Million Dollar Island (Australia)

I love this show and I hate reality tv.. so many interesting strong people with interesting stories.. some players scare me and you really end up hating the personality of certain characters but it is enjoyable to watch.. the challenges are just wonderful you really don't know what's going to happen or who's going to win and the come backs are mind blowing and it's really exciting to see who decides to give up and go home. Such brave strong people on the island and I enjoy this show. Can't wait for next casting.. my partner will be applying for a spot.. this is very entertaining and fun to watch.

There's nothing 'new'or 'revolutionary' in what Channel 7 claims is a 'social experiment where the rules of society don't exist. A bold claim and as usual for these types of shows, utterly untrue.

'The rules of society don't exist?? Sign me up! However if you're thinking this is a real life Squid Game you're in for a major disappointment. This is a cheap bland clone of the American show, with that guy from SAS (which was at least moderately entertaining) looking completely out of place and giving encouragement to a large bunch of randoms looking to win money by emulating trials from Survivor.

Perhaps it's Sevens answer than that God-awful 'Summit' in which a bunch of egotistical randoms compete to win an ever diminishing cash prize all whilst being harrassed by a possessed helicopter. Except this has a few more shirtless buff guys and scantily clad young women.

Whoever writes this garbage should fear the advent of AI scriptwriting. Put your brain into neutral if you're watching this rubbish because it's just a vehicle to fill in the space between ads.

For the most part I was liking this up to the final episode.

It had some slight flavors of Survivor, although not quite. CLEARLY everyone had access to clean water for bathing, etc. At no point did anyone look like they had been on an island surviving for a month or more.

The VERY disappointing aspect was the finale. They should have changed the name of the show to "Million Dollar Offer Island". Because there was NO WAY anyone was EVER going to walk away with a million dollars. It was just not possible based on the finale.

And oh how horribly boring the finale was... like an extended episode of Deal or No Deal... don't open the wrong case - I mean box.

Started strong.. but based on the finale, I'd be hard pressed to watch any additional season unless they make it clear the end challenge has been changed and someone WILL end up with a million.... rather than the $100K.

Ended up being "$200k Island". I bet the producers were happy they saved so much money.

This show is awful. Too many contestants, you don't really care about anyone on there. Most people getting airtime are just straight up unlikable, I'm not sure what casting process they followed here but there is nothing interesting about any of the contestants. Majority are either cocky for no apparent reason, have a sob story or just dull. I don't care who wins or gets voted off, I don't even know anyone's name.

The show's episodes are too long, repetitive and boring. Editing is drawn out and not making this interesting to watch. There's literally nothing good about this show. Pay the viewers a million dollars to compensate for this rubbish!

A good or bad imitation ? Well I started off quite keen on this but the gloss faded fairly quickly.

Other reviewers have detailed the main premise of the show and how, over time the prize becomes smaller ...shares not a Million. (That's okay if you know from the off that that is what's happening...not the initial impression given) For me a major irritation from virtually the beginning (second episode) was that it was clear who would end up in the final because they'd skewed the play so that the highest 'earner' was immune from play. It also became clear that food would become an issue and control/ownership of it certainty revealed some people for who they are.

On a personal viewing level there was one player who is probably the most objectionable contestant I've ever seen in a reality survivor type show.

And as a viewer, if they decide to do it again get rid of Ant Middleton...he is dreadful he just hasn't got the charisma or skills to voice over a game show like this. His other show demanded very little from him but in this one his gaps showed. In fact they need to re jig the constant and repetitive stream of words from both Ant and the contestants...it was the same thing over, over and over again. Possible it's because the people competing weren't articulate or interesting enough to fill the time. They certainly lacked the strategic skills they could have used...except for the production rigging of the play.

And the final game...(contestants looking suddenly showered, brushed and in freshly ironed clothes) well, the final game required luck. Just luck..And do we really have to hear over and over again why they want the money... I'd love to say I'd enjoyed the series...all I can say is it's okay. I've actually had the last episode saved to watch for several weeks because it's so frustrating to watch but curiosity won out.

But as I'm watching it and writing...I have to repeat their last game is luck...luck...and that is so poor after everything that's gone before.

So it's a series that starts with a bang and ends on a decided whimper.