“Get Me Out of Here”
It’s patriciat’s fault. She commented on my last review that I hadn’t written about the “gem” of reality television and when I realised that this fact was true, I just had to put pen to paper.
For me, “reality” ... Read review
It’s patriciat’s fault. She commented on my last review that I hadn’t written about the “gem” of reality television and when I realised that this fact was true, I just had to put pen to paper.
For me, “reality” television is probably one of the most damning indictments of modern society. So bored and unfulfilled are we with our own lives that ... ...of nobodies do nothing for our entertainment. It fills the popular press. All the newspapers are talking about these shows, all the chat shows are talking about these shows and all the women at all the bus stops are talking about these shows. It really is quite dreadful.
“I’m A Celebrity” takes ten famous people (though we’ll debate that point later) and places them in a special encampment in the Australian ... more
“Get Me Out of Here”
It’s patriciat’s fault. She commented on my last review that I hadn’t written about the “gem” of reality television and when I realised that this fact was true, I just had to put pen to paper.
For me, “reality” television is probably one of the most damning indictments of modern society. So bored and unfulfilled are we with our own lives that we must take endless addicted pleasure from watching a bunch of nobodies do nothing for our entertainment. It fills the popular press. All the newspapers are talking about these shows, all the chat shows are talking about these shows and all the women at all the bus stops are talking about these shows. It really is quite dreadful.
“I’m A Celebrity” takes ten famous people (though we’ll debate that point later) and places them in a special encampment in the Australian jungle for two weeks. For the first week, the celebrities must eat, sleep and live completely in isolation, their only contact being a daily visit from the hosts Ant and Dec to advise one or more of the hapless individuals that they must compete in a revolting “bush tucker trial”. These normally involve eating slugs, elephant’s mucus or something else equally unappetising. Apparently, the general public revels in the opportunity to put these people through these ordeals day in, day out and for the celebrities it is the only way that they can earn a decent meal.
In week two, the general public then starts to vote for who they want to stay. I can’t remember whether they vote for their favourite or least favourite, but either way at least one person gets binned each day until the finale, when two celebrities are left and one of them is ultimately called king or queen of the jungle. There’s no cash prize – it’s all done for charity, you see – but the winner is likely to benefit from his/her victory in countless other commercial ways that would probably make your hair curl.
And that’s about as far as it goes. It all sounds harmless enough, doesn’t it? The trouble is that whilst you might ignore the show as best you can, unless you go and lock yourself in the changing rooms in John Lewis for two weeks, escape is likely to be futile. Once you have failed to escape, only then can you appreciate what truly moronic television this is…..
The celebrities are not so much A-listers as they are Q-listers. The bottom of the barrel is normally scraped, so you can expect washed up pop stars, partners of F-list celebrities, soulles supermodels and other media riff raff. In the current series, for example, I have only heard of about three of the individuals and they certainly don’t hold any interest for me. If the television company wants to make a show about losers for losers, they could at least find some interesting losers to do it with.
Nothing really happens. They fight. They fart. They sleep. They eat. They chat and if you’re really lucky, they might sing a song. Personally, I’d find it more entertaining to listen to a bus load of pensioners on their way out to a Christmas meal. The highlight of a series will normally be when people fall out, or when people become so distressed that they voluntarily leave the show. It’s an interesting observation that the general public only really seems to enjoy the prospect of other people’s misery.
It’s all pretty relentless too. For the two weeks that the show is on air everyone and everything talks about it in such minute detail that you wonder whether you are actually missing something quite revolutionary. Everyone puts their own spin on it. The Daily Star features all the young ladies in bikinis. The Daily Mail talks about the social consequences of any such experiment and Fern Britton does her best to look interested in uninteresting people. You know that your life is boring when a romance between Jordan and Peter Andre (series 3) becomes the talk of the office.
It’s pretty disgusting. I’m not squeamish in the slightest but I do start to get sick of trailer after trailer showing people eating fishes eyes and flamingo phlegm. The worst part is that these bits are quite often shown early in the evening when you might be having your tea. It’s OK for schoolboys but do intelligent adults really need to see this 24-7?
The hosts drive me up the wall. There was a time when Ant and Dec were genuinely quite likeable but that time has long since past. With their contrived little routines, false sketches and desperate attempts to inject interest where none exists they really do start to wear thin. It is only the prospect of the satirical, ritual buggering that they used to receive on “Bo Selecta!” that prevents me from hating them completely.
It isn’t reality television. It’s edited. It’s staged. It’s contrived. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool. Rumours abound of secret pizza deliveries and undisclosed showers. I don’t necessarily go in for any of that, but I do strongly suspect that certain individuals are coached to behave in a certain way. What’s more, the version that goes out on ITV1 is a recorded compilation of the day’s events. You’ll be amazed what a good editor can do. Bizarrely, there is also live coverage on ITV2 – but this is in silence, because they can’t trust the celebrities not to disclose secrets about one another’s lives. How bizarre is that? Not as bizarre as the fact that there are sad sacks out there watching it!
It’s all a career ploy – and the public falls for it! Failed pop stars go back to the top of the charts. Otherwise unloved celebrities suddenly start appearing in television commercials or presenting television shows. Linda Barker has made a fortune out of it. At least the celebs aren’t stupid….
Need I go on? Do I really have to spell this out? “I’m A Celebrity” is a truly awful television programme and I don’t mind branding anyone who claims otherwise. Conceptually, I’m not opposed to it, but I would like to see some proper celebrities in there. How about a line-up featuring Madonna, Prince William, George Michael, Tom Cruise etc etc. Genuine celebrities who we would genuinely never get to see in any other capacity, thrown together in a genuine “situation”?
Nonetheless, I fear that the series will run and run, as the inhabitants of Bored Britain find nothing else to brighten their dull lives. Monkey Dust’s premonition of a reality celebrity toilet watch seems to loom ever closer – speculation already mounts as to who will be the first to drop her knickers and park a van load.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
If you’ve half a mind to watch this show, that’s all you’ll ever need…..
Advantages: Good Format, Presenters... Disadvantages: Celebs
...another series of the great I'm A Celebrity! I'm a big fan of trashy reality TV - although I draw the line at Big Brother, I can't stand it! - so I always look forward to I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! So tonight (sorry if by the time you read this it has changed, it's a product proposal!) is the grand opening of the jungle 2009. If you are interested in this, please do keep popping back as I'm going to update it every day (more or less) over ... ...do the same only with I'm A Celebrity! Anyway, here goes...Sorry, I was going to do this but Ciao has only just posted my review and I think I'm too behind now...I am extremely sorry!! == The Basic Idea == I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here is a reality show on ITV1. It has been running since 2002 and Ant and Dec have always been the presenters...and rightly so, I love those Geordie lads and it just wouldn't be the same without them! So, anyway, ...
xhoneybeex 15.11.2009 (27.11.2009)
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Advantages: Great Fun Disadvantages: Load of Rubbish
It's the latest round of this popular TV endurance test. Basically the premise is this, you get a bunch of celebrities, some of whom no one has ever heard of and strand them in an Australian rainforest for a few weeks, with few possessions and even less food and knock them off one by one. The elimination of the celebrities is done by viewers calling in, or texting who they want to keep. The least popular celebrity is given the rogues march.
It's ... ...I think it's a fun programme but I do get a bit sick of it on EVERY night, I tend to dip in and out of it whilst watching or doing something else. If you have digital TV you can get extra live coverage, and an extra, extra programme hosted by the lovely Tara Palmer Tompkinson, (who? A former it girl who ended up in drugs rehab, the only thing she is actually famous for) one of last years celebrities. The only one of those 'extras'I saw had our Tara ...
jouk04 01.12.2005 (03.12.2005)
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Advantages: Watching Celebrities make themselves look idiots Disadvantages: Another three weeks of this.
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
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Yes the time has come around yet again for a selected bunch of Celebrities to be cast out in the wilderness for three weeks in the aim of becoming King or Queen of the jungle as we are yet again subjected to another year of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. In the first two years of running this programme, I will say fair enough to the programme name, but as the years keep rolling ... ...should consider re-naming the show I'm A Celebrity Has Been or Wannabee, Get Me In Here as that is what it has come down to. They have scraped around the barrel looking for a desperate bunch of Wannabee Famous so-called stars who are desperate to try to re-launch there career, have a taste of fame again, and shoved them out in the jungle to amuse us.
This years so called Celebrities look a right sorry bunch, which to be honest if it was not for ...
welshwickedone 14.11.2006
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Advantages: We get to see celebrities deprived of luxuries, the presnters are excellent Disadvantages: Some of the celebrities could be better
Today I’m at a loss. For the first time in two weeks I’m going to have to fish out the TV guide and check what is on tonight as for the last weeks my evening life has been dictated by the third series of ITV’s I’m a celebrity…get me out of here. Dinner, gym sessions and other social events have been moved to more convenient slots and the video recorder has done overtime so I don’t miss any of my other usual shows. So what’s all the fuss?
Even if ... ...with the format. Ten celebrities are placed into a jungle in New South Wales and basically have to rough it for two weeks, where they are deprived of their usual luxuries except one item that they are allowed to take in with them. In true reality style shows its almost Survivor meets Celebrity Big Brother. In fact the first two series were so successful that the basic format has hardly been changed.
For the first week the public are asked to vote ...
Benniash 10.02.2004
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Advantages: Lots of scantily clad women Disadvantages: May take over yer life
Well, it’s that time of year again when celebrities from all over exclaim “I’m a celebrity get me….in here as I need the money!” with Ant & Dec, no doubt booked into a posh oz hotel for the next fortnight, an unlikely mix of ex-footballers, big-breasted ladies and royal reporters vie for first place to become the king or queen of the jungle. Needless to say, this is TV at it’s most compelling whilst operating at the lowest possible common denominator. ... ...Mcfadden and Jordan, both renowned for their substantial assets. KMf is a former member of Atomic Kitten whilst Jordan is the serial slapper (of faces…he he) best known for her monthly subscription to the breast enlargement clinic. Jordan reportedly asked for more than double the going rate (£100k+) although suggestions are that she settled for £50,000 in the end to do the show (as opposed to do other people). The other celebes were up in arms although ...
Marandina 26.01.2004 (06.02.2004)
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