The Priory groups chief medical officer has spoke to the public to criticise TV production companies who are responsible making ill prepared people famous.
Professor Chris Thompson said: 'I would want to know that people being exposed to such pressures are actually looked after. I think I know what TV companies would say - they would say "these people are willing volunteers..." The fact that there is consent between the TV company and contestant does not prevent the TV company having a duty of care once that consent has been given.'
Britain's Got Talent producer Talkback Thames spokesman said:
'Compared to something like Big Brother, where you are looking at people going into a house for three months, the people on Britain's Got Talent have three or four performances maximum and spend only seven to ten days in a hotel for the semi-finals and finals. It is a very different scenario. But because of the level of media attention and the speed with which it became a global phenomenon, we will be reviewing all of our policies in relation to psychological treatment.'
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