You must have heard people at one time or another say: "Reality sucks!" With all these reality TV shows on at the moment, I suppose we are drawn to the fact that "I can do better" or "She can't sing to save her life!" We are so obsessed with these facts, that we leave our day job to enter, only to find out that we are worse than the contestants we criticised and when we return to work we find someone else has been employed in your place! That was the case in the reality show SA's Got Talent when one guy booked a flight from Durban to Jhburg, then took a taxi for another 500km to the audition, only to arrive 10 minutes before closing time. When he got on stage, he couldn't sing at all! On top of all that he was given the boot by the three judges, and probably took a long taxi ride back home to Durban. Most contestants enter these competitions to win the big prize and the chance to appear on national telelevision. But would you rather engage on some survival mission like Survivor right in the middle of the middle of nowhere by eating bugs for breakfast and having no communication with the outside world? Or perhaps you find running around the world and completing puzzles and difficult challenges in The Amazing Race, your idea of fun? I think it would probably stress me out. But let's get back to the local talent shows, which seem to be
extremely popular because everybody thinks they sing, dance or act! Our SA IDOLS is now down to 4 contestants. Simphewe was the latest contestant to leave after Durban's beloved Shekhina Donell's departure last week. All five contestants were rapped over the knuckles on Sunday night by the judges for making lousy song choices in their first performance of the night as each of them had to sing twice to garnish votes from the public. I suppose singing from the heart also has something to do with it too if one wants to win! At the end of the day you either have it, or you don't. Most of the time contestants have the latter. My question is: Does reality really suck? It depends if you are a contestant/ participants on these reality contests/shows and what type of reality show it is. An example being The Jerry Springer Show. Maybe you don't mind airing your dirty laundry on national television? I have said it before and I'll say it again: Americans are crazy!! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
extremely popular because everybody thinks they sing, dance or act! Our SA IDOLS is now down to 4 contestants. Simphewe was the latest contestant to leave after Durban's beloved Shekhina Donell's departure last week. All five contestants were rapped over the knuckles on Sunday night by the judges for making lousy song choices in their first performance of the night as each of them had to sing twice to garnish votes from the public. I suppose singing from the heart also has something to do with it too if one wants to win! At the end of the day you either have it, or you don't. Most of the time contestants have the latter. My question is: Does reality really suck? It depends if you are a contestant/ participants on these reality contests/shows and what type of reality show it is. An example being The Jerry Springer Show. Maybe you don't mind airing your dirty laundry on national television? I have said it before and I'll say it again: Americans are crazy!! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
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