Amazing Race: All Stars

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by lashbear

I just think the whole concept of "[insert reality show here] All-stars" is fvcked.

...so lets diddle some good needy folk out of the contest, and give the million dollars to someone who's already won that (or similar) amount.

But if an All-Star show renews audience interest (either by attracting fans of earlier seasons that have stopped watching back, or as is the case for CP and I, attracting new fans all together), they are potentially buying longevity for the series, affording more people the opportunity than if ratings tank and the show is canceled a season later.

I don't see any responsibility for reality show producers to be altruistic. If you're someone who is really in need of money, applying for a reality show is a piss-poor method of remedying that with an abysmal success rate. Appeals to "so and so 'deserves' the money because of their sob story" never hold much sway with me. Just play the game. Of course, if someone manages to use their sob story to gain an advantage in the game, more power to then, it's a perfectly valid game strategy. But I'd still consider the other contestants twits if they "fall" for that.