Bad Girls Club Formula

The point in watching reality TV is to see and feel like you are a part of something that is like a fantasy to you. The idea of drama is something that pulls many people in. The Bad Girls Club uses this type of fantasy to pull people into watching their show and hooking them to continue watching. The thrill of wondering who is going to do what crazy things next week or what twist will happen will keep the suspense alive. This is the formula that this show goes after; insane women that will do anything for fame, money and ratings.

The Bad Girls Club continually chooses their cast by finding the craziest, wildest, most vulgar, most insane girls they can find. These girls feed into this formula and make it so popular. The Bad Girls Club is not the only show that does this. There is the Real World, which pulls the man side in as well. There are the Real World Challenges, which are dipped in crazy with a side of nuts – literally. This formula is the basis for reality TV these days. Viewers just can’t get enough of the drama.

The alliances, the backstabbing, the loyalty, the friendship, the craziness; this will forever be what reality TV is all about and what the Bad Girls Club will also portray. Oxygen and MTV made great choices in the shows that they have picked to use this type of formula and it has boosted their rating immensely. With the reunion special for Bad Girls Club All-star Battle – a spin-off of the Bad Girls Club – Oxygen saw the highest ratings in their 13-year career, pulling in 1.73 million viewers. (Kissell, 2013) This shows the power of the formula they use and the benefit that it really has.

I agree with it. I believe that there are many things that this world wants to see and this just so happens to be one of them. Like in a previous paper I wrote, people love to see what they never want to be involved in. It is a great tactic by Oxygen – and MTV – and will continue to grow in this business.