Five secrets behind popular reality TV shows

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Wednesday 20 February 6:44 a.m.

By Jay-Jay Feeney

The website Cracked.com has revealed 5 Depressing Realities Behind Popular Reality TV Shows.

1. No One from "The Biggest Loser" Can Keep the Weight Off
"Once [it's] over, they go back to their normal 9-to-5 lives, which typically do not include controlled diet and exercise. They cannot possibly continue a weight loss program as intense as the one on the show."

2. Almost Every Restaurant on "Kitchen Nightmares" Goes Out of Business
"Only about a third of the restaurants GORDON RAMSAY 'rescues' actually manage to stay open once he leaves them.

3. The People on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Can't Afford to Keep Their New Homes
“The show's producers may cover all the construction costs, but the lucky homeowners are left on their own [to maintain it] . . . and to figure out how they're going to cover the power and water bills and property taxes that have skyrocketed as a result of their extreme home makeover."

4. Oprah Makes People Pay for Their Free Cars
"Unfortunately, receiving a luxury item as a prize on a TV show doesn't exempt you from having to pay the accompanying taxes."
Technically, Oprah could've saved the audience from paying taxes by declaring the cars "gifts" and not "prizes" . . . but in order to do that, she probably would've needed to pay for them herself.

5. "Storage Wars" Capitalizes on People's Misfortune and Is Probably Staged
"The reason these abandoned treasures are abandoned is that the original owners of the units failed to make pay rent.

Also The producers would PLANT valuable items in otherwise worthless lockers, and the auctions themselves were scripted.