Reality Made Over, part II, special issue of journal Configurations edited by Bernadette Wegenstein This article takes as its starting point a consideration of makeover show The Swan-in which contestants undergo a total transformation via radical cosmetic surgery as well as confidence training-within context of Michel Foucault's and Giorgio Agamben's work on biopolitics. Biopolitics is a form of political regime under which bodies and minds of citizens are administered and life is managed. I want to argue that what is at stake in shows such as The Swan is precisely subjection of participants' bodies and lives to disciplinary techniques applied by dominant sociopolitical institutions. The recently popularized genre of extreme makeover TV treats post-Big Brother audiences to documentaries featuring remodeling of real people's homes, gardens, wardrobes, and-as has been case with shows such as ABC's Extreme Makeover, MTV's I Want a Famous Face, and Fox's The Swan-bodies.2 There is, however, something unique about way in which The Swan treats subject of makeover by framing it in biozoological terms, and by introducing survival of fittest as its principle of entertainment. The program is designed as a competition between a group of average-looking women, who are all undergoing a three month long total transformation that involves cosmetic surgery, a weight-loss program, and personality training-all undertaken without being able to see themselves in a mirror. Each episode features two competitors who are judged by a panel of experts on success of their transformation, with overall winner of series being crowned the Swan.