Survivor

Well, the U. K ..ie my home finally got round to doing another series of Survivor after many, many years and they seem to have paid a bit of attention to other franchises and basically gone back to early days of the U. S version because that really was the best. (With acknowledgment to Australian version where I'm convinced that at times they're out to kill them) What they haven't done is gone wildly politically correct or at least they haven't smashed it into our faces they've just a shown us Brits as we are. They have done a pretty good cross representation of us Brits...from the posh Toff to the not so posh working class with everything in between. And our nations and regions are shown. And they actually left the survivors with nothing initially, old style, earn your stuff the hard way !

Even Joel isn't as annoying as he can be. My only real and constant gripe is the background music. It's far, far too loud. It's intrusive, relentless and infuriating. On U. K TV we suffer from 'whispering' where for some reason the broadcasters seem to think we don't need to hear the words that are said...they are either drowned out by background music or the voices are so quiet you struggle to hear. Many folk leave subtitles on permanently...it really can be that bad.

So BBC do us all a favour and tweak the sound levels...it spoiling a good programme.

Give it a whirl....these survivors mean business, just like they used to.

This just didn't capture the 'soul' of survivor. Were any genuine survivor fans involved in the production of this travesty? It's as though someone was just sent a rough template and followed it without any regard to the fans who watch this show.

Please go and watch Australian survivor and see how it's done, this was cringeworthy and an opportunity for a successful UK survivor franchise has gone begging.

The presenter seems like a nice guy but between his style, dad humour and the terrible music between scenes you could have been forgiven for thinking you were watching an episode of love island.

We almost fall asleep during tribal council...the way they were counting the votes, opening the pieces of paper...so sloooowwww. It needs passion and fun...The American version totally fan for more than 15 years...we also love very much the Australian version...3rd option South African and last the U. K Even during the episodes there is a lack of passion and motivation...also I notices the edting and post production could improve a bit. The set and lighting atvtribal council could also improve as well.

After watching so many years the U. S version can't wait for another season to start, in this case not sure we will continue.

I've seen every English language Survivor season. This is horrible.

It's as if it was made by people who never watched the show and certainly don't understand what makes it popular.

The players aren't interesting or people you want to watch.

The host, Joel Dommett, is annoying. His little voice is like fingernails across a chalkboard. And unfortunately, he really likes to talk. To make matters worse, they have him doing voice overs to narrate and explain things.

Instead of using the typical Survivor instrumental music, there are CONSTANT vomit inducing pop songs and cover versions of pop songs.

The paper they vote on looks like cheap toilet tissue that has seen action.

From the big things to little things, this UK series is horrible and should be marooned on an island and left for dead.

A poor version of an iconic tv series... just leave it to Jeff Probst! Even though classic phrases are reused by the host - they lack a presence and passion for the game. The tribes start the game with opportunity to take food with them back to camp (potatoes, pineapples - has the production team even watched the original Survivor series?), which seems a huge unfair advantage.

The concept itself of surviving on a remote island for a cash prize is a nice draw. However what keeps the audiences attention is the interpersonal relationships and strategy of the individuals to ultimately back stab and manipulate the players to become the sole survivor. The original American version carries the the tag line "outwit, outplay, outlast" giving the players 3 clear arenas to compete in to win the prize.

The uk version seems to missing this, and for some reason hasn't replaced it with anything, leaving this version lacking in interest and gameplay.

I mean maybe they can learn from their shortcomings and improve in the seasons to follow. Who knows.

Long story short - Jeff Prost the American version producer and host created the show and has so much passion for the project it's pointless having anyone else.