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My cringe tolerance is just too low for shows like The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, which always felt too much like glossed up extensions of the bear-baiting cruelty of shows like The Jeremy Kyle Show for me. What I don’t like to watch is embarrassment, manufactured or otherwise. I like talent, I like competent people doing their thing, and I like seeing a skill in action that I know I could never do that well. It’s no surprise Netflix kept recommending Bake Off after I finished Blown Away.Īs someone who doesn’t watch a lot of reality television and finds a lot of the formula somewhat discomfiting to consume - Love Island, oh dear lord above me, Love Island - I tend to lean more towards competition shows.
#HOST OF BLOWN AWAY SERIES#
This is a reality series that wants to scratch a very particular itch.
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There are moments of old-school reality editing - a smirk here, a vaguely shady look there - but they’re thankfully kept to a minimum. Each contestant is appealing and confident in their ability to win, but you won’t find any backstabbing or Machiavellian scheming here. The series is proudly nerdy and aware of its absurdity - did you know that one of the key glassblowing tools is called a glory hole?! Because they say it a lot - but is also delightfully free of meanness. Do you like reality television that is both pleasingly comforting but has bursts of ridiculous bravado? And do you want that combined with a group of eccentrics contestants who are all so easy to root for and possess a skill you definitely couldn’t pick up in an afternoon out of boredom? Then this is the show for you. Blown Away is a Netflix binge-watch designed with a highly specific audience in mind.