A Dutch reality television which I posted about previously here in which a supposedly dying woman had to pick one of three contestants to whom she would donate a kidney has been revealed as an elaborate hoax.In the last minutes of the program, Lisa, the 37-year-old woman who had been said to have been suffering from a brain tumor, was revealed as a healthy actress and program makers stunned viewers by saying The Big Donorshow was a hoax.
The contestants were also part of the deception, although all three are genuine kidney patients.
"Their life is bitter reality," the presenter said after revealing the deception, just at the moment at which Lisa was to have made her choice.
Dutch Education Minister Ronald Plasterk hailed the show as a "fantastic stunt" and an intelligent way to draw attention to the shortage of donor organs.
Program makers apologized to viewers and said they hoped "outrage" over the show would turn into anger over the lack of organs for transplant.
Link & Image: The Sdyney Morning Herald
Tags: Reality Show | Kidney | Donor | Organ | Hoax
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