rolling in. Below we selected the most interesting ones, to remind us all to take things with a pinch of salt. Or rather, the whole bag of it.
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#1
I was on set for a filming go Ghost Hunters in Buffalo. On the show, they are "investigating" an upper level of the Buffalo Central Terminal when they hear a "disembodied" voice say "Get out!"
It was the property manager on a lower level yelling at some homeless people to clear out. Everyone knew it was him, but it somehow made it in the show as an "unexplained" event.
Julie Atwood 3 years ago
I believe the phrase you're looking for is "plausible deniability" 😉
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WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
After millions of hours of research and video material no one every captured a ghost. It's also very telling that all "ghostly events" always happen just outside the view of the camera or couldn't be recorded because "the apparition drained the batteries." And let's not forget the that all those series use the same script. Intro with a lot of baloney. Interviews with "witnesses". Research with some "debunked" spooky event happening. Researcher(s) overcome with anger, grief or despair caused by a ghost. Finale where a lot of totally irrelevant findings are concocted into a very unbelievable ghost story. It's fun to watch and laugh and make bets on who is going to shout "WOWWOWOWOW" first.
Karri Berkowitz 3 years ago
Nooo not the Ghost Hunters they seem so trust worthy. I would expect that from Ghost Adventures but not the OGs.
Nikole 3 years ago
Back in the day I feel like Ghost Hunters actually tried to be legitimate. Most of the time nothing would even happen.
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Sage Gusano 3 years ago
I'm in the wrong line of work. If I go in to my job and find/do nothing real, I'm toast.
Shane S 3 years ago
I don’t watch any supernatural or cryptozoology shows. If they truly found proof of this stuff, it would be all over the news and not buried in a 10 episode tv show on cable.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
Oh no! Surely you know that "they" don't want any of this out in the public! "They" make it so nothing gets ever published or verified, and everyone keeps believing that it's not true! Wake up, people! Don't be sheep! (/s, in case it's needed)
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Vasana Phong 3 years ago
I think more if they film a whole show and catch nothing they do lots of editing, I remember this show, it was always ‘ did you hear that?’
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
Same episode, the custodian's husband waiting to drive her home yelled "Let's Go" as well.
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#2
Not me but one of my good friends got fired by Trump on the non-celebrity Apprentice. He had the longest Board Rooms in show history because Trump couldn't find a reason to fire any of them. Three hours later the producers went in, spent five minutes, then the contestants were all called back in and Trump fired my buddy. The main reason was that during the confessionals my friend wouldn't dish on the other players. He tried to play the game straight up and therefore wasn't dramatic enough for the producers who ended up hating him. Also, Trump is a d*ck in real life.
Anagram margana 3 years ago
I think you wrote “inhuman” but autocorrect changed it, right?!
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Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
Whenever trump is involved, real life ceases to exist, and it all turns into some weird dystopian nightmare.
Laura Jackson 3 years ago
Trump is a d*ck in any life, real, make believe, the afterlife, etc...
John Meise 3 years ago (edited)
Did nobody actually read what happened? Or is everybody just focusing on the fact that Trump is a d**k? Here, I'll copy and paste an important quote, "He tried to play the game straight up and therefore wasn't dramatic enough for the producers who ended up hating him." Trump being a piece of s**t has nothing to do with that. The producers wanted him gone.
Nikole 3 years ago
No one is saying that Trump being a d**k had anything to do with the guy's firing...
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A friend of mine was on the bachelor. This was years ago and she ended up being one of the last 4 girls. She said they were constantly fed alcohol, were put on a strict sleep schedule where they were literally put to bed and woken up. Also, there were no clocks anywhere, so all the girls were in the constant state of alcohol fueled disorientation. There were no "chance" encounters where the guy is sitting on the couch and the girl goes up to tall to him, all of that is staged. Even their conversations were re-shot over and over if the reactions weren't right or their wording was off. The entire thing was completely controlled and she said no one really knew they guy because none of their interactions were real.
Aileen Grist 3 years ago
Hubby & I were filmed by a student crew for their exams - Swords, Spells & Supermarkets - about our coven. It was a 10 minute film, they shot over 30 hours of footage - there was acamera person, sound person, director and editor in the group. The most exciting thing was when my stepdaughter rang at 1 am to say that it was on BBC2 and she was watching it.
Suzanne Clark 3 years ago
Sorry, but I've always found "the bachelor" to have all the appeal of watching kids in junior high date.
Julie Atwood 3 years ago
Its got a lot of similarities: lots of chaperoned group activities, more girls than boys, the girls don't really talk to the boys that much, everyone is on a schedule and has to be where they're supposed to be on time (wonder what the bachelor version of a "tardy" is?), and of course people get left out of the exciting parts. There's mean girls, too. So yes, it IS pretty much exactly middle school dating. And Americans LOVE IT.
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ThatOneWriter 3 years ago
This show has always grossed me out. Bachelor, Bachelorette, all those sorts of shows.
Miss Alice 3 years ago
One of my co-workers (we're both nurses) was on the Aussie version of this. She said something similar. They were constantly plied with alcohol, encouraged to backstab and gossip, and they were all given roles to play. The Virgin, The B!tchy one, The Sweet One, The S1utty One, The Smart One. She hated it and asked to be sent home, she got her wish.
Julie Atwood 3 years ago
Yeah, I watched one season really early on just because the guy was from Missouri and I was intrigued, but it was so obviously fake that I can't believe I lost so much time to it. And it really is a terrible premise for a show, obviously the odds of forming a meaningful relationship in that context are none to none. I can't believe how long it's stayed on the air.
If you’re a fan of 50 Day Fiance, a mega-popular American reality television series on TLC like myself, you know very well how addictive it may be. The level of entertainment is so powerful, there’s a huge fanbase behind every character in the show, with the news being discussed on countless subreddits, forums and Facebook groups. What’s more, you can easily binge the entire season and make yourself bloodshot-eyed the next morning.
The paradox of watching reality TV shows is that no matter how fake and staged they may be (and most viewers are very aware of the fact), how absurdly cringy they seem, we still can’t look away from them. So what is it about that reality drama that’s so appealing that people from different walks of life, of different age and background, and even nationality, find it that addictive?
#4
My brother was on Xfactor UK. There are several rounds before the televised rounds, so all those rubbish acts you see on TV have been picked by producers to go through.
I've also been in the audience of The Voice and Xfactor and they make you do loads of fake cheering, dancing and clapping before the show starts so they can cut it in to the actual show. 90% of the cheering you see/hear on the televised shows have been added in post production.
Christoph 3 years ago
OF COURSE!! They hardly hide the fact that everyone on stage is selected by then and EVERY audience is asked to do that on everything.
Martha Meyer 3 years ago
Yeah, the preselecting process is really no secret. I guess they need to add in some "bad" acts next to the really talented people to fill the audition rounds. NOt very nice but anyone who signs up should know what they are getting into.
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Patsy 3 years ago
Yup, I know all about that. Not to toot my own horn, but I have a good voice. And I got beaten by a guy who can't sing, playing a harmonica in a tiger onesie...
Tenacious Squirrel 3 years ago
I’ve only been in the audience for one show (a quiz show) and they make you do all the clapping and cheering separately (as well as smiling) so they can use it for whatever they want. I expect it’s the same for all shows and they probably use stock audience noises for some of it anyway.
Julie Atwood 3 years ago
Really? So not for the singers or the chair turns? That IS disappointing. But it does explain the crowd going wild and the judges not budging: maybe the crowd isn't going wild? My world view is ruined now.
Blarrg 3 years ago
I had a friend who made it through several rounds of pre-auditions for The Voice, but got cut before performing for the judges. My assumption is that initially they are looking for talent, but by the end they are working on the stories, the look, the types, etc to shape the season. She had astonishing talent, but evidently lacked something they were after.
#5
My boss was on [a certain reality TV show] as a guest judge. In the episode, one of the contestants sprained got injured. My boss was nice and all concerned, but they edited in a shot of her laughing, that was actually laughing at someone's joke from earlier. The filming session for that scene was 10 hours long. They edited it down to about 5 minutes. With that much footage, you can edit it into just about anything you want.
Rachael Y 3 years ago
This is so real. After being on a reality show myself... One week of filming was placed into one hour. Watch the way that peoples hair styles, clothing, and even manicures change during "interview/confessional" scenes. Once you start to notice, you can't unsee it. One "confessional" is a collage of dozens of different interviews with the same background.
Scarlett Fox 3 years ago
Usually the producers make you sign waivers beforehand so you can't
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#6
When my wife and I were looking to buy a home in Michigan, our agent told us we had the opportunity to be on House Hunters if we wanted to. We talked to some person from the show, and they told us the basic process: we'd buy whatever home we wanted, then they would film us there before we moved in, as though we were just looking at the place as well as looking at two other "prospective" places that they had selected. Then we'd ultimately "choose" the house we'd already bought and live happily ever after.
We watched a few episode (or I did, my wife already liked the show) and I convinced my wife of how stupid they would likely make us look, so we passed.
The Deez 3 years ago
Yup! My best friend and her husband were on House Hunters International when they moved back to England a few years ago and it's all staged! The producers came in and removed all the stuff from the home that they had bought so that they could "tour" it, along with the two other houses. They were also kind of given "roles" to play - he was the one who wanted a move in ready house, she was to play the "I want a fixer upper!" role. She said it was fun but pretty exhausting!
Kevin Beard 3 years ago
I heard story of a House Hunters International where the husband got replaced with an actor.
Nicole A 3 years ago
OMG that's horrible! Sorry Mrs Smith, your husband is too boring/ugly/something negative so we are replacing him. Then again, can you pick which actor? I'm willing to be married to Chris Evans if I'm FORCED to. 🤤
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Tami 3 years ago
That show brings out a lot of entitlement. I watched a few episodes in a waiting room yesterday, and the women looking at houses had to have everything just perfect, like they couldn't be bothered to do a little painting or get new carpet. They were acting like princesses, waving off beautiful new homes because the cabinets weren't white or the nook bathroom had flowery wallpaper. Kind of sickening.
Dodo 3 years ago
My mother loves those type of shows and it always infuriates me. Like 'oh, this home is almost perfect but I don't like that wallpaper'. OK, so change the wallpaper?
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Dav Carro-Ripalda 3 years ago
And, how much would you be earning with the show? Might be worth playing along and making x money towards your new house
Mica Silvia 3 years ago
This is true I believe as a contestant from a previous show outed them.
The behavioral scientist Dr. Juliette Tobias-Webb, explained to The Latch that people can become obsessed with this kind of drama not only because it is “emotional and exciting” but it can also give people a sense of meaning.
“The physiological arousal from drama is exciting; increasing our heart rate, visceral arousal and leading to the release of endorphins in the brain which are pain-suppressing and pleasure-inducing, not much different than the effect of some drug addictions,” Dr. Tobias-Webb commented. “Like any addiction, you build up a tolerance that continuously requires more to get the same neurochemical effect. In the case of drama, then means you need more and more crises to get the same thrill.”
#7
I was on a European version of "Survivor" where we went to an island and had to survive for 2 weeks. Whatever was seen on camera was what actually happening.
The only fake thing is that we got some food to maintain a somewhat healthy diet.
MrLoufoque 3 years ago (edited)
The picture is from the French version called "Koh Lanta" (made-up exotic-sounding name). Last month the production chose to disqualify the two remaining candidates of this year's "all stars" (i.e previous winners) edition for there was too much cheating (including candidates eating at islanders' homes and taking picture of it), called no winner and donated the €100,000 prize money to charity. Regarding the original post, that is no wonder they feed candidates if they don't get enough to eat and harm their health. Candidates are closely monitored by doctors in case anything happens.
KMill 3 years ago
Why does that part have to be faked? Why can’t they say, for all to see, “here’s a multivitamin and a sack of rice and beans to maintain your basic dietary needs”. They can still work for or compete for meat, spices, etc.
OhForSmegSake 3 years ago
I'm actually glad to read that the contestants were being fed a somewhat healthy diet. I remember watching the 1st US Survivor and seeing how worryingly thin and weak some of them got. It wasn't right.
Julie Atwood 3 years ago
Yeah, me too. That's one of the things I disliked about it. The other thing I really disliked was all of the scheming and backstabbing that is basically built in to the show. Necessary, I guess, for exciting TV, but for me it makes it less real. If you're stranded somewhere inhospitable with a group of people, odds are you're ALL going to work together to stay alive.
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My family was on World's Strictest Parents. We hosted two rebellious teenagers in our allegedly really strict home. The producers were bummed because the kids actually liked us and we got along with them, so they had to go up to the kids and convince them to get angry for no reason and cause drama. We're still close with the two teenagers and talk to them often!
arlos dream of delusion 3 years ago
uh.. i would rather watch them getting along, i think, then them fake-acting like brats
Julie Atwood 3 years ago
I think that's awesome! Kids need to know that they're cared for, and settlng boundaries is one thing that let's them know you see them, that you're paying attention to them.
#9
I was on a reality ambulance tv show when I was an EMT. The patients were real and their medical conditions were real. Everything else about the show was fake. When we filmed it was for a bariatric ambulance tv show. In the morning when the camera crew got there they filmed us driving lights and sirens around the parking lot. Then we did personal interviews where they let us talk about moving bariatric patients and how we felt about our jobs. Then they made us say a bunch of stuff that we normally would never say like "without us these patients would die" etc.. they used these clips of the stuff they made us say and spliced it into the real stuff we said. Our actual ambulance transport seen in the tv show was 100% planned and scripted. The patient wanted to go to the ER and have some decubitus ulcers looked at. However this patient being diabetic had a high blood sugar of 400 having just eaten and taken insulin. We took that and were forced to treat it like a life or death situation and then they used our earlier footage of saying things were life and death and our driving around the parking lot lights and sirens to make it seem like we were fighting for her life. In reality in about 30 min her sugar was going to go back down to normal and life would be good.
The whole experience actually really turned me off to reality TV and made me realize how fake everything is. If people are interested I'm sure I can find the youtube clip. I just have to double check and make sure I didn't sign a non disclosure agreement.
Susan Widomski 3 years ago
This is sad. There is enough real tragedy and close calls that you shouldn't have to fake it.
Summer Mason 3 years ago
Seriously. Until my son passed I wanted to up my degree to be a paramedic. I could never work on little kids or babies. I feel strongly for the team that tried to save my son along with me and my dad who is a paramedic. Today I enrolled for my masters in neurology for RN. I changed my mind. Emts are amazing people and deserve a whole new level of respect. This is disgraceful
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Rannveig Ess 3 years ago
Ok...now I have to ask what I usually ask ...this is abusive and probably illegal...why are people agreeing to do this and complaining about how fake it was after the fact? This episode spoken of is possibly harmful to actual diabetics who are scared enough for their health. Faking that someone could die and it's a major drama, when it isn't, is cruel.
The thrill of the drama may explain part of the reality TV addiction, but the same goes with other TV entertainment, action and adventure movies. Another theory that explains our ongoing fascination with reality TV is that it makes us feel better about ourselves. Dr. Tobias-Webb suggests that people watch television shows to simultaneously make comparisons with the people on the shows and to feel better about themselves and their personal circumstances.
#10
I worked on a cruise ship when they filmed 'Undercover Boss'. The CEO pretended to be doing a documentary and had various crew members train him for a few hours. While no one was expressly told what the gig was, the show had already been going on for a year, so we all sort of knew what was up. When they were doing the shooting, he claimed to stay in a crew cabin to get a 'real' feel for how it was to be a crew member. Not only did they use a passenger cabin in the shot, he didn't even stay there. He stayed in the grand penthouse!! When they did the 'reveal' that he was actually the CEO, they did like five shots of the crews' 'surprise'. His big gesture at the end was $150,000 towards crew welfare (pays for parties, day trips, etc). It came to like $8 per crew member when you consider how many crew members there are. Those that were featured (and even one who got cut from the show) on my ship did get an all expense paid European cruise, so that was nice for them at least, provided they wanted to go on a cruise on their vacation from working on a cruise ship.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Undercover Boss: "Now Linda, you're a single mother with 2 children living in the worst neighborhood in town. I've seen how you go above of what is required from you, so I would like to give you those 2 bath duckies and a bottle of non irritating shampoo for your kids."
Cyndielouwhoo 3 years ago
I've only watched it three episodes, but I did get a kick out it when the workers were like, "this guy sucks at this job, he's dragging us down...why did they hire him?" or something along the lines of "what fairie tale do they live in?" when they talk about the company's mission, etc.
Stephanie Keith 3 years ago
It amazes me how rich people will go out of their way to act like they care. Yet not one of them really does.
Susan Widomski 3 years ago
My husband liked the show, but I hated it. Most of the time you can tell the person is in disguise (and not a very good one). The majority of employees are disregarded and there is a lack of compassion for their staff - they just may get emotional talking to one or two employees singled out. Seems very fake.
#11
I was on "this morning" when I was about 7 and they did a big makeover for me and my siblings. The premise they created was that we were a nightmare and my poor mum just wanted us to look smart for an upcoming christening. The main part I remember was them telling us to jump in the mud and shout no when our mum asked us to stop. Normally we wouldn't have dared so I remember that being fun! Oh and my sister ruined her hair three times before going on stage so they made us hold her hands so she couldn't touch it.
Mica Silvia 3 years ago
It probably means tidied their hair and dressed up nice ...not like American pageant girls.
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When I was in university about 7 years ago we got an email inviting us to take part in 60 minute makeover (UK). It's a show where a person's family calls in a team of experts to totally re-furnish their house while they're away from home for the day. The audience at home are led to believe that all of the work is done within 60 minutes, and they make a point to start their countdown on camera and rush everyone in to meet their deadline.
About 10 of us joined the makeover team at around 8am on the day and were given flat-pack furniture to make outside the house before they started the makeover. The crew had a skip outside where they threw all of this poor unsuspecting guy's furniture, only to be replaced with this cheap stuff that was only available to him via sponsorship of the programme. (They list all of the new furniture's manufacturers in the credits at the end of the show.)
They also masked off all of the skirting boards and light switches ready for painting before we were let loose inside.
We were let into the house as a member of the ITV crew declared the start of our 60 minutes. After 30 minutes of frantic, patchy wall painting, carrying lamps, uncomfortable seating and chip board coffee tables into the house we were told to vacate.
We then had lunch in the street while the experts went in to clean up our mess and then did it all again for another strict 30 minutes.
After we were finished and the official 60 minutes were over, there was another period of professionals tidying and filling in our shoddy decorating before we all gathered outside and waited for a man to come home from work. He would find that all of his furniture had been smashed into a skip outside his house and replaced with stuff that may look good on camera for a couple of seconds during a quick sequence, but would be very disappointing to live with.
This man would be happy about his makeover and we would leave the scene as more experienced, well rounded students with an insight into TV Production.
Nugua 3 years ago
So they "victim" has no idea he gets a makeover? I don't think that would be legal in many countries...
NsG 3 years ago
The idea behind 60-minute makeover horrified me from the moment I heard it. Ever heard the expression "too many cooks spoil the broth?". Swap cooks for painters, throw in a camera crew to just get in everyone's way and no wonder you just see chaos on screen. Plus, the victim gets no say in the matter - really dislike the colour blue? We've painted eight of your walls various shades of it!
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
I saw a clip from one of those episodes. They'd installed a hopelessly impractical hanging shelf, and put the home owner's priceless porcelain teapot collection on it. Five seconds after they brought her in, the inevitable happened. Someone bumped the stupid shelf and the teapots were destroyed. The owner was in tears.
Mica Silvia 3 years ago
That was changing rooms , Linda Barker did the room, I watched it when it first aired..used to watch it all the time when I was younger.
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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago (edited)
This is from UK home makeover show 'trading places'edit: 'changing rooms' (thanks Alex), that is the interior designer's face one some poor person's wall 🤦♀️
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Oopsydaisy 3 years ago
I would be furious if someone did that to me. How could thry possibly know what they were throwing out!? What if they threw out my books!
NsG 3 years ago
I don't think they're allowed to throw out anything that isn't furniture. Can you imagine...? We've done a full house makeover but we had to throw out all your knickers and saucepans! No, I think actual personal belongings are removed safely first.
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kaci c 2 years ago
I always figured they must do bits before and then someone patches it up afterwards, because it would be impossible to do a good job in that time. If I remember rightly a family member or friend nominates them to be part of it, there must be so many arguments after if they are left with uncomfortable furniture
Carlotta Müller 3 years ago
I would call the police if that would be done with my house. That are a lot of crimes! They would have to repay me for every piece of my property they destroyed and they would have to face legal challenges.
Susan Widomski 3 years ago
I don't think I have seen this show, but it sounds like it looks on tv. Sad. Does he get taxed on his "luxury" furniture for the makeover?
Not Proud British 3 years ago
Yeah but Peter Andre was in it. It's on YouTube. Called 60 minute makeover
Another interesting theory is that reality TV allows Americans to fantasize about gaining status through automatic fame. Ordinary people can watch the shows, see people like themselves and imagine that they too could become celebrities by being on television. And even if the contestants are shown in not the best light, the fact that so many people are still refusing to turn it off means they matter to us in one way or another.
#13
I tried out for Canadian Idol. The contract they made us sign literally stated that the producers could override the fan votes if needed to make sure the person they wanted to win would win. I still tried out. I was not the next Canadian Idol.
Martha Meyer 3 years ago
Wouldn't the contract also say you couldn't tell anyone else what the contract said or you'd get into legal trouble...?
Hi, I'm Mars! 3 years ago
Many NDAs have expiration dates. OP's NDA may have already expired when they posted to Reddit.
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Wang Zhuang 3 years ago (edited)
One of my friends in college auditioned for American Idol years back. One thing he told me that I didn't know is that the contestants had to go through an initial audition BEFORE they auditioned for Simon, Paula and Randy. It kinda irked because I have to think that some of those contestants who really weren't good singers were encouraged when they made it past that first audition, when in reality they were just being set up to be humiliated on national television. Oh, by the way, my friend did survive the first audition, but didn't make it past the real judges. Simon said he sang like a "cruise line singer". And his audition never aired :P
Julie Atwood 3 years ago
I wonder if that's why Adam Lambert didn't win on his season? And if it's down to the producers, their track record in the US is kinda spotty.
#14
In Holland there was a Dutch version of pimp my ride, a player of a football team we played against had his car ''pimped'' the car didnt even make it home, he had to call the car repair service on his way back from the studio...
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
Must have been a show that only aired in Holland, because I live in the Netherlands and I never heard of it.
Tequila4Two 3 years ago
I had to look it up, It was called De Grote Beurt. I remember watching it, but it was a very bad tv-show.
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Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
At least his broken down car on the side of the road looked PIMPIN'!
#15
Obligatory not me but my cousin: She was on Hell's Kitchen and said that they would film for over 10 hours on a day, then would go to sleep around 11pm only to get woken up at 2am to film again to make them more irritable. The producers would purposely bring up topics to create drama within the chefs. They re-tapped when they answered the door in the beginning a couple times to make them seem "more surprised." They portrayed my cousin as the "classic hot blonde". It was certainly more of a reality TV show then a cooking show...
Joe Reaves 3 years ago
He's a marshmallow in real life. Watch him with any of the kids on the shows involving them.
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glowworm2 3 years ago
The part I always have difficulty buying is the part at the finale where the finalists are “tricked” into thinking that Gordon is giving them a break and taking them somewhere nice. It always turns out to be their challenge. I always wondered how the heck these guys have no idea what’s going on at that point and never suspect a thing when this clearly happens EVERY season.
Dave P 3 years ago
But also people on the show say that when the cameras are not running, Gordon Ramsey is fun guy and jokes with them. They say it is two different people, the real Gordon and the TV Camera one. Only if you really mess up is the anger actually real.
Raven DeathShade 3 years ago
There's the Restaurant game in Job Simulator where you are in a reality show with Gordon Ramsay-bot. That's basically the same thing; on camera he's angry and violent, off camera he's chill and polite.
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Roxy Eastland 3 years ago
This is why I can't watch American 'competition' type programmes, this obsession with making the competitors hate each other. I don't get it. I watch this type of programme to see people excel themselves at their particular skill, not squabble with each other and run each other down behind their backs. I do wonder what is up with the US sometimes. I love when someone is having a bad moment and the other competitors rally round and get them through. They want to win because they were the best, even when everyone else had every chance, not win because they distressed and drained the other competitors until they couldn't perform well.
Jason Marin 3 years ago
If I was on Hell's Kitchen, he'd make me reach my breaking point then I'd break his head.
pusheen buttercup 3 years ago
Ugh, classic hot blonde- only seeing women for looks and not talent
#16
Several years ago, my cousin went in for a tattoo at the shop from 'Inked'. The one in Vegas. It was an 'off' filming day, so NONE of the artists from the show were in. He got his tattoo started, and they asked him to come back in a few weeks when it was healed up to schedule an appointment to finish it. When he showed up, filming for the season was finished. The shop was closed, cleaned out, and the space was for sale.
Dave P 3 years ago
that might be illegal given the strict rules about follow ups with tattoos due to potential infections.
King Kashue 3 years ago
There are zero such rules in any state in the US. I'm heavily inked and in one of the more regulation-heavy states (a state with tattoo rules strict enough people sometimes drive to neighboring states to get them) and there was literally nothing remotely resembling what you're describing.
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#17
I was on Jerry Springer. The episode never aired but the entire thing was fake. They even asked me to find friends to complete the storyline of a double love triangle. Coolest part of it all was when they literally asked me if I wanted a fake doctors note or a fake death certificate made out in a fake family members name in order to get me out of work. They literally had a guy on staff whos only job was to get people out of work so they could attend filming.
Dave P 3 years ago
And Springer was once the Mayor of Cininciati and almost became a US Senator, and was considered a rising star in the Ohio Democratic Party. He went to a more honest profession it seems.
Marnie 3 years ago
He wasn't bad as host on America's Got Talent (although Terry Cruz is the best and the only other good one).
Load More Replies... Stephanie Keith 3 years ago
I don't think there is one person that did not already know that the Jerry Springer show is fake. It's kind of crazy that people would take part in stuff like that. It's bad enough that some of the stuff does happen in real life. But to want to fake such horrible behavior is just strange and unhealthy.
Oopsydaisy 3 years ago
Erm. You get a fake certificate to go on a widely watched TV show? And people are stupid enough to say yes?
Dodo 3 years ago
Well it's not live, so the excuse will work for a while. That's Future You's problem.
Load More Replies... Jason Marin 3 years ago
The only thing real about the Jerry Springer show is the audience but even their reactions are scripted.
Holly Hobby 3 years ago
A guy in my first unit was on Jerry Springer. He said the same happened but he and his gf totally made up their love triangle just to get the trip to the studio etc.
#18
I had a friend who auditioned for The Voice on the second season I think? He has a beautiful voice but was told his "look" wasn't right for the show. Always thought that was pretty stupid.
Buren 3 years ago
I thought the point of the Voice is not to judge based on looks. Or is it another show? I've lost count.
El muerto 3 years ago
is part of the script...they want specific looks on the people they choose. like different characters, so it looks diverse...as for the premise, it's usually just a hook, and who make it is up to the producers, to get right feel
Load More Replies... Martha Meyer 3 years ago
Does anyone believe that people on these talents shows are not selected for looks as well as their voice? The music industry is hardly known for making ugly or average looking people famous. Consumers are shallow too.
Erik Lawrence 3 years ago
you mean on a visual media, looks matter?? noooooo i thought some how all these pop stars just happen to be beautiful people.
v 3 years ago
Popular music is based more on "look" than talent. It has been for about 40 or so years.
Diane Aguilar 3 years ago
More like sixty years -- at least since television's been a thing. And even before then 1940s teens weren't exactly flocking to see Frank Sinatra solely for his crooning skills.
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Not me, but my best friend was on 16 & Pregnant. Now I don't know if this is always the case, but none of the drama on her episode was fabricated. However at one point, they did ask her to reenact a conversation that she had had with her mother off camera. The funny part is, they had her reenact it about a week after giving birth so she was no longer pregnant. To hide that, she wore a big sweatshirt and held a teddy bear in front of her tummy so you couldn't tell the difference.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 3 years ago
You can always tell some of the conversations with their friends and family is staged for the camera. "umm... so ... didn't you use birth control *giggles*?" And I have to wonder if the pregnant teens are told what excuse to give because sometimes these things are a lot more complicated and personal to answer and may lead to another topic the producers don't want to focus on.
Julie Atwood 3 years ago
I've always thought that one was pretty real, because they all end pretty much the same: girl is convinced she and baby daddy can handle their baby together and go back to a normal life, then baby arrives and things are much harder than they expected, dad isn't really into 24/7 parenting while still in high school and mom ends up back with her parents. If you were scripting a show, it wouldn't be so similar every time, you know?
#20
My friend was on Intervention. We have the same genetic condition and live with severe pain, do that really pissed me off. They lied to get her on the show, saying it was a documentary about chronic pain patients. Then they forced her to take medicine when she didn't need it just to get shots of her "using" for the show. Then of course they editing everything to make her look bats**t insane. Her episode doesn't have a "several months later" segment at the end because when they sent her to rehab they realized she was in legitimate pain and actually increased her meds. I worked in the film industry and I understand you need to edit things to fit a narrative, but lying to someone to get them on camera and editing it to make them look bad is pretty sh***y IMO.
Sinkvenice 3 years ago
How did they force her to take medicine when she didn't need it, what did they do? I'm reading that as she was taking more medicine than prescribed by her doctor, which can potentially be incredibly dangerous.
Sinkvenice 3 years ago
Not to mention illegal! Surely the producers are liable should anything go wrong?
Load More Replies... Suzi Q 3 years ago
The show doesn't tell people that they are from Intervention or they may act differently. Every episode states this. But usually they tell them they are on a documentary about addiction. Usually the addicts families contact the show because they are concerned about the addict. If this story is 100% true, It sounds like they told her it was about chronic pain because she wasn't actually an addict. Seems like there's enough actual addicts out there that they wouldn't waste their time tricking someone into it.
Lovin' Life 3 years ago
I find this show to be very triggering as a recovering addict. It seems to glorify "using" then everyone shows their concern. It's not a good show for recovering addicts., IMO.
#21
I went on The Doctors show after my whole "man with no butt crack" story went viral. See my top post history for more info. Got a call from CBS a couple days after everything went down, and they asked me to come out to California for their "What The Health?!" segment. Everything on the actual set was real. Essentially just an interview. But the little "montage" backstory beforehand was completely setup and fake. They rented a house to pretend it was mine. They asked me to act like I was in more pain than I really was. I had walk around the pool that I don't own and reflect on my difficult life. It was super awkward for someone with zero acting experience. But it was also a ton of fun. They flew my wife and I out for free, put us up in the Roosevelt Hotel, and gave us a certain spending amount every day for reimbursement. They didn't "pay" me anything, but they did reimburse me for lost wages from work since I had to be out there for a few days. All in all, it was really cool because I essentially got a free vacation for my wife and I, all expenses paid. Plus, we got to go on a legit television set which was pretty cool.
Rannveig Ess 3 years ago
I love how the story presents him, at the end, getting a hug from a female and then later holding a baby. As if his condition would warrant us all demanding he be put on and ice floe and sent to his death over this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv8urqyIv3o
Diane Aguilar 3 years ago
I love knowing at least one of these shows isn't complete b.s. I mean, yes, they were obviously going to stage certain parts of the story for television and entertainment purposes, but at least the interactions and conditions were real and this person got to be on the show with their real wife, plus they got an all expenses and income paid vacation, which they most probably deserved.
#22
I was on an Australian reality called Surprise Chef. The premise of the show was that the celebrity chef would meet someone at the supermarket and then cook dinner for them. On my episode I volunteered at an Aquarium. The story in this episode was the chef met my boss at the supermarket, then cooked all the aquarium volunteers a nice surprise dinner.
Of course this was all pre arranged. There was no meeting by chance. We all knew what was happening so for the scene we all got surprised in the shark tank, we knew what was happening and did 7 takes of fake surprise.
The celebrity chef cooked nothing. He went in for a few takes and an actual chef cooked all the food while the CC stood outside chain smoking. The food was average, basicaly local RSL quality, chicken parmy and profiteroles.
I think I drew the short straw of things you get in a reality show, a shi**y meal. Others get like cars or renovation makeovers.
AnnaBanana 3 years ago
Who was the surprise chef on that show? I remember Curtis Stone doing something like this, but not sure if it's the same show.
wenchie 3 years ago
Comments on the original post mention a chef named Aristos. Looks to be the guy pictured above. Aristos Papandroulakis I'm glad because I remember watching and liking that show with Curtis Stone and I bought one of his branded frying pans as a result, which was a real solid non-stick lol.
Load More Replies... #23
My uncle was on Pawn Stars attempting to sell something. The item wasn't even his. He knew a guy who worked on the show.
buttonpusher 3 years ago
Idk why but I found this pretty funny. "Is this yours?" "Ehh something like that"
iBlank 3 years ago (edited)
ironically that is pretty realistic... most stuff sold to p**n shops likely wasn't by the owner
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
"Oh cool, It's 1957 Gibson with double humbuckers in piano black in pristine condition. They sell for around $150.000 , so the best I can do is $2500 because I have my expenses too and I'm the one here taking the risk."
cb !!! 3 years ago
My parents were both on P**n Stars, and they confirmed that everything is staged, from the interactions to the background extras.
BarBeeGirl 3 years ago
We went to the store when we were in Vegas. The shelves are pretty much empty
Alaska 3 years ago
I'm honestly surprised I'm not seeing America's Next Top Model or RuPauls Drag Race on here. My friend Brian, aka Shannel, was on the first season of Drag Race. You can't begin to understand how fake that show is. The winner is chosen before filming starts. They literally can't speak to each other unless the camera is rolling. They're put up in shitbag motels, film for hours on end with no breaks for food or anything. They basically tell you which "character" you're portraying... oy it goes on and on. ANTM is basically the same, except those girls are actors not models.
Susan Widomski 3 years ago
Fake fake fake fake fake. The only good shows were when the "Old Man" was on.
#24
My brother was just in another reality TV show. It's the third or fourth he's been in. Without giving too many details(so he wouldn't get in trouble and so the show won't get ruined too early), it's insanely fake. He was given a new name and backstory, and even his "wife" in the TV show is some random actress he's never met that is married to someone else. They set up 90% of the stuff in his house specifically for the show. The only real parts of the show are his dogs and his house(as in the house itself, a lot of details were changed).
It's not even just this show that is super fake. As I said before, he's been in several and all of them have done the same thing. The first one I remember him on was Room Raiders(pretty old now but it was on MTV back in like 04 or around then). They did use his room, but they staged almost everything. All the "significant" things that the girl would comment on or look at were all placed there by the crew, so it was all pre-planned and fake.
#25
I was on Amazing Race. It was not filmed daily I remember it was like every week as compared to what is shown on TV. And it was filmed months before airing so you already know the winner but cannot say to anyone because "non-disclosure agreement". Everything has to be in perfect shot, like how you run from A to B, how you open the paper tasks, how you ask from people etc. The only thing that's not scripted are the people we choose to ask randomly to complete the task - they are really just random people we meet on the street. But everything was like "okay we will re-shoot the part when you are climbing the tree/running in the subway etc." because there were not "much action/drama/sweat". Also I felt cheated. I kinda felt that the producers has an "apple of their eye" who are destined to win the game even before the show started. The game was played fair in the beginning till mid part, but during the final episodes, the "favorite team" are getting all the special treatment they would get in order to be in advantage. Since your team is being shot at different location as the other team, you wouldn't know what kind of cheating could have happened. Yes, you got it right, the "producer's favorite" won the race and I felt/cheated used for the sake that they have contestants/drama/whatever. There are real contestants like me who auditioned from scratch and there are lucky ones who are close to some big guy and got in the show and are set up to win. So if you are joining these sorts of reality shows, prepare for this "reality".
Suzi Q 3 years ago
How do they know that another team is getting preferential treatment if they aren't filmed together. They had a feeling they favored the team that won but didn't really have an example of how they saw or heard it. Yep reality shows can be fake but I don't know if this person really knows the other team was cheating or getting more perks.
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#26
This probably doesn't count but I interviewed for What Not to Wear. It started at a punk show on the west coast. On the east coast, you dress punk for a punk show. I'd just moved to the west coast and didn't get the memo that everyone would be wearing a plaid shirt and jeans so I was in full on regalia. So this woman approaches me and says she likes my outfit and that she works for a fashion show that she'd like me to be on, and asks for my contact info so she can follow up afterwards. Later on I get an email from her and find out it was What Not to Wear. Obviously this made me feel like complete sh*t since I felt like my outfit looked pretty nice. I battled a lot internally about whether or not I should enter. They told me I would get a prize of my choosing worth $20,000 plus an entire new wardrobe of fashion designer clothing, but the trade off is that it would be really degrading and probably ruin my self esteem, plus they would destroy all of my "alternative" clothing. They said I would have to get all of my friends and family on board so they could have interventions to tell me how bad all my clothes are. Eventually I decided money is money and went into the audition which was in the SAG building (I also decided I was going to hide all my favorite clothes so they couldn't destroy them). A filmographer was asking me some questions when the director walked in and dragged him out of the room. She came back in a minute later and told me she thought my outfit looked great, that she had no idea how I had ended up there but that I was welcome to recommend any other poorly dressed friends to the show. I guess in the end it was a confidence boost but $20,000 prize would have been pretty sweet.
Elizabeth Ravitch 3 years ago
I was on What Not to Wear and it was an amazing experience. The hosts never insulted me or gave me any negative messages. They only insult your clothes (which, in my case, was well deserved). They spent the week building me up and helping me get rid of my negative self-talk. I will forever be grateful to my daughter for nominating me and to the show for choosing me.
Diane Aguilar 3 years ago
And the simple fact that this person's makeover stopped before it began shows that it actually seeks to build up people's confidence so they can start dressing in a way that best suits themselves and their personality, not degrading someone so they can look generic. I am so happy for you that you got that experience, as well as for the OP who didn't get to have their individuality quashed for the sake of a reality TV show.
Load More Replies... Dodo 3 years ago
Years ago I was approached on the street by a woman asking me if I wanted to model. Now, I'm not a model. I was overweight, bad posture, you couldn't even *see* my face because of my hair (which was awful). I think I tuned out her spiel but I'm guessing it was probably a scenario similar to this.
Seabeast 3 years ago
Everybody who went on that show seemed to end up looking exactly the same. Dark wash jeans, leather jacket, A-line skirt for women.
Julie Atwood 3 years ago
Some things are universally flattering as well as timeless, that's why
Load More Replies... #27
I have a friend who signed up to audition for a show that she thought was "The Bachelorette", or something similar. I guess its standard practice to not give the actual name of the show, and just say, "We need good looking, energetic young women for blah blah blah." So she got called back, went through a few different interviews and a screen test. Finally, they tell her that the concept is that she will be running a Pawn Shop with another woman. She is a dental assistant with no experience remotely related to the Pawn business. "Pawn Queens" ended up being on for two seasons and they gave her a backstory about how/why she got interested in the pawn business. Not exactly SHOCKING, but it was pretty interesting to see that they basically looked for hot girls first, then put them into a proven concept ("Pawn Stars"-type reality show).
#28
I worked on a couple of low key reality shows a while ago. This is what I learned from the people who worked on other shows.
- Each show has a team of "Story Producers" who stand behind the cameramen with walkies telling them to get specific shots. As the reality is happening, the story producers are there to make sure they're getting the shots they need to make whatever story for the episode. It's really hard to make something that didn't happen, but it's not too hard to change an emotion, or a mood, within what happened. Like when a woman doesn't like seeing the guy kiss the other woman. Just use some out of context shots and boom.
- Mostly everything that people say on a show is what they said, but sentences can be taken out of context. Sometimes if the editor is good they can "frankenbite", which means they can take specific words to make a new sentence. This is rare because it's pretty hard to do, and you have to find a place to put it. Usually off camera and subtitled.
- Producers will often talk sh*t in private interviews to get reactions. "Did you hear that so and so said this about you?" Booze also helps fuel drama. And they cast people who are going to be dramatic anyway.
- Producers will also select people to be on the show. Like Pawn Stars. The producers select which customers get to be on the show. With Hardcore Pawn, it's the same thing, but more for a dramatic event rather than someone who has something interesting.
- When it comes to makeover shows, it varies. You could either have a Pimp my Ride, which did cosmetic fixes to cars. Or an Overhaulin, where they did a full resto-mod on the car. It just depends on the show.
- However, if it's a game show, or any show where you win money, the federal government sends a rep to make sure the game is fair. There's laws against rigged gameshows.
Monkey Love 3 years ago
I will second this statement. Story producers will often times isolate two people or groups, feed them garbage that the other party talking smack about them. Meanwhile the other story producers are doing the same thing in order to create drama. I really don't miss those days.
#29
A friend of mine was on the MTV show Next. It was a really crappy "speed dating" show where 3 guys go on a date with 1 girl (or vice versa) and she can yell "next!" at any point in the date to meet the next guy. Nearly 100% of it was fake. Date locations weren't picked by the contestants (even though they state they are), lines were fed by producers, and the prize money (you could choose to date the girl again or get something like $200 iirc) was a lie, too. They all got paid a flat rate for the day, even if you didn't make it on the show. Most notably, the 'bio' that showed on screen when the contestant first shows up was completely made up, too. It'd list things like Name, Age, and 3 "interesting facts" about them, and none of them were true about my friend or anyone else. I think they even got his age wrong lol Anyway, that show sucked really bad and disappeared pretty quickly, but it was really funny to see my friend on it and get a peek behind the veil.
#30
My sister Julie was on The Real World. Our entire family went down to visit her. Julie was really excited for us to come down, but she also gave the show a ton of footage of her being annoyed that we were coming. When we got down there, she started inventing issues and even picked a big fight with my dad. When our family was leaving, the producers begged us to stay. They even offered us money. No one in the family had any hard feelings about the fight. We all knew it was drama she made up for the camera. When the show aired, my family had like four episodes. Julie was by far the most successful cast member. These shows don't pay well, but she made a ton of money on her celebrity.
Azure Adams 3 years ago
The Mormon who was kicked out of BYU then became a breeder mom married to a doctor who is sleeping with my old college roommate. Yeah I know stuff too.
Diane Aguilar 3 years ago
I am so relieved the other comments mentioned a New Orleans Julie because I would have been extremely disheartened had this been MY Julie, the one from Alabama who was on the first (NYC) season of "The Real World". I suppose, though, that that was back when "The Real World" was all about real people and real interactions, not made up b.s. The last season of "The Real World" I ever watched was the fourth season set in London because the next season was when they started to interfere with and create a whole different "reality" and I was turned off by that immediately, so I stopped caring about the show. For me the whole concept died after season four and it became something completely antithetical to its original purpose, which was to showcase a wide variety of young adults from different walks of life living their lives in close proximity to each other and showing what it was like for them to get exposed to each other and their differences.
#31
I had a friend who was on MTV's Catfish. The guy who was catfishing her was the one who applied for them to be on the show. They barely talked or knew each other prior to signing up and had to force some fake conversations so they could be used on the show.
#32
I worked for a bakery that was on, and won, CupCake Wars. The premise of the show is to surprise the bakers with a few, more often than not, odd ingredients and see what they're really made of. In reality, we found out the ingredients a few months before the show. Had we not known, there's no doubt we'd have lost. There are definitely people who thrive under pressure, both in performance and creativity, and they have better things to do with their time than crank out cupcakes for Food Network. Tell an unprepared contestant they have 40 minutes to make a delicious cupcake using tater tots and nine times out of ten you'll have a middle aged woman sobbing into her mixing bowl.
#33
The Kardashians filmed their reality show in my restaurant. For this particular episode, they were getting kind of 'drunk' on champagne. However, the producers told the staff to pour sparkling water into champagne flutes, which they then proceeded to get 'drunk' off of. Nobody actually drank any alcohol.
Diane Aguilar 3 years ago
That whole family disgusts me and I hate that I've basically been forced to know who they are (I've never seen a single episode, it's just that they're freaking EVERYWHERE). People, why do you continue making talentless famewh*res famous??? Why can't people just not CARE about these people and make them a ratings liability?
#34
While at a bar in NYC, someone approached my dad and his buddy asking if they wanted to be on a gourmet cooking show. Naturally, they agreed and asked if I (14 y/o at the time) could join. The promoter said of course, gave them the location, and told them to tell me not to eat a big lunch as this would be a large multi-course meal at an upscale restaurant. I skipped lunch that day after a rough lunchtime soccer match, and left school early to meet my father and his friend. We arrived in a strange part of Manhattan -- near the Hudson, in a rather dead part of the city. We got a call from the producer saying "sorry man! Wrong location! We're sending a car to pick you up immediately". We hopped into a taxi and... BOOM, "you're on cash cab!" the bald headed host declared as lights flashed above our heads. So: we lost, got kicked out in Chelsea, and ended up spending our own money on food and a taxi home. Very upsetting
BarBeeGirl 3 years ago
So cash cab isn’t actually people trying to get somewhere? My life will never be the same
BarBeeGirl 3 years ago
Cash Cab is a game show filmed in a taxi. Contestants get in the car and they’re informed they’re on cash cab. They have to answer increasingly hard questions while driving to their location. and if they’re wrong 3 times they have to get out of the cab, regardless of where they are.
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Worked on love it or list it. The reactions at the time of the reveal of the house were meant to be real and they actually sign a contract saying they won't go in the house before renovations are complete. 99% of the work isn't done by the people shown doing the work on tv. It's done by subcontractors. The entire staff works until 1 or 2 am the night before filming to get the house ready. Most of the stuff they put in for design purposes was taken back after the shoot because it wasn't part of the homeowners budget. We got blacklisted from several stores because we would buy thousands of dollars of stuff and take it back after we shot.
#36
I was on Stan Lee's Superhumans. Long shoot day at the high altitude chamber I worked at. They brought a guy who had climbed Mt. Everest a bunch of times without supplemental oxygen (29,000 ft) so we brought him to the same altitude in the chamber with some "westerners" to compare against. He asked for oxygen after 15 minutes, and after 30 they asked me to pretend to pass out. Looking back at what aired it's obvious to me I was faking. The way they edited the show, he does "win" the competition.
Season 2. "Spider Man" is the episode title.
#37
A guy did an AMA about being on Pimp My Ride. Everything done to the car was cosmetic. I believe his car didn't run before the show and didn't run after. Basically, a polished turd.
#38
I have a friend of a friend that was in 16 and Pregnant season 3. They heavily edit the show to always make the fathers look absolutely terrible, and the mother's look like innocent, sacrificing, maternal sweethearts. He had twins and one of the big fights between him and the mom was what the babies' last name should be. He said that he would be happy if she hyphenated it to include both of their names but she refused and you would think by watching the show that he only wanted them to take his name. The climax of the whole episode was a scene in which he was driving the mother and the twins around in his car and they started fighting yelling at each other and that he pulled over and kicked her out of the car, she screamed something about how he'd better bring her kids right now and so after a few seconds he pulled over and gave them to her and then he sped off. What they didn't show is that she cheated on him AGAIN and had been through out the pregnancy and that when he confronted her about it in the car and they started yelling, she punched him square in the face while he was driving with two newborns in the back seat, and that he kicked her out of the car down the street from her house and that.he didn't leave her or the babies' side until her moms car was in sight. He's a really good, responsible guy and since the episode aired she's up and moved states with their sons and is hiding them from him and he sees them maybe once a year if there's an extraordinary miracle.
Cold Contagious 3 years ago
I hope he can get some DNA tests done and some custody arrangement through the court system so he can see his children more. It's heartbreaking to go through this stuff. My son is having some similar issues with the mother of his son. She lives with him right now but causes insane arguments and goes on screaming tirades while hitting herself, and last night she even screamed that she never wanted a kid after he told her that she has responsibilities to help with her 4.5 months old son. She goes from one extreme to the next within a hour and will be just fine if someone different walks into the house. My son provided 80% of his care from day one because she just couldn't do it. Instead of trying or getting better, she just makes more excuses and talks s**t about anyone they visit or visits them that doesn't virtually give her a free pass from mothering. We've all been super encouraging and helpful but she's wearing out her welcome with the way she acts. Continued below
Cold Contagious 3 years ago
Of course we've thought about postpartum depression and other possible problems she could face but if you refuse to help yourself a little bit, there's nothing we can do. She was on zoloft that she stopped during the pregnancy and seemed fine as witnessed by everyone. She said she felt amazing and seemed happy but within 2 days of birth she was being hateful and snapping at my son, not wanting to take care of the baby, screaming about how often he was awake, and issues like that. But if people are paying attention to her she has no issues. Otherwise she complains to my son that she doesn't feel wanted or loved and wants him to jump through hoops to please her on top of taking care of the baby. He just feels lost when she does these things and doesn't know what to do because they're not married and she threatens him with taking the baby that he knows she won't take care of properly. What do you do for someone like this?
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#39
I was studying at a café when a film crew asked me to sign a release for some sh*tty show about finding housing.. or something? (I can't believe there is a show about that..) Didn't feel like being an unpaid extra in such an embarrassment to humanity, so I declined their offer and moved my things, but I was just off camera and I could hear everything.. They took shots of three scenes.. The director told the host and the subject to go through dialogue with three different answers, all to the same question. "Okay, now say yes. Now say no. Now say maybe." Cool.
#40
Not sure if this qualifies as a Reality TV Show but here goes. The show is called Restaurant Takeover. I believe it is restaurants only in Canada but may be confined to a smaller area. The premise of the show is like kitchen nightmares only sh*ttier. Failing restaurant, not enough business, family run, decor is blah, food is mediocre etc. Celebrity chef along with an interior designer/contractor comes in and they check the place out, including food. They proceed to fix the place in terms of the menu and the interior/exterior asthetic. Owners are happy, the end. I work as a cook and have for eight years and a chef of mine calls me up seeing if I needed some extra cash, which I did. Without even asking about it I agreed to it and then he explained. Instant regrets. (most cooks/chefs try to stray away from selling out as soon as possible, majority hate the idea of celebrity chefs, with a few exceptions) The episode I worked on had a Celebrity Chef picked already and I was just the one to prepare everything that was to be shown and filmed. I was never actually on film. I was never even credited. I was even paid late. They said it would be two weeks cheque in the mail and it ended up being three, plus they asked for branch/chequeing info to do a direct deposit. The Celebrity Chef didn't do anything to help me. He spent most of his time, honestly, having make-up redone and flirting with the ladies on set, owner of the restaurant included. Anyways, all the food on the episode was prepared by me and even then, only to the point where is "looked" correct. No need to taste anything.... I didn't even f*cking have salt and pepper. Worst part is half the sh*t I prepped wasn't even used. It was annoying because you would think it was easy since they didn't give a f*ck about the actual flavour of the food, only the looks. Hell no, they were giving me ridiculous time constraints because they were rushing filming and were doing things so haphazardly. I don't want to ramble on but it just makes everything on these kinds of shows seem fake. I should have never done it. Being a passionate cook and then doing this filming bullsh*t just drains the soul ever so slightly. That was my run in with food and television. TL;DR: Did an episode of a restaurant makeover type show, celebrity chef didn't do anything. I did all the prep/cooking work. Makes food in television seem super fake and unappealing now.
Cold Contagious 3 years ago
I think I'd be a little sad if this were about Robert Irvine and Restaurant Impossible.
#41
I was a guide at Fort Niagara when Ghost Hunters shot an episode there and claimed to see an apparition out of the window of the bakery in the French Castle. Turns out it's a double pane window and due to the imperfections in the glass it made their own reflection appear distorted as I was able to replicate it the next day. Not that weird things haven't been witnessed there but I've never heard anything I couldn't blame on the old buildings creaking. Although the lead guide is a former science teacher and a major skeptic and he took a photograph that showed those orbs you see a lot in supposed ghost photos.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
All the hosts from these ghosts shows have absolutely no interest in explaining away the ghosts. It would make them unemployed. Same goes for all the "cryptid experts" and "sasquatch hunters".
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Don't even get me started on how much I hate Josh Gates and his fake monster hunts!!
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My sister's friend's family was on House Hunters several years ago, and everything about it was staged. They had already decided on the house before the show even started filming, and other other two "options" that the couple was "considering" were found afterwards. They filmed a bunch of fake conversations between the family members to make it seem like they were still making up their minds. The thing is, this was a Latino family, and every member struggled heavily with English. The conversation scenes were obviously forced, as these people were just stumbling their way through scripted English sentences and it was obvious that they would have been having the conversation in Spanish if they were on their own. The issue was so bad that I'm surprised they even aired the episode.
#43
A family in our city was in a German show about remodeling their house. Of course with a tragic background, etc. They made sure the house looked worse than it actually was in every shot, showing spider webs, etc. The conversation with the leading people of the show are completely scripted and they only show you half of all the people that actually work there. Also, when they say they've worked 5 days on the house, they have actually worked 4 weeks. There's no time pressure and every problem is made up. And all of your personal belongings are in boxes in a container behind the house. Otherwise they were very happy with the result.
#44
TV producer here. 90% fake. If you have a good show runner they will soft script the whole thing and execute efficiently. If you have a sh*tty show runner that thinks they're the best thing since sliced bread they will try to shoot everything "real" and waste weeks upon weeks of shooting forcing a number of pickups and reducing the profit of the series. When guests come in to be on the show, they are basically told how the interaction will go then ACTION and you get as many takes as you need to get the scene locked. Occasionally something goes wrong that ends up playing well on camera or someone has an improv moment that works but it's rare. Then you shoot real/fake interviews with everyone to move the story along and most of it is guided with about 80% being "just say this ..."
#45
I have several friends that were on the first season of Moonshiner (discovery channel). It is totally fake. I mean, they do make moonshine, but what you see on the show is not what it's like in real life. Most of them are licensed to sell alcohol, and do sell it locally at the package stores, the others only make a little to have for themselves and a few friends (more to keep up a family tradition than anything else). But the producers had them set up stills in the woods, and even told them what to wear to make it look more "back woods, redneck, good ol'boys" than anybody in this area has looked in 50 years. Most of us sat there , with the guys that were being filmed, watching the episodes and laughing at all the people that probably think this stuff is real, while drinking store bought beer. The hard stuff is only for rare occasions*, it'll rot your gut if you drink it all the time. *Rare occasions = Saturday nights
#46
I worked with this guy who was on a TV show in England. He said the show producers would tell him he would get more airtime if he was cheating on his partner instead of just being happy with his girlfriend. They just love the drama and don't care what it costs.
#47
I was on a reality show in the early 2000's that focused on Generation Xers dealing with unemployment during the recession. The producers edited out all mentions of my degrees, work experience, and professional licensing. They claimed I drove a luxury vehicle to the taping when in fact I didn't own a car and used public transportation. My small studio apartment was described as a luxury loft. They made me change out of my street clothes and into a designer outfit that cost more than two years of rent; complete with Chloe handbag and dramatic diamond jewelry. They use binder clips along the back seams of our clothing to make it look custom tailored. Several panelists were full time students or graduate students who lost their jobs. But the producers edited out all mention of academics and made it sounds as though no one was engaged in any time of schooling or job training. They asked us a lot of pointed questions about whether we were respectful to our bosses, stole from our companies, lies on our resumes, fabricated degrees, cheated on licensing exams, or quit for the unemployment benefits. We were a bunch of 20 and 30 something professionals pushing through a rough economy to the best of our abilities. They edited us to sound like whiny babies who were abu tot cry at the prospect of not vacationing in the Madives that season. So yeah...pretty fake.
#48
I was on Cash Cab. The whole set up is staged. Including where I wanted to go. My destination wasn't far enough to film everything. The questions & rules are real. The money at the end is a prop. You get the funds wired to you after taxes etc are withheld and give back all the posed money.
Diane Aguilar 3 years ago
With this and the other entry about "Cash Cab" I'm inclined to view it a total piece of trash show and am happy I never got into it. OTOH it would break my heart if people said similar things about my fave game show "Jeopardy!" or some other game shows I revere, e.g. "The Price is Right" or "Press Your Luck" (the original one hosted by Peter Tomarken -- grew up with the reruns on the USA Network).
#49
My mate was on "tattoo fixers" if you don't know what it is, basically they get people in with tattoos they regret and make a design they don't tell them about, tattoo it on and cover the old one up and "surprise" them at the end. He filmed the "big surprise reveal" like 5 times because he wasn't surprised enough.
#50
I was on an episode of Wife Swap. One of the wives was a burlesque dancer, so her new husband had to MC a variety show of which she was the headliner. I was the juggler in that act. Full disclosure, I'm pretty sure all tape with me on it is on the cutting room floor. Anywho, pretty darn fake. The people are real, and lots of their interactions are real. But a TON of scenarios are staged. "Ok, now we're going to plan the show, but make sure Wally (new husband) takes over." He'd never done anything showbiz before, so naturally we tried to help him. But the director kept telling us that he was in charge and he needed to be doing the planning. I caught a moment of a personal interview as well. Honest answers, but very much being steered by the camera crew and director. During the show, the crew said they needed to get "sound levels" so they had people sit quietly, clap politely, clap, clap loudly, etc. I'm fairly certain that was so they could have clips showing a range of responses. In the end, the whole show bit got about 4 seconds of time on screen. Waste of 2 days. No pay.
#51
Had a friend on an MTV show where one person goes on a date with two different people at the same time and they try and create conflict between the two daters and make them fight for the one person. He said that it took forever to shoot because they were told to "be themselves" but they both absolutely hated the girl and kept making fun of her so there was very little conflict so they finally had to script things in for them to say. My friend "won" the "Real date" with the girl and she did give him her number but he said no thanks and went and got drunk with the other guy where they continued just making jokes about the lady.
#52
About 10 or so years ago I tried out for Last Comic Standing. I waited in line for about 12 hours. In the meantime, real comics showed up in limos and went right in because they had appointments. So I finally go in around noon. They stand five or six of us around a table and a guy points at each of us and says "Okay, tell a joke." My particular comedy doesn't work like that. I didn't move on. Anyway, this guy I met while standing in line does a joke in a gay voice. The pointing guy says he can move on to the next round but he should do all his bits in that voice for the judges. We wait 3 more hours and he goes in again. He did all his jokes in the gay voice and at the end he says thank you in his real voice. The 3 judges said if he would have talked in his regular voice, they would have put him through to round 3.
#53
I surfed past a show where they put some survival type people on an island and played up how dangerous it was to even be pin the island. I had never heard of the island before so I googled it and found that it was off Puerto Rico and that the girl scouts used it for camp outs.
Jasam Nitko 3 years ago
The "deserted island" in our country had people living on it, and the contenders snuck up to their cabins at night and bought food and booze.
#54
I've been in the Gold & Silver Pawn shop that is seen on Pawn Stars and non of the items you see on the show are in the store. It's as if they find people with rare items and borrow those items for a fake negotiation. You'll be in and out of the store in 10 minutes because there's nothing in there besides TV show merchandise and a few old coins. One of the most disappointing things I did when I was in Vegas.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
There's a reason why there are signs in the shop telling people that photographing or filming isn't allowed. If you pay attention they can be seen in the show.
#55
I was involved with a polyamorous group that did a season of reality TV. I moved away shortly before filming. The sexiness was amped up a bit but not too far from reality but anyone in the little community that didn't meet Hollywood's standards for physical beauty got excluded during filming. And from the time they started planning for the show any new people in the community that happened to be attractive very quickly got included in everything (but that's life in general isn't it?). It caused some hurt feelings and drama that didn't make it into the show.
#56
I was on MADE on MTV. Everything was pretty real. The show was a bit on rails. We couldn't go anywhere without asking MTV, they would then have to get the proper permits to film. Phone calls are all fake because we had to use the producers phone. He'd basically call us and say "x is going to call you and you have to say y" producers were real f*ckin cool so we could kind of tell if we were doing something they liked and we sort of faked it ourselves without any network guidance. We honestly just wanted to make a good episode of TV. I can write so much about this they filmed for months. But I feel like this is too far down for people to care.
#57
I was an extra on Pawn Stars a couple years ago and we filmed in a completely separate filming studio behind the actual shop that was essentially a replica of the actual shop.
#58
I know two people who were on the Swiss version of The Bachelor. They pretty much feed you lines, piece together unrelated footage, or even make up complete storylines. One of them went there with her best friend, but they had to pretend they hated each other.
#59
Never been to the Pawn Stars store but one of my customers told me about going there. This must have been 4 years ago, they said they had to wait in line to go into the store, and they all pitched in $100 to have Chumlee come out from the back room.
Vanessa Richardson 3 years ago
I went about 10 years ago, and chumlee was hanging out behind the counter autographing stuff for people as they walked through. He autographed my umbrella and we got pictures. It was fun at the time!
#60
I was on a TV show in the UK called 'Bargain Hunt'. I went on it for a bit of a drunken dare and never expected to get past the online application form but after a phone interview and a 'Bargain Hunt' try out day we got on (we as in me and my workmate - I asked workmate as he was going through a crappy time). It was shot over 2 days, day one we had 1 hour to choose the 3 antiques to sell and day 2 was the auction day (where we sell chosen items). The only 'fake bit' about it was that we had an hour to choose our 3 items, but we actually spread this over 5 hours as we had to film, get sound right, get lighting right etc... and as the TV crew are sorting out lighting and stuff me and friend would keep on looking around the antique house for other objects to buy.
NsG 3 years ago
So the only fake bit was condensed timing to allow the TV crew to do their thing, that you took advantage of? I'd say that's actually a pretty reasonable white lie, and makes Bargain Hunt pretty accurate "reality" TV.
James016 3 years ago
I don't even consider it reality TV. It's a gameshow.
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My wife was on America's Got Talent. She was a dancer for her friend's act. She said they lived in a tent for 4 days in the parking lot. She had a very positive experience. She said she met a lot of cool people and that it did feel genuine for the one episode she was on. Her friend made it through that round but got eliminated the following week.
Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago
My friend auditioned for Holland's Got Talent after their teacher had made it to the final the year before. They entered with a group of dancers, both adults and children/teens. They didn't make it to the live shows, but they were stunned at how rude one of the judges was. He basically made fun of them and laughed at them. Now, I'm not too upset regarding the adults, you know what you sign up for and that guy is known for it, but don't go attacking children who genuinely love their hobby.
#62
Believe me or not, i have no actual proof but a friend of mine's uncle is a barber in Jersey who during the first season of Jersey shore did Mike's haircuts and i think also Vinny. He said they had a script that basically said stuff like 'get drunk--flirt with girl (insert name) is dancing with---start fight---gossip about soso' etc etc. I wouldn't be surprised if more shows had loose scripts like that. Not exact lines and such but plot lines they want you to do to/with unsuspecting people.
#63
My Dad was on Comic Book Men. (Basically Pawn Stars for comics, set in NJ) He didn't want to sell the item, just wanted to show it off. Off the cuff dialogue with cast live on camera. Did two takes. No script. They did ask him to come up with a "reason" to sell the item, which was based on truth. I was on set with him as background. It was pretty cool to be there, but I had to stay in the same place for an hour and a half reading the same crappy DC comic. They aren't allowed to show any Marvel stuff unless it's an item someone brings into the store. The crew spends about 15 mins "hiding" all the Marvel items in the store before shooting a segment. Loved the experience.
#64
Undercover Boss. They came to our place, interviewed employees and picked the ones they wanted to do the show. It was obviously a TV crew and we all knew what show. The person they picked was a jerk that worked up a stupid sob story for the cameras about barely affording to get by or whatever. If you haven't realized it, Undercover Boss is just an hour long commercial. I also know someone that was on a History Channel program about Nostradamus (forgot the show's name). He said the show edited so much footage to make it look like he was talking about things he wasn't talking about. They ask a few hours of questions and then build their narrative from that.
#65
I was selected to be on Pawn Stars in the background. They tell you to pretend to look and point at items and to be really quiet. The director person tells Rick and the person with the item everything to say. Super fake.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago (edited)
Because you were never suspicious when Rick immediately knew everything about the rare wrought iron candle sniffer with mysterious alpha sign on it and it's relation to the old monastery in 13th century Wales?
#66
My friend was on Made. It was actually pretty genuine, except she didn't have anything she genuinely wanted to be "made" into and just chose something she thought sounded interesting. She did work really hard at it during the show, though. The show wanted her to act like the outcast of her siblings, and portrayed them as a bit bitchy when they aren't (and like they always leave her out when in reality they're all very close), but aside from that it was mostly all real. I do recall not knowing MTV was there one day, I'm friends with her siblings as well so I kind of ran into the room they were filming in to ask her what she was doing. The producers wanted me to sign a form and come in again asking her the same question, but this time have her explain her progress to me. I felt bad for ruining their shot, but said no because I didn't want to be on TV.
#67
Not me, but a friend of mine participated recently on a show where a family member goes to other family house and other member of the other house goes with them. She told me that most of the time, the reactions were fake. Producers told them when they have to get angry with each other for the sake of the program. They had to seem in front of the camera that they didn't get along well, but in reality everybody was very friendly.
#68
My friend knows someone who works on the set of a reality show where celebs invite each other for dinner, and, because of all the alcohol, they have to do a lot of creative editing to make it seem like they actually get along.
#69
A friend of my mother's went on Britain's Got Talent this year to perform a drag act. There are auditions before the ones aired on television, and the show have already decided their winner. They offered him to pay to keep him in for the next round to advertise himself, but he declined. Don't waste money on voting for these things, your votes don't influence anything as they already know who they want to win.
#70
My best friend's sister was on The People's Court about ten years ago. The lawsuit was real, as it was between her and a neighbor she was sort-of friends with, but the producers had them embellish many details, gave them lines, and they used clever editing to make them look like they were arguing and such. In one bit, my friend's sister was reading a text message the other girl had sent, and they spliced around it to make it seem like she was insulting her there in the court room and Judge Milian "chewed her out", which apparently was an insert filmed later. They filmed about an hour's worth and it was edited down to 21 minutes. All four of us watch the show the afternoon it aired seeing their reaction to sh*t they edited and pieced together was great.
WilvanderHeijden 3 years ago
I once read that people participate in those court shows because it means they actually get the money they are awarded from the producers and the one losing the case walks away without having to pay anything.
#71
They filmed a segment of Airplane Repo at the airport where I work. They had one of the airport's janitors act like a security guard while they "sneaked" onto the airfield and then they called an "expert" in that aircraft in to help them boost it. In reality, we were escorting them at all times so as to comply with TSA regulations and the expert was the actual owner of that plane and he flew it to a nearby airport for some scheduled maintenance. He is actually a really cool guy. I didn't interact with the cast or crew at all, but they did take upwards of an hour mounting cameras on the plane and joking around with the owner, so I figure it's pretty bogus.
#72
Back when I was a teen our family was on a small segment on a UK show "This Morning". There was some staging stuff, like there was just three guys on the crew and the presenter so we'd repeat some things to get extra angles in. And yes when people "arrive" at your house they've already been there a good hour setting up. One thing sticks with me was a bit where we'd all hop in the car then chastised as it's healthy to walk to the shop, so we get out and filmed walking down the street. Then cameras stop and we all bundle back in our cars and drive 20mins to the closest Tesco to film us arriving there from our "walk". Not as glamorous as folks on Pimp My Ride I guess but even on the smaller shows and segments made me realise how "scripted" most reality shows are. Charlie Brooker did a great bit on how editing of reality shows can craft a narrative.
#73
I was on a health show in the UK called Body Spies, with my friend and flatmate. We were doing a charity climb of Kilimanjaro and thought it would be good publicity. Ended up airing after we came back, so was of no benefit to us, and the whole thing was just utterly contrived. Icing on the cake was they lost our consent forms, after we'd shot everything (3 full 8-10 hour days over 3 weeks). We told them we'd sign them again for a donation to the charity, the company responded by making one of the producers phone us up and tell us she'd be fired if we didn't sign them. Classy...
What do you think ?
Tami 3 years ago
I know so much of those shows is staged, but I still get a lift out of watching the Susan Boyle and Paul Potts auditions on Britain's Got Talent. They're presented as such underdogs, but come out triumphant.
Oopsydaisy 3 years ago
There are so many good auditions on BGT. I know the show is manipulated, but the auditions are real and I'm pretty sure the families and friends reactions are too.
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Biba Little 3 years ago
I watched several seasons of America's next top model (started when I had a flu but then get involved), and later I found interviews from many participants, girls and boys. It's so fake! Producers literally make them say some things. They also keep them sometimes without sleep or with not enough sleep so they are drowsy and tired, and act more hasty than usual. It was also obvious for each season they pick "a villain" , usually poor girl who doesn't even realize what she is into. Those girls are mercilessly shown in worst possible ways by cuts and scripts and of course, later harassed by people who think that they are really like that. How bloody awful! I listened to interviews of several "villains" (although it was pretty obvious to me when I was watching it was all set up) and they were nice, smart persons who had a lot of problems with some persons who didn't realize "reality" is not that real at all. It was heart-breaking! Also, show bullied models so much.
Nicole A 3 years ago
I have a friend who was on a similar model type show (I think it only 1 or 2 seasons and I don't remember the name but Naomi Campbell was in it). She quit right before the finals to the shock of the production team because she was one of the favorites to win. She said it was so toxic being on the show and she realized that the modeling industry wasn't worth the negative effect on her mental and physical health. She still does some local modeling on the side but she's living a very happy life and doesn't regret it.
Load More Replies... Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago
When reality tv first aired, people laughed at it--said it was obviously fake and hated the stereotypes it promoted. It was tested on university students. However, within a very short period of time, the same students began to believe the images presented to them, and the shows even changed the students' opinions about the groups of people presented in them--this is why these shows are dangerous. They promote negative stereotypes and bias. I believe the books is called "Reality Bites"--but there are lots of studies on the damage these shows do to the viewer
Stefan 3 years ago
I used to work for a printing company. Once a team of creatives arrived with a CD cover projects they had, for the album of a new band. A girl's band. We make some test prints. Some weeks later starts a new reality tv talent show, where the audience has to vote and eliminate/keep candidates. I don't pay much attention until the final, where they show the moment when the same test print we did months ago was proposed to the winning girl's band...
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Not necessarily the same, considering the filming for that show was probably also done months ago?
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V Martinez 3 years ago
Many people know these shows are not actual reality. Thank goodness for that. But there are some that truly believe the "reality". Then the effect it has on some people and how they behave in real life. They imitate the behaviors they see on tv because those people get away with it too. And if we all know they are scripted, written or verbal, how can they still be called reality tv?
Truth Monster 3 years ago
Just for argument's sake: No one is fooled by reality shows, we watch them because they are the junk food of tv and we don't want real reality tv. We see reality everyday and its largely a bummer for most of humanity. We want to see rich women in nice houses bickering over silly and inconsequential stuff, the daydream that a singer/dancer/entertainer is plucked from obscurity and thrown into stardom. We want to see fabulous houses and daydream that we, too, could afford a nice house in a nice neighborhood, or that we had the house and we're going to redecorate it. Its something to watch when we need a moment's respite from the real reality, if only for show's run length.
Nicole A 3 years ago
Isn't it called 90 Day Fiance (not 50 day)? I only know this because my mum is obsessed with this show and all the spinoffs and will call and recap the show every week in a recap that lasts longer than if I just watched the show myself. It seems like in the beginning the relationships were more genuine but in later seasons it's all about the drama producers can stir up, so I'm willing to bet there's some faking going on.
Tami 3 years ago
I know so much of those shows is staged, but I still get a lift out of watching the Susan Boyle and Paul Potts auditions on Britain's Got Talent. They're presented as such underdogs, but come out triumphant.
Oopsydaisy 3 years ago
There are so many good auditions on BGT. I know the show is manipulated, but the auditions are real and I'm pretty sure the families and friends reactions are too.
Load More Replies... Biba Little 3 years ago
I watched several seasons of America's next top model (started when I had a flu but then get involved), and later I found interviews from many participants, girls and boys. It's so fake! Producers literally make them say some things. They also keep them sometimes without sleep or with not enough sleep so they are drowsy and tired, and act more hasty than usual. It was also obvious for each season they pick "a villain" , usually poor girl who doesn't even realize what she is into. Those girls are mercilessly shown in worst possible ways by cuts and scripts and of course, later harassed by people who think that they are really like that. How bloody awful! I listened to interviews of several "villains" (although it was pretty obvious to me when I was watching it was all set up) and they were nice, smart persons who had a lot of problems with some persons who didn't realize "reality" is not that real at all. It was heart-breaking! Also, show bullied models so much.
Nicole A 3 years ago
I have a friend who was on a similar model type show (I think it only 1 or 2 seasons and I don't remember the name but Naomi Campbell was in it). She quit right before the finals to the shock of the production team because she was one of the favorites to win. She said it was so toxic being on the show and she realized that the modeling industry wasn't worth the negative effect on her mental and physical health. She still does some local modeling on the side but she's living a very happy life and doesn't regret it.
Load More Replies... Agnes Jekyll 3 years ago
When reality tv first aired, people laughed at it--said it was obviously fake and hated the stereotypes it promoted. It was tested on university students. However, within a very short period of time, the same students began to believe the images presented to them, and the shows even changed the students' opinions about the groups of people presented in them--this is why these shows are dangerous. They promote negative stereotypes and bias. I believe the books is called "Reality Bites"--but there are lots of studies on the damage these shows do to the viewer
Stefan 3 years ago
I used to work for a printing company. Once a team of creatives arrived with a CD cover projects they had, for the album of a new band. A girl's band. We make some test prints. Some weeks later starts a new reality tv talent show, where the audience has to vote and eliminate/keep candidates. I don't pay much attention until the final, where they show the moment when the same test print we did months ago was proposed to the winning girl's band...
Devil's Advocate 3 years ago
Not necessarily the same, considering the filming for that show was probably also done months ago?
Load More Replies... V Martinez 3 years ago
Many people know these shows are not actual reality. Thank goodness for that. But there are some that truly believe the "reality". Then the effect it has on some people and how they behave in real life. They imitate the behaviors they see on tv because those people get away with it too. And if we all know they are scripted, written or verbal, how can they still be called reality tv?
Truth Monster 3 years ago
Just for argument's sake: No one is fooled by reality shows, we watch them because they are the junk food of tv and we don't want real reality tv. We see reality everyday and its largely a bummer for most of humanity. We want to see rich women in nice houses bickering over silly and inconsequential stuff, the daydream that a singer/dancer/entertainer is plucked from obscurity and thrown into stardom. We want to see fabulous houses and daydream that we, too, could afford a nice house in a nice neighborhood, or that we had the house and we're going to redecorate it. Its something to watch when we need a moment's respite from the real reality, if only for show's run length.
Nicole A 3 years ago
Isn't it called 90 Day Fiance (not 50 day)? I only know this because my mum is obsessed with this show and all the spinoffs and will call and recap the show every week in a recap that lasts longer than if I just watched the show myself. It seems like in the beginning the relationships were more genuine but in later seasons it's all about the drama producers can stir up, so I'm willing to bet there's some faking going on.
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