Ruins what makes a great and serious game show.
Celebrity Mastermind is what it sounds like, a celebrity version of the BBC's classic game show format Mastermind, where contestants answer questions based on a chosen specialist subject and then answer general knowledge questions after the four contestants have answered their Specialist Subjects.
On the other hand, this version of the show completely pails in comparison to the original civilian version. First of all, these editions are not tournament-based, they are all standalone. Secondly and the most important part: they severely tone down the question difficulty, and yet the celebrities who answer the questions, even within their specialist subjects, fail to get them right! They don't just dumb down the show, but they make the celebrities like bumbling idiots solely for entertainment value, because that's what this is because they're doing this for charities.
If I were you, just stick to the regular Mastermind, because it has a purpose when compared to this mess.
On the other hand, this version of the show completely pails in comparison to the original civilian version. First of all, these editions are not tournament-based, they are all standalone. Secondly and the most important part: they severely tone down the question difficulty, and yet the celebrities who answer the questions, even within their specialist subjects, fail to get them right! They don't just dumb down the show, but they make the celebrities like bumbling idiots solely for entertainment value, because that's what this is because they're doing this for charities.
If I were you, just stick to the regular Mastermind, because it has a purpose when compared to this mess.
- LTPHarry
- Mar 15, 2024