Italian TV Stars' On-Air Fall Gets 18 Million Views
Two Italian TV stars fell down during a live TV show.
Their names are Valeria Marini and Carmen Di Pietro.
The show is called Grande Fratello VIP. It is a famous Italian reality show.
The fall happened live. This means people saw it happen in real time.
Someone made a video of the fall. The video went on the internet.
The video became very popular. People call this going viral.
In just a few hours, 18 million people watched the video.
The video traveled all over the world. People in many countries saw it.
The ratings for the TV show stayed the same. They did not go up or down much.
Valeria Marini got less attention after the fall than before.
Vocabulary9 words
- live
- happening now; not recorded before
- video
- moving pictures you can watch
- viral
- when something spreads fast online to many people
- reality show
- a TV show about real people, not actors
- ratings
- numbers that show how many people watch a show
- fall
- when someone drops down suddenly
- famous
- known by many people
- broadcast
- to send a show on TV
- attention
- when people look at or notice someone
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1. They fell during a live show 2. 18 million 3. A reality TV show
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Two Italian TV stars _____ down during a live TV show.
Their names are Valeria Marini and Carmen Di _____.
The show is called Grande Fratello _____. It is a famous Italian reality show.
The fall happened _____. This means people saw it happen in real time.
Someone made a video of the fall. The video went on the _____.
The video became very popular. People call this going _____.
In just a few hours, 18 _____ people watched the video.
The video traveled all over the _____. People in many countries saw it.
The ratings for the TV show stayed the _____. They did not go up or down much.
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