If youve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of reality TV, youll love Indias hottest novel, Uberstar .Uberstar is Australian author Vaughn Alaine-Marshalls debut novel that follows the lives of eleven hopefuls in the worlds biggest reality TV show. Although the book itself is fiction, Alaine-Marshall wrote it based on the realities of so-called reality TV.

One of his close family friends was a contestant on a popular reality TV show and told Alaine-Marshall about the dark side of the reality TV show business and entertainment industry at large. After speaking with his friend, Alaine-Marshall had the opportunity to hear the accounts of several other people within the reality TV show industry, including former contestants, executives, and producers. These people were involved in big reality TV shows around the world, including Indian Idol, Australian Idol, American Idol, and X Factor. Many of them broke their confidentiality agreements in order to tell Alaine-Marshall their stories.

What Alaine-Marshall learned was that reality TV shows are franchises of nastiness. They are based on a system of bullying, and in order for a contestant to get to the top they must bring others down in the process. When you watch reality TV, you see people getting taunted, teased, and harassed by the judges. Although we have come to accept this form of behavior as family entertainment, the reality is that it has serious consequences. The contestants of reality TV shows are so desperate for fame that they are willing to undergo such abuse on stage and behind the stage in order to achieve their fifteen minutes. What Alaine-Marshall realized through speaking to all of the insiders in reality TV is that this bullying has to stop. Anyone who reads Uberstar will feel exactly the same way.