Airdate: Fake Famous

2 hour HBO Documentary Fake Famous screens on Foxtel next week -although it was already was reviewed on Gogglebox last week.

Followers, likes, comments – these are the currencies of fame today. But can the 140 million Instagram users boasting over 100,000 followers all be considered famous? To answer this question, former reporter for the New York Times and Vanity Fair Nick Bilton and a team of social media experts, casting agents, and stylists recruit three starry eyed Los Angeles transplants to participate in a social experiment designed to turn everyday people with modest online followings into “famous” influencers.

Wednesday March 3 at 8.30pm on FOX Showcase.