The Art Bell Archive

March 1, 2001: CBS Big Brother #124; Reality TV - Brittany Petros & Burt Kearns


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Brittany Petros reflects on her experience as a contestant on CBS's reality television experiment Big Brother. Selected from thousands of applicants after a casual audition, Petros quit her pharmaceutical sales job and entered the house with nine strangers under 24-hour surveillance. She describes the rigorous selection process, strict confidentiality requirements, and the challenge of living with diverse personalities in close quarters. Unlike other contestants who formed strategic alliances, Petros made decisions based on emotional connections and genuine friendships rather than gameplay, repeatedly changing nominations in the red room based on who she bonded with most. Burt Kearns, a tabloid television producer who declined to produce Big Brother, provides industry perspective on reality TV's emergence. The conversation explores how participants were kept isolated before entering the house, with some candidates disqualified for breaking contact rules. Petros offers insight into the psychological dynamics of constant surveillance and the authentic human drama that unfolded beyond the edited broadcast versions.
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