Living Together
A guaranteed good time is
sitting around with your friends and watching a reality TV show that is based
on the premise of complete strangers living together in a single home. Cohabitation can be a difficult process and
best friends can often find out that living together at a place is a horrible
idea. We all have our personal horror
stories about roommates and there’s nothing better than laughing with (or at)
people having to go through this difficult process while being filmed on
television.
Reality TV shows that
revolve around people living together have been a staple of the reality TV
world for many years. MTV’s The Real
World has been cited as the forefather of reality TV and has been on the
air for fifteen seasons! Revolving
around the exploits of seven strangers that live together in a house, The
Real World has produced many memorable reality TV moments. Who can forget Season 12 of The Real
World when good southern girl Trishelle gets caught up in the excitement of
Las Vegas life and makes out with roommate, party girl Brynn! Moments like this are never rare when you
watch reality TV shows based on strangers living together.
Of course, The Real World
and other reality TV shows based on this blueprint are not just cheap
thrills. The audience genuinely begins
to care with the crazy cast of strangers that have allowed unprecedented access
to their lives. Watching these people
grow and experience genuine moments of change can be inspiring and although
there are often moments where you can’t help but groan at these people’s
actions, for the most part you can’t help but enjoy watching these types of
reality TV shows.
As reality TV has grown into
a large industry, other reality TV shows showing the exploits of strangers
living together have popped up. One of
the most popular reality TV franchises throughout the world, Big Brother
combines Survivor-like competitions between contestants with showing how
life is like between strangers living together in a house. Inspired by the feel-good book 1984
by George Orwell, Big Brother pits contestants against each other that
live together in a house. Tasks must be
performed by contestants and, get this, the home audience even gets a say, as they
have the power to vote contestants off.
The winner of these crazy shenanigans is rewarded with the house that
the show has been taking place in! Big
Brother is a huge hit internationally and has shows in Argentina, Netherlands,
Belgium, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and USA.
The popularity of reality TV
shows revolving around the trials and tribulations of people living together is
also a huge hit in France. Loft
Story is a program revolving around roommates trying to survive together in
a loft. This internationally acclaimed
hit has been praised as fun and touching.
With reality TV shows about living together becoming bigger and bigger
successes, you can expect more reality TV programming based around this premise
to pop up on your TV screens!
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