Solitary (TV series)
| Solitary | |
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Welcome back to hell
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| Created by | Lincoln D. Hiatt Andrew J. Golder |
| Starring | VAL |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Andrew J. Golder Lincoln D. Hiatt |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
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| Original network | Fox Reality Channel (2006–2010) |
| Original release | May 29, 2006 – March 20, 2010 |
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Solitary is a reality show on the Fox Reality Channel whose contestants were kept in round-the-clock solitary confinement for a number of weeks with the goal of being the last contestant remaining in solitary, for a $50,000 prize. It was the channel's first original series commission with its debut on May 29, 2006. The last season, Solitary 4.0, ended on March 20, 2010.
A German version is broadcast on German TV channel ProSieben. Solitary 3.0 also broadcast in Singapore.
The show calls itself a "social experiment" in determining the physical and mental endurance of the competitors.
The show's theme is based on solitary confinement; accordingly, the contestants are placed in isolated pods, with only an artificial intelligence named Val to communicate with. In reality, Val's voice is a computer-modified human voice. In Season 1, Val was likely voiced by a male, whose voice was altered. In Season 2, Val is voiced by a female, with little computer modification. However, some "corruption" can be heard in the voice pattern where Val speaks a word or two in a similar voice to Season 1. In the recent rebroadcast of the Season 1 episodes, the producers have replaced the computer-sounding voice with the more feminine voice that was used in Season 2. In the Season 3 episode "Rest In Pieces," Val's "eye" turns red and its voice takes a deep, sonorous, distorted tone, similar to that of Jigsaw in Saw, while giving instructions for the episode's test. Val is possibly a reference to HAL, the demented computer who takes over the spaceship in 2001: A Space Odyssey. The AI and main antagonist GLaDOS from the video game Portal bears a slight resemblance in tone and voice to Val. Val also often makes references to the fact that she is a computer (eg by saying "If I had feelings, they would be hurt right now").
No contact with the outside world – or other competitors – is permitted, with the following exceptions:
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