Reality television is a genre of television which presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people ... well let me reassure you there are no ordinary people on Top Design.

Some reality TV shows may portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality, with participants put in exotic locations, sometimes coached to act in certain ways by off-screen handlers ... let me reassure you again, there are certainly no exotic locations on Top Design and no off-screen handlers, only an occasional contestant off screaming.

From bunkers to bachelor pads, believe me I was longing for an exotic location and some one to handle me. I live on a small speck of an island which suffers from a drawn out hurricane season. Top Design's first two episodes reminded me somewhat of preparing for a hurricane. You need to know the drill, you need to be prepared, organized, expect the unexpected. You mentally arm yourself. Were these contestants fully prepared for the strong winds of a design competition, spiraling inward and upward at unthinkable speeds?