Space Cadets started on Channel 4 last week. It sounded like a great idea but too be honest its been a bit dull. I watched the first couple episodes and caught a few bits here and there. The idea is that they have picked 11 ppl to ‘go to Russia to some space camp and then go into space’. The ppl they have chosen seem to be some of the least intelligent ppl in the UK. Out of all the contestants there are 3 actors. They have chosen 4 ppl to go ‘into space’. At the moment 3 contenstants and 1 actor are in ‘space’ and the rest are in the space camp (called STAR). The ppl live in the space camp, as far as I know, have not been shown at all so they are just doing nothing!!
There is a rumour that they are all actors and the joke is on us – one of the contestants is in the Give Blood advert.
The rating has been going lower and lower and is now below 2 million. I plan to watch it tonight because the ppl in the space camp will be told they are not in Russia (and are just near Ipswich). Tomorrow the others find out they are not in space. Its rumoured that Channel 4 have spent £5m on this show. Personally I don’t think its money well spent. The actual ‘space-ship’ didn’t seem to be that well made and when they went in one of them almost broke it! What is quite funny is that a few of the contestants have almost guessed what is really happening.
UPDATE: I watched the final episode on Friday and it abit better but it was all relative – it was still disappointing. When they came out of the ‘space pod’ instead of being all shocked they were actually shown a video clip just before going out so they were not as shocked. It was so embarassing for them but they got £25000 out of it and also prize to really go to Russia, STAR and a weightless plane trip.
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