Reality with a twist?

If you thought you have had enough of those reality shows on the tube, then we are sorry to disappoint you… you'll have to brace yourself for a lot more this season. A barrage of shows will air soon on a TV near you and 'test your endurance'.
Here's the laundry list of the soon-to-be-launched shows:
Channel V's bloody different!

Gone are the days when you would see the bai telling you to 'mind it'. Now, it's time for Channel V to try something 'bloody different'. With this new-age catchphrase, the channel is all set to give some stiff competition to MTV with five reality shows. The first to go on air (on Aug 22) is Exhausted, a show where contestants will be expected to do crazy tasks without sleeping a wink for 48 hours to win a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.

This will be followed by Dare to Date - an anti-mush, anti-romance series - that pairs together two individuals, who are complete opposites of each other and sends them off on a romantic weekend. Titled Kidnap and hosted by new VJ Manish Anand, the third show will be a true test of love where a contestant will try to locate his /her kidnapped love.
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The Indian fear factor
This September, Akshay Kumar is back with 13 beauties and some death defying stunts in the "Level 2" of Khatron ke Khiladi. So we'll see hotties like Bruna Abdullah, Sushma Reddy, Carol Gracias, Jesse Randhawa, Mandira Bedi, Nauheed Cyrusi, Rosa Catalano, Rupali Ganguly, Sonika Kaliraman, Shonali Nagrani, Pia Trivedi, Shveta Salve and Anushka Manchanda, get an adrenaline rush in the exotic locales of Cape Town.
Speculations are rife that Akki is being paid Rs 2.5 crore per episode. This time, a musical trailer has also been released to garner some much-needed media attention. Composed by Salim Suleiman and sung by Neeraj Sridhar, the trailer announces the names of the contestants in a rap-like rendition. It's just a matter of time before we see if Khatron ke Khiladi can repeat its earlier success.
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Rakhi Sawant's perfect life

After boring us to death with her over-the-top proclamation of her undying love for Elesh Parujanwala, Rakhi Sawant is back. Now the duo is all set to play mom and dad on Pati, Patni Aur Woh on NDTV Imagine. Four other celebrity couples - Shilpa Saklani-Apurva Agnihotri, Juhi Parmar-Sachin Shroff, Mouni Roy-Gaurav Chopra and onscreen couple Gurmeet Chaudhary-Debina Bonnerjee - will also participate in it.

The format is inspired by international reality show Baby Borrowers. The shooting has already started in an undisclosed location and the show is likely to air next month. Right from living the life of an eight-month pregnant woman to taking care of an infant, a toddler and a teenager, the show will see Rakhi Sawant doing it all.

The couples will spend an entire month in a closed environment, monitored by cameras 24X7. They will also have to entertain relatives and guests, perform ceremonies, take part in other activities like parties and picnics and ensure that the kids finish their homework - all within a limited budget. We are sure as always Rakhi will be able to pull in the viewers with her antics and her lack of everything else!