Who'd like to see "Fans vs Favourites" next year?
Not me. No celebrities, no returnees, just a new batch of decent contestants please.
Yeah, no more gimmicks just yet. The themes are killing the US version, let's not go down that route.
...me neither... I know what I'm about to talk about is more in general rather than only about our actual Survivor but I'm sure that my point is along the same lines for Survivor too in the long run... just bear with me...
...what I loved about the early days of our beloved Big Brother when it first started up was that the housemates were unknowns... they were complete nobodies... they did not have Social Media accounts in attempts to try and propel them into fame... they never had 'Agents' and 'Agencies' to promote their 'Social Accounts'... they were not just brainless 'fame whores'... they used to line up and audition for the chance to be on Big Brother back then... and if... just IF they got picked they went from obscurity to becoming known overnight... they weren't there because they had gimmicks like attempting to show how great they are by kicking a Soccer Ball (and doing it badly) or wearing a suit of Armour or even bring in a Lamb to impress... they basically just walked in off the street... (they were all from The Bachelorette as of late but it's the same difference to me)...
...the only people that they have now on these 'Reality' type shows are those types of people unfortunately... 'ordinary' people never get a run in on these shows anymore... the 'Contenders' this year are amoung the very few that are 'normal' people in 'Reality' shows nowadays... as much as I did like seeing Shane Gould as she looks like nowadays and that she won the show too I would have liked this season way more if they were all nobodies that we've never seen before... nobodies are more interesting for me anyway... trying to work out what makes them tick from scratch is one of the reasons to watch the show as far as I'm concerned... the trouble with the 'Champions' is that because you already know who they are then it's way too easy to go onto Google to find everything about them instantly... so half the fun is taken away already...
...besides... anyone that had a 'Champion' as a sweep pick already half knew how they ticked so knew what to expect on how they would go perhaps?... the unknowns were unpredictable so were more interesting to learn about from my point of view... I would like to see no more 'Celebrities'... no more 'Sports' people... no more of anyone that we already know about from here to eternity... no more gimmicks... no more becoming the US version of Survivor... Australia has made our own version of Survivor and have owned it... we don't need to imitate the US version any longer... keep the show unique and simple... only have unknowns... if they do that we can't lose...
...I really liked the unknowns from the past 2 seasons of Survivor... because they were unknowns... hopefully Channel 10 go back to that format once again... if they get too gimmicky then the ratings will fall and we'll lose it in my opinion... if it ain't broke then don't try to fix it eh?... cheers.