Would-be reality TV contestants 'not looking real'

A growing use of AI is said to be both harming and helping makers of reality TV.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatchHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessWomen at the HelmFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersWould-be reality TV contestants 'not looking real'Valerie Penso-CuculichTV producer Ms Penso-Cuculich says reality TV applicants are using too much AI to alter how they lookValerie Penso-Cuculich knows a thing or two about picking contestants for reality TV shows.

She’s a casting director for such programmes as Love Island USA, The Real Housewives of Dubai, and The Millionaire Matchmaker.

Ms Penso-Cuculich says that AI has made her first contact with applicants far more complicated.

“Potential contestants are increasingly using AI on the photos they post on their social media,” she says. As a result, there is a big uptick in over-filtered images, and people not looking real.

“My main mission is to cast real people, and that makes it hard to wade through that excessiveness. When people show up on Zoom for an audition, I’m not necessarily getting what I expected to see.”

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