Survivor viewers switch off minutes into new series as they make same complaint
Survivor viewers switched off minutes into the new series as they made the same complaint.
The show made its comeback on BBC1 with 18 hopefuls selected from across the UK set to battle it out amid tropical remote conditions to be crowned the Sole Survivor. They have the chance to walk away with a cash prize of £100,000 if they can endure tough conditions, betrayal and psychological games.
Hosted by Joel Dommet, the TV reboot comes more than 20 years after it first aired in 2001. By the following year in 2002 ITV decided to axe the show - until now. The contestants are split into two tribes, and they have to compete against each other in order to gain a reward or immunity from being voted off the island.
Survivor returned with 18 hopefuls from across the UK (BBC)However, many fans didn't appear to be impressed with the new series as they turned off during the first episode complaining it was "dull" and better suited to another channel. Taking to social media, one viewer said: "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."
A fourth quipped: "I’m not sure I care about anything that is happening. #SurvivorUK #Survivor." While one 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." Someone else added: "Best of luck to #Survivor but wrong channel & wrong timeslot. It'll be axed by this time next year." While another 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."
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Someone said: "Weird for BBC1 to have #survivor - much better fit for ITV/Channel 4," as a viewer echoed: "#Survivor should be on BBC3 or Channel 5. Odd channel choice." Survivor will see players eliminated one by one from the challenging competition at the iconic Tribal Council - losing out on their chance to win the cash prize.
The show will run for 16 episodes. Teasing the show and speaking about the series for the first time, 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 reach series 45 of the hit show.
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