What they seem to be trying looks to be a reasonable change to the format, although they need to get a bit more cohesive as a presenting team before it can be called "fantastic".
When Matt LeBlanc was doing the prerecorded bits he was (mostly) good, but his studio "banter" with Chris Evans felt a little too forced. He seemed too much like he was acting rather than trying to be an actual presenter. I hope it's just a "new team getting to know each other" thing that will sort itself out with time, otherwise it could be a short run for the new show.
The Stars in a Rally Car bit seemed very awkward. If there was an actual interview like a chat show it may have made sense to have unconnected stars, but when they were both basically there to plug stuff with no real chatter it seemed jarring. The "best car" part of that segment was actually quite uncomfortable to watch.
The USA vs UK challenge was OK, although Matt's bit before they got to Blackpool was, again, a little too much like acting rather than presenting. Hopefully that's just down to him being new to presenting, though, and will become more natural as the show progresses.
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-- Susan Ivanova
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Purk
8 years ago
The "star" was suppose to be Brad Pitt, Jesse Eisenberg and Gordon Ramsey were replacements. There's a cold relationship between Chris and Matt. Chris did not want Matt on the show, but the, now, ex-producer insisted.
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mustsilm
8 years ago
What change to format? The only change is instead of 3 presenters, we have 2 now and the rallycross track.
All in all it was very poor. And i read somewhere that this Evans guy became highest paid BBC presenter. Ridiculous for this.
A lot of people online with the feedback are annoyed by Evans. And thats smth which cant be changed. If you dont like his voice/presence/look it just wont work.
When you think about it. They had opportunity here to completely rebuild the show. Make it different. Evans was talking prior the show how they will make changes. If anything it felt like they just kept it same but there is no chemistry and Evans is not likeable compared to the previous 3 presenters.
UK is a big country. They surely could have find better replacements. I dont get how this Evans guy even worked all those years in bbc before. Just annoying.
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adam-176
8 years ago
What change to format? The only change is instead of 3 presenters, we have 2 now and the rallycross track.
Aside from that, the track section is different (not just the track - the "interview" / best car thing) and they have their off-site team (only saw Sabine last night, but there are other non-studio presenters, too).
They're only minor changes, but they are changes.
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