Does anyone else have this problem?
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Cancunkid

Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 05:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I find this is true on every reality show I watch. I love the first couple of episodes but as there are fewer and fewer people I lose interest. I have not seen a single BB final and I have seen only 3 survivor finals. I think they need to leave people there it just seems more interesting when there are more people. Maybe just make them ineligible to win all the money or get more money for messing with people. I don't know but it bugs me that I never really care to finish any season.

Eliz87

Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 07:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No, it's just the opposite for me. It takes me a while to get to know the names of everyone and their personalities, and THEN I'm hooked!

Crossfire

Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 07:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, same here, I can't make heads or tails of the game until the numbers get down. I have the same problem with BB as well, it takes me a few weeks to get drawn in.

Lorry

Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 07:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dear CancunKid, you must be reading my mind.

I didn't even have the interest to really watch tonite. I did, but instead of being upset about the friends and family making it difficult to hear, I actually did more than my share of talking... and not about the show... about other things.

It's not that I don't like the show... but I just don't really care who wins or loses now.

It's surely not the show, but rather my selfishness... lol If my favorite goes, so does my interest.

I usually go through this until the last of my second or third favorites leave... then I just don't watch at all anymore.

I wish it were different for me... but now I even have doubts about my other two favorites... Sandra's hitting Rupert with the dart might have been on purpose... sort of took the fun out of it for me.

I surely don't see Christa lasting... and why would Sandra vote out one of the women???

Oh well... thank goodness the Holiday is upon us... I just might get some things done for Christmas... things I've been meaning to do anyway.

Reader234

Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 08:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Lorry...

Well, I have to admit to having an early rooting for Lil, but as I see her charcter develop, I'm so disappointed, I cant watch her. Its not like she is self destructing, its just well, she comes across as "ewww"! Maybe my worst fears I see in myself are coming thru her???

After tonight, Christa rose in my opinion!! Not that I think the women have a chance, gosh, I cant believe how they lost the chance, but then again, I think you really have to be there to understand!!

Lorry

Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 09:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi right back atcha Reader!!

I am soooo disgusted with Lil that I'm spitting fire...lol

Jon is just.... just not real to me. He's so ugly on the inside.... and not my cup of tea on the outside either...lol

But Lil.... she looks worse each episode with her obviously unwelcome advances toward the men, her constant frowns, whines and the big tears... I don't even get the feeling they are real.

Cancunkid

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 07:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe my problem is I go out of my way to find out about the survivors before the show starts. The first show doesn't seem as confusing then. I like that no one seems to really hate each other to start with also. I think by the end everyone is so out for themselves and perhaps that is just the nature of survivor in that as the numbers dwindle the immunity is individual. I don't know but it bums me out because I just love the first couple of episodes of most reality shows like survivor or bb or amazing race because of all the different personalities. I wish they wouldn't vote anyone off for 21 days or something then vote them off in pairs! Hey if MB can bring people back after they are voted off why can't they just leave them there anyway?? Imagine the possibilities?? LOL you are stuck with no chance to win, oh the damage you could do. No wait that is a bad idea they do have knives and such. I always thought they should add people each week to BB and let us vote at the end on who should win.

Gina8642

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 09:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't lose interest in the show, but I often lose a person I want to root for pretty early on. Toward the end I really don't care who wins most of the time. I think Kathy in Marquesas and Christy in the Amazon are my favorites who made it the furthest. This game favors the bland and the mean to make it toward the end.

Brenda1966

Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 08:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't lose interest in the show either as I get more excited as I get to know the players. I also am often not happy with the winner (of BB, Survivor, or Amazing Race), but I remind myself that I watch because I enjoy the process, not the result.

Texasdeb

Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 01:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't loose interest but I loose my umph! I'm with Gina in believing there has to be a way to not only have the weak all around and best liars at the end. Gosh, we don't even get a voice! Matt last season was strong, good at ind. comps, fair to other players and made it to final 2 & that numbskull jury let the "poor little me", Jenna win. The flaw is there, but how do you change it?

Lorry

Sunday, November 30, 2003 - 11:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Excellent question TexasDeb! I bet the producers have that listed as their biggest problem.

I really do wish we the viewers would have some say in who is booted.

Puzzled

Sunday, November 30, 2003 - 12:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree, too, TexasDeb.

Until the players realise that the biggest threats are the ones who fly under the radar and target them, instead of the stronger players, nothing will change.

Perhaps they could two immunities a week--one for each challenge.

Riviere

Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 12:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Finally adding myself to the list of fans who have a problem staying interested. It's a given no fave player / team of mine ever wins, so I'm resigned to that. Never had a problem with not watching Survivor Africa after 2 episodes either, or Survivor Marquesas after 3.. But this season Rupert was so fun, and also I liked Andrew, how unfair he got stuck with the slacker tribe from start. Now with my faves out and all the blatant game rigging I'm bored again! They wanted me to think Burton didn't know Sandra was eavesdropping when they had cameramen filming all of them? So why did they only show Tijuana ready to vote with Sandra to oust Burton, yet nothing of a decision to oust T instead? It seems they are giving Jon instructions to do his worst and lie and be as obnoxious as possible to the tv audience, too. And how about the return of Burton and Lil? I've seen maybe 3 fans with positive feelings about them coming back. It's boring to be played like a fiddle instead of letting nature take its real course. Just like Darrah being there, no reason for it, she's not entertaining, can't call her eye candy when we rarely see her, just there to be a forgettable under radar vote swing person? All this time later I've got to wonder if that lawsuit about game rigging didn't have some merit after all, and that's sad. Just as sad to say I now tune in half the time, and have lost all my enthusiasm, don't even care who wins as long as it's not the worst of the players left.

Warrenn

Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 02:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How about if they still cast the votes, but they don't boot anyone until the merge. They keep the votes secret too. Then when it's time for the merge, the people with the top X number of votes would be booted.

This way it would keep some people around a lot longer. Also someone who thinks they have a lot of votes could either slack off to hurt the tribe or maybe work harder to turn things around.

I don't like the shows when there's fewer people because there's less stuff going on so the show's more boring. I think it would be better if they could keep more people around until the end.