Editing Reality television (section)

=== Instant celebrity ===
[[File:One Direction at the Logies Awards 2012.jpg|thumb|The English-Irish [[boy band]] [[One Direction]] formed during the [[The X Factor (British series 7)|seventh series]] of the British singing competition ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor]]'' in 2010, and later became one of the [[Boy band#Best-selling boy bands|best-selling boy bands]] of all time.]]
Reality television has the potential to turn its participants into national [[celebrity|celebrities]], at least for a short period. This is most notable in talent-search programs such as ''Idol'' and ''The X Factor'', which have spawned music stars in many of the countries in which they have aired. Many other shows, however, have made mostly temporary celebrities out of their participants; some participants have then been able to parlay this fame into media and merchandising careers. Participants of non-talent-search programs who have had subsequent acting careers include [[Lilian Afegbai]], [[Jacinda Barrett]], [[Jamie Chung]], [[Stephen Colletti]], [[David Giuntoli]], [[Vishal Karwal]], [[NeNe Leakes]] and [[Angela Trimbur]]; though Barrett and Trimbur were already aspiring actresses when they appeared on reality television. Reality TV participants who have become television hosts and personalities include [[Nabilla Benattia]], [[Rachel Campos-Duffy]], [[Kristin Cavallari]], [[Colby Donaldson]], [[Raffaella Fico]], [[Elisabeth Hasselbeck]], [[Katie Hopkins]], [[Rebecca Jarvis]], [[Jodie Marsh]], [[Heidi Montag]], [[Tiffany Pollard]] and [[Whitney Port]]; some of them have had acting careers as well. Reality TV participants who have become television personalities as well as successful entrepreneurs include [[Gemma Collins]], [[Lauren Conrad]], [[Jade Goody]], [[Bethenny Frankel]] and [[Spencer Matthews]]. Several cast members of MTV's ''[[Jersey Shore (TV series)|Jersey Shore]]'' have had lucrative endorsement deals, and in some cases their own product lines. Wrestlers [[The Miz|Mike "The Miz" Mizanin]] and [[David Otunga]] got their start on non-athletic reality shows.

In [[Australia]], various reality TV personalities have later served as radio hosts, including Fitzy and Rachel Corbett from ''[[Big Brother (Australian TV series)|Big Brother]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/big-brother-contestant-and-radio-nerd-make-peace|title=The Big Brother contestant and the Radio Nerd make peace {{!}} radioinfo.com.au|website=www.radioinfo.com.au|date=September 29, 2009|access-date=May 1, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116034154/https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/big-brother-contestant-and-radio-nerd-make-peace|url-status=live |author1=Iamadmin }}</ref> Mick Newell from ''[[My Kitchen Rules (series 4)|My Kitchen Rules]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/mkrs-mick-makes-breakfast-hobart|title=MKR's Mick makes breakfast in Hobart {{!}} radioinfo.com.au|website=www.radioinfo.com.au|date=April 10, 2013|access-date=May 1, 2017|archive-date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018000209/https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/mkrs-mick-makes-breakfast-hobart|url-status=live |author1=Iamadmin }}</ref> Heather Maltman from ''[[The Bachelor (Australian TV series)|The Bachelor]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/sea-fm-serves-fresh-new-breakfast-show-gold-coast|title=Sea FM serves up a fresh new breakfast show on the Gold Coast {{!}} radioinfo.com.au|website=www.radioinfo.com.au|date=November 20, 2016|access-date=May 1, 2017|archive-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122185138/https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/sea-fm-serves-fresh-new-breakfast-show-gold-coast|url-status=live |last1=Napier |first1=Kim }}</ref> and Sam Frost from ''[[The Bachelorette (Australian TV series)|The Bachelorette]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/rove-and-single-woman|title=Instant Access {{!}} radioinfo.com.au|website=www.radioinfo.com.au|date=November 23, 2015|access-date=May 1, 2017|archive-date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018001033/https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/rove-and-single-woman|url-status=live |author1=Iamadmin }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/2dayfm-start-2017-new-breakfast-team|title=2DayFM to start 2017 with a new breakfast team {{!}} radioinfo.com.au|website=www.radioinfo.com.au|date=January 5, 2017|access-date=May 1, 2017|archive-date=January 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107173733/https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/2dayfm-start-2017-new-breakfast-team|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some reality-television alumni have parlayed their fame into paid public appearances.<ref name=Aurthur>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/arts/television/10aurt.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&oref=slogin|author=Aurthur, Kate|title=Reality Stars Keep on Going and Going|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 10, 2004|page=2|access-date=December 19, 2010|archive-date=April 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416213626/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/arts/television/10aurt.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&oref=slogin|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=CNNMoney>Childers, Linda (July 7, 2011). [https://money.cnn.com/2011/07/06/smallbusiness/rick_harrison/ "Rick Harrison of 'Pawn Stars' spills success secrets"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021314/https://money.cnn.com/2011/07/06/smallbusiness/rick_harrison/ |date=November 12, 2020 }}. [[CNN Money]].</ref>

Several [[socialite]]s, or children of famous parents, who were somewhat well known before they appeared on reality television shows have become much more famous as a result, including [[Paris Hilton]], [[Nicole Richie]], [[Kelly Osbourne]], [[Kim Kardashian]], and many of the rest of the [[Kardashian]] family.

Reality television personalities often get derided as "[[A-list|Z-list]] celebrities". Some have been lampooned for exploiting an undeserved "[[15 minutes of fame]]".<ref name=InsideEdition>[http://insideedition.com/news/7392/kim-kardashian-is-fighting-back-against-backlash.aspx "Kim Kardashian Is Fighting Back Against Backlash"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115031000/http://insideedition.com/news/7392/kim-kardashian-is-fighting-back-against-backlash.aspx |date=January 15, 2012 }}. ''[[Inside Edition]]''. December 21, 2011</ref> The [[Kardashian family]] is one such group of reality television personalities who were subject to this criticism in the 2010s,<ref name=InsideEdition/><ref>*[http://www.theimproper.com/18677/elton-john-trashes-kim-kardashian-reality-television "Elton John Trashes Kim Kardashian, Reality Television"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174053/http://www.theimproper.com/18677/elton-john-trashes-kim-kardashian-reality-television |date=February 12, 2012 }}. The Improper. February 4, 2011.
*Vanderberg, Madison (December 23, 2011). [http://www.hollyscoop.com/kim-kardashian/kardashian-family-the-backlash-of-being-overexposed.html "Kardashian Family: The Backlash of Being Overexposed"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511190015/http://www.hollyscoop.com/kim-kardashian/kardashian-family-the-backlash-of-being-overexposed.html |date=May 11, 2013 }}. Hollyscoop.
*Gostin, Nicki (December 12, 2011). [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/jonah-hill-the-sitter-kardashians_n_1146242.html "Jonah Hill Talks 'The Sitter,' Weight Loss And Disgust With Kardashians"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001184049/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/jonah-hill-the-sitter-kardashians_n_1146242.html |date=October 1, 2018 }}. ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.
*Marikar, Sheila (March 19, 2012). [https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/03/jon-hamm-defends-kim-kardashian-criticism/ "Jon Hamm Defends Kim Kardashian Criticism"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111065057/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/03/jon-hamm-defends-kim-kardashian-criticism/ |date=January 11, 2020 }}. [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]].</ref> Kim Kardashian in particular.<ref>Mitchell, Houston (July 14, 2012). [https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-jul-14-la-sp-sn-ronda-rousey-kim-kardashian-20120713-story.html "Ronda Rousey wants to beat up Kim Kardashian"] . ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>