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Just when you thought the bottomless chum bucket of reality TV couldn’t get any fuller, the creators of Big Brother have started filming The Big Donor Show for BNN.

That’s right, it’s a game show. The contest centers around three critically ill patients waiting for a kidney and a terminally ill woman known as Lisa who’ll be donating the organ to the winner.

As with most reality TV shows, viewers are encouraged to participate, sending Lisa text messages related to which of the critically ill youths should win her kidney.

Scores of transplant patient organizations and politicians have voiced objections to the show. “This is a scandal, it is no better than selling organs,” said Reiner Hofmann, a spokesperson for the Dutch Transplant Foundation. “They are taking advantage of people in a desperate situation for entertainment.”

The network has hit back, stating that the show is working to highlight the serious shortage of donor organs available in the Netherlands.

The show’s three contestants are undergoing daily dialysis treatment until such time as a kidney becomes available - whether that’s by winning the show or not.