First of all, why it is called « reality tv »? We can see it with the illustration drawing, it a pseudo reality!
That said, I think that reality tv became as our society : getting worse and worse!
I confess that I watched the first TV shows in France (called Loft Story, Secret Story) by attraction of novelty but I stopped quickly! When Loft Story was released in France, it was only the beginning of reality tv and almost no one could have foreseen the societal phenomenon that it will become in the future! It was the first time that ordinary people could become celebrities! In the past, when a person became a celebrity it was for a particular talent : singing, writing… Now we can became famous without any talent! Oh yes, now if you want to succeed in this « star system » : for men, exposed abs and for women, big butt, big boobs with a tiny waist! Except that there are so much reality tv shows and it is harder than before to get noticed even with an advantageous physique (corresponding to the beauty standard)!
As for the first candidates, we could think they were sincere because it was new but now, they are almost all interested in the paradis that is promise! And it is really tempting: celebrity, the « easy » money, the thousands or millions fans…
But all that, it is the submerged part of the iceberg ! The subject is very wide and complicated to develop in one only chronicle (tell me in comments if you would like me to develop more others aspects)! For the physical appearance, the majority of the candidates have had plastic surgery with the abuses that came with! Most of them (most women but men too) look like wax dolls in horror film!
And the ransom of glory could sometimes look like a pact with the devil! Some advantage yes but what’s the price?
Another chronicle :
Les chroniques de Maria 