For anyone who enjoys the adrenalin rush in nature and sparse geography, Dual Survival
is the ultimate television-screen journey.
The basic concept of a reality TV show clubbed with a nature enthusiast’s wisdom is what
the show represents in a nutshell.
The show follows two individuals of highly inspirational backgrounds who put their work
and glory to survive Mother Nature in the conditions that are unattainable and unbelievable
for normal people.
The most exciting part of the show is that it’s not just about the survivalist’s
compatibility and compromise with nature, but their instinctive survival with each other.
Dual Survival ran for a successful array of 9 seasons and 84 episodes, which like any
other reality shows has its own stories of consumer gossip and unknown factual truths.
Today, we are here to unearth the top five dirt-worthy facts about Dual Survival that
have fed the well and good through the years.
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#. The Ridiculous Typo Accredited to Discovery It feels cringy on various levels when one
finds out that one of the biggest TV networks has made a gross marketing mistake, that too
during the launch of the teaser.
When the show first opened its curtains on YouTube with a crisp promo, the title read
‘Dual Survivor Tonight at 10 PM e/p on Discovery Channel, much to the ‘are you kidding me
with trashy title construction’ response of the viewers.
And when the voiceover and the title didn’t quite seem to add up, Internet’s biggest
catch, the memes were inevitable.
Although we all make mistakes, no one will ever know how Discovery managed to get through
all the editing without noticing this major glitch.
#. Cody Lundin and His Line of Choices This piece of fact defies everything that
a reality show like this stands for.
Cody Lundin was the conspicuous face from Season 1 through Season 4.
A celebrated naturalist and elementary-skills pro, he made the mistake of telling the world
that he went through a whopping selection process in choosing his partners, with as
many as 21 people from different backgrounds.
Now, this blunder of verbal truth does not only prove the extent of a scripted television
show that is currently being created but also makes the incompatible circumstances faced
by him and his successive partners a huge, huge messed up version of humankind’s failure
in choices.
I mean, if you were to pick your ideal partner to give us some good TV time and then fail
at it, why go through the tedious process of hand-picked co-contestants in the first
place?
#. Lawsuit Cody Lundin was arguably the most famous face
in ‘Dual Survival,’ who had too many crazy facts to share in his treasure box.
Like every creator has a problem with the visual editing department, he also, threw
some mud at them.
Come to think of the time when Lundin and Joe Teti had an ugly face-off during one of
the episodes, the thrill, and gossipy edge was truly an audience keeper.
According to Cody, there have been many such incidents that made him look like the weaker
of the two and his presentation of sorts suffered image redundancy.
Although we do not know exactly what was what, Cody was wise enough to legally sue to channel
for losing precious, experienced contributions to a show that ultimately despised him with
incoherent editing.
#. What was the Show Aiming for?
TRP or Real-life Survival?
Before we comment on anything controversial, let us just say that whatever comes on television
works towards underlying entertainment, which often masks the genuine essence of the content.
Be it, Discovery Channel’s attempt at celebrating life and wilderness or a political news channel’s
views on socio-economic propaganda.
Media has engulfed so much of our ability to judge and adjudge, that we just don’t
know what to believe anymore.
Drama is the most pivotal element here, that makes a show popular among the masses, and
Dual Survival had no dearth of it.
The fabrications and unnecessary storylines of make-believe dramatic modulations increasingly
became so evident that the respect began to decay.
It has been said by the contestants themselves how the show is twisted to fit the taste of
the general TV-viewing public and now, the line between authentic and sham is just too
hard to point out.
#. Stick Stickly Who?
Remember those carefree afternoons of Nick in the Afternoon?
I bet you are flooded with fond nostalgia of the times when life still hadn’t complicated
our souls.
And why I say this now is because the guy who voiced the pretty-hearted Stick Stickly
is the same guy whose voice we hear in Dual Survival as the unseen narrator.
Paul Christie’s fascinating voice is an all-rounder here who is a general trick-player
tricking our minds with so much of a contrast!
Well, who would have known?
But kudos to the man who has created so much diversity on television and that too without
physical representation!
Dual Survival has had its good times and its bad times but made a lasting impression.
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