A reality TV show that planned to pit activists against each other in an X-Factor style contest judged by celebrities is to be drastically “reimagined” after it sparked a backlash from campaigners.
The Activist, which had been due to air in the US in late October, prompted incredulity among many campaigners and elsewhere when its format was revealed last week, with many labelling it a “tone-deaf” distortion of true activists’ values.
Global Citizen, the international advocacy organisation that is co-producing the show, said: “Global activism centres on collaboration and cooperation, not competition.
Each activist will be awarded a cash grant for the organisation of their choice, as was planned for the original show.”