I used to watch the X-Factor, back when it was a simple singing show, and they added all the fancy chair changing, etc.
But BEFORE this we had Popstars: The Rivals in 2002.
There was a competition to end up in a boy banned (One True Voice – Who? LOL) or a girl band (Girls Aloud – you may have heard of them and/or Cheryl Cole LOL!). The girls won, but to be fair, their final song was awesome! [The Sound of the Underground – so impossibly catchy and sexy].
I'm fascinated when Simon Cowell takes five random people and forms a band – One Direction anyone? But, I didn't want to make a group that was ballads, and poppy, I wanted to form a prog-rock in-your-face type band, where two of the band have a hidden romance.
Then Meredith Russell made an awesome cover and suddenly I was writing the book!
If you like singers, bands, romance, and a HEA, you might want to check it out.
Boy Banned
The judges of the reality television show, SING UK, create a boy band from near-miss hopefuls. Agreeing to become part of the new band means Corey has to hide who he is and what Angel has come to mean to him. Is winning worth the price Corey and Angel have to pay?
Reuben “Angel” Jacobs is one step away from giving it all up. Losing a place in the live finals of Sing UK almost kills him. He has no choice but to go home and work for the family business, even though it means giving up his dreams and proving his old bullies right.
Corey Dixon is a rocker at heart. Being on the spectrum means that making sense of other people’s ‘normal’ is hard in itself, let alone in the chaos of a high-powered competition. Singing is his safe space, the only way he can think through the noise in his head. Messing up his audition for the live shows means his journey is over, and it’s the worst day of his life.
The judges throw them a lifeline and create a boy band from the near-miss hopefuls. Angel, Corey, and three others are put together in a room and offered the chance to sing as a group. Agreeing to become part of the new band means Corey has to hide who he is and what Angel has come to mean to him.
Is winning worth the price Corey and Angel have to pay?
The closest I come would be “Masked Singer”, assuming it classifies as a “reality” show.
I have never watched reality shows 😳
Used to watch a lot of them, but nothing these days unless it has a new twist, or is a gay dating/romance one 🙂
I watched the 1st series of Pop Idol some years back. no longer watch reality shows, unless you count Strictly.
No I don’t watch reality shows. I loved this book though!!!
Congratulations on the new book, RJ!
I don’t watch TV at all (nor do I stream or …), but I’m happy to read a good book on just about any subject.
I don’t watch a lot of TV these days, and I actively avoid reality TV, lol. Books FTW.
I don’t own a TV. I like reading stories best.
Unless you count the BBC Great British Bake Off as a reality show I can only say no.
Yes. My favorites are the dancing, baking and pottery competition shows.
congratulations on the new release.
I use to watch several. I loved tge Voice, the one where they are locked in A House ( forgot the name, the bachelor. and one where they sang Accopela. now I do t watch much TV.
I like to watch House Hinters.
I don’t watch much TV these days, I prefer to read!! Loved the b0ok and the cover too!
If you count, ‘Strictly’, as a reality show then that’s the only one I watch and only start it half way through after the really bad ones have already gone.
Love The Dog House & Dog House Australia. Love Lego Masters Australia. Love singing shows like Australian Idol & The Voice. Enjoy I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, home renovation shows like The Block, Bargain Block. Like Dancing with the Stars. Currently watching The Summit and Dream Home.
I spend a lot of time reading now but I can read and watch shows like this at the same time.
used to watch Pit Bulls & Parolees, North Woods Law, Ice Road Truckers. Sadly they are all gone now.
I do still watch Masked Singer and AGT but I’d call them competition shows not reality shows.
oh my goodness. so many reality shows here in aus. i love the cop ones but the most popular ones (for others) seem to be Farmer Wants a Wife and Married at First Sight. I dislike the second one with a passion. I think it makes a mockery of marriage tbh.Another that I do love is Dog House where people go to an animal rescue centre looking for the dog they need to complete their family (so many tears lol). Also love the ones that follow ambulance crews and hospitals…..looks like i watch more reality tv than i realised lol!!!!
I’ve dabbled with reality TV, mostly watching over someone else’s shoulder. Stuff like the Bachelor, Drag Race, that one makeup show I can’t think of the name 😂
I’m weirdly hooked on The Masked Singer, and once in a blue moon I’ll watch Dancing With The Stars or The Family Stallone…
I do not watch reality shows. I actually forgot I owned the above book! It is now going to the top of TBR list; it’s time for a rockstar story!
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