Total Xposure on TV3

panda100 wrote: »

I only watched the last episode but Sean definatly seemed to be the most competent. I think its good the job went to a bloke as I know more guys that watch xpose than girls. Good idea for a programe though, RTE should take note.

RTÉ did commission a show like this a few years ago.

This was badly produced and badly executed. Nothing to do with the contestants.

Sean had a career, which TV3 had previously disregarded if I remember correctly.

And the Den also does a similar show for kids.

Sizzler wrote: »

Is that you Ruth ?

No way. cant be ! I watched the DEN (like all kids of the 90's) and she was miles older than me, doesnt make sense!

She was only about 18 at the time. She only did it for about 2 years.

DO'Carlo/Wex wrote: »

The problem also is that that idea would've cost money.
It was LCD, neanderthal, knuckle-dragging telly aimed just above the lowest of the low (that audience are watching Survivor: Gabon on Tg-4 or BB Ad-Infinitum) audience. At least it hit its' target market.
It was the Euro-2 SHop of telly production.
The judges were ondly on expenses.
The green room was outside using Ireland-AMs' outdoor set in Ballymount.
The drivers of the jeeps that transported the contestants to & from their' challenges were asked to do it for free bar petrol expenses & possibly lunch.

Hey I don't watch it much but I like Survivor and even the viewers of both BB and Survivor know the difference between quality productions and what TV3 threw up, have you ever watched the BB eviction night? Now I am not suggesting that TV3 be that extravigant but have you ever seen The Apprentice: You're Fired now thats a cheap studio audience show that TV3 could have pulled together.

Are they serious? We won't pay anyone else but ourselves you would think that TV3 couldn't afford anything.

The judges had to have been paid there is no way that the Lamourgine man wouldn't get paid, unless he is completely stupid.

DO'Carlo/Wex wrote: »

Elmo, bear in mind that Tv3 is a commercially funded station & that a drop in advertising revenue has led to redundancies earlier this Summer (maybe in two stages & about 20?).
Everything is done to a strict budget including the "let's go outside to speak to some of the contestants' friends & family in the green room aka, what Ireland-AM uses & which we've just used a throw-over to cover-up although not very well!" bit.

DO'Carlo/Wex bear in mind that TV3 earned around 62 million last year alone, in commercial revenue. I will bare in mind that they will see short falls this year but they do have a budget which in my opinion was well below what was required for this show, they could have easily but a bit more money into this in-house production. While the show was not a rating success this was due mainly to the very bad production values rather then the idea, some of the tasks were like they thought of them the week before hand rather then the three months they had to develop the idea of the show.

They would have been better to rent out a venue (where was that warehouse they where using?) for the results show. It's about show biz as Mr. Lambourgine man suggested time and time again.

The drivers of the jeeps doing it for expenses was in Sunday Tribune.
The judges admitted somewhere (possibly Tribune) that they were doing it for expenses too.
In fairness they got their' products mentioned. For instance Gerry Lundberg P.R. was made aware of to the viewers. So was Ema Leddens' Consultancy Firm & Michael Dohertys' VIP magazine & Anniversary Party got serious promotion as did You Magazine which sponsored the online coverage on Tv3.ie.

Product placement is actually against the law and will not be allow until September sometime. Gerry Lundberg did the worst of out this show to be honest. Did Jeep sponsor the show? could they have not paid for drivers? If your going to make money to have to invest some.

You magazine was the main sponsor of the show, just in the same way as the National Lottery sponsor Coronation Street.

Also if several of the components (including the contestants) were made freely available to TV3 then they should have been able to produce a better show, I am sure that the TV3 staff didn't earn anything extra for this show, more than likely it was produced by the same people that produce Xpose. The show sounds like it was made for approx 10euro extra than if they had not chosen to produce it.