our obsession with relationship reality tv...

​Did you know Sophie Monk is going to be the new Bachelorette? No?… Who? Some of you are only vaguely aware the show even exists or who Sophie Monk is. Some knew the day it was announced and already speculated on what she’d be wearing.
 
Once again, is this going to be celebrity news getting far more air time than it’s really worth? Then again, here in Australia, there’s something else at play. READ ON for my latest blog on why the obsession...
 
We really, really love our reality relationship shows. If you’re disputing this and you have an intense “unlike”, this does not apply to you. I bet you know someone who does though.
 
The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, The Seven Year Switch, Married At First Sight — every channel you surf, there’s another reality relationship show staring you down. Did I mention The Last Resort? This is the one where couples at rock bottom are sent on an intensive relationship Boot Camp to see if they can hold their relationship together.
 
But why?
 
Why is there such a large market in a country with such a relatively small population for such a specific niche? Why does watching other people’s relationships enthrall us so?
 
It turns out there are a few reasons. From where I’m sitting in my tracky dacks those nights I’m not in the therapy room, they’re actually more interesting than the shows themselves.

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