Apparently, the TV reality show "Being Lara Bingle" is kind of interesting.

Channel 10's new reality series which follows the Australian fashion model and socialite made a half good debut with 925,000 viewers, slightly above expectations, and it helped bump the following drama "Bike Wars" up to 1.029 million viewers for an episode featuring the key Milperra Massacre.

"Being Lara Bingle" ranked number thirteen overall but became number six in the young 18-49 and 16-39 age demographics. The TV reality show also had a bigger audience in Melbourne than Sydney. However, it lost to the "MasterChef" audience and then people switched back on for "Bike Wars."

"MasterChef" Australia bounced up almost 200,000 viewers on its regular 7pm audience with 1.294 million viewers due to the appearance of British chef, Jamie Oliver. The three shows helped Channel 10 to gain 18.7 per cent share, one of its best results for the year.

Lara Bingle's reality show will not change people's opinion of her. She is exactly as she appears in the countless magazines that run stories about her: head-turning beautiful and hungry for fame. After all, why would she let reality TV cameras in her life? Bingle understands and embraces the insatiable public interest in her personal life so much that she has practically made a TV career out of it.

She does not whitewash or ignore the high-profile romances that she had with professional Australian cricketer Michael Clarke or English rugby union footballer Danny Cipriani that made her a household name. Well, she even uses them to her advantage.

"Being Lara Bingle" gives the fans just enough reality that they can feel from getting a glimpse of Lara's private life. Love her or hate her, it cannot be denied that there is really something about Lara Bingle that is strangely compelling and entertaining.

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