All set up?

I watched a little Malaysian Dreamgirl during the weekend. And I must say that there are some parts that are so fake! I really really hope that those girls aren't really all like that...

Take the makeover session. The girls all chorused "hi" when the stylist was introduced and then chorused "yes" when they were asked in the end whether they liked their makeovers. What are the odds of having a chorused reply? (when there are 12 girls, mind you, not two!) Next to zero, unless they've been told what to say (like zombies, ya know?) A scattering of "yes"-es would have been more believable. Really, that "yes" chorus makes me think of primary school students replying to their teacher. "Have you done your homework, children?" "Yes, teacher!" -_-

And when they got home after the makeover session. There was a gift on the table and all of them just ran over and gathered around the table like excited little schoolgirls, looking cute. I'm guessing that they were told beforehand to do this!

But then, that isn't so bad. Even though I found it rather fake, it's quite possible that they'd do that in real life (or they probably figured out that a camera had to be focused on that table ;) - strategy!) What's worst is what came next. Upon discovering that the gift was a bottle of (goodness-knows-what famous) perfume for each of them, they went "aaaah!!" (for quite a long time too!) I hope, I hope, that they had been told to do so! Do all Malaysian Dreamgirl candidates have to be the screaming type? A few, maybe, but all??! Don't we have a choice whether we want our Malaysian Dreamgirl to be the screaming type or not?

Note: Malaysian Dreamgirl is a reality show where the participants "learn" how to become models.