The participants are filmed almost continually and their communication with each other is unscripted.
There are reality shows on every topic imaginable. For example, there are
shows in which contestants compete to win a modeling contract (such as Brazil’s
Top Model), a recording contract (Britain’s Pop Idol), a million dollars (America’s
Survivor), a college scholarship (India’s Airtel Scholarship Hunt), a marriage
proposal (Australia’s Farmer Wants a Wife), and a nomination for a seat in
Congress (Argentina’s The People’s Candidate).
In the decade, hundreds of different reality programs have been broadcast
in countries around the world. Yet, surprisingly, this has not seemed to diminish
the public’s fascination with the genre. On the contrary, reality TV has only
increased in popularity.