British reality shows dominate award nominations
The judges cited Supernanny as an example of a new trend towards more educational reality formats
The success of new formats such as Supernanny and Hell's Kitchen helped Britain's reality shows dominate the nominations for this year's Rose D'Or, with over half the nominations going to British shows.
The judges cited Channel 4's hit show Supernanny, in which child expert Jo Frost dispenses no-nonsense advice to long-suffering parents, as an example of a new trend towards more educational reality formats.
"A powerful trend is clearly seen in formats such as Supernanny, where, by going closer to real family lives, entertainment programmes help improve the knowledge and quality of life of both the participants and viewers, instead of putting them through cruel games," said jury member Daniela Matei, vice-president of production at SBS Broadcasting Group.
Other UK nominees in the reality TV category included Channel 4's Brat Camp, which follows the progress of a group of rebellious British teenagers sent to a US camp to reform; Dragon's Den, a BBC series in which budding entrepreneurs have three minutes to sell their new business ideas to five potential investors, and Hell's Kitchen, in which the famously explosive celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay attempted to turn a group of C-list celebrities into cooks.
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