Stav is Stav Davidson, co-host of Stav, Abby and Matt breakfast show on B105 Brisbane.
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Itâs great to have the show back but 9 have a big way to go with casting for diversity. 2 seasons in, 2% of the population use a wheel chair and we have not had 1 person in a wheel chair. I watched the UK version and realised how good they are at casting for diversity. The floor Australia cannot claim they have people from all walks of life.
Are they claiming this?
They said it at the beginning of the show
According to the ABS, around 0.7% of Australians use a wheelchair, and almost half of people with disability are over 65. So the actual pool of people who both use a wheelchair and would be willing and able to travel to the Netherlands to film a TV show is extremely small.
I think that you are taking the âall walks of likeâ comment far too literally. If you wanted to, you could pick out any tiny subgroup and say theyâre not represented. The point being made is simply that they cast is diverse across a broad range of backgrounds, not that every micro-demographic will appear on screen.
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I was pleasantly surprised to see Maureen on the show last night. She seemed like the life of the party, despite her age. And I thought she did pretty well, too.
Itâs only because I recently watched a lot of British reality and games shows that purposely cast for diversity. And itâs great to see. I would love Australia to do the same. Itâs not too difficult to do on a show like this. I donât see many shows ever cast people with a physical disability and they represent more than 1% of the population.
I also think itâs healthy to have these discussions. I donât watch a lot of game shows but I donât recall a time seeing someone using one on any game show in Australia. Does anyone else?
I imagine many people with disabilities would find it harder to travel overseas for a show like this and would generally be much less likely to apply. A lot of the examples youâve seen were probably filmed locally to those contestants, which makes participation easier.
I also found an article from a few years ago that highlights contestants with disabilities (wheelchair users, prosthetic limbs, etc.) who have appeared on reality shows. Iâm sure there are even more examples when you include local game shows.
To add to this, one that comes to mind for another disability is Connor who had Touretteâs on Big Brother last year and the ABC have the TV show Love on the Spectrum.
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Is the floor filmed outside Australia?
Expats in Netherlands I believe
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I have a mate who was on this season, and apparently the production company (Eureka Productions?) flew some contestants out. He lives in Regional NSW.
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Thatâs correct.
I reckon some celebrity contestants (like Jules Robinson last season and Steven Bradbury this season) would have flown to Netherlands to take part on the show. Whether they or Eureka paid the airfares, I donât know.
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I reckon youâre right that they flew there because itâs a long way to walk.
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There was a moment when Steven Bradbury was up just before they started the quiz on Winter Sports where 9 clearly edited in a reference to the Winter Olympics even though Iâm sure the show was filmed last year. They had Rodger record a voiceover saying, âHow good were the Winter Olympicsâ and inserted in and re-used a reaction of everyone cheering from somewhere else in the show.
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there is a wheelchair bound contestant on the new U.S. season
Yeah there was one of the UK version too.
The UK version has been renewed.
Yeah must be edited in.
There was a clearly disabled contestant on tonightâs Australian version too.
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The show needs some serious editing to make it sharper and faster. I think the concept is good, but the show is such a drag.
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