Channel Ten debuted their new reality television series Teen Fit Camp this evening, and Defamer Australia made a special effort to watch it. Also, we enjoy relaxing on Thursday nights by quietly revelling in the Unresolved Sexual Tension between Elliott and Olivia on Law & Order: SVU which kicks off at 8.30pm so it wasn't too hard getting to the telly an hour early to check out the show we'd read so much about.

Our conclusion? We surprised ourselves by really quite enjoying it! It doesn't seem to be all that exploitive (something we suspect won't be able to be said about the British equivalent of the concept Fat Kids Can't Hunt) and the producers have very cleverly picked teenagers who will undoubtedly look like a million bucks once they reach their goal weight.

The cast of characters includes Gemma, the beautiful (yes, beautiful as she is right now) sixteen year old who would love nothing more than a boyfriend. Not that she's allowed to have one while she's at Teen Fit Camp - it's one of the rules. Regardless, she was quickly part of a romantic triangle involving Aussie boy Tom who began telling her he loved her in what seemed to be minutes (it was unrequited), while she in turn directed her attentions to an American lad at the camp called Josh. The show also features a cousin of Casey 'Not The Gay Porn Star' Donovan, the former Australian Idol winner who happens to be currently training with Guy Leech in order battle her own weight problem.

Look, normally we prefer to digest our required dosage of teenage angst and woe the way God intend - reading barely literate MySpace blog entries in flashing pink text - but the show won us over this evening.

Of course, we are notoriously fickle and will probably begin obsessing about Deal Or No Deal again within days, totally forgetting the trials and tribulations of overweight Australian adolescents stuck in the middle of the woods somewhere in North America. We'll keep you posted.

PS: We are also kind of fascinated with the fact Tom has told two girls that he loves them during a one week period. And been dumped by both of them, poor love.

 

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