On reality competition shows, contestants are always trying to prove to the judges and their other contestants how much they
want it. There's always lots of discussion where the judge is like "I don't know if you really
want to be here," and then the contestant says "I WANT this so bad I want it more than starving children in Africa want a hot meal and affordable AIDS medicine." This is something that isn't paralleled in real life. It's not like when you're at your job, your boss says "I'm not convinced you
want to update this Excel spreadsheet enough." No one really cares what you want or how much you want it.
In real life, it's better not be constantly trying to show how much you "want it". Because you'll end up coming off like this: