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The Jump
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28-01-2014 9:59pm#1
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Jump, I mean, bump!
You know a reality TV competition has Not Done Well At All when its viewing figures have been poor throughout, when it has received next to no positive reviews, and when not a single person shows any interest in the result...
Indeed, only 1.89 million people tuned in to watch Joe McElderry win largely by default. Even Channel 5's live Big Benefits Row managed to attract more viewers! :eek:
It's probably fair to say, then, that this is Davina's biggest flop since her BBC1 chat show in 2006 (although I do like her, and always have). And it's probably fair to say, too, that Mr McElderry is destined to be the show's only champion... 0 -
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Go Harvey Go wrote: »Jump, I mean, bump!
You know a reality TV competition has Not Done Well At All when its viewing figures have been poor throughout, when it has received next to no positive reviews, and when not a single person shows any interest in the result...
Indeed, only 1.89 million people tuned in to watch Joe McElderry win largely by default. Even Channel 5's live Big Benefits Row managed to attract more viewers! :eek:
It's probably fair to say, then, that this is Davina's biggest flop since her BBC1 chat show in 2006 (although I do like her, and always have). And it's probably fair to say, too, that Mr McElderry is destined to be the show's only champion...
At least nobody died!
I enjoyed it. Anything is better than yet another cookery show. Channel 4 should revive 'The Games', that was a similar but more interesting format.0 -
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Only just found out that Channel 4 boss Jay Hunt really likes the show...The Guardian wrote:The Jump (like ITV's Splash!, but with more broken bones) was "the first time we have had a big pre-watershed hit for quite a long time," says Hunt, who is keen to bring it back. "It's hard to think what is our pre-watershed tone of voice," she adds. "There is a gravitational pull at 4 towards the edgy, the difficult and the rude. To have found a show that could serve a family audience and get the figures it did was really important."
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/09/channel-4-jay-hunt-benefits-street
She has received quite a lot of flak in her four years at the channel - and, with all due respect to her, much of this flak hasn't been without good reason.
'Cause in that time, among other things, the documentaries have become even more sensationalist, "ad nauseam" has become a good term to describe the broadcasting of Come Dine With Me, and Countdown has had three changes of timeslot through no fault of its own.
She's obviously able to defend these developments and cope with the flak - but she may find herself in serious trouble if this second series of The Jump performs worse than the first...0 -
Second series starts next Sunday.
And, as in the first, the participants include a TOWIE star (Joey Essex this time), a Pussycat Doll (Ashley Roberts), a socialite (Lady Victoria Hervey), a former England cricketer (Phil Tufnell) and at least one X Factor contestant (Stacey Solomon and JB from JLS).
Also taking part at the time of this post (two of the original line-up have had to pull out due to injury) are Heather Mills, Louie Spence, Mike "Mr Zara Phillips" Tindall and Steve-O from Jackass.
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, Amy Williams and Graham Bell all stay on as mentors, joined by Sochi snowboarding bronze medallist Jenny Jones.
Davina will be the sole host - no surprise, really, as Alex Brooker did just about nothing in the first series.
Finally, as if further proof were needed that Jay Hunt really likes the show, there'll be a companion show on E4 - hosted by someone I've never heard of.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s231/the-jump/news/a622786/the-jump-cherry-healey-to-host-e4-sister-show-on-the-piste.html#~p2pl1HgH4yH6Il0 -
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »Was Phil Tufnell really in it? Cannot possibly imagine that!
Well, I'd say this was right up his street - given his time in the Australian jungle, plus some of the Captains' Challenges on A Question of Sport.
Don't forget, fellow bowler Darren Gough was on it last year. 0 -
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It was a surprise to see the show return for a second series - but it's not a surprise at all to see it return for a third.
After all, the second series did do better in the ratings than the first, and Joey Essex did have to work that bit harder for victory than Joe McElderry did (though, naturally, he didn't know what a cowbell was).
And, presumably, Jay Hunt is still quite proud of the show.
This year's line-up is largely as one would expect: TOWIE star, MIC star, girl group member, boy band member, socialite, American personality, and at least two sportspeople, at least one of whom is an Olympian (on this occasion, all three sportspeople are Olympians).
However, there are three soap stars, including two from Albert Square. No soap star has taken part before, so this is quite a departure. :eek: And there are no comedians, no journalists, and no businessmen or businesswomen... :eek:
But of course, this line-up is subject to change. With the very greatest of respect, it would be quite remarkable if no-one got badly injured...
There has already been a change among the coaches - no real surprise that the in-demand Lizzy Yarnold has come on board, alongside Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards and Graham Bell. (I certainly don't mean that in a bad way - she is a fabulous woman as well as a fabulous athlete.
) Definitely no change as regards the host, though - Davina easily proved last year that the show works better with her alone, and it probably doesn't need to be said that it wouldn't be the same without her.
As for the decisions to air the series weekly rather than nightly, and to have the celebrities live together in the same luxury chalet? Presumably these were made with the intention of boosting ratings further. They might do, if the producers don't let power get to their heads too much...
It also looks like the companion show on E4 won't be returning - which is probably for the better, as I don't recall many people talking about it last year. And I'm still not sure I could tell anyone who Cherry Healey is, other than she's a presenter and she's not related to Austin (who may well take part in a future series, if there are any).
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »And what was that Heather Mills bit all about
I'm assuming they've lost someone else (Sid, maybe?) and she's the next reserve?
You'd want to be nuts to sign up for this!!
I think she's in to replace Beth Tweddle (the Gymnast). She had a nasty accident.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/gymnastics/35516231Olympic bronze medal-winning gymnast Beth Tweddle is "stable" in hospital after suffering a back injury on the Channel 4 reality show The Jump.
Tweddle, 30, who retired from gymnastics in 2013, hit a barrier on landing and has quit the show.
A family statement read: "Beth had a fall on the slopes whilst in training for The Jump. She is stable and due to undergo routine surgery on her back."0 -
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Well, I did say in post #19 that it would be quite remarkable if no-one got badly injured...
I do hope, though, that Becky, Beth and Tina all make full recoveries.
Meanwhile, Heather's overjoyed about becoming the show's first returnee, according to Metro UK:Heather took part in last year’s show but admitted that she always felt like there was ‘unfinished business’ after she had to complete her jumps on someone else’s prosthetic foot.
‘I always felt it was unfinished business... finishing second overall in the only event I got to compete in, the skeleton, and having to jump wearing someone else’s foot, was pretty bad luck. I never even got to compete in skiing. I know I can do much better, and I am working with my prosthetist to create a foot that has more movement like a human’s.’
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the normal eliminations of Louisa Lytton and James Argent have been largely unnoticed amidst all this.0
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