• kamenLady.
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    186 hours ago

    Same here in Germany, but they weren’t sleeping. People were watching because of all the trash whispering and waiting for the first touchy situations inter the covers.

    They even had a time where one channel was broadcasting live nighttime. I think that stopped after a few seasons.

    Those first seasons were pure trash, but so naive, compared to what it mutated to over the years.

      • Justas🇱🇹
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        104 hours ago

        In Lithuanian one (they called it the Aquarium, but the idea was the same) two people fucked under the sheets and they broadcasted that on TV, causing massive uproar because apparently the audience wasn’t really ready for that.

        • Ricky Rigatoni
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          24 hours ago

          If Lithuania want to keep their position as the heirs to Rome then they need to get freaky how the romans did.

      • @SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        Yeah the format was invented by two Dutch guys. Made them very rich when they licensed the format world wide. And years later one of them created The Voice.

        Also this guy, John de Mol, made Fear Factor. So you can probably blame him for keeping Joe Rogan relevant when he was a washed up actor/comedian

      • kamenLady.
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        15 hours ago

        It went on for 13 seasons until 2013 and i just found out that season 14 has been running since March 2024, gasp!

        In between there have been things like Promi Big Brother, the celebrity version.