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Living the Dream

New Zealand 2004

Role: The Smarmy Host

Network: TV 2

Company: Touchdown Productions

Broadcasting: Tuesday, 8.30, from 08.23.04 on, 60 minutes each episode

Episodes: Episode 1: The deception begins | Episode 2: It just gets crazier | Episode 3: Mule acts like an ass | Episode 4: Sam re-writes the script | Episode 5: Breaking the chains | Episode 6: Sam go bye bye? | Episode 7: La Cucaracha | Episode 8: Just four left | Episode 9: Pen-Ultimate Warriors | Episode 10: All is revealed

Info: Sam Chambers, 27, takes part in a TV show called Living the Dream. He lives in a luxurious waterfront apartment with nine other contestants, competing for $50.000 while constantly under the eye of a camera. But he doesn't know that his fellow contestants are actors and the scenarios scripted. // To quote an article: "Host and actor Mark Ferguson, (who also fronted the first series of Big Brother and reality show The Mole), says the ethical implications were seriously discussed. There were concerns Chambers might form inappropriate bonds or become too close to some of his new flatmates. 'We definitely did worry,' he says. 'Maybe people are going to think this is unfair. But what we all felt is that as soon as somebody agrees to be on a reality TV show they agree to have cameras in their face for 24 hours a day for as long as they're on that show ... He didn't sleep with one transexual on this show, I can guarantee that.'" (NZHerald.co.nz

Links: Article: The untrue man show | Mark Ferguson: 'The Smarmy Host' | So what went down in the series finale? | TVNZ.co.nz: The Contestants | Videos from the Show | Tv.com: Living the Dream | IMDB: Living the Dream | YouTube Video | Listener.co.nz: Get real