The Underdog: Josh Must Win Thread 1! (Monday 25th March 9pm E4)

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Plus any other telly addicts MNetters/Celeb Big Brother twaddlers

Show starts Monday evening according to the Graudian.

I quite like Grimmy on Gogglebox, don't really know the others that well.
But it might be an interesting watch.
Alternatively, I end up not rooting for the underdog and rename the show Josh Must Die.

I think the evicted players should join the team doing the fixing.

The milk 🤣🤣🤣

😣😑😩

Not sure I can tolerate much more of this.

I'm sorry to be a middle aged prude but as Maddy was sat there talking to Josh I had to think back to remember what her 'thing' is and honestly felt a bit queasy once it came back to me.

I thought that's what would happen, but then Gabby was sent off.

'Cheerio. Ta so much chuck.'

Okay then.

Fair play to Miles.

What a waste of some lovely looking fish though.

😮Good grief

Hopscotch on Lego! Evil genius level. Holy moly.

Man of Steel Josh!

Feck me!

I agree the penis comments didn't add anything, made me cringe.

I really can't make up my mind but it has made me laugh in places and everyone is now coming over nicer than I expected.

Louis doesn't beat about the bush, get over yourself Myles 😆Loved it.

Something tells me Myles is not used to being spoken to like that. He backed down like a chastised puppy 🐶

Yeah, I've laughed a bit in this last 20 minutes and felt very proud of Josh for having nipples of steel.

Mine are still smarting at the mere thought of it 😉

I'm laughing tonight - enjoying it! Wish they'd recap who voted for who as I can't remember and I'm literally watching it!

Can't believe they were allowed to physically hit & hurt them!

Gabby versus Josh.
Josh: “I’m not dying!” Hilarious.
Will Josh start to believe his own hype though? (Like the underdogs on who become People’s Champion).
Sofia, Myles, Jack – allyship. Myles is sly.
Never heard of the Pete Wicks bloke before this but he took the fish to the face like a pro. He also administered it like the Marquis de Sade.
Louie’s pizza-face in a box was [chef’s kiss].
What a trouper they all were in fairness.
Josh doing Riverdance on his tod was cute.
Jack: “Tonight’s going to be the
best night of our lives.” You need to get out more, son!
Louie is awesome. Myles is a twunt. Player gets played.
Myles/Jack/Maddy – one alliance.
Jeanette/Louie/Josh - the other
Sofia/Dre - shipping.

I've watched the 3rd episode now & I'm well & truly hooked! Loving it!

Binge watched all the eps! Enjoying it. Surely they can only do this format once?

Wish they'd had a few more plebs dotted in so Josh doesn't look so obviously miscast/out of place. Love Louie so far calling out Myles!

Grimmy carrying the panel tbh
Josh does look like the guy from Corrie

I am loving it. This is how reality shows work.

Argh do you not think it's fake? I'm torn

Tbh have only watched one ep

I mean the 'Josh' person being fake

I wondered that too @MdmBovary as it feels cruel otherwise if he is genuine, so in that respect, I don't mind if he is an actor.

Those suggesting it's fake - in what sense? In that we, the viewers, believe that the contestants are being fooled, but really it's us? That these are fake 'influencers' with huge followings but are really all actors?

Possible I suppose. Josh looked a little too confident following his task. And there was something slighly 'off' about the Louis/Myles conversation, enjoyable though it was. Could be how it was edited however.

By the way, something vaguely similar has been done before. Amazing what some people will do to get on the telly. Space Cadets had contestants believing they were training to be cosmonauts. 😆

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceCadets_(TV_series)

ETA: Or do people just think that Josh is the only fake one?

Also the trial (I think it was called) where only one jury member believed he was attending a real trial, everyone else were actors.

I've seen two episodes and it feels iffy. I think surely Josh has to be in on it? Imagine you think you're a normal person on a show and then find out the reality is that you were picked because 4 " celebrities" and the producers thought you were a loser in comparison to others and it feels all a bit nasty and condescending

Didn't the man in the trial one have a bit of a freak out afterwards? Not knowing if things were happening to him for the show to continue or if it was reality?

One thing I do like which is a bit cruel of me and something i guess is telling about me is the " popular" people's disbelief that josh stayed in vs the girl after they were so sure josh would go and seeing the bitchiness of them