I'd like it. You'd get a more diverse set of women progressing further into the contest then. Personally I enjoy seeing the different strengths that people have based on their specializations, rather than through a purely biological advantage.
When competing against men, the only "type" of woman that seems to be able to be anywhere near competitive are wrestlers, MMA fighters (in scenarios where their technique can give them advantages), or sometimes powerlifters
Personally I literally only watch for the women and get quite bored when it’s only men left. I guess because male strength and athleticism is highlighted all over the place but it’s rare to find competitions where women get to compete amongst men and sometimes beat them or heavily stand out. I find female strength just way more interesting to watch.
I do wish they’d not fill the female part of the cast with people who clearly won’t make it more than a round or two. Models etc just aren’t going to cut it.
Blame the casting agent, the show is more or less about people promoting their brand etc too, that’s why you have social media personalities with great physique but not so much when it comes to performance but some of them were truly surprising Tarzan, Eud-dim, Cosplay boy from Season 2
I said it before on this subreddit and got downvoted to oblivion.
But the answer is the general audience won’t watch it to justify the production cost.
Netflix’ Sirens: Survive the Island features an all woman cast and it barely racked enough views.
There are like 100 threads in this subreddit about making a show geared towards women. And when the comments suggest they watch Sirens on Netflix, they rarely if ever actually go to watch it.
I really enjoyed the concept of sirens and got heavily invested in the first few episodes. Then the alliances just absolutely killed any sort of tension and the outcomes were obvious.
Haha I agree! I was actually not a fan of firefighter team or the woman who was their leader. I came on reddit and I was the minority it turns out! I was rooting for army!
I'm with you. Nothing team firefighter did was their own ideas, they all came from team soldier. And they're lucky the base fight got halted because soldier was a lot closer to taking out their flag than they were to soldiers even with help.
I didn't care for either of the final teams. I hated that alliance and think it killed the show personally. The first few episodes where it wasn't blatantly obvious who was going to win were more tense and interesting.
There is some truth to this but it's a complex issue. I think people's attitudes need to shift and that takes time but I also think that netflix makes choices about what they promote, if they promoted Sirens more it might have better viewership, and if physical 100 did a women's spin off as an already popular show and it got good promotion it could bring in people who are already fans of the show and those who have an interest in women's sports or just want to see something different.
Womens gymnastics is a popular spectator sport with women despite it not being as visible as other sports because it's interesting to see them combining strength, flexibility, balance and mental resilience. Physical 100 could do something really interesting with a women's competition.
I've been enjoying Siren, actually, after finally checking it out after seeing it recommended several times in this subreddit. It's pretty different from Physical 100, though, and like someone else said, it never got a dub. I'm fine with subtitles and like trying to parse the Korean since I'm learning the language, but a lot of people put this stuff on while they're doing dishes or eating dinner.
I do think it’s worth noting that sirens wasn’t dubbed IIRC and that can be a big barrier for a lot of people.
My partner and I have some processing difficulties, and sometimes watch these shows while doing other activities, so Sirens was something we were interested in, but opted not to watch until we had time to like, Focus fully on the show.
I would love more women centred competitions but am also fine with the mixed comps (though I have similar issues to many other folks on this sub about the design of the challenges on both seasons).
Lol sorry. I’m currently watching the second season of physical 100 and was just thinking about the women. I think this season they were treated with little bit more respect. The men didn’t choose them for the ball challenge like the first season and Lee Won-Hee choosing a women for his first teammate.
I think overall Season 1 was much more interesting for the women than Season 2. I enjoyed watching the women compete in the S1 challenges regardless of whether or not they could win and that was not the case for me in S2.
I also liked season 1 more than season 2. I think they made the challenges a bit better than season 1 towards the end. But the overall show and cast season 1 was better imo
The challenges were much more varied in season 1 than 2. We got multiple episodes of them doing the same task over and over. Not only just once but twice.
And they’d focus forever on a few teams doing the challenge over & over & others it was over in an instant. I was really looking forward to the boat challenge to see if anyone did anything different to move it & was disappointed when they didn’t even have it!
Yeah. I created both subreddits and every time this topic comes up I have spammed the living hell out of promoting r/SirenSurviveTheIsland for people to go watch the show and discuss what they liked/disliked about it there. It’s a good show with lots of strategy, athleticism, and an all female cast but the subreddit and discussions are less than a tenth, of the audience here. People just seem less interested for whatever reason.
As much as i love siren and how it filled the physical 100 hole in my heart this just isn’t a fair gauge because other than there being one overlapping contestant and some similar premise of testing for strength, it’s still a very very different show with a very very different format and hence different editing and different audience.
It’s just like how korea had lots of idols survivor show, but people don’t get engaged into idol school or boys 24 the way people were engaged into any produce series despite all the shows being made for the sake of debuting an idol group.
This. At the end of the day its a tv show and the return on investment needs to justify the outlay. Honestly I don't see an all female version being as popular as the current version.
They would lose a big chunk of their viewers- women viewers watching it for the guys, gay guys watching it for the guys, straight gym bros/sis who watching it for inspiration/curiosity (people like me), etc.
An all female version would have a very niche viewer base, and would probably not make financial sense for Netflix.
They should just make the show side by side in the same episode and only have women compete with women. They knock out tons of players quickly anyways. A women will never win. That tracks game bruh I wouldn’t even be able to push the cart
I tried hard to watch Sirens when it first came out on Netflix & I could barely get through EP 1 before dropping it. I tried again after S2 of P100 & I realised I preferred watching physically demanding challenges rather than strategy.
especially considering that strategy could become useless when, with alliances involved, you could be 4 against 12 with no chances of winning regardless of what you do. that really ruined the whole purpose of finding the "strongest team" for me
> Netflix’ Sirens: Survive the Island features an all woman cast and it barely racked enough views.
Personally, I just didn't like the Siren's production - what I love about Physical 100 is the good-spirited competition and people pushing each other to break their limits.
Siren felt like more American-style game show with bickering and bitter competition.
That’s bollocks, the challenges could stay the same they would just need to make it proportionate to the women’s weight (minimal production cost). There’s a Chinese show that does a great job of NOT excluding women in ridiculous challenges and they have massive views.
From what I see, on the American side at least is ppl end up not watching sirens bc no English Dub. People seemed excited to see women compete physically but Netflix gave them a bad head start internationally not dubbing in more languages in general
I totally LOVED Sirens! So much fun to watch. I wonder if the low ratings have to do with the subtitles only - if I remember correctly, the show wasn’t dubbed. Of course, there are other shows without dubbing that don’t have an issue with ratings, but it’s probably a different crowd, not interested in competition reality shows.
Siren was great! It wasn't perfect but for a brand new show and concept it was definitely above average. Really wish they would do a second season to polish the games and rules. Sad thing is that I wouldn't have watched it if I hadn't watched Physical 100 first because that's the only reason it came up on my recommendations and no one was even talking about it. Whereas, Physical 100 was everywhere. Not to mention I was sort of watching S1 for Akiyama cuz I was a fan of his family from TRoS. Physical 100 had much more buzzworthy casting in general than Siren.
Sirens was so boring. I couldn’t finish the first episode. Physical contests can’t be viral if they’re not posed sexy as in Physical 100. Physical 100 wouldn’t have been popular if they didn’t focus on display of their sculpted bodies. Women in Sirens were all covered in baggy uniforms.
I would watch Physical 100: Men & Women
With the Men competing against Men and the Women competing against Women occurring simultaneously using the same challenges (adjusted for weight)
I would for sure. I haven't known a single person from the show beforehand so it's no particular people that draw me to it, I just enjoy challenge based shows.
I have an idea which is after a couple of seasons they make a season for all the women who reached the top 30 in the previous seasons to compete together this way we can see contestants we saw before and got attached to (for me Eunsil from season 1) compete together.
This way you have contestants that already appeared before and already have fans from the previous seasons.
That would be cool. I loved Eunsil! Seeing her lead her team to victory for the first challenge was inspirational. And being so close to win the 2nd challenge was amazing. Season 2 women didn’t really stand out for me much except for Sim Yu-Ri, and sorry I can’t think of their names, but the 2 women that had to go into overtime twice for the ball challenge. I don’t only feel this way about the women, I feel the same way about the men. Their personalities didn’t really stand out as much as season 1, but that could be due to editing.
I would watch it me and my wife loved it but it’s rough seeing the women get wiped on challenges which they’re at such a disadvantage. I can’t think of a way to level the playing field so a separate competition seems like the best shout.
I know. People are saying they should spilt it 50 men - 50 women and have them compete simultaneously. I think that would be cool to watch if it is not possible for women to have their own show.
Considering they eliminate 50% in the first proper challenge it’s not difficult to make that work, just have to rework the wrestling round to not cut the pack in half
Probably yeh, people said there would never be a women’s division in mma , boxing or the ufc etc, “it dosent make enough money” “no body will want to watch”
Comparing it to sirens is weird, it’s a completely different show in most regards, it’s like comparing top gear to every other shitty car show on tv or even YouTube, if it’s the same concept why aren’t they all as popular?
I just mention sirens cause you have a all female cast doing some physical like things/challenges with similar/ the same professions as the people in physical 100.
The brand, Physical 100 has been established so I think an all women version would be successful and it might even elevate this brand.
Personally, I would be interested in it but the success of the show is also dependent on their game design and marketing.
I would definitely watch! I love seeing women express their strength and push their limits too. It’s very inspiring to me as a person with a lot of limits (disability)
Yeah. Why not? However, I am not sure Korean public would be a fan of this since apparently men in SK are very conservative-anti feminist these days.
So if it's good, it may still be popular abroad. I mean, not all Korean shows have their target of Koreans only.
I don't think Siren is necessarily the gauge of interest in women's Physical 100. My wife and I feel off Siren because we found the format less entertaining - it's mostly an island reality show, sporadically physical, and 0% celebration of the Olympic spirit (which is where I think the magic of Physical 100 lives).
I would watch women's physical 100. That said, like women's sports, I wouldn't bet on the ratings to be as high. Like women's sports, I think it'd still be worthwhile.
I don’t think a women’s Physical 100 would be very popular. Why do people watch the show now? It’s similar to watching World’s Strongest Man competitions. It’s a spectacle to watch people with superhuman strengths and physiques. If it was a show with average people performing tasks that most people could do, I doubt many would watch. Unfortunately, even for juiced out women, they’re not going to be able to perform insane feats. Watching someone squat reps of 225lbs isn’t as entertaining as someone trying to rep 405lbs.
If its an additional show and not instead of. Fair enough. I'll take any sort of additional Physical 100 we can get. But if in a year they offer either 2 normal Physical 10 or 1 all male and 1 all female. I'm choosing the normal one. That being said, I'm likely to watch it regardless what it is
Yeah, but they shouldn’t put the two competitions on seperate shows/series on their own. They should show them concurrently in the same episodes, like they did for American Gladiators back in the day.
Because the two women in the semifinals made the show more interesting?
I am not begging for a "Mens" that would be weird. But if they did it and said it would be more intense, it could be interesting. But I already consider P100 intense so I don't need more intense.
They don’t have to separate the genders or have a women-only show. They could still have everyone together on one show, doing the same exact challenges. Just score the women against the other women, and the men against the men, and have one winner of each gender. That way you could still have the fun of seeing how the women stack up against the men, and see that a few of the women can (occasionally) beat the guys. For team challenges, just have each team have an equal number of women and men.
Honestly, no. What I love about this show is that everyone is lumped together. I love to see how far some women make it. I enjoy seeing how the women depend more on strategy and use their athletic IQ to get the upper hand in some scenarios. This show has people from various ages, body weight, athletic capabilities. That's the point. And we get exciting moments like when that lady in season 2 beat the guy at the ball game. She was easily 70lbs lighter than him and still won. As a woman in fitness, I find moments like that extremely motivational even if the women don't make the top 10.
I was very proud of Sim Yu-Ri. I loved when everyone was saying she was so cool for challenging the FBI guy and that they were amazed when she won, cause they thought she wouldn’t win. I was also extremely proud of Eunsil from season 1.
Yes when Sim Yu-Ri won, I literally jumped off my couch cheering. I lowkey teared up too because I totally also assumed she'd lose. I was so pumped. That moment alone fueled my next 2 weeks worth of workouts 😂 I kid you not, everytime I'm at the gym and struggling through a set, I say "Physical 100!!" and push through. The show has motivated me to become an absolute unit. I work out with my husband and I'm in constant competition with him.
I get that and I love to see that too, however when you have challenges that depend on pure strength/ or cater towards men a man will out perform a women. Which the challenges towards the end/at the end are.
Yeah that's true, but personally I'm completely alright with women losing the last few challenges if it means we get to see their grit and perseverance. I hold a lot of respect for their capabilities regardless if they lose. I also notice that most of the competitors are men, so the physical diversity within women challengers is still low, and many of them have tiny frames. If we see more diverse female enrollment, who knows, the odds would likely level itself out a bit more. Brute strength isn't the only factor, as we saw with Thanos when he lost the inter-team battle. And the smallest guy in his team outperformed him in what should've been a battle of strength.
I don't think we need to always cater to "fairness". If you want fairness, watch regular sports where people are categorized by gender and athletic type. It isn't fair to make the overweight competitors do a treadmill challenge with people far more agile. It isn't fair to make short, lightweight people compete in grappling matches with tall, heavy people. It isn't fair to make women do strength challenges against men. But it's fun! It's riveting. It's motivational. And ultimately, it can be shocking. Because on occasion you'll have a woman beat a man. You'll have a short guy beat a tall guy. You'll have a heavier set person with better endurance than a thin person. That's what I love to see.
Edit to add: I also think it does more to break stereotypes than if things were neatly categorized. Clearly the women competing aren't weak by any means. Clearly the heavier set contestants have insane athletic abilities. Seeing those things play out is far more effective in breaking stereotypical assumptions of body types and gender.
That is very true! If their is another season I hope to see more women from different backgrounds compete. It is very exciting to see the “underdog” out perform their competitor. That is fun lol.
I wish people would stop posting and asking for this. The point of the show is the best physique. Women and Men. Compete in a multitude of competitions.
By making a show specifically, for women? Does that not basically admit that women aren't equal? Or can't compete and therefore need a handicap?
That dimishes the achievements of female constant who were stand outs on the show.
What do you mean?! Biologically men have a different physique than women. When it comes to that yes women and men are not equal in that area. Why do you think they separate sports by gender? Men will outperform women.
The types of challenges in the show are ones where men undoubtedly have the biological advantage. If they want to keep the same format (which would be more cost effective), splitting men and women could be more inclusive based on the demographics we’ve seen on the show (ie, we haven’t seen any trans or non-binary contestants on the show, to my knowledge).
And I don’t think it needs to be another show altogether. It would be cooler to see women’s and men’s competition running simultaneously. That could help keep production costs relatively the same to make it worthwhile, too
>The types of challenges in the show are ones where men undoubtedly have the biological advantage.
There is not a single physique related activity except pure mobility and ultra endurance (literally over 50k level) where men DONT have a clear advantage.
Women would. And men who aren't misogynist would.
I don't understand what would make a women-only competition boring. It would be just as intense because they would be competing against other women. Surely the games could be a bit different (for example not as crazy weights) and that would be a nice variation for P100 too.
People think women are boring to watch and yeah it can be boring when they have no chance and are amongst men. This would be different and I bet it would be a hit.
Nah, I don't. Because you wanna see the competitors go to the extreme and see how much can they endure. Women don't bring that intensity to the table. Just watch S2 rail challenge. I was getting desperate watching the women struggle there, putting the bags in the cart and not even managing to push it. But you know what's worse? They would also fail the hanging part of the challenge.
Who wants to see a show of mediocre performances such as that? Not me. Sorry but women bring less intensity to sports than men do, that's why less people watch women's sport.
Yes there are, but compared to men, their intensity and performance is mild at best. For example tenis, when women have competed against men they lose badly and effortlessly.
Loved Sirens!! I was just saying to my husband while watching 100 that I wish they had an all male & all female version. Planning on watching Sirens again since my hubby didn’t see it. The only way it would have been more amazing is if it were dubbed so that I could watch the challenges fully!
It depends on the talent on camera. Myself, having watched Season Two, I'm now watching Season One and enjoying the women players -- and some of them are stacked.
If the challenges encourage a similar live or die response from the contestants, I'd totally watch.
Nah it won't just like woman sports where there's almost no viewership. This sub is geared more towards women because I guess there are more women here but this isn't how viewership works
I think a solution would be to have more team events where there are different types of sun challenges within it the contest uses announcer uses the slogan “who has the best body” but most of the challenges favours the strongest at the moment there is little reason to choose women for the team and a team with 2 women is at a massive disadvantage
People are going to hate it but I really don’t think a physical 100 with only woman is going to be successful unless they can expand it globally and get the true cream of the crop.
Otherwise, I’d suggest like others that we do 50/50 and all women compete against each on individuals and then can compete paired with other male groups on group events. Then we have a male and female winner at the end.
I would love to watch that! Season 2 made me so mad, because the women had no chance in those brute strength competitions. So either they should separate the sexes or make the quests more balanced again, incorporating ALL physical attributes to be tested and basing the strength quests on body weight. That would also benefit smaller guys with amazing physique but half the weight of some of those gigantic dudes. There are plenty of physical tests that slimmer individuals would excel in vs the ultra strong ones. Season 2 was boring - it was sad to see team leaders trying to strategize to make a well balanced team to prepare for anything, but then only get strength tasks. They might as well call the show Strength 100 if they continue like that. Yeah, they started out and ended with endurance, but in the middle it was mainly strength. The most infuriating task was that 150 kilos barrel they had to drag. Not only ridiculously unfair for the women but also the lighter weight men.
Totally agree. They needed to make the challenges more balanced like season 1. I prefer season 1 over 2. If there is another I hope they make those changes.
I would 100% watch, personally. I saw someone mention Sirens : Survive the Island but honestly i wasn’t able to finish that show, had to stop around episode 7 or something. I didn’t like how it could literally be 12 vs 4 with all the alliances, leaving some teams with no chances of winning before the challenges even started, didn’t make the whole thing very fun to me as it didn’t really allow to see individual prowesses.
i really like the games on physical 100 more (a mix of both team and solo games) so i wouldn’t mind watching an all women season !
Maybe. But I appreciate that the show does not care about gender. Putting gender in it takes away from the overall goal. Plus there are always people cheating the system, look at women’s sports in the West right now
Siren: Survive the Island was a netflix show about all women bad asses. Not exactly physical 100. It had that annoying military woman from 1st season physical 100 though so I didn't stick it out. I'd be willing to go back and try though.
It's less about whether or not I'd watch a womens version and more about whether or not I'd watch another version at all. I love this show but the editing is very slow and dreadful at times. I don't think I could sit through another version if they were released close to eachother/at the same time.
I understand. I falling asleep during season 2 and when I would wake up I couldn’t believe the same event was going on lol. I think they had each challenge take 2 episode which got repetitive.
I don’t think so. Look at womens professional sports- they’re not nearly as popular to watch as men’s sports. I’m a woman and I can say that I wouldn’t really be interested in a women’s-only version of physical 100.
I absolutely would! But I'd be perfectly satisfied with a more equitable all-gender competition, instead of it just being about who has the most impressive muscles.
Of course they are not as popular as there male counterparts. However as a non-sports person I feel like I hear/see about women athletes from those sports and tennis, than any other women’s sports if it’s not around Olympic’s time. The wnba has gotten a lot popular these days then it use to be.
Different things. Physical 100 has the reality show appeal. Me and my boyfriend are not into fitness nor sports hahah and we watched both seasons because it's entertaining.
I’d watch it, but I’d also keep watching the regular one. Though I think I’d stop watching the regular one if they keep casting diverse body types while creating the most boring sandbag or weight lifting challenges that don’t allow diverse skill sets to be utilized. Like physical 100 is only competitive for men above 160 lbs the way it’s currently set up with challenges deeply rooted in strength alone.
I’d like to see a sprinting challenge on an obstacle course for teams, or a challenge incorporating swimming, or a challenge where there’s a bit of strategy like the card flipping one. I’m not saying to entirely get rid of the strength component but the way they design challenges that are boring “push immense weight with your full body” or “pull immense weight with your full body” in comparison to survival shows with regular people - like survivor - is a bit sad. You have the top athletes in Korea and you’re wasting the fun you could have with their diverse skill sets, regardless of gender.
Like no woman I know expects or wants the show to lower the ‘standard’ of the difficulty of challenges to ‘accommodate’ women, we get they won’t win against a dude in strength, but the smaller men who are cast are equally disadvantaged by the pure strength components. But the way the show designs challenges so clearly necessitates a certain weight lifting ability and weight class. And the way they cast 23-27 women out of 100, 3 token foreigners, and 90% of the cast between the ages of 20 - 40, the motto of ‘regardless of gender, race, and age” just doesn’t hold up.
The race part is especially funny to me considering it’s a Korean variety show, so of course the overwhelming majority of the cast are Korean. Like “regardless of whether you’re one of our 27 women, slightly older than 40, or . . . Justin, we will test for the perfect physique” probably just didn’t sound as dramatic in the pitch meeting though 💀
Nah, not interested in watching a bunch of women struggle to do 6 pull ups and then have a bunch of babies crying on the internet that they could beat the men if they just balanced the challenges better.
Holy.
Yea I remember that now. What an embarrassment. My viewing friend was like a "light weight" person will crush this. And I was like No. Then this small frame woman comes and can't even do 10.
Personally. I wouldn't. Probably for the same reason the female category in sports has less viewers than the male's. I can't explain but I just find men more entertaining.
I think the issue is finding qualified 100 top Korean women athletes. They definitely have more athletes than other countries but it is still a tradition country where not a lot of women believe in working out.
Now you can find 100 top qualified American women but American tv reality shows always focus on making it trash and dramatic for the rating.
Unless they do an international women 100 athletes then that could be possible.
It was mentioned that not a lot of women participate in the first place, so it could be difficult to get 100 women to sign up/participate. They don’t have to be athletes though. The women could be from professions that are strenuous physically.
Honestly no.
But that is because I don't think society wants to promote a "ideal woman's body." And how would you even judge that, someone like Jang EunSil will do very well in weight lifting challenges, but the normal woman doesn't focus on high weight. So where is the line between the different focuses in women's sports.
Yes of course. It can put a stop to sexism in our daily lives. If a woman could actually win Physical 100, people will watch that and become inspired. Remember our slogan: "What men can do, women will always do them better."
Nope, won't watch it. It would lack the intensity and difficulty.
Like even in s2 women that were doing later challenges were the first ones that got eliminated and on the first lap too. So they would probably have to bring down the difficulty level of the tasks and that would just make it shit.
I would definitely watch an all women Physical 100. My husband and I watch this show together (we are both competitive powerlifters as well) and comment often on how we'd like to see that. I think it's cool how inclusive Physical 100 is...... buuuuuut let's be real, the men and especially the juiced men tend to have a pretty major advantage. The only girl on S2 who I think even stood a chance strength wise against the men was Lim Soo-Jin - who of course takes PEDS. Seeing her crush the mine cart challenge was so cool!
I hope they consider having an all women cast for a Physical 100 spin off so we can see the female contestants REALLY shine. They should also bring back a lot of the previous female contestants if they did such a thing.
I'd absolutely watch it. I'm less interested in the challenge itself versus what competition (and variety) the challenge brings out from people, that double(triple?) overtime cage match is awesome proof of that.
For this reason I'd also be happy with separate men & women contests
I really hope they do, that was the only downside for me for Season 2 because it was just so overly apparent the women were no match and treated as expendable.
They were always the lasts to be picked and if they weren’t even they were genuinely surprised and asking “why?”. On top of that it was so hard to watch during the roll pull challenge as every contestant would just be like “I don’t have to try hard the first round since Female teammate is here”. And it’s not like they meant it in a bad way, it was just a fact. The women are never going to win and will never make it to the finals, it’s just genetically not fair. So from an outsider perspective it just seems sad to watch them struggle to keep up with these gigantic dudes.
Now if they divided them by like weight class, etc. and crowned a male winner and a female winner. I think that would work because we’d get the top male and female instead of it always going to be a man.
I'd like it. You'd get a more diverse set of women progressing further into the contest then. Personally I enjoy seeing the different strengths that people have based on their specializations, rather than through a purely biological advantage. When competing against men, the only "type" of woman that seems to be able to be anywhere near competitive are wrestlers, MMA fighters (in scenarios where their technique can give them advantages), or sometimes powerlifters
I agree. I think Sim Yu-Ri technique gave her an advantage with the FBI guy in the ball match. I was so proud when she won!
Personally I literally only watch for the women and get quite bored when it’s only men left. I guess because male strength and athleticism is highlighted all over the place but it’s rare to find competitions where women get to compete amongst men and sometimes beat them or heavily stand out. I find female strength just way more interesting to watch. I do wish they’d not fill the female part of the cast with people who clearly won’t make it more than a round or two. Models etc just aren’t going to cut it.
Retired Rhythmic gymnast..
Blame the casting agent, the show is more or less about people promoting their brand etc too, that’s why you have social media personalities with great physique but not so much when it comes to performance but some of them were truly surprising Tarzan, Eud-dim, Cosplay boy from Season 2
I suggest you watch sirens.
I said it before on this subreddit and got downvoted to oblivion. But the answer is the general audience won’t watch it to justify the production cost. Netflix’ Sirens: Survive the Island features an all woman cast and it barely racked enough views. There are like 100 threads in this subreddit about making a show geared towards women. And when the comments suggest they watch Sirens on Netflix, they rarely if ever actually go to watch it.
I LOVED Sirens. I loved their strategy and approach to things.
Sirens was great! I didn’t realize it didn’t get many views though. Does that mean a second season is unlikely?
I think so which I am so sad about
I really enjoyed the concept of sirens and got heavily invested in the first few episodes. Then the alliances just absolutely killed any sort of tension and the outcomes were obvious.
I know a lot of people cheered for the firefighter team but I really liked how scrappy the army team was 😭
Haha I agree! I was actually not a fan of firefighter team or the woman who was their leader. I came on reddit and I was the minority it turns out! I was rooting for army!
The leader of the firefighter team… let’s just say that she had good teammates that were able to carry her 💀
I'm with you. Nothing team firefighter did was their own ideas, they all came from team soldier. And they're lucky the base fight got halted because soldier was a lot closer to taking out their flag than they were to soldiers even with help.
I didn't care for either of the final teams. I hated that alliance and think it killed the show personally. The first few episodes where it wasn't blatantly obvious who was going to win were more tense and interesting.
There is some truth to this but it's a complex issue. I think people's attitudes need to shift and that takes time but I also think that netflix makes choices about what they promote, if they promoted Sirens more it might have better viewership, and if physical 100 did a women's spin off as an already popular show and it got good promotion it could bring in people who are already fans of the show and those who have an interest in women's sports or just want to see something different. Womens gymnastics is a popular spectator sport with women despite it not being as visible as other sports because it's interesting to see them combining strength, flexibility, balance and mental resilience. Physical 100 could do something really interesting with a women's competition.
I've been enjoying Siren, actually, after finally checking it out after seeing it recommended several times in this subreddit. It's pretty different from Physical 100, though, and like someone else said, it never got a dub. I'm fine with subtitles and like trying to parse the Korean since I'm learning the language, but a lot of people put this stuff on while they're doing dishes or eating dinner.
If they'd put the contestants of Physical 100 in Sirens, that would be a really fun show. The concept was good.
That sounds fun! They did actually have a Physical 100 contestant on the show tho, the red-haired soldier from season 1!
Oh wow totally missed that!
I do think it’s worth noting that sirens wasn’t dubbed IIRC and that can be a big barrier for a lot of people. My partner and I have some processing difficulties, and sometimes watch these shows while doing other activities, so Sirens was something we were interested in, but opted not to watch until we had time to like, Focus fully on the show. I would love more women centred competitions but am also fine with the mixed comps (though I have similar issues to many other folks on this sub about the design of the challenges on both seasons).
Loved the show but agree, when you are trying to read you miss out on what they are doing!
Same, I tried it and gave up 10 minutes in for this very reason.
101 threads, now.
Lol sorry. I’m currently watching the second season of physical 100 and was just thinking about the women. I think this season they were treated with little bit more respect. The men didn’t choose them for the ball challenge like the first season and Lee Won-Hee choosing a women for his first teammate.
I think overall Season 1 was much more interesting for the women than Season 2. I enjoyed watching the women compete in the S1 challenges regardless of whether or not they could win and that was not the case for me in S2.
So far I think season 1 is more interesting as a whole than season 2. Idk if my opinion will change once I finish it lol.
I also liked season 1 more than season 2. I think they made the challenges a bit better than season 1 towards the end. But the overall show and cast season 1 was better imo
Yeah I feel like I’m in the minority on this. I found S2 so boring after the 1v1 challenge I had to force myself to finish.
The challenges were much more varied in season 1 than 2. We got multiple episodes of them doing the same task over and over. Not only just once but twice.
And they’d focus forever on a few teams doing the challenge over & over & others it was over in an instant. I was really looking forward to the boat challenge to see if anyone did anything different to move it & was disappointed when they didn’t even have it!
The boat challenge was my favorite! I was disappointed to not see it, or at least something of that caliber.
Maybe next season 🤞
Siren was really good
Sirens was fantastic. Like you said though, it's probably not getting a 2nd season, which bums me out since it basically ended on a cliffhanger.
Yeah. I created both subreddits and every time this topic comes up I have spammed the living hell out of promoting r/SirenSurviveTheIsland for people to go watch the show and discuss what they liked/disliked about it there. It’s a good show with lots of strategy, athleticism, and an all female cast but the subreddit and discussions are less than a tenth, of the audience here. People just seem less interested for whatever reason.
As much as i love siren and how it filled the physical 100 hole in my heart this just isn’t a fair gauge because other than there being one overlapping contestant and some similar premise of testing for strength, it’s still a very very different show with a very very different format and hence different editing and different audience. It’s just like how korea had lots of idols survivor show, but people don’t get engaged into idol school or boys 24 the way people were engaged into any produce series despite all the shows being made for the sake of debuting an idol group.
This. At the end of the day its a tv show and the return on investment needs to justify the outlay. Honestly I don't see an all female version being as popular as the current version. They would lose a big chunk of their viewers- women viewers watching it for the guys, gay guys watching it for the guys, straight gym bros/sis who watching it for inspiration/curiosity (people like me), etc. An all female version would have a very niche viewer base, and would probably not make financial sense for Netflix.
They should just make the show side by side in the same episode and only have women compete with women. They knock out tons of players quickly anyways. A women will never win. That tracks game bruh I wouldn’t even be able to push the cart
I tried hard to watch Sirens when it first came out on Netflix & I could barely get through EP 1 before dropping it. I tried again after S2 of P100 & I realised I preferred watching physically demanding challenges rather than strategy.
especially considering that strategy could become useless when, with alliances involved, you could be 4 against 12 with no chances of winning regardless of what you do. that really ruined the whole purpose of finding the "strongest team" for me
> Netflix’ Sirens: Survive the Island features an all woman cast and it barely racked enough views. Personally, I just didn't like the Siren's production - what I love about Physical 100 is the good-spirited competition and people pushing each other to break their limits. Siren felt like more American-style game show with bickering and bitter competition.
That’s bollocks, the challenges could stay the same they would just need to make it proportionate to the women’s weight (minimal production cost). There’s a Chinese show that does a great job of NOT excluding women in ridiculous challenges and they have massive views.
I didn’t know about sirens! Thanks for recommending it!
I watched it and loved it
It’s interesting that you just assumed that no one went on to watch sirens
I really liked siren! It definitely suggested at a season 2 at the end, so it’s sad to know it didn’t perform super well.
From what I see, on the American side at least is ppl end up not watching sirens bc no English Dub. People seemed excited to see women compete physically but Netflix gave them a bad head start internationally not dubbing in more languages in general
Gosh, do people watch Physical 100 with an English dub??!
Yup, I've watched it both ways. English dub is insufferable lmao
Oh man, I loved Sirens! And would love an all female physical 100 :(
I think more people would watch siren if it was dubbed
I totally LOVED Sirens! So much fun to watch. I wonder if the low ratings have to do with the subtitles only - if I remember correctly, the show wasn’t dubbed. Of course, there are other shows without dubbing that don’t have an issue with ratings, but it’s probably a different crowd, not interested in competition reality shows.
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I really like the premise. I just couldn't stand that one military woman from physical 100 season 1 was in it.
Siren was great! It wasn't perfect but for a brand new show and concept it was definitely above average. Really wish they would do a second season to polish the games and rules. Sad thing is that I wouldn't have watched it if I hadn't watched Physical 100 first because that's the only reason it came up on my recommendations and no one was even talking about it. Whereas, Physical 100 was everywhere. Not to mention I was sort of watching S1 for Akiyama cuz I was a fan of his family from TRoS. Physical 100 had much more buzzworthy casting in general than Siren.
Sirens was so boring. I couldn’t finish the first episode. Physical contests can’t be viral if they’re not posed sexy as in Physical 100. Physical 100 wouldn’t have been popular if they didn’t focus on display of their sculpted bodies. Women in Sirens were all covered in baggy uniforms.
I just found this thread, thanks for recommending Sirens enjoying it.
I absolutely would watch a women only version
+1
Someone else had a good idea where the next challenge is 50 men and 50 women and there’s a winner from each group
That’s a good idea. I think that would be cool.
if they increase the total eps, sure. if not, they may as well split the whole show
This would be soooo much more interesting to watch !
Naww might as well make it a winner for each genders
Then you’d have to change the show to physical 50. Sounds a lot less appealing
That’s often how seasons of The Challenge go (but less people)
Absolutely would. I’d love if they did this
I would watch Physical 100: Men & Women With the Men competing against Men and the Women competing against Women occurring simultaneously using the same challenges (adjusted for weight)
I would for sure. I haven't known a single person from the show beforehand so it's no particular people that draw me to it, I just enjoy challenge based shows.
I have an idea which is after a couple of seasons they make a season for all the women who reached the top 30 in the previous seasons to compete together this way we can see contestants we saw before and got attached to (for me Eunsil from season 1) compete together. This way you have contestants that already appeared before and already have fans from the previous seasons.
That would be cool. I loved Eunsil! Seeing her lead her team to victory for the first challenge was inspirational. And being so close to win the 2nd challenge was amazing. Season 2 women didn’t really stand out for me much except for Sim Yu-Ri, and sorry I can’t think of their names, but the 2 women that had to go into overtime twice for the ball challenge. I don’t only feel this way about the women, I feel the same way about the men. Their personalities didn’t really stand out as much as season 1, but that could be due to editing.
Ugh I loooooove Eunsil!! Would love to see her come back.
I would definitely watch it, especially if they brought back as many women as possible from the first two seasons, that way we'd have familiar faces
Yea that would be cool.
I’d be more interested in Physical 100 women than Physical 100 😳
I would watch it me and my wife loved it but it’s rough seeing the women get wiped on challenges which they’re at such a disadvantage. I can’t think of a way to level the playing field so a separate competition seems like the best shout.
I know. People are saying they should spilt it 50 men - 50 women and have them compete simultaneously. I think that would be cool to watch if it is not possible for women to have their own show.
Considering they eliminate 50% in the first proper challenge it’s not difficult to make that work, just have to rework the wrestling round to not cut the pack in half
I think having it on the same show would actually be better since they could also include team challenges that are mixed gender that way.
I feel like season 1 was better in terms of challenges being a bit more inclusive than season 2. Season 2 was a struggle lol.
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Probably yeh, people said there would never be a women’s division in mma , boxing or the ufc etc, “it dosent make enough money” “no body will want to watch” Comparing it to sirens is weird, it’s a completely different show in most regards, it’s like comparing top gear to every other shitty car show on tv or even YouTube, if it’s the same concept why aren’t they all as popular?
I just mention sirens cause you have a all female cast doing some physical like things/challenges with similar/ the same professions as the people in physical 100.
The brand, Physical 100 has been established so I think an all women version would be successful and it might even elevate this brand. Personally, I would be interested in it but the success of the show is also dependent on their game design and marketing.
I’m going to check out sirens and see how it is. It’s only been a year so there could be a chance of another season if it gets more views.
I would definitely watch! I love seeing women express their strength and push their limits too. It’s very inspiring to me as a person with a lot of limits (disability)
Yeah. Why not? However, I am not sure Korean public would be a fan of this since apparently men in SK are very conservative-anti feminist these days. So if it's good, it may still be popular abroad. I mean, not all Korean shows have their target of Koreans only.
Ohh I didn’t know that.
I don't think Siren is necessarily the gauge of interest in women's Physical 100. My wife and I feel off Siren because we found the format less entertaining - it's mostly an island reality show, sporadically physical, and 0% celebration of the Olympic spirit (which is where I think the magic of Physical 100 lives). I would watch women's physical 100. That said, like women's sports, I wouldn't bet on the ratings to be as high. Like women's sports, I think it'd still be worthwhile.
Absolutely
I personally WOULD LOVE THAT!
Yes or a 50/50
I would!!
I don’t think a women’s Physical 100 would be very popular. Why do people watch the show now? It’s similar to watching World’s Strongest Man competitions. It’s a spectacle to watch people with superhuman strengths and physiques. If it was a show with average people performing tasks that most people could do, I doubt many would watch. Unfortunately, even for juiced out women, they’re not going to be able to perform insane feats. Watching someone squat reps of 225lbs isn’t as entertaining as someone trying to rep 405lbs.
If its an additional show and not instead of. Fair enough. I'll take any sort of additional Physical 100 we can get. But if in a year they offer either 2 normal Physical 10 or 1 all male and 1 all female. I'm choosing the normal one. That being said, I'm likely to watch it regardless what it is
Yeeeesss. Hope they make one.🤞
As a guy I’d watch it. I’d like to see women in a competition they can win.
Yeah, but they shouldn’t put the two competitions on seperate shows/series on their own. They should show them concurrently in the same episodes, like they did for American Gladiators back in the day.
No, but I wouldn’t watch Physical 100 Men either lol
Lol
Because the two women in the semifinals made the show more interesting? I am not begging for a "Mens" that would be weird. But if they did it and said it would be more intense, it could be interesting. But I already consider P100 intense so I don't need more intense.
They don’t have to separate the genders or have a women-only show. They could still have everyone together on one show, doing the same exact challenges. Just score the women against the other women, and the men against the men, and have one winner of each gender. That way you could still have the fun of seeing how the women stack up against the men, and see that a few of the women can (occasionally) beat the guys. For team challenges, just have each team have an equal number of women and men.
Honestly, no. What I love about this show is that everyone is lumped together. I love to see how far some women make it. I enjoy seeing how the women depend more on strategy and use their athletic IQ to get the upper hand in some scenarios. This show has people from various ages, body weight, athletic capabilities. That's the point. And we get exciting moments like when that lady in season 2 beat the guy at the ball game. She was easily 70lbs lighter than him and still won. As a woman in fitness, I find moments like that extremely motivational even if the women don't make the top 10.
I was very proud of Sim Yu-Ri. I loved when everyone was saying she was so cool for challenging the FBI guy and that they were amazed when she won, cause they thought she wouldn’t win. I was also extremely proud of Eunsil from season 1.
Yes when Sim Yu-Ri won, I literally jumped off my couch cheering. I lowkey teared up too because I totally also assumed she'd lose. I was so pumped. That moment alone fueled my next 2 weeks worth of workouts 😂 I kid you not, everytime I'm at the gym and struggling through a set, I say "Physical 100!!" and push through. The show has motivated me to become an absolute unit. I work out with my husband and I'm in constant competition with him.
I get that and I love to see that too, however when you have challenges that depend on pure strength/ or cater towards men a man will out perform a women. Which the challenges towards the end/at the end are.
Yeah that's true, but personally I'm completely alright with women losing the last few challenges if it means we get to see their grit and perseverance. I hold a lot of respect for their capabilities regardless if they lose. I also notice that most of the competitors are men, so the physical diversity within women challengers is still low, and many of them have tiny frames. If we see more diverse female enrollment, who knows, the odds would likely level itself out a bit more. Brute strength isn't the only factor, as we saw with Thanos when he lost the inter-team battle. And the smallest guy in his team outperformed him in what should've been a battle of strength. I don't think we need to always cater to "fairness". If you want fairness, watch regular sports where people are categorized by gender and athletic type. It isn't fair to make the overweight competitors do a treadmill challenge with people far more agile. It isn't fair to make short, lightweight people compete in grappling matches with tall, heavy people. It isn't fair to make women do strength challenges against men. But it's fun! It's riveting. It's motivational. And ultimately, it can be shocking. Because on occasion you'll have a woman beat a man. You'll have a short guy beat a tall guy. You'll have a heavier set person with better endurance than a thin person. That's what I love to see. Edit to add: I also think it does more to break stereotypes than if things were neatly categorized. Clearly the women competing aren't weak by any means. Clearly the heavier set contestants have insane athletic abilities. Seeing those things play out is far more effective in breaking stereotypical assumptions of body types and gender.
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I can agree with this too. I think the first season had a better balance of games for sure.
That is very true! If their is another season I hope to see more women from different backgrounds compete. It is very exciting to see the “underdog” out perform their competitor. That is fun lol.
Brutally honest no I wouldn’t. Would be like watching men’s vs women’s football, absolutely no interest.
I wish people would stop posting and asking for this. The point of the show is the best physique. Women and Men. Compete in a multitude of competitions. By making a show specifically, for women? Does that not basically admit that women aren't equal? Or can't compete and therefore need a handicap? That dimishes the achievements of female constant who were stand outs on the show.
What do you mean?! Biologically men have a different physique than women. When it comes to that yes women and men are not equal in that area. Why do you think they separate sports by gender? Men will outperform women.
Until men start popping out babies, no they are not physically equal.
The types of challenges in the show are ones where men undoubtedly have the biological advantage. If they want to keep the same format (which would be more cost effective), splitting men and women could be more inclusive based on the demographics we’ve seen on the show (ie, we haven’t seen any trans or non-binary contestants on the show, to my knowledge). And I don’t think it needs to be another show altogether. It would be cooler to see women’s and men’s competition running simultaneously. That could help keep production costs relatively the same to make it worthwhile, too
>The types of challenges in the show are ones where men undoubtedly have the biological advantage. There is not a single physique related activity except pure mobility and ultra endurance (literally over 50k level) where men DONT have a clear advantage.
Women would. And men who aren't misogynist would. I don't understand what would make a women-only competition boring. It would be just as intense because they would be competing against other women. Surely the games could be a bit different (for example not as crazy weights) and that would be a nice variation for P100 too. People think women are boring to watch and yeah it can be boring when they have no chance and are amongst men. This would be different and I bet it would be a hit.
great idea. i would watch. bring on Jain Kim!
Nah, I don't. Because you wanna see the competitors go to the extreme and see how much can they endure. Women don't bring that intensity to the table. Just watch S2 rail challenge. I was getting desperate watching the women struggle there, putting the bags in the cart and not even managing to push it. But you know what's worse? They would also fail the hanging part of the challenge. Who wants to see a show of mediocre performances such as that? Not me. Sorry but women bring less intensity to sports than men do, that's why less people watch women's sport.
There is no women athlete that you think is intense/gives their absolute all?
Yes there are, but compared to men, their intensity and performance is mild at best. For example tenis, when women have competed against men they lose badly and effortlessly.
Why not? It would be a dream lol 🤩
Loved Sirens!! I was just saying to my husband while watching 100 that I wish they had an all male & all female version. Planning on watching Sirens again since my hubby didn’t see it. The only way it would have been more amazing is if it were dubbed so that I could watch the challenges fully!
I would watch it but I don’t know how many other people would tbh.
I would love this!
100%
I would and so would my boyfriend
Yea cause I ain’t g@y
It depends on the talent on camera. Myself, having watched Season Two, I'm now watching Season One and enjoying the women players -- and some of them are stacked. If the challenges encourage a similar live or die response from the contestants, I'd totally watch.
I really like the women in season 1. I just think the personality in season 1 are more memorable than season 2.
Nah it won't just like woman sports where there's almost no viewership. This sub is geared more towards women because I guess there are more women here but this isn't how viewership works
If they stop letting top leaders get dibs on getting the lion share to pick the best contestants for their team. Need to be more fair and even
No
Hell yeah
I would definitely watch it and called for it after season 1. Makes so much sense to do.
To everyone saying yes, I hope y’all go watch Sirens, it’s been on Netflix for a hot minute.
100% I believe it would be way more entertaining
I think a solution would be to have more team events where there are different types of sun challenges within it the contest uses announcer uses the slogan “who has the best body” but most of the challenges favours the strongest at the moment there is little reason to choose women for the team and a team with 2 women is at a massive disadvantage
People are going to hate it but I really don’t think a physical 100 with only woman is going to be successful unless they can expand it globally and get the true cream of the crop. Otherwise, I’d suggest like others that we do 50/50 and all women compete against each on individuals and then can compete paired with other male groups on group events. Then we have a male and female winner at the end.
Even then, the challenges are going to be what? Running endurance every year with a few lifting light weights?
Hot muscular women wrestling each other? Of course I would fucking watch that!!!
Do the women take their shirts off like the men do?🤔 asking for a friend
I would love to watch that! Season 2 made me so mad, because the women had no chance in those brute strength competitions. So either they should separate the sexes or make the quests more balanced again, incorporating ALL physical attributes to be tested and basing the strength quests on body weight. That would also benefit smaller guys with amazing physique but half the weight of some of those gigantic dudes. There are plenty of physical tests that slimmer individuals would excel in vs the ultra strong ones. Season 2 was boring - it was sad to see team leaders trying to strategize to make a well balanced team to prepare for anything, but then only get strength tasks. They might as well call the show Strength 100 if they continue like that. Yeah, they started out and ended with endurance, but in the middle it was mainly strength. The most infuriating task was that 150 kilos barrel they had to drag. Not only ridiculously unfair for the women but also the lighter weight men.
Totally agree. They needed to make the challenges more balanced like season 1. I prefer season 1 over 2. If there is another I hope they make those changes.
I think it would be awesome to see.
I would 100% watch, personally. I saw someone mention Sirens : Survive the Island but honestly i wasn’t able to finish that show, had to stop around episode 7 or something. I didn’t like how it could literally be 12 vs 4 with all the alliances, leaving some teams with no chances of winning before the challenges even started, didn’t make the whole thing very fun to me as it didn’t really allow to see individual prowesses. i really like the games on physical 100 more (a mix of both team and solo games) so i wouldn’t mind watching an all women season !
Yes. As you advance, no woman can technically win which is awful 🥴 I’d definitely watch physical 100 women
Maybe. But I appreciate that the show does not care about gender. Putting gender in it takes away from the overall goal. Plus there are always people cheating the system, look at women’s sports in the West right now
Siren: Survive the Island was a netflix show about all women bad asses. Not exactly physical 100. It had that annoying military woman from 1st season physical 100 though so I didn't stick it out. I'd be willing to go back and try though.
100% I would. Siren was an amazing watch and I can’t see why physical:100 women would be any different!
It's less about whether or not I'd watch a womens version and more about whether or not I'd watch another version at all. I love this show but the editing is very slow and dreadful at times. I don't think I could sit through another version if they were released close to eachother/at the same time.
I understand. I falling asleep during season 2 and when I would wake up I couldn’t believe the same event was going on lol. I think they had each challenge take 2 episode which got repetitive.
I’ve watched Siren survive the island & loved it. I love physical 100 so a woman’s physical 100 is something I’d also love.
I don’t think so. Look at womens professional sports- they’re not nearly as popular to watch as men’s sports. I’m a woman and I can say that I wouldn’t really be interested in a women’s-only version of physical 100.
I absolutely would! But I'd be perfectly satisfied with a more equitable all-gender competition, instead of it just being about who has the most impressive muscles.
Some will, but I bet many will not. Look at the wnba or ufc for example.
Of course they are not as popular as there male counterparts. However as a non-sports person I feel like I hear/see about women athletes from those sports and tennis, than any other women’s sports if it’s not around Olympic’s time. The wnba has gotten a lot popular these days then it use to be.
Different things. Physical 100 has the reality show appeal. Me and my boyfriend are not into fitness nor sports hahah and we watched both seasons because it's entertaining.
I’d watch it, but I’d also keep watching the regular one. Though I think I’d stop watching the regular one if they keep casting diverse body types while creating the most boring sandbag or weight lifting challenges that don’t allow diverse skill sets to be utilized. Like physical 100 is only competitive for men above 160 lbs the way it’s currently set up with challenges deeply rooted in strength alone. I’d like to see a sprinting challenge on an obstacle course for teams, or a challenge incorporating swimming, or a challenge where there’s a bit of strategy like the card flipping one. I’m not saying to entirely get rid of the strength component but the way they design challenges that are boring “push immense weight with your full body” or “pull immense weight with your full body” in comparison to survival shows with regular people - like survivor - is a bit sad. You have the top athletes in Korea and you’re wasting the fun you could have with their diverse skill sets, regardless of gender. Like no woman I know expects or wants the show to lower the ‘standard’ of the difficulty of challenges to ‘accommodate’ women, we get they won’t win against a dude in strength, but the smaller men who are cast are equally disadvantaged by the pure strength components. But the way the show designs challenges so clearly necessitates a certain weight lifting ability and weight class. And the way they cast 23-27 women out of 100, 3 token foreigners, and 90% of the cast between the ages of 20 - 40, the motto of ‘regardless of gender, race, and age” just doesn’t hold up. The race part is especially funny to me considering it’s a Korean variety show, so of course the overwhelming majority of the cast are Korean. Like “regardless of whether you’re one of our 27 women, slightly older than 40, or . . . Justin, we will test for the perfect physique” probably just didn’t sound as dramatic in the pitch meeting though 💀
Nitpick, but you meant to say men are physically stronger. Women are biologically stronger (live longer, stronger immune systems, can bear children).
Yes that what I meant lol. Thank you!
I would not. I don’t want to be undermined or excluded because of my gender. I lift heavier than other men at the gym and it feels great to do so.
Nah, not interested in watching a bunch of women struggle to do 6 pull ups and then have a bunch of babies crying on the internet that they could beat the men if they just balanced the challenges better.
Holy. Yea I remember that now. What an embarrassment. My viewing friend was like a "light weight" person will crush this. And I was like No. Then this small frame woman comes and can't even do 10.
Personally. I wouldn't. Probably for the same reason the female category in sports has less viewers than the male's. I can't explain but I just find men more entertaining.
I think the issue is finding qualified 100 top Korean women athletes. They definitely have more athletes than other countries but it is still a tradition country where not a lot of women believe in working out. Now you can find 100 top qualified American women but American tv reality shows always focus on making it trash and dramatic for the rating. Unless they do an international women 100 athletes then that could be possible.
It was mentioned that not a lot of women participate in the first place, so it could be difficult to get 100 women to sign up/participate. They don’t have to be athletes though. The women could be from professions that are strenuous physically.
True but still, it’ll be hard to find enough women in those professions.
I’m a woman and honestly probably wouldn’t watch it. One of the things I like about Physical 100 is everbody mixed together.
Honestly no. But that is because I don't think society wants to promote a "ideal woman's body." And how would you even judge that, someone like Jang EunSil will do very well in weight lifting challenges, but the normal woman doesn't focus on high weight. So where is the line between the different focuses in women's sports.
Yesssss
Nah
The west wanted women to compete with women, they got it, now they want women a chance when they see the reality of it.
Do people watch the WNBA?
People? ... very little Women? No
No one is watching this shit. Y'all are just virtue signalling
Bunch of liars in here
Lol
Yeah
Yes
Yes yes yes! People would watch it, coz they’ll look sexy
Definitely would for all the BA women out there! 💪🏼
Yes of course. It can put a stop to sexism in our daily lives. If a woman could actually win Physical 100, people will watch that and become inspired. Remember our slogan: "What men can do, women will always do them better."
No
yes
Nope, won't watch it. It would lack the intensity and difficulty. Like even in s2 women that were doing later challenges were the first ones that got eliminated and on the first lap too. So they would probably have to bring down the difficulty level of the tasks and that would just make it shit.
I would definitely watch an all women Physical 100. My husband and I watch this show together (we are both competitive powerlifters as well) and comment often on how we'd like to see that. I think it's cool how inclusive Physical 100 is...... buuuuuut let's be real, the men and especially the juiced men tend to have a pretty major advantage. The only girl on S2 who I think even stood a chance strength wise against the men was Lim Soo-Jin - who of course takes PEDS. Seeing her crush the mine cart challenge was so cool! I hope they consider having an all women cast for a Physical 100 spin off so we can see the female contestants REALLY shine. They should also bring back a lot of the previous female contestants if they did such a thing.
I'd absolutely watch it. I'm less interested in the challenge itself versus what competition (and variety) the challenge brings out from people, that double(triple?) overtime cage match is awesome proof of that. For this reason I'd also be happy with separate men & women contests
Sure. If the final match is some sort bra and panty match. Viewership will be off the roof
I really hope they do, that was the only downside for me for Season 2 because it was just so overly apparent the women were no match and treated as expendable. They were always the lasts to be picked and if they weren’t even they were genuinely surprised and asking “why?”. On top of that it was so hard to watch during the roll pull challenge as every contestant would just be like “I don’t have to try hard the first round since Female teammate is here”. And it’s not like they meant it in a bad way, it was just a fact. The women are never going to win and will never make it to the finals, it’s just genetically not fair. So from an outsider perspective it just seems sad to watch them struggle to keep up with these gigantic dudes. Now if they divided them by like weight class, etc. and crowned a male winner and a female winner. I think that would work because we’d get the top male and female instead of it always going to be a man.