Originally Posted by Pat13:
“I now only watch this programme for Ant and Dec as I just don't see the point in a reality show when you get no actual reality....just snippets of what the producers think you should see. IAC really is now just the bush tucker trials and little else apart from shots of boobs and bottoms. Heaven alone knows what it costs to send all those 'celebrities' out to Australia for three weeks or so and then never show us what they actually do in the jungle. All that money to show the bush tucker trial!
I think this is the first year when I have thought that no one actually deserves to win, I couldn't care less about any of them and I think, for me, this is the last year I shall watch it.”
This is true. The show now consists of Ant and Dec @rsing about, the bush tucker trial, the celebrity chest, a few shots of Emily and Jessica's tits or in bikinis, Antony having a whinge and Mark being nice but vacuous! If we're
really lucky we might get a few snippets of the other contestants (especially Dougie) to justify them being there but that's it - the show in a nutshell. We only get to see anyone other than Mark, Emily, Jessica, Antony and Dougie when they get to do a trial or be voted 'Prince of the Jungle' so they've got to include them in the edit.
I bet there's been some cracking conversations in there but for some reason TPTB think we'll be more interested in Mark massaging Emily or whatever. Well I'm not, I find those scenes tedious and contrived.
Shame. IAC was unmissable viewing a few years ago but it really has gone downhill nowadays IMO in trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
And boy are they trying to force this 'romance' on us or what? That celebrity chest with them bouncing all over/on top of each other was actually quite cringeworthy in it's manipulation!