Contestant Essays

  • Personal Narrative: Broadway Musicals

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    every school production, obsessed over shows, listened exclusively to soundtracks, and was a self proclaimed theater geek. I was so confident that I decided to wager all my $14,000 on this clue. Why not? I’m already ahead of the two other contestants, so if I get this right, I’ll sweep

  • Persuasive Essay On Fantasy Sports

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    making any profit off of those contests (Harwell). Keeping up with sports and trying to predict the performance of players genially start off as a fun hobby for most people. However, when that hobby turns into betting money on the contest and the contestants lose their money how fun is that hobby? Daily fantasy sports contests should be considered illegal as it is turning an enjoyable hobby into gambling problems and could also cause major financial problems for participants. Daily fantasy sports are

  • beauty pageants

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    Some believe that beauty pageants are beneficial to the contestants while others believe that they have negative impacts. Beauty pageants have many good benefits. Some of these benefits are internal. One main internal benefit is that it’s claimed to boost ones confidence (#1). This is so they believe in their selves and aren’t nervous. Another one is that it encourages the contestants (#4). For example, some pageants encourage the contestants to help out in their community. This is so they don’t

  • Compare And Contrast The 1950s And Reality Tv Shows

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    shows both seem to take a quest narrative of how they take this adventure to getting the money. These shows could possibly follow the narrative from rags to riches but I don’t completely agree with that because these shows do not follow show the contestants as extremely poor, the winnings are also are not usually a life changing

  • Child Beauty Pageants

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    the hours of practice she is forced to execute. Up to three million child beauty contestants experience this scenario per year (O’Neill). Glitz beauty pageants exploit young children, teaching them that self-worth is in physical beauty only, while natural beauty pageants teach child contestants that natural beauty and personality is most important, encouraging them to be confident in who they are. Child contestants should not be allowed to compete in glitz beauty pageants; they should only be allowed

  • Analysis of The Weakest Link and the Wheel of Fortune

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    mean, confrontational and intimidating. She faces the contestants with a very stern face and she never smiles or laughs which makes the contestants very nervous and adds to the tension of the show. Her dress is always very black but formal this sets the scene for the show, making it dim all the way through. This is completely different from the Wheel of Fortune's host, Nicky Campbell. He is very friendly and polite with all of the contestants and likes to chat to them about their lives, their

  • Analysis: The Biggest Loser

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    humiliation of its contestants to create entertainment and the audience enjoys this humiliation because it increases their self esteem. The purpose of reality

  • Beauty Contests Are Bad For Body Image

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    they actually harm the contestants more than being fun. Contestants expect a fun experience, but when it is over, individuals suffer from some unsafe effects. Beauty contests hurt more contestants than they help. It is stated that “nearly six participants have suffered from depression” (Bahl 3) in one contest. Suffering from depression at any age is hard, but young children who grow up thinking they are repulsive because they did not win. If beauty pageants want more contestants and

  • Stereotypes Of Reality TV

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    be placed into stock characters, also known as stereotypes (Gleason, 2013). According to Jain (2014) The Drama Queen, The Hunk, The I Am Not A Cute Girl, The Weirdo, The Manipulative Guy and The Know It All Douchebag are six types of reality TV contestants. Besides being able to place the character in a specific role, it is possible that the audience wants to form a relationship with the character. When viewers experience the feeling of knowing the performers in mass media, particularly on television

  • Survivor: The Symptoms Of Groupthink

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    Survivor, especially when it comes close to the time to vote someone off. The contestants are constantly working with and against each other to further themselves in the game. The contestants are always pressuring others to vote for a certain person, usually their weakest link. With this, many times people on the show become so confident in themselves and the game as well, that they get illusions of invulnerability. The contestants that are the most confident in their abilities are usually the ones blindsided

  • Persuasive Essay On Reality Tv

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    is competitive in its narration whereby the contestants are in a competition to showcase their talent of creating the best clothes when presented with challenges that are constrained in theme, materials, and time (Avclub, Sep 14.14). Their designs are judged after showcasing them through paired models and each week one or more contestants who receive lower scores are eliminated. In due course of every season, there is progressive elimination of contestants determined by the scores from judges until

  • Analysis Of American Culture As Seen On The Biggest Loser

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    especially in Eastern Europe, where I am from" (Stone) The Biggest Loser does teach the contestants how to eat better, and how to prepare healthy meals and snacks. In the teaching of food preparation aspect, The Biggest Loser succeeds in teaching what to and what not to eat. The show even illustrates how to pack snacks for the day and how to prepare meals in advance. What is not shown on the show is what the contestants actually are eating each day. Not only is food a part of the show, but so is

  • Rodeo Pageants

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    Beauty pageant contestants are required to wear pageant gowns usually made of silk, jersey, or satin with sequins, swarovskis, and embellishment. Beauty pageant contestants also have to wear a swimsuit in most competitions. On the other hand, rodeo queen dresses are usually made of lace or leather with similar embellishment. These dresses are also usually long or quarter-length sleeve because rodeo pageant judges tend to be very old-fashioned. Rodeo queen contestants also have to have several

  • American Idol: The American Dream or the American Exploitation?

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    Besides showing contestants with amazing talents and touching stories, they also feature an assortment of crazies, oddballs, and just plain weirdoes. It is easy to be amused by these people when watching from afar. However, if one stops to think about these exploited contestants as real human beings, one can imagine how embarrassing being portrayed as a nut job on national television must be. The owners and producers of the American Idol brand exploit and control their contestants, finalists, and

  • Big Boss Analysis

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    infinity numbers of fan followers of Bigg boss. The reality show is based on contestants who have to live 3 months in bb house without any connection with outside world. They have to face eating problem they have to fix their budget they have to perform task they have to eliminate from other housemates in the house. Voting is done to save any one contestant in some times. Each week home mates have to nominate two contestants and then the person with high number of vote will have to beg for audience

  • American Reality Television Music Competitions.

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    but if they say no, the contestant goes home. The next stage is the bootcamp. There, they compete against other contestants. On the bootcamp, the judges separate the contestants into groups (kids and teenagers, bands, age 16-24, and 25 above). The next stage is the “judge’s house”. There, the judges invite one celebrity to help them decide who is going to the next stage after watching a performance in their houses. The last stage are the live shows. After the contestants had shown that they really

  • Monty Hall Problem Essay

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    posed to an excited game show contestant, the Monty Hall Problem continues to fascinate and puzzle mathematicians worldwide. The situation originated on the 1960’s game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” in which a contestant was asked to choose between three doors, one of which had a car hidden behind it. This sounds fairly trivial; the contestant would clearly have a 1 in 3 chance of picking the “correct” door. But, the situation soon becomes more complex. Let’s say the contestant chose door #1. Instead, Monty

  • Heroes versus Idols

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    Today, heroes and idols are seen as almost one in the same, but there are major differences between the two. Martin Luther King Jr. is widely regarded as a hero not only to African Americans, but to the world as well. American Idol contestants are seen as heroes as well, but on a smaller scale. By Definition, a hero is “a man (occas. woman) generally admired or acclaimed for great qualities or achievements in any field,” according to the Oxford Dictionary (OED def. 3A.). Whereas an idol by definition

  • Quiz Shows

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    Quiz Shows Quiz shows were a new type of show that proved to be very popular and enthralling to viewers and thus this is why shows like “who wants to be a millionaire came to power, though what quiz shows were first like is very to different to what we see them as today. The word quiz possibly originates from the Latin word “Qui es?” meaning “who are you?” Jane Austin too used it to mean “An odd looking thing”; it was also used to define a droll or eccentric person. Later it came to mean

  • Childhood Beauty Pageants Interfere with Healthy Child Development

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    More than three thousand pageants a year are held in the United States in which more than one hundred thousand kids under the age of twelve compete (Giroux 39). Some pageants are known to last up to half of a day. With the pageants being so long, contestants resort to drinking energy drinks to stay awake. Some mothers give their children energy drinks and excessive amounts of caffeine so they stay alive and prepared for the judges. “A 2011 study by the American Academy of Pediatrics reported that excessive