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A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

From the pickle show next door to various variety show scripts in China, in recent years, you can often see the behavior of fake programs.

In fact, there are also many fraud incidents in Japan variety shows, which may not be well known because the popularity of the show is not as high as that of other countries.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

The production site of the program

For example, there was a program called "Contradiction Showdown" (ほこ×たて) on Fuji TV before.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

This show is based on the allusion of the spear and shield, and the program team invites two groups of guests to face off in advance.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

However, in the program broadcast on October 20, 2013, by reversing the order of the films and changing the rules of the competition, the group of guests who originally lost won the game by editing.

In the end, the matter was exposed, and the show was taken off the air.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

There is also a program called "Disappearing Genius" (消えたgenius) that was previously broadcast on TBS TV. This show is to introduce people to the current situation of the popular genius.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

Footage from the actual broadcast

When introducing the vanished baseball genius, the genius of the player is emphasized by speeding up the profile image so that the audience mistakenly thinks that the player can throw a ball faster than he actually is.

Later, netizens turned out the original video, which confirmed the fake of the TV station. In the end, the show was also stopped.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

Another TBS show, "Crazy Travel" (クレイジージャーニー), is a series of trips that take place in different professions, such as mountaineers or biology.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

Footage from the actual broadcast

During the search for rare reptile creatures broadcast on August 11, 2019, the four creatures that were found were all prepared in advance by the program team. In the end, due to the denunciation of the sales store, the show was also suspended

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

There is also a "duplex apartment" (テラスハウス) that attracted public attention some time ago, and it was also exposed that the slap that caused the guests to be slandered and slandered was actually slapped by the program team for the female guests.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

The female guest who had an accident

Due to online violence, the female guest finally chose to commit suicide. The impact of the incident was too bad, and finally the show was also announced to be suspended.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

There are also fake programs on Japan television.

The first gear is called "Until the End of the World" (世界の果てまでイッテQ!). ) of the most popular program. When introducing the local festivals in Laos, the existing festivals discovered by netizens were fabricated by the program and did not exist in reality.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

However, due to the super popularity of the program itself, the TV station did not stop the program, but stopped producing this type of content, and after a while, the program began to produce the content of the end festival.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

Produced by MBS and broadcast on TBS-owned TV stations, "Before and After Consulting" (教えてもらう前と後). In the content broadcast on June 23, I was supposed to try the tomatoes planted by the female guests who were instructed in the show, but in fact, I tried the tomatoes bought by the program team.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

After the incident was revealed, the program team escaped punishment with excuses such as "the content is to teach the audience how to grow tomatoes" and "it did not explain that the tomatoes grown by the female guests were tasted", and the show was not stopped.

It can be seen from the above that the show will be stopped if fraud is basically involved, but the following program with a personal accident is safe and sound.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

TBS TV produced an irregular sports entertainment program "SASUKE" (similar to domestic boys and girls rushing forward), and its predecessor program called "Muscle Fan Fu" had an accident during recording: one of the contestants lost consciousness, while the other contestant was paralyzed in the lower half of his body. Today's "SASUKE" also often has the problem of different degrees of fractures in the participants......

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

Screen of the program

The punishment for variety show fraud in Japan is more serious than accidents, so why fake?

The main reason is the difference between ideals and reality.

For example, the reason for the fake show "Disappearing Genius" mentioned above is to better reflect the genius level of the interviewee, so the video playback speed is accelerated.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

Original report

It's like what a professor at Sophia University said in a news report. A lot of the fakes are done to present a better picture. The idea was good, but the wrong means were chosen.

The second is the pressure on ratings.

As with domestic programs, a large part of Japan's programming comes from sponsors.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

Part of the sponsor of the aforementioned fake show itte Q

For a very money-burning program like itte Q (nearly 200,000 RMB), it is very important to maintain or find a new sponsor Dad.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

Production Budgets (2018)

In this way, ratings become very important as the most intuitive data, so under such pressure, the program team chose to fake to make the program more interesting to attract audiences.

And the epidemic has also become a reason.

For example, the aforementioned "Before and After Consulting" program is to shirk the punishment of fraud on the grounds of the short construction period during the epidemic. And Japan's program producers have indeed encountered a lot of difficulties during the epidemic.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

The most intuitive change is that the number of guests has been reduced in order to widen the distance, and the acrylic plate between the guests has also become a necessity to block the droplets.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

As shown in the picture above, a show that was originally recorded in a restaurant that was originally introduced to the restaurant chosen by the guests was also forced to be recorded in a studio.

For staff who go out to cover interviews, masks are a must

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

Of course, it's more about video interviews

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

The high turnover rate after the outbreak of the epidemic has made the already heavy workload of the TV station even worse.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan
A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

In addition, the poor working environment of the TV station is also a reason for the staff to be lazy. Regarding the busyness of the TV station staff, Japan even has comics to complain about it

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

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A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan
  • There is a high rate of doing useless work, such as collecting 600 acorns, such as troublesome work;
  • Although not a guest, they must appear in a doll costume and the action is required to be professional;
  • It is basically forbidden to do nails, so that you can let your hands enter the camera at any time;
  • It takes a long time to mosaic a video.

Of course, none of the above is a reason for the program team to fake.

According to Yahoo.com, 74.2% of users do not agree with the fake.

A Guide to Variety Show Fraud in Japan

It is also fake, some are well-intentioned, and some are malicious. But most of them are still making shows in earnest. I hope that Japan's TV stations will continue to make good programs.

※ This content is the author's independent view and does not represent the position of Japan Express.

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