Viewers of "Loft Story" 20 years ago.
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On the occasion of the 20 years of reality TV, "20 Minutes" offers a series of articles on this phenomenon which has shaken the small screen.
We asked our readers who saw the explosive arrival of reality TV, with “Loft Story” in particular, to tell us their memories and to tell us if they continue to watch this type of program.
Opinions are rather divided, but many regret the spontaneity of the first reality TV candidates.
They were leaving school when Loana entered the loft.
And it's a whole generation of viewers who grew up seeing reality TV squatting on the TV program.
Twenty years after the arrival of the first shows, readers responded to the
20 Minutes
call
(and thank you for the many responses!) To share their memories and their relationship to reality TV.
Enzo, 30, remembers
Loft Story
, and "hatred in front of the M6 studios", but also "the blossoming of Jenifer" at
Star Ac
: "It was all a revolution in television.
It was like following a series: we always wanted more!
".
And Sophie continues: "It was worse than a drug, I was addicted to the point of watching reruns late at night."
Aged 35 and therefore a teenager at the time, she remembers “the enthusiasm that it created among young and old alike.
We hit each other.
"
"My boyfriend was recording me the
Loft shows
"
And this madness is necessarily accompanied by some nice anecdotes: “For the
Loft
, I was in London, says for example the young forty-something Marie.
My boyfriend in Paris had recorded the shows for me for my return ”.
Barbara had "used all my units at the college phone booth to vote for Jean-Pascal," says the 31-year-old.
But are these former fans watching or skipping reality TV today?
Lily, who took part in certain castings, continues at 38 years of age to follow certain programs "because I am attached to the candidates and I am always fascinated by their reactions".
"Watching the
Marseillais
is my 'brain disconnection' moment"
Imane, 30, saw the debut of this new TV alongside her big brother and big sister.
After a break during her college years, she rediscovered her old habits there: “Strangely, it was when I started my working life that I got back to it, at first sparingly, and recently I got back to it. background.
I watch to relax and be entertained.
I often have very intense days at the level of intellectual concentration, so for me, watching the
Marseillais
is my moment of "unplugging the brain" ".
The
Marseillais
, Charlotte always says to continue to watch them, just like
The villa of broken hearts
: “In my entourage, many watch these programs to relax and have a little laugh.
I think we should not demonize them but be clairvoyant, explains the young woman of 24 years.
We went from a spontaneous and unfiltered reality TV to a much more scripted TV experience.
Suddenly the experience for the viewer is different.
Today when I watch
Les Marseillais
- often in replay - I already know what to expect.
I click on the "reality series" category, and I find there the codes of the B series or soap-operas.
You have to look at these shows with hindsight, as you would watch a bad show.
"
Nostalgia and evolution of viewers
According to our study #MoiJeune
20 Minutes
- OpinionWay *, a decrease in enthusiasm for these shows has been observed: for two years, 62% of young people who still watch reality TV say they watch rather less than before.
And for good reason: 54% think that the state of mind has changed, 52% no longer like these shows ...
Tiffany, 32, has changed the style of programming: “Today, I prefer to watch
Top Chef
,
Beijing express
or
Moms and famous
.
It's more entertaining ”.
Because if reality TV has evolved in two decades, so have viewers.
Also according to our survey, among those who attended the debut of this TV, 51% are nostalgic for these shows (completely or a little).
Many of the testimonies collected evoke "programs today more worked, jerky editing", "always the same stories with the same heads", "the impression that everything is scripted" or "fake" and especially a "loss of spontaneity. Of the current candidates.
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* Study #MoiJeune 20 Minutes - OpinionWay conducted online on March 25, 2021 with a representative sample of 698 young people aged 18 to 30 (quota method).
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