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Star image, celebrity reality television and the fame cycle DELLER, Ruth
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Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive http://shura.shu.ac.uk Star image, celebrity reality television and the fame cycle.
Ruth A Deller, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Abstract
In this paper, I discuss the phenomenon of celebrity reality television and explore its function for those participating in it. Drawing on the success of their non-celebrity counterparts, programmes such as Celebrity Big Brother, I a Cele rit : Get Me Out of Here and Dancing With the Stars have become popular globally and, although arguably no longer at their peak, continue to attract large audiences and significant amounts of publicity. In this paper I discuss the role these shows can serve for celebrities at different levels of their careers. I argue that reality television appeals in different