BBC Survivor viewers switch off as they make same complaint about new series
BBC Survivor viewers were quick to switch off just minutes into the new series, all voicing the same complaint. The show, hosted by Joel Dommett, made a comeback on BBC1 with 18 contestants from across the UK competing for a £100,000 cash prize.
Despite the excitement of the show's return after more than 20 years, many fans were left unimpressed.
They took to social media to express their disappointment, with one viewer saying: "I'm bored already #Survivor."
Another added: "Good grief. Is this really what the # BBC think the great British public want to watch on a Saturday night?" Someone else commented: "#Survivor on @BBCOne is c***. Gave it 20minutes and it's dull. Bring back #TheWheel."
One viewer cheekily said: "I'm not sure I care about anything that is happening. #SurvivorUK #Survivor."
Another viewer wrote: "Good grief. What a hyped up heap of s***e. So irritating. I tried, but the fake enthusiasm is a killer. Tarrah now! #Survivor."
A third person added: "Best of luck to #Survivor but wrong channel and wrong timeslot. It'll be axed by this time next year."
Another viewer commented: "Not sure about this #Survivor show on #BBC1 at peak time, feel like it has been done to death on other sides, will give it a chance."
Someone else said: "Weird for BBC1 to have #survivor – much better fit for ITV/Channel 4," while another echoed: "#Survivor should be on BBC3 or Channel 5. Odd channel choice."
The show's host Joel Dommett told the Mirror: "Outwit, outplay, and outlast – that's the phrase that the whole show sort of hangs on. And we have two tribes on a deserted island and they have absolutely nothing other than very basic supplies. So everything they receive, they play for."
"They play for rewards and they play for immunity. And so we do these big reward challenges, and then we do big immunity challenges. And if you don't win immunity then you come to tribal council with me, and then one of them gets sent home. It's great.
"It feels like now's the right time for it to be in the UK. And it sort of feels like a piece of every one of our favourite shows in the UK. And it's not because it's the last one to the table. It's because it was the first one to the table, and you realise when you are watching how many other shows have taken parts of Survivor for their show."
The BBC version of the show is set to be closer to those made in America and Australia, where it has been a hit for decades
Survivor first aired in Sweden in 1997 and there have been 50 adaptations commissioned around the world to date. In the US, they have just reached series 45 of the hit show.
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