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[petronius]

4. I haven't seen Fear Factor in years, but I have zero difficulty believing

that this is true - many amazingly vile substances were ingested on that show.

I partly liked FF for the physical stunts, which were always pretty fun/scary/exciting looking - I wanted to try a lot of them myself. But the gross-out stunts were just nasty.

As I recall, male and female contestants always did the same things, but the 'hot girl' factor was huge: female contestants were generally chosen for appearance, and there was nearly always a water challenge that required bathing suits (which, often enough, were not selected for functionality)...