Reality TV is more popular than ever, and Netflix has become a go-to place to watch these shows. If you love reality TV or want to see what’s trending, here are a few shows you might want to check out.
The Great British Baking Show
When it comes to comfort food, The Great British Baking Show is the ultimate word, known for its friendly competition. In each episode, amateur bakers face themed challenges in a tent. The contestants have to impress the judges with their sweet treats, with one baker eliminated each week until a winner is crowned the UK Best Amateur Baker. They are also known for their supportive gestures toward other contestants, gentle humour, and delicious baked goods.
Is It Cake?
The baking competition involves contestants coming together to create a hyper-realistic cake disguised as an everyday real object. The contestants create cakes that look like handbags, exercise equipment, camping gear, and other common objects. The judges then have to guess which objects are the cakes and which are the fakes. The winner in each episode takes a $5,000 cash prize.
Love is Blind
This reality TV show tests the limits of real love by focusing on emotional connection over physical attraction. Without seeing each other, couples get to know each other in pods; they meet face-to-face only when they are engaged. The premise of the reality TV show is to find love based on personality by all dating happening in pods before the real meet-up. Once they put a ring on it, the couples then live together in their home cities to test their bond. So, will their love survive? The true test happens at the altar, where they choose to tie the knot or untangle themselves from the relationship.
Love On the Spectrum
This heartwarming Netflix reality show follows a series of young adults with autism as they navigate the challenges and joys of finding love, dating, and relationships with the assistance of relationship coaches. Now in its third season, the beloved show has a new group of hopeful romantics. There is also a second season of Love on the Spectrum Australia.
Million Dollar Secret
In this reality TV show, 12 contestants live in a mansion together, but one contestant secretly has $1 million in their room. He or she is tasked with hiding their identity while others hunt for clues to figure out who really has the $1 million. This reality TV show offers an interesting viewing experience as it creates a tense game of paranoia and betrayal, while others navigate challenges and deception to expose the person and claim the prize.
The Mole
This is a reality competition series where contestants work collaboratively to earn money for a shared prize pot; one contestant is secretly a saboteur, placed by the producers to undermine their efforts and cause them to lose the money. The whole point of the show is that the contestants have to dig for clues to find the saboteur, which leads to a lot of bickering and backstabbing along the way.
Selling Sunset
This reality TV show follows a group of high-end real estate agents from the Oppenheim Group, a high-end brokerage firm in Los Angeles. The real drama of the reality TV show unfolds when you get to watch the clashes and alliances among agents as they outbid each other in trying to sell luxury mansions, with more drama and more gorgeous fashion choices showcased in each episode.
David Messiha | Staff Writer
