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thank you for joining us. reality tv has created its share of stars and crushed many more times. tonight a look at what for some is a troubling mix. when a young woman realizes her

dream is not all that's promised. here's nick white. >> we're going to have so much fun. >> reporter: this may look like any other tv tall ebt competition. >> this is going to be huge for my career. >> i'm ready to win this and take home the title. >> reporter: but this is kind of the triple x factor. >> you just made a porno. >> reporter: porn industry judges, the 16 contestants also called porn virgins. >> none of those people have been filmed before, and now they're going to try to be the next big name in porn. >> reporter: genius or the last days of gamorah? we've been following this process since the first auditions back in december of 2014. >> who doesn't like having sex with beautiful women. >> reporter: he talked a big game. getting paid to do it, but. >> that's like eating cinnamon

toast crunch with chocolate milk. it's delicious. >> reporter: mike, shall we say, failed to perform. >> it's cold, huh? >> thank you. >> good looking construction. >> reporter: didn't make it. that's also when we first met allie knox. >> i'm sitting on a huge amount of student loan debt. >> reporter: a struggling actress/model turned want to be worn star. they make maybe $1500 a scene. the judges are worth over $1 million each. >> the ideal candidate is really someone who is just down for whatever. they're exciting. they're fun to watch. they don't get nervous. >> reporter: that's the boss. no previous tv on porn experience. >> i would say i enjoy porn just as much as the next guy. >> reporter: a former silicon valley softball salesman with a dirty big idea.

are they going to have sex on camera? >> they did it to audition. >> reporter: good grief. >> i think it was very taxing on people to shoot a show. i think it was also tough to have the realization of what the adult industry can do to you. >> reporter: which is? >> tear you up, spit you out. >> reporter: people are taken care of, both emotionally. if people need breaks or need to talk co-us. >> and this happened? >> over and over again. allie did well on the show, but despite the opportunities offered, allie is now a little disallusioned. >> initially it was great. we did competitions and we were going through the games and stuff like that, and then after you left, it just turned into being shooting straight porn. there wasn't a whole lot of mentorship like a particular scene that i actually shot, there wasn't even a judge there.

>> maybe a contestant didn't win, and they complain. of course that's the case. >> it's not about what you want. >> reporter: shawn, aka, buddy holly, a waiter from laug who did well is rather happy. >> i've been wanting to do porn for a very long time and this is my chance. i can do this and i'm not going to let you down. >> reporter: that was his original audition tape. why not make money waiting tables? >> because i'm a se kpe addict. i love women, everything about them. >> reporter: he's here for the premier and talking to us. >> i'm interested to see how this is received. >> obviously i think you have a negative outlook on it, for sure. >> reporter: that's blair, another happy contestant. >> before porn i was a modest girl. i worked at a church. i came to porn. i love sex. i knew i was really good at [ bleep ] and i wanted to really

show that to the world. >> she is. >> reporter: why would somebody watch this show rather than porn? >> it's compelling. it's the drama. >> there's character building. it's a reality show. >> reporter: from the clips, it looks like a standard talent show. there are tips and pointers. >> that was some of the hardest sex in porn. >> reporter: not everyone gets along. >> i don't find him attractive and i think he's stupid. >> reporter: there's success. >> the way you handled the pop shot was perfect. >> reporter: failure. >> i don't know how he's going to get past the next one. >> reporter: eliminations. >> you do not have the sex factor. >> reporter: and apparently a rather large prize. >> they'll be competing for the 1 million prize. >> part of it was cash up front and then there are contracts and perks. everything has been fulfilled and the contestants have received much in the way of exposure. >> reporter: what do the winners

get? >> we don't get into those things. >> reporter: you told your company. you made money. you say a million dollar prize and that's not true. >> it is true. the contestants have received unbelievable things in the way of cash and experience. >> reporter: part of the promised exposure this was supposed to be on tv. the whole thing shot on speck sold to ex hamster, one of the busiest porn sharing sites on the planet. >> it will be freely available, free of charge. >> reporter: free? some of them signed up partially on the promise they were going on tv, not on a free porn site. >> those things weren't discussed or guaranteed. >> reporter: have you made money? >> sure. >> reporter: how much? >> i'll tell you next sure after we see how successful the seasons are. >> reporter: how much did you pay for the show? >> that's confidential. >> reporter: roughly? >> a lot.

>> reporter: how much szeros? >> over a million dollars. >> reporter: if you were a contestant and didn't win, you leave with zero. >> right. and i think people that are on american idol on that would feel the same thing. they sang and didn't win but they gave it the old college try. >> i walked away without a dime, and now my content is on a porn site and not on tv. buddy is a nice guy with a great idea. unfortunately the execution didn't work out like he planned. >> a bunch of the stars are just killing it in the industry now. they're doing really well. season two is cued up. >> reporter: apparently only four of the 16 contestants are now working. allie is one of them. >> reporter: how do you have sex on camera in a room full of a bunch of people? >> you get in your head mentally and physically and you do. it's hard work. it's hard on your body.

it's hard on your mind. it's tough. >> reporter: yeah. i'm sure it's hard on your mind. but you could do another job that might be easier both mentally and physically. >> and make a lot less money and worry am i going to be able to pay my bills or sit by the pool tomorrow or take my brother on a vacation? >> i suppose i admire you. >> i wouldn't go that far. [ laughter ] buddy hollywood is also hard at work. >> i've done over 90 scenes in about nine months. >> reporter: our producer is apparently no expert. >> are you involved in the adult film industry before this? >> reporter: are you -- >> are you joking? >> reporter: i don't know. >> yes. >> reporter: three time winner actor director, veteran, and -- >> i haven't seen the footage.

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there is little doubt rupaul is america's biggest drag star, a style all his own. he tells my nig"nightline"

co-anchor his best performance is still ahead of him. >> reporter: on the surface, rupaul, the 6'4" drag queen who burst on the scene with "supermodel". on the other hand, you have me, a maybe 5'8" straight button down news anchor. >> if you would do drag, do you know what kind of queen you would be? >> reporter: that's a tough question. i've never thought about it before. and yet, watch as worlds collide. >> would you be a bitchy queen? >> reporter: maybe. >> you have cheekbones. you overdraw the lip a little bit. we glue done your eye yous and draw them where they belong which is up here. >> reporter: i'm here to

document his hit show in which drag queens from all over america compete. ♪ the final show of the season was celebrated in hollywood days ago with a red carpet, bright colors, big hair, and bigger personalities. and presiding over it all, the king of queens, rupaul herself. >> i why you all gagging? i bring it to you every episode. >> reporter: watching the show i picked up what is practically a new language. brag lin go like read which is a put down. t. >> it's truth. what's the truth? give me the low down, the truth. >> reporter: the term shade, cause that came out of the drag world? >> it does. rather than a shady character, you're throwing me shade, and so everybody uses it now. i think michelle obama, everyone uses it. that's always been the case with gay culture. it's informed mainstream culture

of the cool thing to say. remember when everyone was saying girlfriend. that's gay lingo. >> reporter: the slang and outfits. >> i felt something from each look and couldn't wait for you to come out. >> reporter: the drama is partly what drives the success of rupaul's drag race. >> at the core, it is the story of the tens aa nasty of the hum spirit. >> we get to see kids who have made a way for themselves to be seen, and to be great. and watching them tloif throughout these challenges is captiva captivating, especially knowing their stories. >> my mother left my sister and myself at a bus stop when i was three. >> reporter: there are some poignant moments. >> i try to stay strong j but i'm weak, and i'm tired. >> we as gay people, we get to choose our family. we get to choose the people we're around. i am your family.

we are a family here. >> i react with compassion, and with my heart. but i don't want to break down even though i do want to break down. you know? i have to stay strong because they see me at mama ru. >> reporter: they are challenged to create their own themed ensembl ensembles, and then lip sync for their lives in another round. >> it's a game show. it's a competition reality show. the rules are this. the strong survive. the weak fall away. show business is not for sissies. either is drag. >> this is your last chance to impress me. >> reporter: while it's the number one show on logo, rupaul says he doubts it will ever gain mainstream acceptance. >> i haven't been accepted in mainstream media outlets like

the tonight show or ellen or late night shows because the only way they could actually have a conversation with me is to make fun of me or if they could somehow make a joke about what i'm doing. >> reporter: speaking as the co-host of a late night show on a major american network, we're happy to have you on. he may see himself as an outsider. you easily could have been a one-hit wonder, but you have now been a household name for decades. how did you do it? >> i am ambitious. i've always been an ambitious person. what gets me out of the bed in the morning is music, laughter and love and colors and beauty, all those things. ♪ >> reporter: now rupaul is busy as ever. he still has his ongoing musical career and four tv shows in various stages of production including a new quiz show. a pod cast as well as a few

internet video series. >> here we go. >> reporter: and just this past weekend, a convention called rupaul's drag con. thousands of drag queens and the people who love them flooding the l.a. convention center for the second annual event buying merchandise and meeting the man himself. and here's his latest venture, the pop up shop inside suite hollywood where he sells branded t shirts and chocolate bars. >> people can eat my chocolate, taste all my chocolate. i'm very proud of it. >> reporter: it should be called innuendo bar by rupaul. >> isn't everything an innuendo. >> reporter: he likes to laugh but he has a pronounced spiritual side. we wrought in fancy radio mikes so i could record an episode of my pod cast. do you think i am missing out on something because i have never done and probably will never do

drag? >> there are aspects of your personality you don't know about until you get into drag. i've seen straight men get into drag. it's interesting to see what they turn into. you're gorgeous. you have a sexy body and good teeth and good hair. >> reporter: a part of the human experience rupaul is now determined to get me to experience firsthand. >> you have a body that could be padded out really well. >> reporter: okay. you want to give me a bigger butt? >> you going to have a big old fat ass, some wide ass hips. >> this is great. >> reporter: you've made me thoroughly uncomfortable. i love it. >> if you want to hear more of dan's conversation with rupaul, check out 10% happier on apple pad cast. and next the invictus game winner who impressed prince harry.

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and finally tonight, the inspiring american swimmer who befriended britain's prince

harry. here's bob wood rough. >> reporter: after this peck on the cheek, she's the athlete who had everyone talking, not for winning the race but for the moment when elizabeth marks has prince harry to bring the medal back to the hospital where she fell deathly ill before the start of the 2014 games. >> how do you say thanks to the people who saved your life? that was the best way i could think. the awarded medal from their time. >> injured in iraq, she's made an impressive comeback winning four gold medals this week. >> wow. just take didn't take long to blow this one out. >> it's not hard when you have the beautiful amazing support i do. >> reporter: and that spirit is what elizabeth would like everyone to take away from these games. for "nightline" in orlando. now, that'