One government official is fighting to cancel a reality television show featuring a terminally ill patient charged with picking the most deserving contestant to receive her kidney.

The "Big Donor Show," is planned to air this Friday. One member of Dutch parliament is protesting the show. But advocates for the show say that it is meant to draw attention to the shortage of donated organs and the long lines for them.

Laurens Drillich, chairman of the BNN Network, said, "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."

She said the 300-person waiting lists in the Netherlands are unacceptable and as a result, 200 patients die annually from lack of a donor.

Kidney Institute Director Paul Beerkens said he was delighted to see the issue of organ donation shortages and long lines brought to light but disagreed with the manner in which it was being introduced.

He told Dutch new agency ANP, "the way in which they're doing this is definitely not our choice. This is not a structural solution."

The show, produced by Endemol NV -- the creator of reality show "Big Brother," will feature three contestants in need of a donor kidney. The show will interview them, their friends, and their family and then allow the donor -- 37-year-old brain cancer patient Lisa -- to pick who is most deserving.

Like many reality shows, viewers at home will have the option to send in their votes for who should receive the kidney via test messages. However, the final decision will be made by the donor.

Another controversial twist in the show is the fact that if the Lisa dies before the contestant is chosen then her kidney will go on the national donor list.

The European Union Commission criticized the show. The commission is set to announce a new donor policy soon.

EU Spokesman Philip Tod said, "It seems in rather bad taste to do a real TV show on something like this, which is after all a very serious issue."