Originally posted by: Me_Anonymous
I just remembered something - All REALITY shows are scripted - in some way. They might not have a 'winner' pre-planned but the personality or character they are going to portray is always pre-decided. I think in one of the CSI episodes, they had Reality shows as the main focus and many other TV programs too have depicted reality shows as one of the topics.
Anywho, the thing I am wondering is when do they (the creative team) decide who is going to be the winner? After the first performance of each contestant or before they have even given their first performance i.e. when they are signing the contracts they already know they won't be the Winner but they will stay in the competition as long as the public keeps them in?
Also, if JDJ5 is scripted then how come the reactions of those eliminated are soo realistic - I have two theories:
(1) either the contestants know beforehand that they won't be the winner but that they'll stay in the competition as long as their scores and votes keep them in - so the disbelieve look they have on their faces is for the shock that they didn't get enough votes; or
(2) they are all really good actors with exceptionally great acting skills for showing such shocked and mixed reactions. See Shibani's elimination or Darsheel's or Gia's or anyone else's for that matter. They all have this 'real' look of disbelieve which is very hard to enact no matter how good an actor you are.
just my 2 cents i.e. conspiracy theory or at least a way to make sense of this JDJ5 world😉😛
I think they start planning the winner either midway depending who is doing well and who has more fan base for the votes. I highly doubt they script it from the beginning cuz they don't know who the audience is connecting with, so may be in 2 to 3 weeks, they would know who is the real deal to stay.
As far as WCs go especially this season since they entered midway, I think they might have been told that they are on JDJ for entertainment purposes and don't belong to the race unless it is someone like Prachi Desai who was backed by one and only Ekta, even her elimination could have been planned who knows. I always thought WCs don't have a shot at winning considering many factors, stupid channel know how to use their audience by bringing such contestants on the stage.