Okay, I’ve been watching this reality-series-turned-soap-opera for about a month now, and with the introduction of this week’s new purported mega-bitch, I’ve gotta ask – are they deliberately screening the prospective contestants to find the biggest jerks?
ObDrool: Brooke is a hottie
Lo and behold, Forever Eden isn’t on this week. Nor, according to Fox’s online schedule, will it be on next week.
Fox.com does not give up its secrets easily, but by persistently poking around I eventually discovered that they’ve “postponed” continuing the series until some time in June. (This happened to Playing It Straight, too – which was also being shown on Friday nights before they “postponed” it.)
Now we may never know if any of the male contestants are going to put the moves on that knockout Hostess.
Cool, we actually have a thread on this now.
From what I’ve seen, this is supposed to use the “traditional” game show format, i.e. you can keep coming back as long as you win (or not get voted out, in this case), and a new contestant enters as soon as the last one leaves.
Which is why I think the entire premise for this show is flawed…it’s too easy. All you gotta do is be as friendly, polite, and likable as possible, socialize, maybe help out with a physical task or personal problem once in a while, and whoever everyone doesn’t feel like having around anymore, it ain’t gonna be you. On a show like Survivor, of course, being a nice guy doesn’t guarantee that you’ll be around at the end, and it may even work against you if the others see you as a threat for that reason. But with a fixed number of contestants, the fresh meat keeps coming in, so your sticking around doesn’t hurt anyone except the pathetic sap who can’t stop being a jerk. Put on a warm smile and rake in the lucre, what could be easier?
One more thing…these people are living in paradise (hence the title, natch). To use the Survivor example again, the producers know that if you want the real, hard-edged conflict, complete with unchecked emotions and bitter grudges, you have to make life hard. And being hungry, cold, tired, homesick, filthy, and without decent shelter can drive even the gentlest soul to the edge. Forever Eden? Hey, give me a full-body massage, a relaxing day in the sun, a refreshing dip in the pool, dancing, partying, etc., and whoever invented the ESRB could walk through the door and I’d have nary a hostile thought.
I dunno…if this comes on again, maybe I’ll find out a little more. But I just can’t understand why anyone would take a luxurious, very well paid vacation, where the only requisite for continuing is not being the most undesirable person there, and then act like a total jerk.
Well, Fox has posted their new “June Season” schedule here:
http://www.fox.com/schedule/schedule_2004_june.htm
And they seem to have reneged on their promise. Neither Forever Eden, nor Playing It Straight, appear in their new June Lineup. 