Reality tv.
Hmmmmm
I suspect not. These types of progs seem to rely on arses being picked to take part. Their subsequent behaviour is the hook for viewers. Remember, AMS is a successful businessman who now has another business based on a model of generating money. He might get some from the partnership with the series winner but the bigger £££££ will come from selling the show itself globally.
Remember the first Big Brother? A novelty that soon deteriorated. In my view a big contributor to the evolution of “Celebrity” as a career. I used to sometimes watch these progs purely for “people watching”.
Of such progs the one I watch is “I am a celebrity...get me out of here”. The bush tucker trials are what takes it away from the rest.
Amstrad.....Alan Michael Sugar Trading .....cheap components and profit.