‘This was my life – not a game show ploy’: inside reality TV’s grim obsession with sob stories

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‘This was my life – not a game show ploy’: inside reality TV’s grim obsession with sob stories
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Like many other wannabe superstars up and down the country, Rebekah Ryan has auditioned for The X Factor more than once. The 43-year-old singer from Tamworth first appeared on the show in 2007, when she had a successful audition and was put through to the bootcamp stage of the competition.

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