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68 İSTANBUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
In the 2000s, when coınpetition shows were on the peak, soıne
competitions targeting to test endurance were also broadcast though soıne of
theın were highly criticized. For exaınple, the coınpetition show called "Dokun
Bana" (Touch me) was highly criticized in terms of the health of coınpetitors
and even penalized by RTUK (The Supreme Board of Radio and Television)
due to its possible effects on viewers. In this program broadcast on SHOW TV
in 2001, the competitors were supposed to touch acar for 70 hours. The winner
would be the one who uninterruptedly touched the c ar the most. 45
The most popular exaınples of this type are foreign formats that have been
broadcast for the last few years. With soıne of their adaptations, they have
turned into real shows and started competing with local TV series, which are
undoubtedly the favorite programs of prime-time TV channels; though not
continuously, they have sametimes achieved a great success (when the
İnıportant ınoments of competitions or their finals are broadcast ). Designed by a
British TV producer in 1992 and broadcast on CBS in 2000 in the US,
"Survivor" (initially called "The Last Survivor") was introduced to Turkish
viewers by Kanal D in 2005. Transferred to SHOW TV one year later, the
program divided the competing teams in two group s lik e "Turkey vs Greece",
"Girls vs Boys", "Lions vs Canaries" (Galatasaray fans vs Fenerbahce fans)
with the purpose of making viewers identify themselves with the teaıns
coınpeting. US originated "Fear Factor" and "Wipe Out" with a similar format
have aroused interest recently.
Anather type of competition show that has becoıne popular Turkey so
far and can be considered within the framework of talent or skill discovery
programs is "cooking contests". Kitchen culture is an İnıportant coınponent of
our society. Based on this fact, these programs bring together the participants
who are to cook different meals and eat together. In fact, such programs can be
thought to be a new version of cooking programs combining talk shows with
recipe "comers", which are a classical part of "day time broadcast" largely
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"Dokun Bana Show'a Ceza Getirdi", http://arsiv.ntvmsnbc.com/news/109969.asp