Finally – A reality tv show even _I_ wouldn’t watch…

Ya’ll know I am hopelessly addicted to bad reality tv (Survivor may be on hiatus, but Watching Survivor is still posting at least twice a week – Survivor: Rewind, where I watch the first season for the first time and recap as I go, PLUS recaps and comments on the brand new Pirate Masters that premieres thursday night in the regular Survivor Slot. Whoo! (don’t forget Watching Rachael Ray is mine too..) /451 pimpage.)

Ahem. As I was saying – I love me some reality tv – but now I’ve heard of one that even I wouldn’t watch.

A Dutch reality show that claims to be trying to draw attention to a
shortage of organ donors said Tuesday it will go ahead with a program
in which a terminally ill woman will choose a contestant to receive one
of her kidneys.Big Donor Show has been attacked as unethical and
tasteless. At least one member of the Dutch parliament plans to ask the
government to block Friday’s broadcast.

“We know that this program is super controversial and some people
will think it’s tasteless, but we think the reality is even more
shocking and tasteless: waiting for an organ is just like playing the
lottery,” Laurens Drillich, chairman of the BNN network, said in a
statement.

He said waiting lists in the Netherlands are more than four years long and 200 patients die annually for lack of a donor.

The network identified the donor as “Lisa,” a 37-year-old woman with
an inoperable brain tumour. During the show, she will hear interviews
with the three candidates, their families and friends before choosing
who will get her kidney.

The show is being produced by Endemol NV, the creator of the Big Brother series.

I’m all for tasteless exploitation and 15 minutes of fame? But um. No. Just no.