Have you ever watched the social experiment show Big Brother, where people live together isolated from the real world?
I've never seen it, but my friends are always talking about it! Is it a scripted or reality show?
It's not scripted.  It's a reality show that actually began in the Netherlands, but is now syndicated internationally.
Is it a competition show? Do you know what the prize is?
Yes.  Housemates are voted out until only one is lift.  I think the cash prize is $500,000.
Oh wow!! That's a nice chunk of money! How are they voted out, by their housemates, like Survivor, or by viewers, like American Idol?
At regular intervals, the housemates privately nominate a number of their fellow housemates whom they wish to be evicted from the house. The housemates with the most nominations are then announced, and viewers are given the opportunity to vote via telephone for the nominee they wish to be evicted or saved from eviction. The last person remaining is declared the winner.
Some more recent editions have since included additional methods of voting, such as voting through social media and smartphone applications. Occasionally, non-standard votes occur, where two houseguests
and video entertainment. An example is the worldwide hit reality television show "Big Brother", in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras.
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