Sounds like Nine have toned down on the echo when Magda says “the weakest link” in tonight’s episode.
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Doesn’t sound toned down to me. It still freaks me out.
First time watching tonight.
I like it. As others have mentioned though, Magda isn’t right for the show (but certainly not unbearable) and the echo is bloody annoying and unnecessary.
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People might hate me for this opinion but I think Eddie McGuire is more suited for this. Magda just isn’t serious enough.
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I thought the same thing. It’s definitely not as strong as it has been.
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You’ve got to be kidding me. Eddie is prone to taking the piss out of almost everything on Hot Seat. Why on earth would he suit a show like this?
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They should have possibly aired this episode first if they could have, Magda’s jokes are a bit better, and to me at least the echo is less noticeable. This is very much in the similar vein to the US/Jane Lynch version, will happily keep watching but would have loved the more nastier version.
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Eddie would just have a more professional approach I believe to the show, I’ve been in the Hot Seat Audience several times so I know how he acts behind the scenes as well as on the screen. I just think he’d be more suited than Magda. Either that or Nine should replace the weakest link with an Aussie version of Tipping Point.
I had never heard the term “A spare dick at a wedding” before. That and the Moby Dick joke - more risqué than the average game show.
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Sigrid Thornton would’ve been a great choice if they wanted to get someone from the left field to replicate the nasty Cornelia Frances/Anne Robinson versions. Or anyone from Wentworth really.
Each to their own but Eddie can stay on Hot Seat. This show requires a sense of authority which he doesn’t have (and neither does Magda) and we don’t really want him to be ‘Eddie Everywhere’ again.
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Too many Dick jokes for one episode.
That I would love to see. I enjoy watching the British version on weekdays when I get the chance.
We all know what Seven did when they commissioned a local version of The Chase and now I can’t see why Nine can’t do the same with Tipping Point.
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I honestly don’t know who could have helmed this show in today’s age.
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Maybe because Nine doesn’t want to overexpose the format and drain out any appeal of the British version by doing a local one?
Maybe because the audience who usually watches the UK version in the afternoon is different to that of a primetime audience (demographic-wise)?
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I rekon Lee Lin Chin
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I know a lot of people 60+ enjoy Tipping Point bit I did describe the show to a co-worker of around 30 years of age and he said it sounds quite boring and pointless.
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Sam Newman! But then I think the bloke can barely read to save his life…
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He would’ve been better off as a contestant and be made to do the ‘walk of shame’.
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There was already talk of Magda not being able to improvise, she would have been even worse.
would be a polarising choice, Gretel Killeen, she can balance stern with improvisation.
Could do the job without even blinking.
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