My Theory on Reality TV Shows

Growing up, my dad never approved of me watching MTV shows. I never understood why until I got older. This was just the start of reality TV. The shows were a little trashy and demonstrated some people's lives in negative ways. Just 5-8 years ago, MTV's 'reality shows' were simple, one episode, dating games. Girls would search a few guys' rooms and pick a guy based on the room she liked most, and vice versa. There was another show where a guy or girl would go on a date with several singles packed in a bus and he/she would say, "Next" to get a different person. Now, MTV reality shows consist of "16 and Pregnant" or "Engaged and Underage." I'm not sure why people actually apply to be on shows like these, but they choose to have their personal lives recorded for national television. These shows are meant for entertainment and the viewers want drama along with conflict, so that's what directors aim for. Since I wasn't allowed to watch MTV as a young girl, I found other channels to catch my interest such as, TLC, Style Network, E! Entertainment and TBS. There are many reality shows to choose from in this selection of channels. All have the same underlying motive, drama and conflict, to entertain viewers. I will admit that I love to have "Bachelor Night" with my girlfriends and watch The Bachelor together. We also watch The Hills and a few other shows. I watch these shows with an understanding that these reality shows aren't so real.

Social Media relates to Reality TV:

Social media has grown so much in the past few years, from email to MySpace to Facebook and Twitter. Privacy is an ongoing issue with the amount of information openly floating around online. I didn't even fully understand how easy it is to find information about people online, until my dad was able to see my Facebook without even having an account. I think this new concept of online networking ties in with reality TV. Everyone has a reality show of their own, whether it's through MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn, or even Twitter accounts. The only difference between reality shows on television and our reality shows is we get to control the outcome! Keep watching your favorite shows, but don't let them consume you!

The Hills

Did anyone watch The Hills tonight? Heidi has too much plastic surgery! Check out the new episode and tell me what you think!!

http://www.mtv.com/shows/the_hills/season_6/series.jhtml

My top 10 Reality Shows

10. Jersey Shore

9. Real World

8. Intervention

7. Pretty Wild

6. Extreme Makeover

5. Four Weddings

4. The Biggest Loser

3. The Hills

2. The Bachelor/ Bachelorette

1. Dancing with the Stars

Kate Gosselin: Eliminated this week!

http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars

Now that Kate Gosselin finally got eliminated, who will be next?

Rumor has it that Kate may be the next Bachelorette soon. Wouldn't that be terrifying!

Up next week: The premiere of the Hills. I can't wait to see how Heidi looks after her several ridiculous surgeries.

Monday April 12, 2010: Dancing with the Stars

First things first, rumor has it that this season is rigged!! Kate Gosselin's performance last week was more than terrible. She danced to Lady Gaga "Paparazzi" her facial expressions were enough to lose votes, but somehow she made it onto the next round. This week the judges were much nicer and even went to say they were impressed with her dance! I still think she is trying too hard, for a mom of eight she looks too fake. Kate and Tony's final score this week- 32…Will she make it to the next round? Who are you guys voting for?

I love Niecy Nash on her house shows because she her bubbly personality is fun to watch, I can't say the same for her dancing performance though.

Pamela Anderson and partner, Damian, were in the bottom two last week. Pamela's outfit looked complicated to dance in, but they still pulled off a good dance. Bruno said it was their best dance so far! Vote for Pam and Damian: Text "vote" to 3411.

Chad Ochocinco had an awesome performance tonight! His outfit looked great and his dancing improved a lot! The judges said really good things about the performance. Chad bought partner, Cheryl, a diamond ring! He said it was for all her hard work in helping him, the ring is huge!! His score this week is 44, pretty good compared to 20 last week.

I left some performances out, feel free to comment on a dance I didn't write about!

What's with the costumes? Do people enter in a costume design and they get made for one of the couples?