The Japanese series aired in 1998 and was watched by 17 million people a week.
Viewers have slammed an old reality series they’ve branded ‘evil’ Viewers have been shocked after discovering the details of a one-off reality series that saw its star locked up alone in a room for an entire year. In 1998 aspiring comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu attended an audition for the Japanese reality show named Susunu!Denpa Shonen or, Do not proceed, Crazy Youth.
The shocking story is the centre of the recently released documentary The Contestant, which details what unfolded at the time, whilst also investigating ‘the ethical concerns of reality entertainment in the 21st century’. He spent a year locked up in an apartment having to earn items to live off However, after tuning in, people have made it clear what happened at the time was truly ‘evil’. ‘Watched The Contestant and can’t believe something this deceptive and cruel was allowed.
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