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By Melissa Camacho
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French reality competition has cursing, bickering.
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Why Age 14+?
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Don’t Hate the Player
What's the Story?
DON'T HATE THE PLAYER is a French unscripted game of strategy featuring contestants competing for up to 150,000 euros. Six men and seven women in their 20s and 30s travel by boat to a beautiful and remote coastal area of Jalisco, Mexico, expecting to spend two weeks in a luxury villa. What they discover is that they have to rough it at an outdoor camp located an hour away with limited food. They also learn that to get into the villa, they must push themselves to win challenges, or be individually voted into the villa during voting "assemblies." Those who get inside the villa receive advantages in the game, including the power to decide who stays in the villa and who remains in the competition. At the end of the game, those who remain in the villa split the prize money. But neither getting in, nor staying there, is easy, especially when unexpected twists are added to the game.
Is It Any Good?
The series offers lots of Survivor-like game play as contestants do everything they can to get into the villa and stay there in hopes of winning cash. Don't Hate the Player contestants face mental and physical challenges, and alliances are made and broken. They're also forced to nominate or sacrifice each other. All this is accompanied by endless bickering thanks to folks being underhanded as they get closer to winning. There's nothing new here for folks who enjoy this sort of reality fare, but Don't Hate the Player is entertaining enough.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about host Claude Dartois. Did you know that he's known for competing in the French version of Survivor (aka Koh-Lanta) four times? Has he ever won?
What are the common characteristics that define unscripted reality competitions? Based on this, can you understand what's happening in Don't Hate the Player without an English translation if you don't speak French?
TV Details
- Premiere date : April 18, 2024
- Cast : Claude Dartois
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Game Shows
- Character Strengths : Perseverance
- TV rating :
- Last updated : April 22, 2024
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