Has Reality TV Gone Too Far???

In watching last Monday nights “Best of Stallionaires” (Real Chance of Love Re-cap) on Vh1 I came to the conclusion that reality television is pushing the limits. I enjoyed watching the past couple months of the show, but clearly there has been an extensive amount of editing! In a way the editing is affecting the way we as an audience perceive what is going on. I watched the entire season but never caught wind of the “real” things that were going on and how some of the girls were actually being degraded and hurt throughout the show. When I was watching this episode the stars of the show, Real and Chance, shared footage and extra info that we as viewers didn’t see.
One girl on the show, Rabbit, was pretty much humiliated on national television more than once by Chance, the man she was trying to win over. He repeatedly made comments about Rabbit having facial and neck hair. How embarrassing I thought…how immature and inappropriate for a grown man to make these kinds of comments about a girl…especially on national television. Then I wondered…was it his fault or Vh1’s for not editing this out? I came to the conclusion that reality television thrives on personal, hurtful jabs at individuals, which is how they draw people in, as sick as it sounds…it works!
Something else that was really hurtful for two of the girls was that neither of them got picked by Chance! I especially felt bad for Cali as she was the last one standing and was under the assumption that she was the winner. I feel that Chance could have approached this situation a lot better and called both girls down at once and let them both know that he wasn’t picking either of them. He sent Risky home and let Cali stand there…awaiting for his heartfelt speech telling her she was the one, instead she got her heart broken and truly seemed devastated!
This reality show was very crude when it all was exposed last Monday. The producers hope for the worst to happen and don’t really seem to care who gets hurt or caught in the cross fire! From what I can gather about reality shows is that America as a society has grown to love the misfortunes of others and we actually tune in every week to see who is getting hurt or humiliated.

Can You Really Find Love On A Bus?

Reality love shows, what can I say? They are everywhere! Last week…as you know (those of you who read my blogJ) my favorite reality love show rapped up and I’m anxiously awaiting the reunion show for Real Chance of Love…which airs January 26th! As I wait I of course have to scan the channels and see what else is out there in reality TV land!

Rock of Love is a show that I am very familiar with. I began watching this show three seasons ago when Poison’s lead singer Bret Michaels began his quest down the long, troublesome road of reality TV love! The first season was pretty typical as to what you could expect with any reality show. The season ended with Bret picking who he thought was the right girl for him! Her name was Jes, and I personally felt that they were a good pair and would make it together. I was very surprised as I’m sure much of the audience was when Jes told Bret she wasn’t “feeling” him at the reunion show and Bret’s heart broke for all of America to see.

So season two began and Bret had everything figured out, or so he thought. He narrowed the crop of girls down to Daisy and Ambre. Ambre was older, like him and more reserved. Daisy was younger and seemed to be more his type. Bret felt he would try something different and picked Ambre. Unfortunately he didn’t find love this time either!

Now we are to season three. This season is unique in that the women are actually traveling on the road with Bret as he is on tour. This season is pretty crazy and the drama is at the highest I have ever seen it before. I find myself being able to predict what is actually going to happen next very easily! I’ve never thought that these shows were scripted…and yes I have been told over and over again by my boyfriend that they are in fact so, but this season is making me feel different and I’m finding myself agreeing with my boyfriend. So far I feel that this show is RIDICULOUS! I think Bret should have hung his hat up after his last attempt at finding love and went about it in a different way than doing another show. As much as I find this show a waste of time, I will have to admit that I will be watching it through until the end! What can I say…I have a love hate relationship with this show!

I’m hoping that this season of Rock of Love will hopefully bring Bret Michaels true love and put an end to this show FOREVER!

Please...Somebody Find Them Love!!!

Reality television seems to be consuming our television networks. No matter what channel I seem to be watching, I always run across a reality program. More recently I have found myself watching and in fact becoming consumed with a few shows in reality TV land! The twist from regular reality TV shows is that these shows that I’ve grown so fond of are reality love shows! I end up becoming committed to these shows for two to three months before they finally end. Once they do end I wait another month to see the reunion show where all the people get together and usually argue about their experience on the show. Sometimes this is my favorite part of the entire experience! I know these shows are annoying, ridiculous, and predictable! However, I love them!!!

Most recently I have finished watching my favorite reality love show of all time…at least thus far! Real Chance of Love on VH1 finally ended this last Monday. Chance and Real are brothers who actually competed against each other in a previous reality love show on VH1 called I Love New York. Real is the nicer, more sensitive brother. Chance is very blunt and rough around the edges. Neither of them won the heart of New York... so of course they did what most previous reality TV stars do when they don’t win…they start their own show!

The two brothers each had their own set of girls on this show and narrowed it down to two girls in the end. Brother Chance didn’t find love! He sent both of his final girls home…I’m betting my car that he will be back on VH1 reality TV in no time! Brother Real did find love; he found love with a girl named Corn Fed. Ironically Corn Fed is from Fargo, North Dakota! This of course made the show that much better because I got to listen to the people on the show making silly remarks about North Dakota!

Now I sit, waiting for two weeks to pass until I can watch the reunion show for Real Chance of Love! My point in blogging about all of this is to make it evident how VH1 succeeded in snagging me into their reality love show scene! It all started a couple years ago when I started watching I Love New York…and so on and so on. The advertising and promoting that VH1 does definitely works and I am proof of that!