New reality show

[surrey jim]

All these shows are crap. I read in the paper last week that the father of a girl currently in the Australian Big Brother house had died, and she had not been told as the rules state "No contact with the outside world". She had even missed the funeral and yet still didn't know he had even died.

that is terrible, even for 9/11 the USA BB contestants were told and shown the news live

 

[surrey jim]

Re: Re: New reality show

Well this is pretty shit as well isn't it?

http://www.marryjodiemarsh.com/

According to a post on popbitch only 8 people turned up at the 'audition' that was held yesterday

why doesnt that suprise me

 

[surrey jim]

all turned out to be a hoax

Controversial Kidney Show Is A Hoax

Updated: 09:11, Saturday June 02, 2007
A controversial Dutch reality TV show featuring a contest to win a kidney was a hoax, producers Endemol have admitted.
A Hoax: The Big Donor Show
A Hoax: The Big Donor Show

The Big Donor Show was supposed to have featured a terminally-ill woman choosing a recipient for her kidneys.

However, at the last minute the programme's producers, who also make Big Brother, revealed on air that the woman starring on the reality show was a healthy actress.

But the contestants trying to win the kidneys are genuine and are still in need of organs.

All knew the programme was a hoax before they agreed to participate.

Programme makers Endemol said their show was intended to focus on the shortage of donor organs in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands has one of the lowest donor rates in Europe, according to data compiled by the country's Health Council.

About 40,000 patients are waiting for an organ transplant across the EU. The mortality rate while waiting for a heart, liver or lung transplant is between 15 and 30%.

Paul Römer, Managing Director of Endemol Netherlands, said: "If the Big Donor Show had been real it would indeed have been shocking but these facts illustrate that the reality is far more so.

"In staging this programme our goal has been to prompt a debate about this crisis in the Netherlands.

"In fact the impact of this has gone far wider than we imagined. This is an issue that goes beyond Dutch borders and across Europe. The message we want to send is that people need to take action now and fill in a donor card."

The Big Donor Show was condemned by Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende ahead of transmission and sparked controversy worldwide.

An Endemol spokesman told a news conference held after the programme: "I hope the indignation about the show will give way to indignation about the shortage of donors."

However Kuik Bas, a spokesman for the Health Ministry, said: "This is not the proper way to get more donors."

Endemol makes Big Brother for a worldwide audience but it has been mired by controversy following a spate of incidents on the shows.

Most recently it was criticised by the British TV watchdog Ofcom following the race row bullying of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and the decision by programme makers in Australia not to tell a contestant her father had died of cancer.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1268700,00.html