irelands fittest family

Caprica

I really enjoyed this season. Very entertaining and built to a very exciting end. I was very impressed with the mother in the Coneys, she was one tough competitor. I don’t think Croke Park worked as the final venue. I thought Davy was going to have a heart attack with all his shouting and roaring.

There is a celebrity special on Sunday December 30th

brian_t

Caprica wrote: »

There is a celebrity special on Sunday December 30th

I think it's on Monday 31st at 8.30pm.

Actress Norma Sheehan, 2FM's Keith Walsh, singers Sean and Conor Price and Dancing with the Stars judge Brian Redmond are joined by their families to battle it out for the title.

The Talking Bread

Caprica wrote: »

I really enjoyed this season. Very entertaining and built to a very exciting end. I was very impressed with the mother in the Coneys, she was one tough competitor. I don’t think Croke Park worked as the final venue. I thought Davy was going to have a heart attack with all his shouting and roaring.

There is a celebrity special on Sunday December 30th

Let me guess.......

Nathan/Jake Carter

Majella O'Donnell

A Garrihy sister

Peter Casey

Marty Morrissey

I'll miss it now that it's over.

stargazer 68

Starts Sunday 27th October!

Mairead Ronan is back to front the series and join coaches Anna Geary, Davy Fitzgerald, Donncha O'Callaghan and Derval O'Rourke as they put some of Ireland's fittest family teams through their paces.

Really like this programme - think it's actually the only RTE programme that I watch!

Green&Red

Mona McSharry, that’s a fairly heavy weight name to have on ur team

Helppls18

Anna Geary is really making a name for herself at the mo, she's everywhere!

mojesius

Seems the only way to scale the eliminator ramp is to look for a section with less oil or go up right at the sides I preferred the old ramps tbh, more about fitness and collectiveness than luck with wherever the oil is less severe

HeidiHeidi

That's a humdinger of an eliminator :eek:

Delighted and relieved to see MR back!!

Green&Red

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That's a humdinger of an eliminator :eek:

Delighted and relieved to see MR back!!

Couldn’t disagree more, she’s gives me the pain



Mistake there letting the mother going first

tipptom

mojesius wrote: »

Seems the only way to scale the eliminator ramp is to look for a section with less oil or go up right at the sides I preferred the old ramps tbh, more about fitness and collectiveness than luck with wherever the oil is less severe

Really stupid putting oil on it,could be ten minutes ahead of your rivals through superior fitness and strength and still get beaten if one of the team keeps sliding back down on the oil.

An I'm a celebrity type stupid stunt,rename it Irelands funniest family!!

HeidiHeidi

Green&Red wrote: »

Couldn’t disagree more, she’s gives me the pain



Mistake there letting the mother going first

Miles better than the shrieking banshee though. I for one am very relieved to see her back!!

HeidiHeidi

Agree about the oiling of the ramp in the eliminator, puts a lottery element into it that has no place in a "fittest " contest

badabing106

Mairead is looking fit again

dastardly00

I agree with everyone else... The oil on the ramp is a stupid idea. It adds a lottery that isn't fair.

The rest of the eliminator is good though.

HeidiHeidi

Did a rope magically appear in those rat tunnels for the last eliminator???

Those scaffolding frames (specifically the drop from the highest ones, onto a surface with holes in it) were a bit lethal :eek:. I hope they had a watertight disclaimer from all the families!!!

ednwireland

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Did a rope magically appear in those rat tunnels for the last eliminator???

was wondering exactly the same

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Those scaffolding frames (specifically the drop from the highest ones, onto a surface with holes in it) were a bit lethal :eek:. I hope they had a watertight disclaimer from all the families!!!

that really wasnt thought through because of the angle of the slope your always going to drop onto the lower bar, when the guy fell onto it with the small of his back im surprised they didnt stop him right there, could still have done some serious damage

The Black Oil

Threads merged.

Diemos

That rope defo wasn't there in the first two.

Some of the falls off that last climbing frame looked awful

For all the hype, they've had much better eliminators in the past this was rubbish. They should have renamed the show 'irelands first family to figure out that the ramp was easier to climb at the edge'

Muahahaha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

That's a humdinger of an eliminator :eek:

Delighted and relieved to see MR back!!

Yeah MR is alright, much better than Kathryn Thomas with her shrieking and patronising hugs.

Agree with others about the final ramp with oil and everyone crawling up the sides. On the final contest it looked like one side of the ramp was a lot more slippy than the other. It wasnt really a test of skill, moreso luck.

Joeseph Balls

Anyone know when this is repeated? Not on the rte site or their wiki page

HeidiHeidi

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Anyone know when this is repeated? Not on the rte site or their wiki page

I think it's usually on again on Saturday, or maybe Sunday afternoon - I think it's definitely repeated before the next episode anyway.


You'll also presumably get it on the RTE player.

The Princess Bride

I watched this on RTE player today, very enjoyable.

But if Mairéad said "guys" once, she easily said it a few dozen times.
So annoying.

Galwayguy35

I was surprised the Africans weren't picked quicker, they look like serious contenders.

Muahahaha

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I was surprised the Africans weren't picked quicker, they look like serious contenders.

The two African sons and daughter are but their mother struggled to run the 200 meters to pick up the first barrel, which one of her sons did for her. Out of all contenders she looked the least fit so guessing thats why they weren't picked early.

HeidiHeidi

Muahahaha wrote: »

The two African sons and daughter are but their mother struggled to run the 200 meters to pick up the first barrel, which one of her sons did for her. Out of all contenders she looked the least fit so guessing thats why they weren't picked early.

Absolutely - she'll be a huge weak link on that team, can't see them getting far tbh - although the three kids look like powerhouses.

AndrewJRenko

Where was referee Joe? He's have made sure that the oil was evenly distributed. Hope he hasn't been dropped.

HeidiHeidi

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Where was referee Joe? He's have made sure that the oil was evenly distributed. Hope he hasn't been dropped.

He was missing one previous series I think?

I agree, not the same without him!

Muahahaha

Was it even oil? From the very quick clip of the ref pouring something on the ramp it looked more like water to me. Didnt see any black oil stains on the contestants clothes at the top either.

Between that and the magical ropes appearing inside the rat tunnels Im guessing the producers had to have a re-think about the course during the days filming of the event. I'd say the first lot out struggled for ages to get up the rat tunnels such was the sharp incline of the hill so they added in the ropes, they definitely couldnt be seen in the earlier shots of the first race.

HeidiHeidi

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Anyone know when this is repeated? Not on the rte site or their wiki page

It's on tonight at 7.30pm on RTE2

(At least, I'm assuming it's a repeat of this week's first episode and not some random old one!)