World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji

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Season 1
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7.4

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
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  1. Datzman290
    Aug 24, 2020
    8
    My wife and I really enjoyed watching this together. Kind of a "real life" mixture of what you'd hope to find in The Amazing Race and Survivor... but without most of the drama. It was amazing what these people were subjected to, and their drive to complete the challenge(s) due to not wanting to let their teammates down. Our only real complaint? The subtitles (with many spoken languages andMy wife and I really enjoyed watching this together. Kind of a "real life" mixture of what you'd hope to find in The Amazing Race and Survivor... but without most of the drama. It was amazing what these people were subjected to, and their drive to complete the challenge(s) due to not wanting to let their teammates down. Our only real complaint? The subtitles (with many spoken languages and accents from teams around the globe) were EXTREMELY small (and we were watching on a large screen). We'd absolutely watch another season if it were of a similar quality.… Expand
  2. ManBrewPig
    Aug 26, 2020
    10
    The show is fantastic, gives some great insights into the sport of adventure racing covering both the elite and novice teams. It is unfortunate more teams couldn't get coverage during the race but hopefully further seasons can expand beyond 10episodes to make this possible.
  3. OlivierPiel
    Sep 1, 2020
    7
    From the modern Lili Riefenstahl, that made Trump who he is now. Therefore the naïveté of the original Eco-challenges that I avidly watched back 20 years ago as a young adventure racer has been replaced by the nostalgia of an age of true heroes: I vividly remember the heroic agony of the Japanese team carrying their injured female members for tens and tens of kilometers in incredibleFrom the modern Lili Riefenstahl, that made Trump who he is now. Therefore the naïveté of the original Eco-challenges that I avidly watched back 20 years ago as a young adventure racer has been replaced by the nostalgia of an age of true heroes: I vividly remember the heroic agony of the Japanese team carrying their injured female members for tens and tens of kilometers in incredible terrain or the intense mano-a-mano between Americans and Kiwis or the feel-good caramaderie of the French. It made everyone want to experience this kind of adventure.
    The very same heroes are here, 20 years later, (even though, sadly, the Japanese are given short shrift), especially the older American teams, whose abnegation, all-around selflessness and simply goodness brought tears to my eyes when they had to give up. Once these teams are out however, it is replaced by far less compeling stories.

    However the real problem is that onctuous, self-serving, arrogant host, Bear Grylls, that look like a lost 90's game show-host pandering to an audience, and worse, condescendingly approaching teams going through hell to showcase his non-existent charisma and platitudes.
    He really ruins the show for me.    … Expand

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  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Aug 17, 2020
    70
    Fans of this genre of reality show will likely really get into the storylines presented here. We wish that Burnett and his producers concentrated on more non-American teams.
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  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Aug 14, 2020
    100
    This isn't just a tough race. It's life-affirming. [17 - 30 Aug 2020, p.11]
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Aug 13, 2020
    80
    World's Toughest Race looks consistently stunning and plunks viewers down in the middle of tasks most of us would rather avoid, offering eye candy that doesn't quit even when the structure of the race stymies production in other ways.
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