Catfish : Royaume-Uni

I used to be a huge fan of Catfish US and a few (many) seasons in it started to get pretty stale but continued to watch because I love Nev (and Kamie/Max) and it seemed to be the consensus online that it was most people's opinion. I was pretty surprised that we were getting a UK version this late in the game but thought I'd give it a go while I eat my breakfast. This was not good, the presenters are lovely but I think having an existing partner team would have probably been better for chemistry etc. (Nev & Max's chemistry was fantastic) the story was as old as time but spun as something new and dramatic(?) I actually zoned out a few times even without anything to distract me. 5+ years ago this would have felt fresher, and it was being asked for, if memory serves me right.

These hosts have no chemistry like the American hosts. I am mad I paid for this season. It has nothing to do with orientation and everything to do with lack of chemistry.

What a disappointing knock-off. I was so excited because of how great the original is and dumbfounded when this garbage came on. It's everything opposite of the US version. The hosts have no chemistry, they don't seem genuinely concerned about the people involved, they sound like robots, the editing SUCKS. It's like they're really bad actors with a horrible script. Even though the situations are not anything shocking, they would be just fine if everything else didn't suck. Just don't watch this, please.

I have nothing against Julie, or Oobah...in fact, I think they'd make a great team - on something else.

As for Catfish UK...it's like amateur hour. Everything is telegraphed in, so you know what's going to happen a good 20 minutes before it does. Massive over-reactions to the most mundane of discoveries...really cringey reaction shots...it's almost like Nev and Max's little siblings doing a parody of Catfish US!

Clearly scripted/pre-planned in places, if not entirely. For example, Guy is waiting in the park for a girl...car pulls up...male driver gets out HOLDING A RED ROSE (to imply he's the catfish)...only for him to let the girl out of the other side of the car and then give her the rose! Why on earth would the driver be holding the rose to start with? It's like me going to my girlfriend's house to propose to her, but I give the engagement ring to the Uber driver on the way there, who hands it back to me when I get out of the car...it's just stupid!

I could only manage the first 3 episodes, before I snapped out of it and realised that I was wasting my life away in 1 hour increments!

This wouldn't even be good as a stand-alone show. So even without comparing it to the US version, it's still dreadful.

Just a rushed, barely thought out, underdeveloped, cash grab!

I'm sorry but there's something off w/ this show. But Julie and Oobah seem to be nice. I've tried to give it a try as least 3 times. It just isn't it.