Underplayed Gems

Vanity Lair (2008)

Vanity Lair poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United Kingdom
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How it feels

Ten people who are considered beautiful live together in a mansion. Each week three new contestants try to join them but the group votes out the least attractive newcomer. The winner of each round picks a current resident to kick out so only ten stay at any time.

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What happens

Vanity Lair is a reality television programme on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The series began on 3 February 2008 and is presented by Alexa Chung. The shows aim is to discover what being beautiful really is. The format involves ten pre-selected "beautiful people" living in a mansion called 'Vanity Lair'. Each week three new arrivals compete for a place in the lair. The three new arrivals are immediately faced with the ten lairmates and asked a series of questions, the lairmates then decide which of the three to eliminate. The remaining two new arrivals then spend the rest of the week living in the mansion. At the end of the week the lairmates then vote on who they believe to be the most attractive of the new arrivals, the person scoring lowest is sent home. The new arrival scoring highest wins a place in 'Vanity Lair', however they then have to decide which of the current lairmates to eliminate, as there is only room for ten lairmates at any one time. In addition to this all contestants face a series of 'experiments throughout their stay in the lair. The first series finished with an extended season finale on 6 April 2008, with a double episode. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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