| Host | Bonnie Strange |
| Episodes | 8 |
| Genre | Competitive Reality TV |
| Alternate Title | Fight For Paradise: Who Can You Trust? |
In this survival and strategy game, a group of contestants hoping to party it up in a luxurious villa on a remote island find themselves in the midst of a jungle living in tents and fending for their own selves. Their only hope to go back to the top and win 100,000 euros is to keep their friends close and their enemies closer.
We just watched Don’t Hate the Player, another show where a group of contestants find themselves baited and switched from a luxurious villa to a jungle with a dirty toilet and whatnot. Why are we here again, Netflix? Other than the different language, there is nothing new to watch in this show. The format is somewhat similar and people vote for each other to go to the villa.
None of these contestants are interesting enough to root for. With every passing year, the contestants get more and more fake and they start to try to cover that with less interest with each passing show. It’s annoying watching these people who are clearly here for the Instagram followers try and make stupid strategies and empty threats that the viewers know hold no ground.
On that note, contestant Brenda, who makes living in India her whole personality, mentions during the first camp mission that she deserves this opportunity because she lives in India and so she’s “used to the jungle”. What does that mean, Brenda? Do you mean to say that India is a jungle? With contestants like these, it’s difficult to take things seriously because you know (or, at least, hope) that this is not who these people are in real life in the slightest and it’s all a made-up thing to become rage bait and get the most views.
Of course, there are backstabbing and petty fights throughout the runtime of Fight For Paradise that will get on your nerves. It’s not because it’s strategic and well-thought-out. The problem with these shows is that they try to make you feel like their decisions are based on facts and winning in the future. But if you look at people wrong because of the bug in your eye, you might be eliminated for their “cold and aloof”. I find it fascinating that the writers of such shows find these things to be even mildly amusing.
In that same vein, everyone constantly says the same thing over and over again. I don’t know if this is a translation thing but the contestants all repeat similar lines constantly – we have to come out on top and this is tactical and whatnot. It gets really annoying by the time we reach the second episode and the funniest thing is that the contestants don’t try to be convincing in their dialogue delivery. You can feel their aloofness in every frame as they try to make us believe that they are really in over their heads in this place.
Because the truth of the matter is that they are not – it’s not possible for anyone to just jet off with Netflix to an unknown destination without discussing what they will get in return. Thus this fake confusion and annoyance over going to the jungle and not being in the villa is really grating.
Fight For Paradise Review: Final Thoughts
It’s getting tiring at this point with the odd stories and relationships in these reality shows. There are so many uncomfortable moments in Fight For Paradise that will definitely give you the ick. It’s just not an interesting watch in any way, neither is it a smart watch nor a thrilling one. It’s uncomfortable and badly made.
Fight For Paradise is streaming on Netflix.
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