Tractors - Spoilers -

He was very very lucky. The ease with which everybody fell for that trick of taking the shield *and& even after that theory started looking shonky *and* it being an obvious play to try and get a shield as a traitor, plus having a lovestruck simpleton flying under the radar right to the end.....Blimey.

I really thought the shield thing would fall apart. Jaz, Jasmine and Ross or Zack were shown talking about how it could be a double-bluff and the traitors had the shield right after breakfast before forgetting the notion entirely.

It must be knackering though. The whole thing is basically shot over two or three weeks so the murders and banishments genuinely are nightly. Between the stress of the game, the physical tasks and lack of decent sleep it must be so easy to forget super basic stuff or get hooked on any passing theory just to anchor onto anything.

Easy to create the impression of there being a constant stream of red flags when an 18hour day is edited down to a 1hr broadcast too.

I wouldn’t be shocked if the roundabout was a 2hr+ record alone some days.

Just started Series Two of Aussie Traitors and

Do you think some of these grifters actually start to believe their gift is real or do they think they are at such a high level of con that they can beat the game. Or a weird mix of both?
I detest psychics, they basically just profit off misery and pain, a proper hangover from the old times that should have disappeared years ago.

I recall watching a documentary done by Derren Brown sometime ago where he went to the US and visited what were basically psychic training camps. The way they were taught what were essentially cold reading skills encouraged them to believe their powers were real, that the insight they were getting from body language and the responses to vague statements weren't just coming from themselves but from an external power. I suspect it is quite common for psychics to actually believe their own hype.

In regards to contestants not knowing who the winner was, I did think when watching the Uncloaked show that the audience there must have just watched the last episode altogether before recording Uncloaked. Must have been great to watch in an audience, particularly one that had the contestants in as well.

There are always other games

Re. watching in an audience, I did enjoy clips like these - who said weekly TV was dead

The cinema showing looked like it was fun, actual event television.

Not just cinemas either.

He really is a very good host. I think the American obsession with throwing "celebrities" in everything is a mistake in this case (and probably many others too).

Not far from the finish line with the first season of the Australian version, it's been fun to see a different spin on it (the US first season using the same tasks/location as the UK one made it feel like a remix rather than something new).

I've enjoyed it a lot, the contestants are a real mixed bunch of people and some of the insanity has been both infuriating and entertaining as well .

One added bonus is playing "Spot Paul", he was apparently a bit disruptive pointing out production stuff and doing other things while filming so the producers pretty much tried to edit him out of the show, which didn't really work as the numbers dwindled. At least that's the reason they said, I think it was clearly some Pommie bashing going on! ;-)

A font Geek watching party?

For those who need an intro to some of the US cast, skip to about 1 minute in to this for one of their more insane moments.