Fans get to live and breathe the World Cup

The first online reality show in China, which will feature the lives of 16 football fans during the World Cup, has attracted interest from almost 800 people who would like to take part.

The show, named Crazy Fans, will use eight men and eight women. The 16 will be locked up in a villa in a Beijing suburb for 32 days and be scrutinized throughout via Web cams.

"The players will be reduced to eight, four, two and, finally, one as they follow the progress of the World Cup, through the first round, quarterfinals, semifinals and final," said Zuo Ming, one of the people behind the program.