Hard News: We invented everything
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We went to a party at the Flatmates house. We were students at the time and knew one of the tenant and if I recall the invite went along the lines of: "...somethingsomethingsomething free beer from the TV people!"
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we were rather winningly crap at it
In our household we have theorised that everyone on NZ reality shows is too pleasant and well-adjusted to really give us the goods, nutbar-wise. All the judges on New Zealand's Next Top Model, for example, were so *logical* and *supportive* of the models - none of that crazed self-obsessed inconsistency that's so prevalent on America's Next Top Model (and we don't have the Pure Unadulterated Evil that is Tyra, of course). I think this was really brought home to me a few weeks ago when watching Masterchef, and four members of a team were each asked which member of their team should go home - a prime under-the-bus-throwing opportunity! - and *every single one* of the cheftestants said 'oh, I should. I was the weakest performer'. I mean, it was *nice*, and I felt very tender towards them all for being so self-deprecating, and I would love it in real life, but it doesn't make for much televisual drama, does it?
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We didn't have Non-Celebrity Treasure Island first; we jumped straight to the variant.
Umm ... yes we did and no we didn't. There was definitely a non-celebrity Treasure Island first. Two seasons of it, I think (prize in the first one was $5000, the second, I think $25,000).
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Don't dish NZs Hottest Home Baker - it was so Hot it was cool, ice cold even.
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WTF? Dude, no. Flatmates was an obvious local attempt at MTV's 1992 groundbreaking The Real World reality series - a bunch of attractive young people living in a house (not a studio), followed by cameras and with the freedom to leave the house.
Big Brother was definitely inspired by The Real World but it was conceived before Flatmates went to air.
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Agree w Robyn - I recall writing a story for Pavement on the first MTV Real World series prior to it screening here, prob 93 or 94. Flatmates was totally a derivative of Real World.
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I'm mystified by the perceived Popstars-Idol relationship. Can comebody please explain how "Popstars" -- a reality show about the trevails of a pop group -- was the earlier form of "Pop Idol" -- a talent show, in which contestants get knocked out on a weekly basis (a format which has been around for some time)?
From what I can tell, the "Popstars" format was sold overseas (see: Hear'say) and was a direct rival to "Pop Idol" in the UK, and a contractual arrangement between the two resulted in no other "Idol" version having the name "Pop" in the title (cite: Wikipedia).
Edit: happy to concede I may be mis-remembering the "Popstars" format.
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Treasure Island first. Two seasons of it, I think
Yeah, two seasons of Treasure Island. The second one included Clark Gayford before he was famous.