Wide Awake

In this episode we discuss what's current in the world of reality competition shows with The Challenge and Perfect Match. We then transition to talking about Shattered, which was suggested by Joshua. Next week, Mehdi and Joshua take the wheel to give you an introduction on why you should watch South Korean cult favorite The Genius. "Shattered was a reality television programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It was aired in 2004. Ten contestants were challenged with going without sleep for seven days while their actions were constantly monitored. Over the seven days the ten housemates had to endure daily performance testing and a variety of challenges. They were competing for a potential prize fund of £100,000 though, at any point, if a contestant closed their eyes for over ten seconds, then £1,000 was deducted from the prize fund.." (Wikipedia) The episodes we watched can be found here and here on Youtube. Podcast music by Jonas from Pixabay.