The show is being a stripped Sunday to Tuesday. Sundays premiere is almost 2 hours long with Monday to Tuesday closer to an hour. Not too bad in terms of saturation.
2 Likes
The first episode is 78 mins without ads, not too bad for the first show and didnāt feel too long.
Yeah I definitely have my reservations about some of the techniques used, wonder how many are recreated just for tv use and for the flow of the show.
Canāt believe some of the teams so far, more on that later when the show has aired on Sunday.
Maybe if this is successful. They might do it in other states of Australia and maybe do Celebrity editions as well
Slightly premature 
If successful, I suggest they shouldnāt change anything.
5 Likes
God help us if this is mildly successful and they plan on over saturating us with more of it.
Less is more.
1 Like
Thatās the last thing we need.
3 Likes
Anyone watching? First impression is that the bad acting in the HQ is really weird and distracting.
They called Keilor an inner city suburb??
Donāt mind it!
The acting in HQ is shit but to be expected, the big question I have is how are you meant to be covert with a huge camera and camera man chasing you?
Bit of a dead give away lol
1 Like
Not anymore. Lasted half an hour.
Iām watching again tonight after watching the preview screening on Friday, and itās good.
Its not perfect and it is a tv show after all, so there are certain liberties that need to be taken to get the required footage to make it possible but outside of the initial release in Federation Square when all eyes were on them I canāt see the camera operator following them being too much of a hazard when it comes to being found.
Be lucky to get 300k watching 5 mins of this. Seems very fake.
I donāt think this is what the viewer wants. Back to Netflix I switch.
1 Like
Needs to move a bit quicker. For a show chasing fugitives itās a bit slow.
4 Likes
The people in HQ seem to be reading a autocue or script.
1 Like
Iām enjoying it. They have been to some locations that I know as well which makes it interesting. Thereās a lot of interest and chatter amongst my friends, getting lots of texts/msgs throughout.
1 Like
Itās a solid format, but the fakeness really does ruin it, and itās so unnecessary. It would be a faster paced show if they just edited it out, nothing would be lost.
1 Like
We are enjoying it but I do agree a bit snappier would be good. Also agree this is going to tank ratings wise, no one knows it on.
Only heard one ad on the radio today about it and I only know because I follow the Aussie tv landscape like you all.
1 Like
One thing I loved about the earlier versions of The Amazing Race. So unscripted and real.
These shows fail due to becoming a product of what Producers want, when they want, and how they want. Block has gone down this path also.
Everyone so harsh. Iām really enjoying this. Something different to whatās on Aussie tv.
Hope it does ok.
5 Likes
It started slow but its picked up now. I would enjoy it more if I was a dumb bogan who believes this is all spontaneous but the scripts and scenarios are a little far fetched.