Reality Television

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Reality television is a television genre that documents unscripted situations and actual occurrences, and often features a previously unknown cast. The genre often highlights personal drama and conflict to a much greater extent than other unscripted television such as documentary shows. Subgenres include talent competitions, makeovers, dating, and lifestyle documentaries. Reality television has been criticized for being a misnomer--the situations, although unscripted, are engineered, and the participants are often coached in how to say their lines. See the Wikipedia article for more.

List of Reality Television Fandoms

Note: What constitutes inclusion on this list may vary among fans.

• American Idol, reality singing competition/talent search
• The boy band One Direction got their start on The X Factor
• The X Factor, reality singing competition/talent search
• Survival Shows, in K-Pop fandom, survival or audition shows are a part of how new groups are created.