I went into this show with little to no expectations and came out really enjoying it for the most part. My absolute favorite part of it is the announcer, who is incredibly hilarious throughout the entire series. He will call out the the cast and production team both with no hesitation, when most announcers sugar coat everything or basically say whatever production wants them too. He's wonderful. The casting is done well too. I found myself really loving most of the cast, with the exception of the ones I just couldn't stand, which makes for great television.
There are some MAJOR downsides however, and all come from the production. There are a couple (not all) cast members that are so overly produced that it's obvious they're playing a character. When they bring in new contestants it's totally random. Sometimes 1 guy. Sometimes 2 guys and a girl. Sometimes 6 people. Also they have these "challenges" that are good for absolutely nothing. The winner never actually wins anything. Also during the show some cast get wayyyyy more screen time than others, which isn't fair at all considering how the public votes for which couples they want to stay. An example is the "random" dates some of the couple's get to go on. From what I've seen only the fan (or producers) favorites get to go on these dates, in turn getting them more screen time, and more public votes at the end of the day. Most couples don't get these "random" dates. Some cast members won't even be seen in some episodes. How are we supposed to vote for someone we forget is there? Another thing is the randomness of the "Re-Coupling" as they call it. Who decides the order they get to pick their partners? The answer is the producers. A good example is when a new girl came in and got to pick her partner before most of the other girls, which in turn caused one of the girls that had been there longer to quit. I don't blame her either. She so obviously got screwed over by production. Another small thing, not that big a deal, but production making the cast freak out when they get a text "I GOT A TEXXXT!!!, is so obviously stolen from The Challenges' "I GOT A CLUEEEEE!!" That they would make them do over there. They're way more annoying about it on here, and should tone it down just a tad.
If they could just fine tune some things and make it actually somewhat fair, it would be way better. When new islanders come in, they should alternate. Two guys and a girl, then 2 girls and a guy, so during the coupling ceremony they can also alternate from girls picking, to guys picking instead of girls picking two or three times in a row. Also the winner of the challenge should either be the one that wins the date (and more screen time) and/or decide the order that the islanders get to pick their dates. That's the biggest thing. Make the challenges mean something and let the cast pick the order they get to pick their dates, and alternate from guys to girls at every coupling ceremony. I know the English version is new so hopefully it'll learn from it's mistakes. I mean, Big Brother and Survivor started out shaky but got better so I'm hopeful this will too.
