irelands fittest family

AndrewJRenko · 17-11-2019 11:32pm

tayto lover wrote: »

That is not racist. If anything it’s speculation on my part that RTÉ wanted a black family for diversity reasons. How many times do you have to be told?
If you think I’m being racist then report my post.

You can say it as many times as you like. That doesn't change the facts that you speculated about things that you have no knowledge about, simply because of the colour of their skin. That, by definition, is racist.

As for reporting, you seem to forget we're on boards.ie, the preferred platform for racists and alt-right members.

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Again, I haven't queried the family's qualification for the series, I've questioned that particular contestant's.

Absolutely the competition is about teamwork, and you're always going to have stronger and weaker members of teams depending on the task(s) at hand.

But she didn't even try to do the run for the plane pull (and the others didn't seem surprised, so I'm assuming that was a strategy), she didn't seem to even try at the monkey bars tonight (presumably knowing that three drops into the water meant she could carry on), and I can't remember what exactly they did with that barrels thing in the first round but I remember thinking that was bending or stretching the rules more than a little bit. And they're just the events I can remember off the top of my head.

All of these go against the spirit of the competition, IMO.

Again, I think all four members should complete all stages of the competitions where all four are competing.

You seem to be a little over-eager to find offence where I, for one, am meaning none.

She ran part of the plane pull, then she stopped and waited. Then she ran again and caught up with them and joined in the pulling.

On the monkey bars, she appeared to be genuinely trying, and failing. The 'try three times' thing didn't give her any advantage, and was reflected in their poor time for that event.

If she broke any rules, she would presumably have been pulled up.

Isn't it amazing though how all these questions only apply to the black family, the ones that beat the white family last week. If their team is so bad, how come they beat a white Irish team last week?

tayto lover · 17-11-2019 11:37pm

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

You can say it as many times as you like. That doesn't change the facts that you speculated about things that you have no knowledge about, simply because of the colour of their skin. That, by definition, is racist.

As for reporting, you seem to forget we're on boards.ie, the preferred platform for racists and alt-right members.?

Again it’s not racist. You seem to like accusing people tonight.
If I say that in my opinion Obafemi should be playing for Ireland instead of Mc Clean am I being racist to Mc Clean.

HeidiHeidi · 17-11-2019 11:46pm

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Isn't it amazing though how all these questions only apply to the black family, the ones that beat the white family last week. If their team is so bad, how come they beat a white Irish team last week?

I give up.

I repeat, for the third time, that I was talking about a particular contestant, not their family, not their skin colour, not their race, not anything but THAT PARTICULAR CONTESTANT.

You can take your conspiracy theories to another forum, but I'm not biting any more on here.

Looking forward to next week.

Mr E · 18-11-2019 11:29am

Mod: Guys, move on from this racism discussion please. It's not adding anything to this thread.

Trampas · 18-11-2019 11:05pm

She shouldn’t be allowed on the show.

Plain and simple she wasn’t fit enough.

There has to be some standard of fitness required otherwise it’s dangerous for that person.

Stevieluvsye · 19-11-2019 2:12pm

TV Gold

One of the funniest things i have seen in a long time was the old dear trying to get over the bales and belly flopping straight on top. Classic. Fair play to her for finishing the course. Great guts and determination.

On a sidenote, not sure what accent is worse, the nigerian accent or the west *tallaght accent on the daughter

*disclaimer
I'm from Tallaght

thesultan · 19-11-2019 9:55pm

pjohnson wrote: »

Jesus the Mandiangu mother shouldnt have entered. Leaving her at finish line at the start was bizarre. They cant expect to carry the 4th person.

How could they add her. She is totally unfit

Galwayguy35 · 19-11-2019 10:17pm

I think the 4 members competing should all have a good level of fitness, it seems a bit silly that there is always one member on each team who will be holding the others back and need extra help.

normanoffside · 19-11-2019 10:51pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I think the 4 members competing should all have a good level of fitness, it seems a bit silly that there is always one member on each team who will be holding the others back and need extra help.

That's why the Hogans will win it. All relatively young and no weak links.

salmocab · 19-11-2019 10:52pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I think the 4 members competing should all have a good level of fitness, it seems a bit silly that there is always one member on each team who will be holding the others back and need extra help.

In fairness from the little I’ve seen it’s generally a parent that’s much older with young fit off spring, I presume there are rules on what constitutes a family for the show.

davetherave · 20-11-2019 4:20pm

salmocab wrote: »

In fairness from the little I’ve seen it’s generally a parent that’s much older with young fit off spring, I presume there are rules on what constitutes a family for the show.

https://www.rte.ie/tv/audience-participation/2018/0518/964396-irelands-fittest-family/

Teams must have at least one member of both genders taking part
Teams must comprise of immediate family members
Minimum age is 14 years old by June 2019
The series will be filmed June - September 2019
The decision of the production team regarding casting is final

ThunbergsAreGo · 20-11-2019 4:36pm

davetherave wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/tv/audience-participation/2018/0518/964396-irelands-fittest-family/

Teams must have at least one member of both genders taking part
Teams must comprise of immediate family members
Minimum age is 14 years old by June 2019
The series will be filmed June - September 2019
The decision of the production team regarding casting is final

It wasn't immediate family last year, was a few in laws involved

greenspurs · 20-11-2019 5:49pm

it wasn't right.
Made a mockery of "FITTEST" family....

Galwayguy35 · 20-11-2019 8:56pm

It doesn't suit lads that are heavy and very muscular either because they always struggle to get over the wall on the obstacle course.

kippy · 20-11-2019 10:37pm

greenspurs wrote: »

it wasn't right.
Made a mockery of "FITTEST" family....

Yet they still bet a number of families to get where they were.......
I think you miss the point of the show:
1. To make money for the production company and all involved.
- Secondard point would be to determine the "Fittest" family out of a group of families. They can't all be the fittest.

What exactly is the problem here - can't you all move on.

tayto lover · 20-11-2019 11:04pm

kippy wrote: »

Yet they still bet a number of families to get where they were.......
I think you miss the point of the show:
1. To make money for the production company and all involved.
- Secondard point would be to determine the "Fittest" family out of a group of families. They can't all be the fittest.

What exactly is the problem here - can't you all move on.

But it’s called “ Ireland’s Fittest Family “. It’s hardly that.

kippy · 20-11-2019 11:19pm

tayto lover wrote: »

But it’s called “ Ireland’s Fittest Family “. It’s hardly that.

The family that wins will be "irelands fittest family" - you get that right?
(and obviosuly within the constraints of the show)
(ie not really irelands fittest family)

AndrewJRenko · 21-11-2019 12:06am

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

It wasn't immediate family last year, was a few in laws involved

In the main show? Are you mixing it up with the 'celeb' edition that they did?

ThunbergsAreGo · 21-11-2019 12:10am

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

In the main show? Are you mixing it up with the 'celeb' edition that they did?

No there were definitely in laws, I think one family who had a very impressive older gentleman were one.

Must be getting harder to get families for it

mojesius · 21-11-2019 12:25am

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

No there were definitely in laws, I think one family who had a very impressive older gentleman were one.

Must be getting harder to get families for it

Are you sure? I thought it was two separate families. One was the finnegan-hogans and the other were either just the Finnegans or the Hogans. They were related (cousins, in-laws, something to that effect) but were two separate families iirc.

Anyway, on this year I think that swimming family (Donnachas) will win

AndrewJRenko · 22-11-2019 3:09pm

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

No there were definitely in laws, I think one family who had a very impressive older gentleman were one.

Must be getting harder to get families for it

Which family?

ThunbergsAreGo · 22-11-2019 4:54pm

mojesius wrote: »

Are you sure? I thought it was two separate families. One was the finnegan-hogans and the other were either just the Finnegans or the Hogans. They were related (cousins, in-laws, something to that effect) but were two separate families iirc.

Anyway, on this year I think that swimming family (Donnachas) will win

I cant remember, and I might well be wrong. It doesnt really matter anyways.

Its a great show, only really getting going now. all three families on Sunday were good and worth going through.

It all comes down to what ridiculous location/challenge they come up with for the final this year, the abseiling one was a farce

funkey_monkey · 24-11-2019 8:03pm

Got the cold today so I can really feel the effort that is taken out of them doing this.

Mam of 4 · 24-11-2019 8:33pm

Fair play to them all imo .
Just goes to show how any of the obstacles can destroy their hopes of finishing first .

Neeson · 24-11-2019 11:37pm

Only 2 posts on tonight.

Poor performances from the elders once more. You have these young boys pumped up on testosterone dragging their mothers onto the show and them in their old age after pumping out 2 or 3 children 20 years ago. Any team that has parents that are actually fit would win. The most intense exercise some of them parents have done is a walk down the street.

Trampas · 25-11-2019 11:30am

Some real poor families this year. Carrying a parent when really you need someone who has some sort of fitness.

It’s like they randomly pick families without doing some fitness test

The father last night was gased after crossing the beam and over bars

Mam of 4 · 01-12-2019 8:18pm

Anyone watching tonight ?
Well done to the Dinans (?) for being the first family through . The father done an amazing job hanging tough .

AndrewJRenko · 01-12-2019 9:37pm

Was it just me or was Anna's make up a little OTT? She's a great coach and a great role model, but she looked like she was off to a wedding or a night out.

I was sure the Hogans were gone after the first two rounds, but they pulled it back.

seligehgit · 01-12-2019 9:56pm

The Dinan's could win it with the 3 lads so physically strong.

honeybear · 01-12-2019 10:01pm

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Was it just me or was Anna's make up a little OTT? She's a great coach and a great role model, but she looked like she was off to a wedding or a night out.

I was sure the Hogans were gone after the first two rounds, but they pulled it back.

Was going to post the same re her hair & makeup! Also, she kept going on about her winning!

Trampas · 01-12-2019 10:44pm

The father who couldn’t walk a plank.

Some basic stuff that you know you’ll have to do but like he didn’t train on them.

Some poor family’s

Muahahaha · 01-12-2019 11:00pm

Trampas wrote: »

The father who couldn’t walk a plank.

Some basic stuff that you know you’ll have to do but like he didn’t train on them.

Some poor family’s

Yeah there doesnt seem to be any real stand out families this year. Between that and the Mandiangu mess it seems the standard has slipped, maybe they're having trouble recruiting families or something?

Neeson · 01-12-2019 11:31pm

They should do a spin off show called Ireland’s Fattest Family

mojesius · 02-12-2019 1:47pm

That 14 year old Dinan was so impressive getting up the ramp on his own. Hope they win now !

normanoffside · 02-12-2019 8:55pm

mojesius wrote: »

That 14 year old Dinan was so impressive getting up the ramp on his own. Hope they win now !

That was a Hogan, the Dinan's avoided the eliminator.

HeidiHeidi · 08-12-2019 7:38pm

OK, the cynic in me is now wondering how much all those companies paid for being "product placement" in this series :rolleyes:

I also wish they'd give up on making all the coaches slag each other off, it's getting tiresome.

I'll be rooting unambiguously for the McSharrys this evening!

mr_edge_to_you · 08-12-2019 7:42pm

Darragh Moloney really shines as a commentator on Ireland's Fittest Family.

siblers · 08-12-2019 8:13pm

Those Londis promo things are painfully unfunny, they're incredibly bad

Mam of 4 · 08-12-2019 8:19pm

Am hoping the Mahers get through from this eliminator .

redbuck · 08-12-2019 8:21pm

Anna Geary is absolutely insufferable

The Princess Bride · 08-12-2019 8:25pm

The McSharrys are very strong overall, delighted the Mahers are through!

Muahahaha · 08-12-2019 8:25pm

Lol Daddy Maher dragging his daughter up the ramp by her hair ! What a tight finish, it was a great race

Mam of 4 · 08-12-2019 8:26pm

Well done to both families , tough eliminator , that poor Maher girls pony tail , her head must hurt !

tayto lover · 08-12-2019 8:45pm

That poor girl getting hauled up the ramp by her hair is a brave soul.
Very good competition tonight. Enjoyable.

seligehgit · 08-12-2019 8:56pm

Really poor form the two girls challenging Mona Mc Sharry's tyre placement.

The Mc Sharry's ran away with that challenge.

HeidiHeidi · 08-12-2019 9:02pm

seligehgit wrote: »

Really poor form the two girls challenging Mona Mc Sharry's tyre placement.

The Mc Sharry's ran away with that challenge.

I'd like to think they were made do that for "de drama"....... they surely can't actually have been serious - even the other team admitted they completely thrashed them!

Liordi · 08-12-2019 9:41pm

Mona McSharry is a serious athlete to be fair - she won a bronze medal at the European Championships during the week.

Brock Turnpike · 08-12-2019 9:43pm

Imagine entering that and ending up with Anna as your "coach"

skittles8710 · 08-12-2019 9:48pm

Don't know how it took me this long for it to dawn on me , but the coaches are extremely Cork (and Munster) heavy!

AndrewJRenko · 08-12-2019 9:52pm

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Darragh Moloney really shines as a commentator on Ireland's Fittest Family.

In fairness, it's more of a voiceover job than a commentary. He's not doing it live - it will be well prepared and scripted in the edit suite afterwards.

Good episode tonight, with a knife-edge finish, showing how well matched the teams are at this level.

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