User blog:DeltaSquad5/So, what di you think of the first Battle of the Stars episode?

The first episode of "Battle of the Stars" has aired tonight, with the second airing tomorrow at the same time with another group of celebrities.

In comparison with the recent 2016 series and with Robot Wars in general (taking into account that the celebrities are 'rookie' roboteers and so I didn't expect their skills to be anything more than competent), I was actually pretty impressed by what I saw.

We had some decent fights with robots that were based on the celebrity's designs rather than just having celebrities controlling already established robots like in the earlier Celebrity special all those years back. There was some funny moments and banter between the competitors and the hosts, as well as that funny battle between Dara and Angela. The show's redesign also, in my opinion, seemed closer to the original series while still being its own product.

That said, there were a few points that bothered me a bit. Firstly, why did it sound like Johnathan Pearce was whispering throughout a good portion of the episode? That was distracting. Secondly, was it really so hard to put in some battle music?

But what about you guys? • What did you like about it? • What didn't you like about it? • What would you like to see changed/improved?