It's REALLY acting: Court rules on Reality TV
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/business/media/08iht-reality.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=france...
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The highest court in France ruled last week that contestants on the French version of the reality television show “Temptation Island” were entitled to employment contracts and financial compensation — just as professional actors would be.
The show, which ran from 2002 through 2008 in France, placed young couples on sunny islands for 12 days, where partners were separated from each other and confronted with scantily clad tentateurs and tentatrices , to test their fidelity. The judgment upheld a previous ruling, by a lower body, that “tempting a person of the opposite sex requires concentration and attention.”
The show, which ran from 2002 through 2008 in France, placed young couples on sunny islands for 12 days, where partners were separated from each other and confronted with scantily clad tentateurs and tentatrices , to test their fidelity. The judgment upheld a previous ruling, by a lower body, that “tempting a person of the opposite sex requires concentration and attention.”
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