Roadies 5 - Freaking me out !!

Roadies 5 - Freak out Show

MTV has always fascinated me with their unconventional ways of putting the things up, especially for the indian youth. Be it MTV Bakra, Fully Faltoo, MTV Select, MTV kick ass or MTV GPL, there is always an aura and appeal about them. Likewise, When they started their reality show Roadies some 5 years back, it was like an italian curry in maharashtrian food.There was never ever a concept of 13 bachelors wandering all over the country on their Karizmas and performing tasks which were only seen in FEAR FACTOR at that time. Over a period of time, this show has ruled minds and hearts of young guns of India and in season 5, it is termed as one of the most watched show on Indian television.I started following Roadies from season 3. Went on to become a die hard fan in season 4 but in season 5, i think its freaking me out.


As usual, the season started with the auditions, my favorite part about roadies :):). The only new thing which i anticipated at that time was 'Roadies goes International' but later i realized how it means to be International. some furious auditions by two best 'I will take the hell out of you' guys on small screen Nikhil and Raghu kept the ball rolling with some sensational dance numbers by hot chics during auditions. I have never really understood what they look into a Roadie, I know if i try i can only become a Toadie but even none of them knew what the judges were looking for. When I looked at all the 13 roadies, i was really skeptical whether they will be able to retain the heights which roadies 4 had given to the show.

The craziest and ridiculously brilliant thing about this show is just before every vote out, they show you things and make you believe whoz gonna be on the receiving end but right in the vote out, they put a stipulation which keeps you on your toes even after the end of the show. It started with a bang when they had a double vote out in very first vote out and in
very first episode.I was little disappointed as they voted out one of the hot chics down there. Amazingly, in episode 5 when there were equal number of votes against Anmol and Prabhjot just before the vote out Ranvijay put a condition that if there is a draw between the two Roadies in getting the highest number of votes against them, then both those Roadies will be safe and again all the Roadies will vote with those two Roadies safe to vote-out one from rest of the six....WWWWWWacked....and it happened. Similarly, in one of the episodes when it was almost certain that Shambhavi will be vote out, she won her luck on roulette table and 'Guruji' who plotted the entire game was voted out. I am very much fond of the way Raghu-Ranvijay and team analyse the situation and come up with a neck-breaker in the very end....I simply love it.


Despite of all these twists, my initial fear has come up a bit true. Although the Roadies show has outcasted previous season in terms of tasks and plot but Roadies have not live up to the expectations. they cant ride a bike and had got accidents twice. They are pathetic in all the tasks and most of them dont even know who is the president of India. I didnt even get a
single roadie who has shown caliber to perform any task...a roadie spirit.They are spending more time in groupism and bitching stuff.In the very last episode which aired last week, Raghu was so frustrated that he called back all the voted out Roadies and put a straight task ahead of the current ones. "Beat them and show them you are better or pack your bags, you dont deserve to go International". I felt irritated in the very beginning as it was a bit unfair to the roadies who have survived till now but later i found that it was best in the interest of roadies.Then we had a task where They really took the hell out of themselves and now i am convinced that they are best of the lot.


Here we have six roadies going International, Ashu,Nihal,Sambhavi,Sonel,Prabhjot and Vibhor. I am putting my money on Ashutosh this time, the only guy here with Kick ass attitude and a true roadie spirit.There is so much which i wanna write, particularly about the contestants but I gotta go and catch a fish. It doesnt need to be a Roadie for that...right ??