I really liked the look of the promo but there was something annoying about the stop-start-stop-start of the music.
Well didnât they pretty much start Masterchef as soon as MKR ended? i.e. they canât have timed it to end perfectly to finish with Olympics. I would guess Masterchef has about 3-4 weeks left in the seasons so it will come close.
Personally though I donât think the networks should just give up whilst the Olympics are on. Shows like Bachelor/Bachelorette would appeal to a different audience and I think would still do well during the Olympics.
Breathtaking. No one does an event promo like Ten. Keeping the tradition alive!
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Watching the promo and all hope that this would actually be good washed down the drain. It looks crap. The players all look the same. Didnât see one old or fat person on it. They all look good looking and in their twenties and thirties.
Mateship? Puke. Iâm hoping it isnât going to be anything like the cosy feeling of MC.
Iâm also over Samoa as a location. Seen it too many times on the US version and there arenât many places you can film for challenges. It also makes water based challenges rare. Would have much preferred Vanuatu or Fiji. I wouldnât even bother asking for Africa, South America, China or Japan because I know it would be out of the question.
I actually think Lapaglia will do a good job hosting and he seems good in the promos. Thatâs probably the only positive I can add.
It had better air as soon as MC finishes because it has no hope after the Olympics. Going into Summer and with the US show on as a comparison. Suicide. Perhaps Ten should have waited for early next year after IAC.
Most TEN shows are continuing across the Olympics according to
http://forums.mediaspy.org/t/ten-network-programs-and-schedules/44/542?u=tv.cynic
Great counter programming. I hope if the do air Survivor in the Olympics there isnât too much audience overlap there though. I donât think Survivor would win.
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Well didnât they pretty much start Masterchef as soon as MKR ended? i.e. they canât have timed it to end perfectly to finish with Olympics.[/quote]
If itâs the same length as last year it will end around 25 July. I donât know if they were still filming when it started airing. If they were and werenât too close to the end they might have been able to squeeze another week out of it to take it to 3 or 4 days before the Olympics.
I think that many people who havenât watched an episode of Survivor for say 10 years or more might have been surprised by the production values seen in that clip - never having seen even a 16:9 episode of the franchise. Of course die-hard fans of the CBS version would have been disappointing if Ten did not follow suit with the sweeping tropical vistas, underwater cameras etc.
You clearly donât know most fans. Most die hards are over the beach locations and want an inland season like Tocantins or Gabon. There hasnât been a US season without a beach/tropical location since 2008. Beaches are boring, especially ones that have been used extensively already like Samoa. Already four seasons of the US version (Samoa, HvV, SoPa, OW) have filmed in Samoa. Way too much
I wasnât specifically referring to the location, but the production values and how they have improved especially when CBS switch their reality shows like Survivor and The Amazing Race to 16:9.
I havenât seen the inland ones you mentioned. Aus Outback is the only one, and the location of that was deathly boring.
Okay.
Inland seasons are great.You get the best of both worlds. Different locations and different challenges. Trust me, after seeing so many beaches, they all look the same after a while and even the Outback location looks inviting.
It also doesnât help that US survivor has moved away from water and physical challenges either. All the challenges now are endurance, balance and puzzles.
Ive always found the inland versions a bit boring.
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Well, doesnât that tell you that the beach versions are more popular with viewers? Thatâs why the producers prefer them, especially since there is more of a chance to perv on scantily clad women (and men). 
Sigh. Actually itâs due to cost and environment. Itâs cheaper to film on beaches and the crews no longer like to slum it and have to be near 5 star hotels to film. Itâs due to budget constraints they now film two seasons back to back and can no longer afford places like Africa, China & Australia.
Have you actually watched Survivor? You still get bikinis and buff bods in inland seasons, even if itâs pouring of rain.
Thatâs a shame. Guatemala is one of my favourites and Iâve never found China or Gabon boring. Africa I agree with. Iâve always hated Amazon, mainly due to its cast, but I loved the location.
Yes, when it was actually good. The first five or six seasons were great. The rest have been rehashed rubbish. This applies to most reality shows.
To be fair i havent watched every season. The ones i watched and did not like were africa, australia and Amazon
Eye roll. Honestly. I donât even know where to start except to say yes itâs changed a great deal, some for better and some for the worse. Iâve never been a fan of the early seasons much except for Borneo and Outback.
Rehashed rubbish. Yes thatâs right there were idols back then. Blindsides were common and there has been no evolution of gameplay.
You shouldnât generalise then, especially when you have seen less than half of them and all from the early seasons. Though I agree you did watch the duds. Plastic Heidi, clueless Jenna and juvenile misogynist Rob from Amazon were just the pits. Add in misandrist Deena, homophobic Roger and deaf Christieâs sex adventures. Just awful.
You wouldnât be a crazed, obsessed fan, would you? 
No criticism would alter your way of thinking.