ratbastid

You know, the thing I'm finding irritating isn't the hosts, it's the bloody contenders.

Guy, I know you're from the country. They're calling you "Big Country". I get it already. Do you have to refer to the farm and slopping pigs and the effing county fair every single time you're on camera? Show a little god damned depth, and I might care about you.

Girl, you're chipper. You're perky. Doesn't quite seem like a karate instructor and champion grappler's attitude, but what the hell. I get it already. Stop answering the question, "Are you going to win this event?" with "Heck yeah!" and stop answering "Is the contender ready?" with "Yep!" Show a little god damned depth, and I might care about you.

There have been contenders who weren't over-rehearsed on camera, and I've liked them, and I've pulled for them. Mollie comes to mind. Mostly, though, these "ordinary people" read like actors in the world's worst soap opera.