Viewers of the Reality TV show Big Brother 6 were recently subjected to yet another surprise twist, and this one not orchestrated by CBS or its affiliates! A single viewer, a 25 year old web designer from Toronto, Canada, recently began a movement to raise funds for a certain set of contestants, known to the viewers as the "Sovereign Team" and consisting of the following players: Howie, Rachel, Jannelle, and of course Kaysar. According to the only official website, www.teamkaysar.com , fans of the show are requested to donate money for these houseguests to support their willingness to play the game with honesty and integrity even if by doing so they are evicted from the Big Brother House. The goal is lofty: It is to donate $500,000 to each Sovereign Team Member, making the ultimate goal 2 million and thereby granting these houseguests, if evicted, the same amount of money they would have otherwise won from CBS.
The first thing that crosses the minds of most rational people, even diehard fans of the show, is why donate money to losers, or even to Reality TV in general? Is this site actually legitimate with the funds dispersed appropriately? Why would viewers give to this versus another charity, especially one which appears more worthy, such as AIDS or cancer research? How did this idea come to fruition? Has this man lost his mind? Is Reality TV blurring and becoming a more "real" reality to some than their own? To find the answers to these questions, I interviewed the man who originated the movement, Jayendran Namasivayam.
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