Reality bites

A Georgian television station says two of its employees have been found dead in the rubble of a collapsed building that housed participants in a reality show...

Emergency officials say 12 other people were rescued from the ruins of the five-storey building, which collapsed at about 5am yesterday in the capital Tbilisi. The cause of the collapse has not been determined.

The building housed contestants in the `Star Academy' show, which chronicles 12 people who live together and take part in concert competitions.

The show's station, Rustavi-2, announced about 13 hours after the collapse that two of its cameramen had died.

Tbilisi Emergency Services Head Temur Girogadze said two of the 12 rescued people were hospitalised.

Source: www.theage.com.au