Survivor UK Season 1 (review)

 Something else I finished recently was all the seasons of Survivor UK. There are only 2 but a new one comes out this summer so I thought I'd watch the originals first. 

These came out in 2001 and 2002 so it's the "old school" version of Survivor. Where the challenges are slow and there's no hidden immunity idols. 

The host didn't seem to understand the concept of the show and dressed in khakis and a polo shirt speaking like he was in a documentary the whole time. He barely asked any questions at tribal, and just read off the votes in the end. 

He once seemed angry the contestants spilt the vote and told them to "work it out" so there wouldn't be another tie. After that I noticed they started talking about any ties breakers would be decided by who received the most votes at prior councils. 

Another weird thing about tribal is they had the contestants snuff out there own torches. They showed who all voted in the final 4 but then proceeded to count them afterwards. Then when it was down to 3 they had everyone vote....why I don't know. 

The host was so bad that during the finale someone else stepped in the the host isn't seen in season 2 so I guess they knew he hated or couldn't understand the point of the show. 

They also showed the what time and temperature it was for each scene which I thought was weird.

However, it did have some interesting twists. 

There was a challenge where they could hit a target and win money that went right into an auction. And their first "blindside" really pissed off one of the player who felt he should've been told prior to the vote. 

During the finale, they mixed live scenes with the final episode. For example, they'd show 2 people asking their questions at tribal and then cut live and talk about it. They didn't even count the votes in the end, but rather showed who voted for whom and stopped after someone won. (it was a 7-0 sweep) 

A girl named Charlette won but she actually rode the coattails of another player (Richard) to win, voting him out at the very last tribal when he finally lost a challenge. 

Overall, it wasn't bad and I can't wait to talk about season 2....next week!