Dutch TV producer, the ever classy BNN network, has announced a programme in which a terminally ill woman will choose a contestant to receive one of her kidneys.

The programme, entitled "Big Donor Show", naturally claims to have the public good in mind. "We know that this program is super controversial and some people will think it's tasteless, but we think the reality is even more shocking and tasteless: waiting for an organ is just like playing the lottery," says Laurens Drillich, chairman of the BNN network. She said waiting lists in the Netherlands are more than four years long and 200 patients die annually for lack of a donor.

The donor has been identified as "Lisa", a 37 year old woman suffering from an inoperable brain tumor. On the show, she will hear interviews with the contestants, their friends and their families, before deciding upon who gets her kidney.

Viewers won't be left out of this exciting decision either. Because this is a "reality" show, viewers will have the opportunity to vote via SMS on who gets the kidney. For a small fee.

The programme has drawn the attention of various lawmakers at the European Union, who deem the programme to be in bad taste. Imagine!

Someday historians will, no doubt, look back at this programme as one of the defining moments of the fall of Western Civilisation.