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Reality shows

• I have to admit that I spend little time in front of theTV.

• Still, as everybody else I already saw a reality shows, and I am definetly not fond of.

• Actually, I don't see the appeal of watching normal people at the tv whereas there are a lot around us in real life.

• According to me, people enjoy reality shows because contestants give them the feeling to be superior : they mock at stupidity's contestants.

• Regarding episodics tv shows, the ones where we follow a contestant only for one hour in his or her shooping day/ house/ kitchen, I think they're made to satisfay the telespectator's curiosity.

• If these reasons are disappointfull, according to me the worst case is teenagers.

• Indeed, teenagers are looking for theirself through these exaggerated personnalities, and I think reality shows make them dream of perfect love stories, perfect bodies, that they probably would not have beacause over there, everything is planned or fake.

• Still, people think that reality shows will tell them a story, but more real than movies or books' stories, this is what is exaspering me.

• Otherwise, a lot of reality shows defend values that I don't share : if a constestant wants to win, he has to do evrything he could to reach this goal, to the detriment of others.

• Moreover, this kind of tv might be destructive for people who participate.

• Indeed, between 1997 and 2012, eighteen old contestants commited a suicide.

• We cant reproch them : they live for many months a fake reality, beeing watched all the time and the day after, they return to a normal life.

• According to me, the fame is not worth there.

• To conclud, I would say that even if reality shows are entertaining, they are definetly not great tv.