How do the "presentation" and the "content" sessions compare to celebrities/contestants on reality tv?

Our "reality" tv is not really based on reality. There are lose scripts and directions that producers want different characters to go in. The networks are very attuned to audience reaction and try to manipulate situations to get the highest ratings. This really is not that different from the Hunger Games where impression and likability makes the difference in getting sponsors or not. In the Hunger Games, however, people actually die.