So You Wannabe on Reality TV

By Jack Benza

There are more than two hundred reality TV shows planned for this year alone. Millions of people have applied to be on these shows; only a handful has been chosen to compete and win big money. One of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581154224
• ISBN13: 9781581154221
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Allworth Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Msnbc

I saw Jack Benza on MSNBC and he intrigued me to read his book. He gave an accurate portrayal of what it is like to be a contestant on these shows. After checking his website out at Realityicon.com I understood what he meant by playing a character.

A must read for Reality TV want to be contestants!

I'm going to admit it all up front. I love reality TV. At least some of it. I watch each and every episode of Survivor and The Amazing Race. I've tuned into portions of The Bachlorette, The Mole and Big Brother (I didn't like that one at all). So when the book, So You Wannabe On Reality TV by Jack Benza hit my desk, I picked it up and began reading it immediately. Whew! This is the book to read if you want to be on TV. I've decided that it is definitely not for me because I'm just too high maintenance and I don't want all of my flaws to be aired on national television. I can't take the humiliation! And I enjoy anonymity far too much. Oh, and my mother really, really loves me and I'd like to keep it that way. Benza has experience with "reality" TV and shares his experience of participating in over thirty reality, dating, and game shows. He's also produced audition tapes for other "wannabe contestants." He discusses the application traps, audition tapes, personal interviews, physical and mental tests and everything else connected to reality TV in a clear and straight-forward, no-holds-barred manner. And it's not always pretty. If you want, really want, to break into reality TV, this just might be the book for you. It might also deter you from following that path, and even Benza would say, don't do it unless you're willing to play a part, be humiliated and suffer other "things" at the hands of the producers. Armchair Interviews says: This book is not only helpful in navigating the reality TV path, but it is both a funny and scary look at this new phenomenon.

Come back To Reality

I thought Jack Benza's portrayal of the Reality World was concise. Never did I know, until now, what it took to be on a Reality show and how I could get on one. Jack broke it down from the audition to getting on TV. Now I'm going to do what it takes to get on Millionaire. Thanks Jack. People read this book!Nadea Soul