Nach Baliye or Sach Beliye?

I dunno if you are watching Nach Baliye 3. I have watched a few episodes of the first Nach Baliye. (Wasnt that the one with Sachin and wife and Rajeshwari Sachdev and husband?) Whatever little I saw of the latest version wasn't up to scratch. The couples are all oh-so-boring.
It' high time someone put out a dictionary meaning of celeb for the Indian audience. Does celeb mean anyone who acts and/or anyone who is in the news for whatever reason? How else do you justify Kashmera Shah and Rakhi Sawant, who has even featured on Koffee with Karan, I'm told. The dynamics of TRPs!
Big money obviously rides on this show which prods terrible dancers to rehearse for up to 12 hours. But what really jars is the use of a petty squabble among the participants to push up the viewership. The promos featured Rakhi and Kashmera bitching about one another. Why should their personal war get such prominence on a dance show?!
All reality shows have devalued their own USPs. They are taking the easiest way out by peddling Bollywood and TV as they sell. The two will be milked in whichever fashion and to the extent affordable by the producers. Thus, you have stars and starlets being feted as guest judges on singing contests even though they are patently there to sell their upcoming films.
The nonsense of SMS voting makes complete mockery not just of talent but also of a gullible voting public which spends money to `save' a contestant. So, is it all about who has more money to spare? At Rs 5-7 an SMS (so I have heard), it's a joke to think people actually vote so that the channel, producers, telecom companies and the contestants benefit. Does any `voter' give it a thought?
Indeed, TV sets new standards every day. News channels, the only saving grace till three years ago, trivialise shamelessly. One exclusive by the high-brow NDTV some time ago had some police official outside his office caught on camera saying, ``We are looking into the case,'' `It wont be right to comment at this juncture,'' ``We will explore all possibilities.'' The reporter excitedly repeated this in indirect speech ad nauseaum even as a red strip running `EXCLUSIVE' streamed all through the path-breaking item. Et tu?
Trivialisation is one thing. But exploitation and debasement of standards cannot be condoned. Our lives are anyway dictated by the standards set by the celeb set. They may soon mimic their onscreen depravation. Draw the line somewhere, guys.