Reality Show These days just about anything can be the topic of a reality (6) ………………….. People get married, live with strangers on an island, eat strange foods, and do some very (7) ………………….. things- all for the chance to win (8) ………………….. or become famous. One of the most (9) ………………….. reality shows is Pop Idol. This television series began in England in (10) …………………... Since then, Pop Idol has been imitated with versions in over thirty (11) …………………... Each week, contestants sing a (12) ………………….. song in front of several judges. Then TV viewers at home (13) ………………….. to choose their favorite singers.
Another reality TV hit is the show Big Brother. A group of nine volunteers, all
(14) ………………….. , moved into a house together and were filmed twenty-four hours a day for a hundred days. The nine people lived together, ate together, and shared bedrooms, while people at home watched it all on TV. The show started in the Netherlands in (15) …………………… Soon, other countries started their own versions of Big Brother and the show became internationally popular.