What is the best social experiment reality show?

Strangers get isolated, paired off, stranded or handed a fortune, and the cameras watch what society does next. Some are ruthless game shows, others are sincere attempts to build something.

1. 1
   Survivor

   Castaways compete on a remote island, forming alliances and voting each other out until one remains.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Utopia

   Strangers try to build a new society from scratch, cut off from the modern world.
   669pts
3. 3
   Squid Game: The Challenge

   456 real contestants face the games from the Korean drama for a record cash prize.
   647pts
4. 4
   Big Brother

   Housemates live under constant camera watch, cut off from the outside world, while the public decides who stays.
   584pts
5. 5
   Married at First Sight

   Experts match strangers who meet for the first time at the altar, then follow whether the marriages last.
   542pts
6. 6
   The Traitors

   A group of contestants works to unmask the secret traitors hidden among them in a game of trust and betrayal.
   534pts
7. 7
   Beauty and the Geek

   Paired contestants swap skills, with beauty queens and brainy outcasts learning from each other.
   414pts
8. 8
   Wife Swap

   Two mothers from very different households trade families for a week and rewrite the house rules.
   414pts
9. 9
   Kid Nation

   CBS series that left 40 children aged 8 to 15 to build and run their own town in New Mexico.
   414pts
10. 10
    Alone

    Contestants survive in remote wilderness with minimal gear and no camera crew, tapping out when they cannot go on.
    414pts
11. 11
    Temptation Island

    Couples live separately among single tempters to test whether their relationships can survive.
    341pts
12. 12
    Too Hot to Handle

    Attractive singles on a tropical retreat lose prize money for any physical contact, in a test of whether they can build real connection.
    341pts
13. 13
    Love Is Blind

    Singles date and get engaged without seeing each other, then test the bond in the real world.
    341pts
14. 14
    The Colony

    Discovery series dropping volunteers into a simulated post-apocalyptic world to see how they rebuild civilization.
    257pts
15. 15
    The Circle

    Players live in isolated apartments and compete for popularity through a social media app, never meeting face to face.
    257pts
16. 16
    Undercover Boss

    Company executives work incognito on the front line of their own business and see how it really runs.
    257pts
17. 17
    The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On

    Couples at a crossroads swap partners for a trial marriage before deciding whether to commit.
    159pts

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