Many television viewers are charmed by reality TV shows while small groups do not care about the participants in these shows. It is always a big question, however, why reality TV shows click.
Television networks are actually gaining much from producing these kinds of programming. With only a little of the budget and with lesser expenses because they do not need to hire big names in the industry and to spend for the requisites of hiring those big artists or personalities, people continue to watch. It is inexpensive entertainment that requires only small budget formulas to provide more realistic content.
The Fondness for (Short-lived) Fame
Fame, short-lived or long-lasting magnetizes these people. Usually fame is temporal but it does not matter how temporary it would be but participants and even those who are not directly included in the show (relatives or mere friends and acquaintances of these participants) love the idea of being famous. The concept of fame, even short-lived, boosts the character of every participant, and that of their relations and friends. The feeling of joy and pride exhilarate drowning little or all depression that they currently are experiencing. The repercussions, however, can be overwhelming. Take, for example, how Susan Boyle snapped under tension. Adam Lambert, on the other hand, embraced fame with gusto.
The Promise of Possible Compensation
Compensation as prizes or rewards varies for each reality TV show. The bigger the outfit, the promising the rewards will be. The American Idol victor, for example, gets a new car, guest performances, a contract and tours after winning. Britain’s Got Talent winner scooped £100,000. It is what every aspiring participant dreams of. It is the dream that slipped from Adam Lambert and Susan Boyle. Without these rewards, which greatly constitute the desire to join, participants will not even dare to take a chance however slim it may seem to be.
The Experience Empowers
These reality TV shows give a chance to every interested individual to show the world that they got talent. They provide the possibility of becoming potential entertainers. They give each participant the experience to let television viewers and all types of audiences that they are equipped with talent, abilities or capabilities.
A greater number virtually fall short though against the requirements or the demands of these shows. These programs require more than what is unique. They look for people with qualities that transcend the best. They look for the super, the grand, or the excellent probably equating the gains they will have finding the winner.
Commerce Strengthens
With programs such as what these reality TV shows present, audiences become involved. Commerce provides the inner and the obvious desires of audiences. They patronize the show or become involved with the show in whatever way. Thus, the attention bolsters the ratings.
Unexpected winners at times become the object of ridicule but the producers of these shows do not look at the situation as that because the decision of a greater number of people is what matters. Therefore, Lambert and Boyle’s failure to win is not the issue.
Reality TV Shows Satisfy
Adam Lambert may have lost becoming the American Idol, or Susan Boyle may have failed to be Britain’s Got Talent winner. Their fans felt for them. But it is one expectations of audiences – to witness how losers will accept defeat, or how they will correspond with the unexpected.
Human beings are natural voyeurs. We all have the tendency to want, to look, to witness, to be a spectator. We love to watch sordid things happen, aside from watching joy or success. We love to see, hear, or know with our presence, all about sensationalism, aggrandizement and exploitation.
The Longing for the Real
With the advancement in technology in the modern world, we become uncertain which is real or not. Nothing seems real nowadays and we have these powerful urge to be in contact with the real. That is why and how reality TV shows attract viewers and participants. This desire to be involved in a participatory programming gives us a touch of reality amidst everything modern and digitally reproduced.
To see a participant cry for joy, or dejection, gives us proof that these are not artificially fabricated. Witnessing gives us the chance to get rid of fear that the world is totally going all digital or virtual.
The Need to Modernize Culture
The society cannot stay glued to age old or traditional knowledge and values all the time. The development of tastes in art, for example, is necessary. There is the need on the attitude and behavior of each individual in a society to regenerate or develop. In the American culture, for example, the manner of modernizing the art through reality TV shows are considered to overhaul and at the same time challenge tradition.
There is danger with these notions to modernize culture though. Attempts to regenerate new types of tastes in art and manners, for attitudes and behaviors, obliterate the treasured values that are important for a society to be distinct from other cultures of the world.
Adam Lambert failed against Kris Allen; Susan Boyle against Paul Potts. They were just part of reality TV shows that appeal to the masses. With or without them, these television shows will continue to attract followers whose needs are satisfied, one way or another, just by watching.
Television networks are actually gaining much from producing these kinds of programming. With only a little of the budget and with lesser expenses because they do not need to hire big names in the industry and to spend for the requisites of hiring those big artists or personalities, people continue to watch. It is inexpensive entertainment that requires only small budget formulas to provide more realistic content.
The Fondness for (Short-lived) Fame
Fame, short-lived or long-lasting magnetizes these people. Usually fame is temporal but it does not matter how temporary it would be but participants and even those who are not directly included in the show (relatives or mere friends and acquaintances of these participants) love the idea of being famous. The concept of fame, even short-lived, boosts the character of every participant, and that of their relations and friends. The feeling of joy and pride exhilarate drowning little or all depression that they currently are experiencing. The repercussions, however, can be overwhelming. Take, for example, how Susan Boyle snapped under tension. Adam Lambert, on the other hand, embraced fame with gusto.
The Promise of Possible Compensation
Compensation as prizes or rewards varies for each reality TV show. The bigger the outfit, the promising the rewards will be. The American Idol victor, for example, gets a new car, guest performances, a contract and tours after winning. Britain’s Got Talent winner scooped £100,000. It is what every aspiring participant dreams of. It is the dream that slipped from Adam Lambert and Susan Boyle. Without these rewards, which greatly constitute the desire to join, participants will not even dare to take a chance however slim it may seem to be.
The Experience Empowers
These reality TV shows give a chance to every interested individual to show the world that they got talent. They provide the possibility of becoming potential entertainers. They give each participant the experience to let television viewers and all types of audiences that they are equipped with talent, abilities or capabilities.
A greater number virtually fall short though against the requirements or the demands of these shows. These programs require more than what is unique. They look for people with qualities that transcend the best. They look for the super, the grand, or the excellent probably equating the gains they will have finding the winner.
Commerce Strengthens
With programs such as what these reality TV shows present, audiences become involved. Commerce provides the inner and the obvious desires of audiences. They patronize the show or become involved with the show in whatever way. Thus, the attention bolsters the ratings.
Unexpected winners at times become the object of ridicule but the producers of these shows do not look at the situation as that because the decision of a greater number of people is what matters. Therefore, Lambert and Boyle’s failure to win is not the issue.
Reality TV Shows Satisfy
Adam Lambert may have lost becoming the American Idol, or Susan Boyle may have failed to be Britain’s Got Talent winner. Their fans felt for them. But it is one expectations of audiences – to witness how losers will accept defeat, or how they will correspond with the unexpected.
Human beings are natural voyeurs. We all have the tendency to want, to look, to witness, to be a spectator. We love to watch sordid things happen, aside from watching joy or success. We love to see, hear, or know with our presence, all about sensationalism, aggrandizement and exploitation.
The Longing for the Real
With the advancement in technology in the modern world, we become uncertain which is real or not. Nothing seems real nowadays and we have these powerful urge to be in contact with the real. That is why and how reality TV shows attract viewers and participants. This desire to be involved in a participatory programming gives us a touch of reality amidst everything modern and digitally reproduced.
To see a participant cry for joy, or dejection, gives us proof that these are not artificially fabricated. Witnessing gives us the chance to get rid of fear that the world is totally going all digital or virtual.
The Need to Modernize Culture
The society cannot stay glued to age old or traditional knowledge and values all the time. The development of tastes in art, for example, is necessary. There is the need on the attitude and behavior of each individual in a society to regenerate or develop. In the American culture, for example, the manner of modernizing the art through reality TV shows are considered to overhaul and at the same time challenge tradition.
There is danger with these notions to modernize culture though. Attempts to regenerate new types of tastes in art and manners, for attitudes and behaviors, obliterate the treasured values that are important for a society to be distinct from other cultures of the world.
Adam Lambert failed against Kris Allen; Susan Boyle against Paul Potts. They were just part of reality TV shows that appeal to the masses. With or without them, these television shows will continue to attract followers whose needs are satisfied, one way or another, just by watching.
I remember the first reality show I've ever watched---Survivor. (I finished the whole first season when I was still in high school.) I was hooked because in my head I had it that the contestants were real people with real issues, so not like the soap operas I have been accustomed to.
ReplyDeleteA couple of years later there's alreasy a reality show for just about everything---finding a partner, finding the next big pop star, finding the best chef, best model, etc, and that's when I lost all interest. It seemed as if people joining these reality shows these days no longer seem as real as their predecessors.
On a side note, my fave reality show is still Beauty and the Geek. It's lots of laughs.
Reality TV show click because most of TV program are drama and unrealistic.
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we watch beauty and the geek, too, kat! it's a funny reality tv show. but it shares some lessons in life, too. we learn that beauties are not all beauty; some of them have brains, too, when given the chance to develop.
ReplyDeletevery true, deped cebu teacher. it is the longing for the real. drama series suck most of the time.
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These days youngster likes reality tv shows because in these reality show they can show his talent and they can get fame also.
ReplyDeletei agree, dorsey.
ReplyDeleteThe Reality Shows Are Best for Searching for New Talents.Beauty and The Geek is My Favorite Reality Show.I Love To Watch Beauty and The Geek.
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