Survival Live: Reality TV a form of Hunger Games?

Reality TV is to descend down a new warped path by stranding eight contestants in the wilderness for 42 days for the show Survival Live. In a mix of The Hunger Games and Lord of the Flies, viewers will be able to monitor the survivalists’ progress on a website that tracks their biometric data, revealing who is suffering the most, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Home truths

They screw up their lines and goof around, so the presenters of The 4.30 Show like to forget they are watched by thousands around the country. The fresh faces of TV2’s replacement for The Erin Simpson Show like to keep it real on screen.

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Why does music move us?

Back in 1933, Hungarian jazz pianist Rezso Seress composed a melancholic piece of music called Gloomy Sunday, allegedly while feeling blue after splitting with a lover. Originally an instrumental, it became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and, with the addition of English lyrics, Billie Holiday turned it into a hit during the World War II

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