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Zeus posted...

Personally, I want to believe these shows are at least partly real and the rest is just editing =x

Granted, I imagine that at least some winners on reality shows are likely chosen by producers from the onset. It would certainly explain a recent Dancing with the Stars season where -- in addition to greater talent being overlooked -- the winner just happened to be starting on another reality tv show from the same network (either Bachelor or Bachelorette).

Alot are total fake, like house hunters, they already have a house, and the 2 other choices are just made up to create the show (I used to watch with my wife). I'm pretty sure the bachelorete is mostly fake as well (if not totally), and dancing with the stars is generally in the bag as they already know who is the best dances and who the audience is likely to vote for etc before hand (even if they use the audiences votes).

Most are fake, but Survivor at least supposedly has some real portions and anyone has a chance to win when they first start. They do hand pick the contestants though, which gives at least some idea of who is bringing what to the table and who is most likely to win, but I think other than that, it's mostly left to play out without interfering with the players choices/actions etc.

Me and my wife were big fans of Rupert back in the day, and Colby and a few others, but it's been like 10+ years since we watched at this point.

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