…it’s still as cringey and woo as it was when Noel presented it.
I used to love it at first when it was first on TV. But the whole ‘think blue!’, people holding hands and chanting and the “I’m wishing for this to be a blue for you Sharon” - all while a fairly mediocre human behaved like they deserved loads of money despite showing very few redeemable qualities - made me turn off. I got to the point where I grumpily hoped they’d end up with a tenner, and it used to drive me nuts when the contestants or Noel would actually tell someone off for having a red in their box, like they had any hand in the decision rather than just randomness 😂 Also hated the “I’m praying this is a blue for you” - why? It won’t change what’s in the box. Just fucking open it.
So I hoped with a new presenter (and lower prize offers!) and a new era they’d have stopped that nonsense. They haven’t. In fact they’ve added a new element to this season’s show - pretending that there actually IS a banker giving his money away. The contestant yesterday was all “hahaha the banker will be furious he has to give me more of his money”. No love - it’s a producer on the phone. The ‘banker’ also told Stephen mulhern “I’ve just been decorating my 10 living rooms” and the contestant looked genuinely annoyed and said “alright for some” or something. I can’t watch this drivel - am I alone?
Really it could be a 10 minute show, or a 30 minutes show with 3 contestants on the bounce.