The program, which premiered recently in Latin America by the cable channel TruTV, mixing formats talent shows like “American Idol” with impressive physical evidence.
aroused curiosity to see the participants with nerves while trying to give his best vocal performance is such that some of the fragments of the issue found in YouTube account for nearly 10 million views, such as that of a woman submerged in a water tank with snakes while singing the country hit “Redneck Woman”.
“This show brings the debate over how far the TV. ‘Killer Karaoke’ could be the paradigm of the new television or what should not be,” he said at a press conference Felipe de Stefani, senior vice president of channels trends Turner Latin America.
“There is a whole public fascination for all that is called voyeuristic reality or scripted reality, the curiosity, the way television and laugh with television and the question is whether we are witnessing the birth of a new kind of entertainment or a different mood from the realities “, added De Stefani videoconference from Argentina.
“Killer Karaoke” based on the concept of the British program “Sing If You Can”, contestants must meet the requirements of a panel of judges that focus on vocal skills, regardless of the type of evidence that applicants undergo.
The program’s success has been such that in the United States and is preparing a second season and in several Latin American broadcast television are interested in developing local versions, De Stefani.
He attributed the popularity of the contest to its nature, because “there is a human impulse to see what more turbulent”.
“The participants are people who are being abused. The man is participating because they want and are looking for the glory, the five minutes of fame. lot of people that today is known comes from this type of program,” said De Stefani .
production, released in November in the United States, is Steve O presenter, who rose to fame for his role in the MTV reality show “Jackass”, which performed risky and crazy tests that left several injured and taken to hospital.
But unlike the fate of Steve O in “Jackass” other realities have been fatal. In March a contestant of “Koh-Lanta” the French version of “Survivor”, died of a heart attack during the show’s taping in Cambodia. In April, one of the coaches of the Chinese version of “Splash!” died when teaching a dive to one of the participants.
De Stefani said, if Turner Productions, creatives and filmmakers who develop these concepts have limits to prevent extreme situations such as death or serious injury.
“What you can not do (as a producer) is to have been a casualty. You play happens, but never (should) happen.”
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