OK, first we have still another misuse of the word "Celebrity" by the ABC network (witness Celebrity Mole Hawaii), so we're not dealing with "stars" here. But I have to tell you, this is drawing me in like witnessing a train wreck. First of all, the shows are live for 15 straight days. That means they have to edit their pieces within 24 hours, not like a quality show such as Survivor where months may pass before an episode airs. The camp that the "celebrities" are is in an Australian rain forest (that allows for the show to go live from Australia at around 1pm). The camp itself looks small (at least that's the impression you get when you see how they're shooting it). Again, to allow for quick editing, the cameras, unlike Survivor, don't appear to be handheld - a director has to call the shots so they appear to be in fixed positions in the rain forest. The key thing that I like about this show is that it comes across, I believe unintentionally, like a laboratory experiment. Think Big Brother, but without walls. Also think Big Brother 1, where the viewing audience gets involved by voting (via website or phone) on who does challenges and who gets voted off. So we get to tinker with their little, pitiful lives on the jungle floor. Oh, and this is in a nature preserve, so the host and crew are actually above the camp on giant walkways and balconies used in the park. Way cool. It's like playing in a jungle petri dish. And it being a rain forest, our poor lab rats are wet and miserable. A few were already bitching over the fact that they were assigned clothes to wear. This put everyone on the same playing field, and most of the women didn't like the fact they had to wear the assigned clothes. (What's weird is that they were issued khaki shirts with their names and phone numbers on them, so if you didn't know who they were, you could find out so that you can vote for that person. Admittedly, in the rain and darkness, the lettering just doesn't work.) It is so interesting to see how these people are so "not normal". This could be fun...