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Yes and no. All reality tv is scripted. Yes some of the idiots watching think it is real.If course they did.
It's a TV show.
All of them are edited and have scripts.
All of TV is just for entertainment.
None of us who watch these shows really know what these people are really like.
I think everything is edited to produce the most entertaining show possible. You have an hour show that most usually starts out in the early morning for a full day of travel and strenuous activity. Each contestant has a camera crew with them recording everything they say and do but we see at most only a very few minutes of each contestant during an hour show. That means that well over 90% of the day's activities, conversations, etc. wind up on the cutting room floor during the final edit. And what we see on Friday nights--used to be Sunday and I wish it still was--is a highly condensed image of what the editors will hope will be the most interesting and emotionally satisfying product for their viewing audience.
Of course the contestants are interviewed all along the way as to what they are thinking or feeling--that is obvious in the final edit. But I think the competition itself is real or somebody would have blown the whistle on it long ago. I don't think they are handed a script of what to say or not to say. But I think the editors do select material for that final product to make some contestants come across as more sympathetic and likable and some not so much. Is their assessment of the character of those people accurate? Who knows?