Journalist Martin Weill offers Tuesday evening on TMC the survey "Reality TV: the new influence".

He was the guest of the program "Culture Médias" and detailed at Philippe Vandel's microphone the dark sides of this type of entertainment, which has become a career plan for the candidates.

INTERVIEW

20 years after his arrival in France, reality TV continues to cause a scandal.

TMC broadcasts Tuesday evening 

Reality TV: the new influence

, an investigation by journalist Martin Weill who points out the flaws in these entertainment shows.

Guest of the 

Culture Médias program

, Martin Weill explains the scams and sexism of which are both victims and guilty certain candidates from reality TV, real stars on social networks. 

>> Find Philippe Vandel and Culture-Médias every day from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Europe 1 as well as in replay and podcast here

Because many of the participants in these shows have become "influencers" who bring together several hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of subscribers.

The opportunity for some to indulge in drop-shipping.

"To put it simply, drop-shipping means buying products from wholesalers, often Ali Express. You buy products and resell them as is, without any modification, at a price up to 10 or 20 times higher, just by creating another website ", explains Martin Weill.

Advertising for fraudulent products

A form of misleading sale on the value of the products denounced by the Instagram account "Your stars in reality".

He also points to products, bought thanks to the advertisements made by the candidates of reality TV on the networks which arrive months late, if ever.

This does not prevent influencers from pocketing the money earned thanks to the promotion they have made.

And this advertising is done for all types of products, sometimes even false documents, including driver's licenses.

"For buyers, it is difficult to look back. And there is something else: the notion of responsibility", observes Martin Weill.

"Influencers will say, for example when the products don't arrive, it's not their fault. They say they're just advertising a website."

Sexist pressures in production?

But drop-shipping is not the only reality TV scandal pointed out by the survey broadcast Tuesday night on TMC.

Last April, four candidates took the floor to denounce the filming conditions of the shows

Les anges de la

téléréalité, via the hashtag #BoycottLesAnges.

The candidates denounce the sexist harassment suffered by the production, which would push them to engage in romantic relationships, and even sexual, with the candidates of the NRJ 12 show.

"It is pending for the moment. These four young women denounce the conditions in which the shootings take place. What we do not see. It is therefore word against word, since the production denies", explains Martin Weill.

"What is interesting is that the hashtag has grown enormously. More and more candidates are also talking about this."

The

Reality TV

survey 

: the new influence

is broadcast Tuesday evening at 9:15 p.m. on TMC.