Top 10 Worst Reality TV Shows

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[@eddiejoewalt7746]

@waatchmojo is made of stupid people that put KEANU REEVES AS A OVERRATED LIST ARE YOU A BUNCH OF FS

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

⁠@@eddiejoewalt7746Don’t talk about anyone who works at WatchMojo like that. I’m no Keanu Reeves fan, but I don’t lambast them just because they like an actor I don’t like.

[@kristashafer93098]

There was that easily forgettable singing competition that was actually looking for the worst singer, but the contestants were told the winner would get a record deal. I could only stomach the first episode so I don’t know how the competition was run, but I saw a short clip when the “winner” was revealed. They told her in order to get the record deal she would need voice lessons and asked her if she was prepared to put in the necessary work. The whole premise was cruel.

[@ecwdude17]

all of them

[@CashelOConnolly]

Any show that airs pageants,ESPECIALLY children’s pageants! It seems to be a North American thing (although I’m sure there’s many North Americans who are repulsed by them too) In Ireland and that country across the Irish Sea we haven’t broadcast a pageant since the early 80’s and we’ve never had the vile,creepy children’s pageants. Who the hell watches children who are overly sexualised competing in a ‘beauty’ competition,it’s sick,it’s vile and it’s DISGUSTING 🤬🤬

[@justinmosher8163]

Toddlers in Tiaras is clearly the mom living out her own dream in becoming the prom queen that she never was through her daughter.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Same

[@madman00774]

How is "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" only a dishonorable mention? It deserved to be at the Top 3 at least!

[@Chelaxim]

Because the Kardashians are just dumb and not immortal and didn't destroy anyone's lives.

[@josemanuellugo6072]

At least? Should’ve been #1! 😂

[@madman00774]

@@josemanuellugo6072 Agreed!

[@Nik_Key]

And all of their spinoffs

[@NiVi192]

Amen to that, sister!

[@SirAsdf]

Some extra notes about The Swan. Most of the contestants who went on have basically had their lives ruined as a result. See, they kept the contestants in the dark about how they looked until the very end, this is a horrible idea when you're getting plastic surgery, especially on the scale they got. It caused intense body dismorphia and mental trauma, led to their marriages falling apart, and in some the inability for them to even go outside.

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

Didn't one contestant unalive themself?

[@Ninjamohawk]

That's really, really sad.

[@koolchaos7]

​@@rileyfuckingrifle I think it was a family member of one of the contestants actually...the family/friends film stuff talking about the contestants flaws while the contestant is listening but producers canceled one person's interview or something but the contestant still heard all of that and the family member felt so bad that yeah, they ended it

[@bernardomello842]

Don't you think it's their fault too? They willingly signed up for a reality show they knew the premise of. It's so easy to deflect blame on others and not analyse your own actions.

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

@@koolchaos7 Ah. My bad. Still sad.

[@trinaq]

It sickens me that young girls are being exploited from young ages, and made to parade around in skimpy clothing. They deserve to have a childhood.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Some people will do anything to rake in the cabbage (slang for money) they need, including what you said. It’s a different level of deplorable.

[@jessifer23f]

Most of them are church moms that join and organize.

[@TheAeroAvatar]

Most of the parents from Toddlers and Tiaras should absolutely be on a watchlist at Child Protection Services. These girls are being made to look unnatural and overly sensuous. That's abuse. That's undeniable child abuse.

[@brigittegill808]

"Kim, there are people who are dying." That will always be the best response to an unnecessary meltdown😂

[@veronicado1016]

Absolutely 💯😂

[@BigFella117]

The fact that Toddlers and Tiaras went on for seven years is disgusting

[@BigFella117]

@@reedspace8267 Jesus Christ 🤦‍♂️

[@Chaos89P]

It lasted THAT long?! I thought it died out after two or three! Seven, nyueegh...

[@BigFella117]

@@Chaos89P yeah I know. It’s sick

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Another honorable mention goes to the British reality show, "There's Something About Miriam". In this show, six men competed for a £10,000 reward over who could make the best impression on a Mexican model named Miriam Rivera. What the men did not know was that Miriam was actually a transgender woman who had yet to undergo gender-affirming surgery.

[@MarquisDeSacks]

I was SHOCKED that it didn't make the list!

[@getwhatdeserve5039]

How was that not number one? Especially how the guys reacted at the end to the guy that won by laughing at him 😂

[@jeremywilliams5141]

@@getwhatdeserve5039 How is it not even on the list?

[@TheAeroAvatar]

How did that NOT make the list???

[@Chaos89P]

​@@TheAeroAvatar Never heard of this show. Maybe it's an "never appeared across the pond" issue for us?

[@BubblesTheBard]

every parent on toddlers and tiaras should be brought up on abuse charges

[@kendra.1]

The Swan was just awful, seeing all those hateful comments being said about the contestants, even from their own family was just terrible.

[@themadmadamemim2630]

It was the swan for me. I was 20 with a 21 month old and was feeling down about the way my body looked. That show made me feel even more insecure. What a time to be alive, lol.

[@kamsismith]

I Want a Famous Face, Are You Hot, Toddlers and Tiaras and The Swan are the shows that leave me baffled on how they were able to allow these ideas to leave past the brainstorming process.

[@logantrimble006]

A bad idea should stay just that.

[@Tanya-lv1iz]

Honey boo boo sure should’ve been on the list and Teen Mom

[@l-wolverine2211]

Any reality show that features celebrities & random schmucks at their worse are the worse; - The Anna Nicole Show - Skating w/ Celebrities - House of Carters - I Wanna Marry Harry - Brittney & Kevin: Chaotic - The Simple Life - Joe Millionaire - Paris Hilton’s New BFF - Flavor of Love - Sarah Palin’s Alaska

[@Chelaxim]

Flavor of Love was iconic. With quotes still being memes 20 years later.

[@fromthehaven94]

The Masked Singer

[@pipermccool]

Got something against entertainment?

[@PrincessofPower84]

Chaotic was such a hot mess. All I can ask is why?

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

I can't stand Reality TV.

[@flaylikespikachu15]

Me neither. Cuz that's the type of garbage that dare-i-say RUINED CABLE for us all!!!

[@joshuafrench2727]

There was a reality TV show I once learnt about that was similar to 'Are You Hot?'. I forgot what its name was, but it followed the same premise. One of the people on stage was openly bullied and harassed by the judges. If she didn't receive the help she needed back then, she would've taken her own life, as she was suffering from forced body idealism, as well as a traumatic childhood involving how her body looked.

[@unicornzombielove]

Seeing children and toddlers dressed and made up as adult women trying to be physically attractive and sexy for the judges and for an audience is beyond nauseating. It hurts my mind and heart.

[@luisumana1238]

Man, I remember when I actually tried to audition for Kid Nation.

[@melissagrant4178]

I used to watch the show

[@luisumana1238]

@melissagrant4178 I did to, and I'm kinda glad I didn't make it.

[@rebeccamcdermott9259]

The Swan was such a terrible show. There was nothing wrong with any of those women that went on there. All they really needed was a makeover that didn't involve plastic or cosmetic surgery.

[@Sjs3451]

As someone who lives in the UK, I am glad that Toddlers and Tiaras isn't a thing, yet.

[@johnnyblazetb82]

Jersey Shore, Kardashians, etc. Is there any "reality" shows that aren't scripted garbage?

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

No

[@jacksonhart5961]

Survivor

[@The_onset_tutor]

No bachelor or bachelorette. Also surprised the show “my husbands not gay” wasn’t on here.

[@Skinnyd4]

While I would agree that having your every flaw pointed out publicly is awkward at best, I'm not really sympathetic to the people who were on "Are You Hot?" or whatever Number 10 was. That's because these are people who already think pretty highly of themselves and won't go away crushed if they get knocked down a peg or two. If these were "normal" folks getting critiqued this way, it's way worse.

[@Denis-89]

Yeah, despite what video says there are people who have no problem being judged by looks alone, who know they look good and are confident enough to not have breakdown over critique

[@fromthehaven94]

Objectively speaking, the three judges were harsh- based on the clips here and in other similar KZbin videos.

[@vulpixfairy1985]

It really boggles the mind that there are people in higher up positions that actually APPROVE these types of shows and made it on air….

[@msoi215]

When it comes to Toddlers & Tiaras, you can point the finger of blame at a whole lot of adults behind this reality TV show. Especially the parents who allowed their children to be on it.

[@nycstreetpoet]

I expected “A Shot At Love with Tila Tequila” to be somewhere on this list. It was a show where typical MTV bros and some lesbians were trying to court internet has been (her 15 minutes were almost up at this point in time) Tila, who is an open bisexual. The exploitation of the lesbian women was particularly cringey, despite public opinion.

[@johnanderson9765]

It's really not that dufferent from other reality dating shows. Some of the women also were bisexual. At the end of the second season, the person Tila chose was a woman who claimed to be bisexual, but had never actually been with another woman. So she had second thoughts and rejected Tila. Tila was initially sad, but VERY angry with her at the reunion special, and the woman she picked fought back, a lot of bleeps.

[@allys744]

Why is married at first sight off this list? It is a horrible premise. Two strangers MARRYING after being blindly set up and they see how they get along with each other before they might split up. They say you shouldn’t rush into marriage, but these people agree to marry at first sight. It’s a mockery of the entire institution.

[@KebusuNiisan]

Another dishonourable mention is Terrace House, where the production staff was guilty of staging a minor interaction involving a pro wrestler that led to her self-deletion after endless barrage of cyberbullying and death threats.

[@frankbrodie5168]

The Swan is interesting because you would assume that the owners and producers of the concept were fully aware that they were probably walking a very thin line of breaking a few laws regarding incitement to self harm.

[@CashelOConnolly]

TODDLERS AND TIARAS IS/WAS VILE🤢🤬 I find it bewildering that America still broadcasts pageant shows! In Ireland and that other country across the Irish Sea stopped broadcasting pageants in the early 80’s,why? It’s simple,the viewers on mass rejected the degrading and sexist spectacle of women being treated like lumps of meat. As for the phenomenon of kids pageants,I don’t think they even exist in Ireland,they’ve certainly never been broadcast. Children’s pageants are WRONG on every level conceivable,parading kids around (girls) overtly sexualising them is horrific and is so so wrong!!!🤬

[@PrincessofPower84]

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD getting a spray tan? Disgusting!

[@frankieseward8667]

Reality TV has fallen off since the late 00s

[@wstine79]

This is a reason why you should pay your writers and actors well. Or else, we'll have a whole slew of shows like these again.

[@alyzu4755]

Exactly!

[@Markimark151]

The Swan, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, The Kardashians, Jersey Shore, MILF Manor, I Am Jazz, those shows are morally bankrupt! They’re the Cuties equivalent of reality shows! I feel sorry that those kids are being exploited by creepy Netflix producers!

[@Muppet1618]

Who Wants To Marry a Millionaire ... Remember Darva Conger? Yeah, neither do I.

[@marycleary-qe5ou]

The swan led to a,suicide. A woman went in and talked about her sister being ugly. The Shane if it caused her to commit suicide.

[@Blazdragon34]

It really did?! God, that’s awful!

[@michaeldavisnj88]

"Keeping up With the Kardashians" should not be a dishonorable mention. I'd put it near the Top 3 like someone else already said. Plus, where's "Dance Moms" and "Jersey Shore"???

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

The country vs. county vs. continent debate on that one episode of _Love Island_ is so embarrassing to watch.

[@faithhopesimpson2720]

I would have put Milf Manor. Middle aged women trying to connect with the sons of the other woman is creepy, disgusting, and abuse (doesn’t matter if the boy is over 18)

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Reality tv is the worst

[@l-wolverine2211]

Better than some of the Lame Satires on TV right now

[@randyhughes8450]

All of this cause of MTV's Real world and CBS's Survivor in the 90s and 2000's

[@Damien2004]

I agree

[@poke125]

So very true

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

​@@l-wolverine2211 such as?

[@NostromoSulaco1]

This whole list could have been TLC programming alone.

[@deborahbarton3026]

Biggest Loser was harsh and contributed to body shaming

[@logantrimble006]

All reality shows suck. Even the home renovation shows on DYI and so forth are nothing special either. But shows about worshiping beautiful people simply because they're pretty is god-awful. This is why these punks become forgotten about quickly. Goes to show how toxic hollywood can be.

[@Classicchef1982]

Fox takes the cake for worst reality, game, and sitcom series. And not let's not forget that alien autopsy bs.😂😂😂

[@andreking7138]

My mother was disgusted 🤢😠by, Toddlers & Tiaras !

[@introvertsrock9843]

Examples why networks need to stop doing reality shows MTV & vh1 needs to return to music? TLC: multiple crimes revealed ppl committed (financial to much worse) Kartrashians: could have their own list of why it needs to end

[@BardofHorror36]

If they made another season of Kid Nation today, the kids won't survive a single hour. They won't be able to cook, clean, work together and live without a cellphone or games. Plus are so entitled they'll probably end up fighting.

[@MartyWiggins-x2k]

I think that People have warped sense of thinking No reality show with a script editor is real and the sooner ALL reality shows are GONE the better the world will be

[@Maykay524]

5:02 the guy with the “piercing” and glasses!!!! His glasses are pierced or at least has a ring on them to look like he has an eyebrow piercing at first glance. 😂😂😂 that got me!!!

[@Ninjamohawk]

I can't pick one. The whole thing makes me physically ill

[@TheRManProds]

HOW ARE THE KARDASHIANS ONLY A MENTION?!

[@jasondavidstapleton8337]

there are a lot of bad TV shows thank God i never want to be on TV

[@msoi215]

The Moment Of Truth showed that people will say and do absolutely anything for money. Even if it meant hurting the ones they love.

[@ninaharper6282]

I heard about Kid Nation on Jon Tron. Why would parents agree to put their kids through that!?

[@Michael500ca]

Reality TV Shows just suck, period!

[@COMPFUNK2]

The ironic thing about the Pick-Up Artist is that Mystery himself has never been married.

[@jdoyle925]

My "flaw" was my weight, not a slightly high pitch voice! Wait, DO I HAVE A SLIGHTLY HIGH PITCHED VOICE?! Thanks for giving me a complex to ring in the new year with @watchmojo lol

[@24quorthonschuldiner62]

How is Storm Chasers not on this list? anything with Reed Timmer screaming his ass off is cringe inducing trama

[@johnanderson9765]

11:05 Woman: Is that who I think it is? Me: No!

[@pgbaines65]

In the uk we had Mini Pops this had very young children doing some of the most provocative pop songs.

[@bernardomello842]

I would kill to watch a new season of Kid Nation. It seems incredible-nothing like watching kids suffer for our entertainment.

[@ashante190]

I love how Toddlers and Tiaras are often listed on these lists and not Dance Moms.

[@Emily-cw7tj]

I'd like to imagine Dance Moms are what the people from Toddlers and Tiaras turned into 😂

[@msn64man1]

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo

[@letitbeknown8126]

I used to watch Jersey Shore for it's educational value ...............I'm joking...............

[@donniebuie1]

Wow, I didn’t even know about a majority of these shows, sadly enough, they’re all based in America… 😮

[@ChristienBizzle]

I expected "Keeping Up With The Kardashians", "Love & Hip Hop" and "Basketball Wives" to be on here. Only one of them is on here but unfortunately, it's only an honorable mention.

[@jaydenstarling1336]

To be fair all of them are bad

[@GoRicky15]

Besides the obvious issues that a legitimate royal would be allowed to appear on a reality dating show, the guy they chose to portray Prince Harry could only be mistaken for him if you had your eyes closed. In a dark room. At midnight.

[@worldelite5016]

Momoent of Truth was no doubt the best & infamous for a lot of reasons. It shows how people would do any thing for money & teaches it's mush better being single.

[@Chelaxim]

One woman in the Columbian version confessed to a murder and one woman got strangled by her husband after going on the Peruvian version. She put all their business out there and wouldn't give him a dime.

[@ClausMichaelFasting]

Boy meets Boy was a nice competition, i don't mind its premise, but with the controversy, i would've want to question the producer of that show. Period.

[@Denis-89]

it actually would be a nice premise if it was told from the start there is a twist. Throwing it in like that was cruel

[@loganarnoldkicks4321]

Kid Nation slaps 😂, Also WHAT HAPPENED TO JARED IN 2004 ?

[@TheAeroAvatar]

Have the cast and crew of Toddlers and Tiaras faced criminal investigation yet? If they haven't been, they should be.

[@Animeguy300]

Top 20 Best Masked Singers

[@wbl_unlimited]

Two words. Dance Moms.

[@loganarnoldkicks4321]

What are you talking about ? Kid Nation is a MASTERPIECE! (Other than what happened to Jared in 2004)

[@mgonzal8]

The only thing worse than most of these shows is this guy's narration.

[@thebigorangecouch6261]

Completely agree with you there. It was like a bang to the ears.

[@liamn.watson4867]

Didn’t Travis Walton make an appearance on The Moment Of Truth to discuss his Abduction incident? If it wasn’t this show, it was something very similar.

[@sidthekid456]

Too muscular?!?? He looks like he was carved from stone!!!!!!!!

[@fromthehaven94]

@9:24 Probably David Zaslav, the current CEO of Warner Bros Discovery.

[@MrHorrorking13]

You have no idea how much I hate and despise reality TV shows. They are pointless, mindless garbage that have destroyed great channels and infected streaming apps as well. Especially bullshit Real Housewives and shows about rich people showing off their stuff.

[@jennifergreen6510]

Not all of them are pointless. Look at competition shows like MasterChef, for instance. I think that renovation shows would also count as reality shows like Bar Rescue and Restaurant: Impossible. Those shows focus on fixing up food and drinking establishments that are in danger of closing down due to financial problems. That's hardly a pointless thing.

[@TheRManProds]

I REMEMBER KID NATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Panwere36]

__*Alll reality shows are offensive and degrading!!*_ Reality television was the worst thing to ever be allowed.

[@ninaharper6282]

Boy meets Boy and Who's Your Daddy were just sick!

[@DBToy]

Dam 20,000 people are this bored right now that we needed a little cringe in our life’s lol it’s only been 20 seconds lol

[@ashtontk-rw7mo]

Any reality show from MTV and VH1 is garbage. All kinds of atrocious.

[@flaylikespikachu15]

All reality shows like that deserve a special place,.... IN THE TRASH THAT IS!!

[@FallingStar85]

Teen Mom and My Super Sweet 16 should be on here. Both shows glamorized horrible behavior.

[@philipwilkinson3088]

It’s got to be the hardest list of all this, picking the worst ten, they are all cheap, tacky T.V.

[@abellewis3062]

I disagree with Dating Naked being on this list. That was my favorite show. Enough said.

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! I had something to say, but forgot at 12:45 .

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

Married at first sight

[@juandeldiablo696]

Only good thing about toddles and tiaras was the inspiration for the bad grandpa movie

[@666Brago]

It's no coincidence that a majority of these have to do with dating/relationships.

[@msoi215]

When it comes to #10, the title of the show should've been called, "Body Shaming"

[@bernardomello842]

What's a Kashassian?

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

All reality shows are the worst and they are nothing but an insult to the intelligence! I just watch old classic cartoons from my childhood. It's much more entertaining than this!

[@frankbrodie5168]

"Dani Behr appears in yet another 'worst of TV' list shocker!" For an absolutely stunningly pretty lady, that poor lass didn't half get saddled with some of the worst things ever as TV shows that she took part in. She must have the least effective showbiz agent in the whole world. lol

[@Brotherofthe4thCompany]

How is MTV’s “My Own” not on this list.

[@Outsider36]

Toddlers & Tiaras is just wrong. WRONG. Those women are terrible mothers, who shouldn't have kids.

[@wizzydoesdallas3408]

I think Toddlers and Tierras was a good idea "in theory". If it would have only focused on the Dark side and horrible nature of those people.

[@timbevan6165]

How in the world did you guys miss "MILF Manor"? That should have been #1 running away.