Reality VS Talent

Everyday we see a reality show on television.  The trend now is teenage mothers.  So, do many young people have to make a big mistake in order to rise to stardom?  How did they break into tv in the tough competitive world of show business?  Furthermore, how are these people considered a "reality star"?  A star?  Come on!  I have friends out there who work hard and are very talented.  They make their own movies, self publish their own books, shoot beautiful photography and their works of art never see the light of day, yet we have teen mothers on tv (as well as other people who film their lives for television) who are living the lives most unknown talented people should be living.  Yep, they're famous.  So I ask you, what is wrong with this picture?