Love them or hate them, reality shows have taken over the world of television.
There’s something fun about escaping your own life for a minute and diving into the
reality of someone else’s.
But what is what we see in our favourite reality shows aren’t actually the reality?
I’m going to spill some truth today here on top 10 beyond the screen.
I’m your host joce bedard, thanks for joining me today.
Make sure you stick around until the end of the video so you don’t miss out on the comment
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are down below.
But for now, let’s get into today’s countdown list of reality shows you didn’t know were
fake.
I apologize in advance for ruining these shows for you.
10) Starting off our list at number 10 is The Hills.
Now, if you’re anything like me, you spent all your high school years binge watching
this show wondering why you can’t live in LA with a camera crew following you and your
glamourous girlfriends everywhere.
Meanwhile, I was sitting there failing my math class, eating Mcdonalds every day, and
wearing Walmart brand clothing.
Zero glamour.
But the show was totally convincing and I feel confident saying that we all thought
it was real until the series finale twist ending.
At the end of the series in the final scene, they end with Kristin Cavallari and Brody
Jenner having this emotional goodbye, but then the director yells cut and the camera
zooms out to show that the whole thing was staged.
But then the cast started saying that it was done on purpose, to leave the audience with
the question, what was real and what was fake.
But since it’s been so many years since the show, the cast has felt more comfortable
opening up about it and Kristin Cavallari told the audience on Andy Cohen's talk show:
I can tell you most of my stuff wasn’t real.
I’m just happy that more people are coming out and saying that stuff isn’t real, because
for the longest time it was only me.
Not gunna lie, this one hurt me a little bit.
I invested a lot of teenager emotions into that show.
9) Next up at number 9 is The Voice.
This one makes me a little bit irritated because I feel like a competition show based around
someone’s talent and dreams should be nothing but real.
But former contestants have come forward exposing different ways that the show is actually fake.
The one thing that makes this show stand out against other singing competition shows is
the fact that it’s a blind audition.
The judges can’t see them and they only hit their buzzer if they are impressed with
their voice and sound.
Turns out, that’s not actually true.
Apparently these blind auditions are actually very planned.
One former contestant said that you had to go through 5 different auditions before doing
the blind one that we see on TV.
And throughout those auditions, the coaches can see you.
They also revealed that everything is planned for you, even the genre and song that you
sing at the televised audition.
So, the show really isn’t just about the voice like it claims.
8) Sliding into number 8 is Hell’s Kitchen.
If you’ve never seen the show, a group of amateur chefs from all walks of life are put
in the competition to try and land a job as an executive chef at one of Gordon Ramsay’s
restaurants.
Now, I only say amatuer because in comparison to the position on the show, that’s what
they might be considered.
Not dis-crediting any of their works or talent.
But the whole premise of the show is that they are basically put through hell; it’s
no secret that Gordan Ramsay is the toughest chef on the planet and has no problem saying
it how it is.
He’s intense.
He’s known for his potty-mouth, his hilarious yet extremely rude insults and his ability
to make people crumble in the kitchen.
But despite the fact that it looks legitimate with real contestants and real diners in restaurants,
apparently some people we see on the show are actually paid actors who are hired to
stir the pot and create some good TV drama.
Like the times you see Gordon getting into it with some contestants to a point where
you think they might get into a fist fight.
It’s not real.
Gordon actually has bodyguards hidden on set that we don’t see.
Some contestants are real competitors and they revealed that there’s no guarantee
to win anything.
Sometimes when you win there ends up being working visa issues, or government grant delays,
and you can be left with nothing in the end.
7) In spot number 7 is The Jerry Springer Show.
Now, I like to keep some faith in humanity and I hope that there’s some people out
there who already know that this show is fake.
I know there are some firm believers that the fist fights and ridiculous plot twists
are all unstaged and real, but I'm here to shed some light for those people.
Now, some things are in fact real.
There are real people who write into the show with their real stories, trying to get on
the show.
But there are also some participants who have admitted that their stories were fake and
they were just actors.
One participant even said that the producers told them before filming that fist-fights
get them more ratings so they would encourage it.
It’s also been revealed that the fight-scenes are pre-planned.
Production has to coach the show participants when to start a fight based on their camera
crew and also their number 1 rule that Jerry has to be at the side of the stage when a
fight is started.
Obviously for safety reasons.
You can’t hurt the money maker, literally.
But i’m still hoping that most of you already knew this.
6) Moving on to number 6 is MTV Cribs.
A big part of my childhood was spent watching this show so this was a little disappointing
to learn.
The show followed all our favourite celebrities as they gave us an exclusive house tour of
their fancy-ass homes.
Basically making you feel like a total peasant.
But when researching for this video I found out something that is now making me question
my entire life.
A lot of mansions and luxury cars that we saw on the show were RENTED for that episode.
Like, some of the celebrities would just straight-up borrow a house for the day and shoot their
episode.
Some people who faked their episodes were: JoJo, Ja Rule, Robbie Williams, 50 Cent, Lil
Bow Wow, and the list goes on and on.
But Karma came back for one of them and Ja Rule ended up getting sued by the real home
owners after he rented it for 4 days and threw a huge party after filming his episode.
5) Half way through our list at number 5 is The Simple Life.
Ladies, don’t even pretend that you didn’t shamelessly watch this show and got a good
laugh out of it.
I was almost mad at myself for how much I liked it.
But for the people who had better time on their hands and chose not to watch it; the
show followed Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie as they stayed with a small town family, and
learned how to live and adapt to a middle-class life.
They didn’t have their cellphones, and the only money they had access to while on the
show was the money they earned from the various part time jobs they had to work.
Seeing these girls trying to milk cows and work a burger joint was honestly hilarious.
And it was totally believable because they obviously come from money so to them it really
was a whole different lifestyle.
But many years after the series ended, Paris admitted that the show was all an act.
She spoke with Access Hollywood and dropped a few truth bombs saying that they were told
to play up these characters.
Paris explained: they said, Nicole you play the trouble maker, Paris you play the ditzy
airhead.
We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into or what a huge success it would be and
that i’d have to continue playing this character for 5 years.
But she admitted that if she was her actual self she doesn’t think it would have been
a success and said that she took that character and turned it into a huge business tool which
made her a massive success on her own.
4) Moving on to number 4 we got Divorce Court.
The show started back in 1957 and has a total of 36 seasons so whether it’s real or not,
it’s been a massive success.
If you haven’t seen it, it’s exactly what it sounds like.
You watch inside the courtroom of real-life divorcing couples who each tell their stories
to the judge, who then ultimately gives the ruling and all that.
But turns out that all of it was fake and someone outed the show with some personal
proof.
One woman revealed that her daughter and her boyfriend were recruited to be on the show.
They were never married, only dating, and were given a backstory by the producers to
lie about and act out on the show.
Since then, more stories have come out and even in the Wikipedia description it says
that the stories are all scripted reenactments of divorce cases but presented by actors.
Honestly, i’d act out a dramatic divorce, I think that would be a fun gig.
Who wants to sign up with me?
3) In the third spot is Survivor.
Now, I don’t know if I’m just in denial about this one but I really don’t want to
believe that this one is fake.
The show has become iconic since it started back in 2000 and now has a total of 38 seasons
which were all a huge success.
The whole premise of the show is contestants sign up and get stranded on a remote island
where they have to try and survive on it.
They face different challenges and tasks in order to win the grand money prize, but people
get voted off each week.
Turns out there is SOME real aspects of the show but a lot of what we see is staged.
Despite being isolated in the wilderness trying to fend for themselves for food, past contestants
have admitted that the producers gave them food and fire, we just didn’t see it.
The producer himself, Mark Burnett, also admitted that it wasn’t the real contestants doing
the challenges.
Turns out they used body doubles to enhance the quality of it since the swimming challenges
and stunts wouldn’t have gone well for average individuals.
Former contestants have also said that production manipulated and controlled who got voted off
each week, so it makes you wonder what parts were actually real.
The deception is killing me, I feel like a fool.
2) Taking over the number 2 spot is Long Island Medium.
This one will be totally opinion based, it will all depend on if you believe in psychics
and the work that they do.
Theresa Caputo is the most famous self-proclaimed psychic in the world and has her own reality
show called Long Island Medium.
The show follows her personal life at home as well as her tours where she does live psychic
reading shows across the globe.
But many people have come forward saying that her show is fake, including her abilities
as a psychic.
People have pointed out that in her live shows when she calls out people from the audience
and starts to say she is feeling a spirit from their life, that they are actually clients
of hers who she has worked with before.
Which would mean that this random spirit she’s coming into contact with isn't so random.
During one of the episodes we see her call out a woman from the audience saying: why
am I picking up baby clothes, and people seemed astonished that she could know something random
like that.
But the woman replied with: Oh, that’s weird.
I just put up a bunch of pictures of baby clothes on my Facebook page.
People have said that she researches members from her audience when they purchase a ticket
online to her show, and then she has some background information to use during her performance.
But like I said, I think this one is all personal opinion based.
Tell me in the comments what you think.
1) Finally, in the number 1 spot is The Bachelor/Bachelorette.
Now, this really shouldn’t come as shocking news to you.
But I do know that there are some die hard fans out there who will try to convince me
that this is in fact real and everything we see is completely unscripted and unplanned.
I’m serious you guys i’ve had this argument with my own sister.
But in October of this year The Bachelor was exposed for staging and reshooting key scenes.
The tea was spilled and it was revealed that the producers often manipulated what the contestants
do and say, and many of the authentic moments that the audience thought they saw, was in
fact coached by production off-screen.
The famous Bachelor spoiler account known as Reality Steve, leaked behind the scenes
footage of them filming a scene from a date multiple different times.
On top of that, a former contestant came forward saying that the scenes were always set up
before filming and said that the cast was always told what to do and say, it’s like
they were acting out scenes, not on a reality show.
Which for me, isn’t surprising, but maybe for those die hard fans it will be.
Alright guys, there is our countdown for today.
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Before I go, i’m going to do some comment shoutouts.
Des Clifton said: I do love ya, miss whatever your name is, but not as much as Lucy lmao
- - honestly, I don't blame you.
I love her more too.
Duane Martin says: wow joce, you look amazing.
Must have a hot date huh?
- - nope, I had an audition.
You can always tell the days I have an audition because i’m normally in some kind of fancy
blazer like that.
Minecraft silent build says: I’m very drunk but I love this list - - i am honoured that
you watch our videos while you’re drunk.
Michelle Wood says: Jocelyn I’m subscribed to all the top 10 family channels - - thanks
so much michelle!