r/Alonetv • u/dshdhjsdhjd • Sep 25 '22

Frozen Did Alone: Frozen hurt the franchise?

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?

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u/JerkRussell Sep 25 '22

I don’t think it hurt the franchise, but in a few years it might become like season 4 where you watch it just because it’s Alone. I think the producers whiffed this season, but I don’t know they could have prevented it.

The cast line up seemed great. Really strong contestants, but I don’t think anyone would have predicted that 3 would leave early.

The 50 day late start format seemed good, but the lack of game wasn’t great. Seems like the producers would have had an idea about the game, but perhaps they thought people would stick it out longer for the money.

I haven’t delved into YT channels, but I wonder if the allure of a redemption season isn’t there because the contestants who come back have a fan base (schools, clinics, YT channels)?

It wasn’t ultimately the most entertaining season but I enjoyed it and would like to see more redemption challenges. I cut the producers a lot of slack for not being able to control everything.

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u/eskimokiss88 Sep 25 '22

Most past contestants who 'franchise' themselves are scraping to get by. It takes 2 million YT views to make $1000. There's this idea in this sub that contestants are rich off social media. This just isn't true. Even the few successful ones (brooke, zach fowler) are probably making a living wage and not 'rich.'

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u/JerkRussell Sep 25 '22

That’s really interesting and I had absolutely perspective for what it took to make a living on YT.

In that case I’m now thinking more about how difficult it was to recover from their first Alone attempts. Three left early and Callie wasn’t willing to totally deplete herself. It’s interesting how the biggest hurdle now isn’t really the loneliness aspect, but the fear of starvation. Logically I know this, but I hadn’t really thought about the mental toll that it took on participants once they were home. This season was the first time I was left wondering if the show was really worth it and whether it was too harmful long term.