The 1% Club Australia

This is a great premise of a show and the questions are fun to answer as a family on a Sunday night. We first saw this show in London and were really excited to see an Australian version was going to be aired. Unfortunately, we stopped watching when all the host was doing was introducing smutty, sexual inuendo with the contestants. There is no need for that at 7pm on a Sunday night when people are looking for fun, family viewing with an intellectual twist. What audience are they trying to reach? The people watching Bravo are already watching their reality shows, the people looking for some housewives are watching their choices, where is the option for people who want something different? Our family will stop watching now, such a shame and waste of a potentially good show.

Great show with in interesting questions. But the host is dreadful. He sounds drunk. He is insulting to the contestants. He never shuts up while the contestants are trying to answer the questions. He is obnoxious and way too loud. He shouts all the time. Contrast his style with that of Lee Mack on the UK version. They are like chalk and cheese. Lee is professional, Jim just tries too too hard and it is awful. Perhaps he will settle down but he has a long way to go to be good. But if you can get past him if is a really good show as it doesn't rely n general knowledge but the ability to see patterns and use logic. Some of the questions are quite challenging.

The concept of this show isn't bad but this version of it is terrible (as opposed to the UK one with Lee Mack). Jim Jeffries is painfully unfunny and uncouth and most of the show is just inane chit-chat between him and the contestants. The only interesting part is the questions themselves but after watching a few shows even they are becoming a little too formulaic. Add to all that the slow drawn-out 'suspense' of finding out how many people got the latest question right. I record this hour long show now so I can fast forward through all the tedious & boring bits to get to the questions - it takes less than 10 minutes to watch that way.

I love the concept of this show. I started out watching the UK version and found Lee Mack funny and quick witted. If his jokes were in any way inappropriate, they were made in a way that wouldn't be noticed by a younger audience, and so we could enjoy the show as a family. Unfortunately, Jim Jeffries is so rude and offensive that we can't allow our children to watch it with us. Even when I watch it alone, I have to mute the TV so I can still see the questions but don't have to listen to the absolute rubbish that comes out of his mouth. It's a shame, because it's a really good idea for a show. I hope they find a new host. It has so much potential.

The Aussie host, Jim Jefferies, really needs to either be changed or totally and radically change his presentation skills (using the term loosely) He definitely should watch the UK host, Lee Mack, to see how he should present the show and indeed, himself. Jefferies tries too hard to be funny, he's crude and worst of all, the audience seems to believe they have to laugh at his not funny patter. Oh, and why does he have to shout all the time? Judging by all the very negative comments/reviews, it seems his hosting of this show (which in itself is a good format and fun to try to work out the questions) is going to be somewhat short lived.