Reality TV Show

Okay, so I'm just nearing the end of season one of Best in Miniature on CBC Gem, which is a competition reality TV show about making 1:12 dollhouses (recommend) and they keep being like "this hobby requires so many different skills" and I'm like "pfft."

So the pitch basically writes itself:

12 contestants from around the world compete for the ultimate prize of barely enough to cover a Starbucks coffee and the prestigious title of BJD Artiste Supreme!

Each week, contestants will have to prove they have the skills and creativity to master the diverse aspects of the BJD hobby:

Sculpting
Modding and Hybriding
Faceups and Body Blushing
Fashion Design and Styling
Wig Making
Eye Making
Shoe Making
Accessory and Prop Design
Furniture and Set Design
Stringing, Sueding, Wiring and Posing
Lighting and Photography

Contestants will have their knowledge and craftsmanship pushed to the limit as they compete across a variety of scales and aesthetics to prove that they are...

BJD ARTISTE SUPREME!!!

You know you'd watch it.

 

@Luna_and_Stelladolls I'll let you know when we start holding auditions.

@unoa_im_afreak You're definitely on staff as the bjd-related pun expert!

@Lutopienne It's pretty fun. One of the contestants has an online store where she sells teeny tiny pottery that she hand makes on a teeny tiny pottery wheel. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to live in a world where that's a thing.

@babezoid Oooh... Good ones!

- Photography/posing/lighting: get four expressions from the same doll as different as possible from each other.

- Posing: most convincing/impressive representation of movement without external supports. (The drama of someone's doll falling over on this one would be TV gold.)

- Mini-challenge: quickfire identifying sculpts!

- All!: reproduce a famous celebrity photo.

- Faceup/styling/posing: style two copies of the same doll as male and female. Biggest difference wins.

 

Ooh ooh! What if they handed you a big bucket of unsorted parts from a whole bunch of different companies and sculpts and you had to pick and choose and try to hybrid/mod them together? Maybe judged on minimizing joint seams and maximizing range of motion in addition to aesthetics...