Editing Reality television (section)

==== Social experiment ====
Another type of reality program is the [[social experiment]] that produces drama, conflict, and sometimes transformation. British TV series ''[[Wife Swap (UK TV series)|Wife Swap]]'', which began in 2003, and has had many spinoffs in the UK and other countries, is a notable example. In the show, people with different values agree to live by each other's social rules for a brief period of time. Other shows in this category include ''[[Trading Spouses]]'', ''[[Bad Girls Club]]'' and ''[[Holiday Showdown]]''. ''[[Faking It (UK TV series)|Faking It]]'' was a series where people had to learn a new skill and pass themselves off as experts in that skill. ''[[Shattered (2004 TV series)|Shattered]]'' was a controversial 2004 UK series in which contestants competed for how long they could go [[sleep deprivation|without sleep]]. ''[[Solitary (TV series)|Solitary]]'' was a controversial 2006-2010 [[Fox Reality Channel|Fox Reality]] series that isolated contestants for weeks in [[solitary confinement]] pods with limited sleep, food and information while competing in elimination challenges ended by a quit button, causing winners to go on for much longer than needed as a blind gamble to not be the first person to quit.

The Dutch series ''[[De Verraders]]'', adapted internationally as ''The Traitors'', features contestants divided into two factions—the "traitors" and the "faithful"—and competing in challenges to build a cash jackpot awarded in the finale; three contestants secretly designated as "traitors" (which are known to the viewers) have the ability to secretly eliminate ("murder") other contestants each night, while the remaining contestants try to figure out the identities of the traitors so they can attempt to "banish" them in elimination votes. The jackpot is split among the faithful if they eliminate all of the traitors, but is split among the traitors if they fail.