Living the Dream was the New Zealand version of Spike TV's Joe Schmo Show, produced by Touchdown Television for TV2.
[1] One man, Sam Chambers, thinks he's on a reality TV show called Living the Dream.
However, all of the other members in this reality TV show, including the host, are actually actors and the entire show is an elaborate hoax centred on the main character.
All of the events and games played are staged to give a particular outcome designed to elicit a response from the main character for comedic effect.
They are (real names follow character names/descriptions): At the end of the show, Chambers received the $50,000 prize for which he was "competing" as well as all the other prizes given away in the show.