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Jakten på Billie Jo

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Genre
reality television

How it feels

Three American actresses compete for a role in a Swedish soap opera. Viewers and a production company decide who gets the part.

competitivetenselightheartedfast-pacedrealisticinformaldatedlow-stakes

What happens

Jakten på Billie Jo ("The Hunt for Billie Jo") was a Swedish reality show first broadcast on August 4, 2000 on TV4. The show followed three American actresses who auditioned for the role as "Billie Jo" in the Swedish soap opera Nya tider. The winner was Alexandra Sapot who came to play the villain "Billie Jo". The winner was decided by partly Swedish viewers televotes and the production company Jarowskij. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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