Fantasy to become Reality

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091006/tv_nm/us_fantasy_1

Who wants to be ... Mr. (or Ms.) Roarke?

The '70s television "Fantasy Island" is being reimagined as a competition-elimination reality show courtesy of "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett.

The redo will follow 12 contestants at a resort hotel on an exotic island as they vie to become a real-life Roarke and win a dream job at the hotel. The white-suited, wish-granting character was played in the original series by Ricardo Montalban.

One contestant will be chosen as the star performer for the week and will be safe from elimination. All of the contestants will then vote on who should be expelled from paradise and have their quest for a dream job come to an end.

"'Fantasy Island' has all of the elements of a hit series," Burnett said in a statement. "An exotic location, dream fulfillment, competition and most of all, emotional storytelling."

Burnett's other credits include "The Apprentice" and "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" The original "Fantasy Island" ran on ABC from 1978-84 and was briefly revived by the network in the late '90s.

I wonder if they'll have a contest to chose the next Tattoo??