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29th Apr 2014

Video: The Next Top Altar Boy sketch from Republic of Telly last night was brilliant

You won't get anywhere on these reality shows unless you've got a terribly tragic back story

JOE

You won’t get anywhere on these reality shows unless you’ve got a terribly tragic back story

From The Voice to Britain’s Got Talent to who knows what else, television is absolutely polluted with reality shows these days, which is what the lads at Republic of Telly turned their attention to last night when they decided to take the piss with their own addition, Next Top Altar Boy.

From the tragic story of Ethan to the even more tragic story of Eoin, the competition was pretty tough, but we have to admit that we’re not sure if Hitler will be getting the public vote.

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