STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep with another step forward for reality TV. A woman in the country of Georgia wanted to compete in a televised singing contest, which was hard since she was in prison for robbery. But the BBC reports prison officials sent her to the studio under armed guard. And though she did not win, the country's prisons minister appeared beside her and told her there on TV she was being released on parole. She said she would seize this chance to start her life anew. It's MORNING EDITION.
Prison officials allowed her to compete under armed guard, according to the BBC. And though she did not win the contest, the country's prisons minister announced she was being released on parole.