I’ll start off by saying I don’t actively consume survival shows and the last one I followed religiously was Treasure box and eventhough I’ve tried to indulge in the current crop of survival shows, I can’t help but notice how more needlessly dramatic and cruel they’ve gotten as of recent. I’m not saying the Produce series and past survival shows were saintly pieces of programming(my eyes still twitch a little remembering the position battles in treasure box), but it nowadays seems like the producers are constantly aiming to make these shows as traumatising as possible and it’s getting worse, the recent disqualification of the C trainees in Boys Planet 2 was absolutely horrendous and I backed out from ever watching that show again because of it.
I actually initially thought these formats were normal or it came with the territory of a normal idol survival show but then I watched Japanese idol survival shows like Nonogirls and Produce 101 japan and it’s actually just exclusive to the kpop industry, so I can’t help but feel that these shows are structured intentionally to exploit their trainees and the audience for nothing more than profit and clout and it’s getting worse
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