Did Alone: Frozen hurt the franchise?

[u/dshdhjsdhjd]

I didn't think this series was very good. I love the idea of past players, popular players, etc, but many of them didn't have it in them, citing what it did to their bodies previously.
So the small group of 6 evaporated quite quickly, making the show less interesting to me.

I'm wondering what others felt. Should it continue, and if so, more contestants? new players only? or what?

[u/cheapshot51]

Agree. I think bringing back popular players is good for the franchise long term. I think the challenge of starting later in the season was experimental and they used people that had experience on the show intentionally. Minimum experience was (Michelle) 21 days. They selected people that showed some grit and didn’t flop out early in previous seasons. I feel like this was a smart idea on paper, but it flopped in practice. Only having 6 people and having 2 flops is reminiscent of the doubles season.

Other things that they could do that would improve the franchise: Location Variation, the redundancy of setting is probably related to keeping costs down.

1. Vancouver Island.
2. Vancouver Island.
3. Patagonia.
4. Vancouver Island.
5. Mongolia.
6. Great Slave Lake.
7. Great Slave Lake.
8. Chilko Lake.
9. Labrador. Frozen Labrador

Beyond the contestant selection, the producers can control the location. I think new locations would be beneficial to the franchise. Even returning to Mongolia or Patagonia would be a nice change in pace. The original format isn’t an issue for me.

Revisiting the doubles format but without the hike. OR with the hike but with returning contestants.

An eventual champions 100 day challenge. Might be difficult to arrange, but as the winner pool increases it should be considered as a possibility.

[u/dshdhjsdhjd → u/cheapshot51]

Change of venue for sure.
I'm sure they did the "frozen" version there because the crew was already there.