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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicReality shows

Topic: Reality shows

Uorfi Javed has done what Rakhi Sawant couldn’t—capitalise on paparazzi attention

In 'Follow Kar Lo Yrrr', whenever Javed appears incredibly relatable. Her journey speaks to the everyday hustle of middle-class life.

I have seen Bigg Boss new episodes. The show has entered a new flop era

The reality show has now morphed into a fake spectacle—it has the entertainment value of a toddler's tantrum at naptime.

Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking S2 is just as catty, spicy as the first, but less white gaze

Seema Aunty is back. Season two is proof that producers took serious note of the feedback the Netflix show received in season one.

$4.56 mn prize, 456 players — In ‘Squid Game’ reality show, contestants won’t be shot if they lose

The Netflix show will mimic the hugely popular original series, where a group of people with debts compete in versions of childhood games to win money as super-rich VIPs watch.

Shark Tank has a winning formula. And it’s taken over TV primetime from soap operas

Such has been the impact of the Shark Tank India that BoAt co-founder Aman Gupta’s “hum bhi bana lenge" has even made it to Zomato’s Twitter page.

Bobby was Bigg Boss’s first gay darling. Today, Salman Khan’s season 15 lacks LGBT+ celebs

In the past, Bigg Boss seasons were hotbeds of conversations around sexuality. But where are they after the abolition of section 377.

Prateek Sehajpal, Biscuit Boys set the theme for Bigg Boss season 15. Jungle politics rule

Bigg Boss first week saw 'kambal mein fumble' with Miesha Iyer and Ieshaan Sehgal stirring controversy. Season 15 hooks viewers.

We all are ‘Too Hot to Handle’ in Covid times. Why reality TV shows are finally relatable

Believe it or not, reality TV shows like ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ are helping us cope with the Covid crisis.

American Idol goes virtual: How reality competition shows are dealing with lockdown life

Singing contest American Idol is adapting to new lockdown life by airing from the homes of the show’s contestants, musicians, judges, mentors and hosts.

Mumbai slums to LA, how this dance troupe chased chance to win America’s Got Talent

V Unbeatable, a team of 29 dancers from slums of Mumbai's Bhayander and Naigaon, found international glory after winning the US reality show. They received $1 million as prize money.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.