Golden Youth

A pretty interesting project by ČT. It has some conceptual issues with regards to the choice of participants (though, the producer, Zlatušková, has admitted that the name “Golden Youth” was chosen during post-production), but the result is worthy of some attention, since I’m already reluctant to use more positive adjectives. The participants can be quite annoying (but then, most people would be if they had to put up with the crap the staff of ČT had prepared for them), but sometimes they also manage to surprise with some of their more intense moments. (01/04/2016)

I am not the target audience and I was more interested in how deep Czech television can sink in its attempt to imitate commercial TV. This is a format that is fundamentally unsuitable for public television, and I don't believe for a second that reality shows reflect real life. The primary and secondary intention here is to entertain the audience and create the most controversial situations with the most controversial participants. Stereotypes are strongly used here and it's not at all smart. Overall impression: 5%. (12/08/2015)