Despite the (1) ……….. (suggest) by many critics that reality shows would be a very short-lived phenomenon, it is still increasing in (2)………. (popular). Several reality shows are (3) ……….. (current) watched by millions of viewers each night, and it’s clearly a form of (4) …………… (entertain) that’s here to stay. Indeed, a number of people have become (5) ………… (fame) because of their (6)………… (involve) in reality TV shows, and have gone on to have successful careers as singers, (7) ……….. (act) or TV presenters. We can watch with (8) …………. (excite) each night the “goings-on” in the house (or jungle, or bar, or school of arts). The (9) ……….. (converse) between the contestants are interesting, so we don’t get (10) ………..(bore) and there are frequently (11) ………… (vary) conflicts, which provide further (12) ………… (amuse). The contestants have to give some kind of (13) …………. (perform) at the end of the week, that’s even more appealing. But there’s a (14) ……… (say) in the TV industry: “it’s all in the editing” and this is especially true of reality shows.
