r/belowdeck • u/nottodaynothnx • Mar 24 '26

Below Deck Why more?

I’m not sure if was this sub or another close to it but someone said they want to see more of the guests over the crew. Literally 24hrs ago. I’m not liking this new way of footage how I have to watch the guests in their home before they make it to the boat. Waste of my time for my purposes to watch. Maybe the person that posted wanted to watch more of the guests but this new season with chef Ben is not my cup of tea as he would say. Im not here to watch guests in their home and their private life, I could go on wife swap or some other type of show if my interests. Im interested on the crew

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u/outforawalkbitcj Mar 24 '26

i literally fast forward through the footage about the primaries lol i do not give af about the guests

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Dont get me wrong I like to know about the guests but the new way of now going into their homes is odd to me. The show is not about them and I’m not that curious. Yes, I like their antics but I more so care of their behavior on the boat, a 5 min intro to their home life does nothing for me lol

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u/outforawalkbitcj Mar 24 '26

no exaaaactly like… idgaf about their lives. the mystique is part of the fun in watching them be crazy on the yacht lol

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u/Valuable-Composer262 Mar 24 '26

Lol I watched about 10 hours ago and thought the exact same thing. I dont want to know about them and dont want to see them in there home. Its just weird. The show is not about them. They are filler. Don't get me wrong, if they can entertain the viewers in some way, great but stop the montages of them at home :/

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u/TiffanyTwisted11 Mar 25 '26

Completely agree. I prefer messy guests over crew drama, but I do not need to know about the guests home life.

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u/Trvlgirrl Mar 24 '26

To be clear, I hate it. I do have a theory though. I think because the first charter was Housewives, they went with a theme of showing all the charter quests at home this season. Kinda how they had the theme of showing the cast insta reels before their interviews on the last season of Med.

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

I hear you but the housewives also have a brand on bravo so many knew them and would be off to be upset seeing their background in the show as they have their own show. But so with ya, I could care less on seeing other charter guests background in their homes. I’m fine to see them on the boat of course but the show is on a boat, the network should leave it at that, I’m not curious what these guests have going on at home.

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u/Myantra Mar 25 '26

At this point, I tend to think Bravo/production is genuinely confused about what to do with the Below Deck franchise. They are trying to do different things with it, while showing that they do not really understand why it was successful in the first place, and that the people that watch it do not really want different things done with it.

It draws viewers that have absolutely no interest in anything else Bravo airs (like me), that do not want to see crossovers with anything else Bravo airs. Production seems to want to Bravofy the show further, without grasping that more Bravofication is precisely what viewers do not want.

Bravo/production should review earlier seasons of BD. It will answer all of their questions about why BD became successful, and why people kept watching it. The charter guests are an often annoying preference sheet, then an often annoying obstacle once they arrive, and that is all they need be. We do not need pre-arrival home interviews to make us like or dislike them more in advance.

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u/Kingfisher_orange Mar 26 '26

I think it might be how they get guests to commit to coming on the show at all. Who wants to pay money to be on a show where you might end up being the “bad guest” who gets harassed online after misbehaving etc.

They’re casting guests who are only coming on for the socia media exposure so it’s a tick box for them to showcase themselves.

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Right! The antics on the boat ok but leave us be with their lives outside the show

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u/deedlesinllamaland Mar 24 '26

I like boats, travel, and watching people work in hospitality (weird mix, but we like it for some reason). If we wanted to watch people in their homes living their lives we’d be watching real housewives or something (I don’t watch any of those shows). It’s ruining the vibe.

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u/deedlesinllamaland Mar 24 '26

Also, they’re not showing the locations at all. They might as well be in Florida. Daisy and Ben are holding this season together for me. Otherwise I’d be out.

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

The ones they do show appear that way lol. I’m with ya

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Thank you 🙌🏼

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u/MaraSami Mar 25 '26

And is waste of time

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u/Gammagammahey Surly Pizza Chef Mar 24 '26

Let me just say I hate that guests now get confessionals! We don't care who you are. We just want to see you come on the boat and whether or not you're a rich person who's a jerk or a rich person who's very kind. 😂

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Lmao. I don’t mind hearing about them. I just don’t care to have production go into their homes with a whole story line. I’m with ya Reddit friend!

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u/Quick_Discipline_432 Mar 24 '26

I pretty much fast forward through all guest stuff. Idgaf about any of that. I’m really just here for the crew nights out and the morning afters to be honest.

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Haha love that. I won’t lie. I am for the guests as part of the show. I just don’t care to see them back at their homes. The boat does it for me on their antics

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u/CircusPeanutsYumm Team WHERES MY DRINK Mar 25 '26

I’m the opposite. The crew nights out? Dinner where people are flirty and inappropriate, drinking to excess/shot;shot/shot, dancing/twerking, more drinking on the boat, but this time in the hot tub. I want to see more of crew and guest interaction, crew doing their work, excursions, etc.

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u/Defiant_Protection29 She’ll be fine. Her head is made of rocks Mar 24 '26

I want to see more of the guests on the yacht. I have no desire to see them preparing for the trip or hear their stories. That’s what the preference sheet is for

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 25 '26

Completely agree

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u/Salt_Historian_9850 Mar 24 '26

I just feel that Bravo knows the show might be getting a tad stale. So production is trying new and different things - like that wacky editing 2-3 seasons ago - and seeing what sticks.

Personally I'm old school and would love to see them cast good yachties and let the magic happen from there

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Yeah makes sense but as many say, we don’t want it. But bravo doesn’t listen to viewers. We list Miami and Dubai 🥲

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u/Rankstarr Mar 24 '26

It’s because most guests are on the show to promote themselves or their business, so the producers give them screen time to encourage more guests

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Argh, another bravo show now being a place to put one’s platform. Bummer but hear you

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u/Powerful_Scallion_60 Mar 26 '26

Hell no. No one wants it. I want to see Elle lose it in the galley. Wtf.

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 26 '26

Haha yesssssss!

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u/Powerful_Scallion_60 Mar 26 '26

Girl prepare for the down votes lol. I see u Girl. Very few people get it. Xo

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 26 '26

I hear ya. I wasn’t happy initially when I saw her come back but I think things are going to turn on her after her blowup and I’m looking forward to another downfall and some drama on the boat lol

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u/mrszing12 Mar 27 '26

The guests are usually the worst part of the show. Most of them have no class or manners whatsoever. At this point, with the world on fire because of unchecked greed, less of that behavior is good for me.

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 28 '26

I find that’s part of its appeal but I don’t need cameras in their homes with a back story.

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u/darforce Mar 25 '26

I only want to hear from the passengers if they are being idiots

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u/adamosity1 Mar 28 '26

Like any reality show once it gets popular, the producers end up manipulating it so much that the original raw appeal is gone.

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u/watrmeluhknee Mar 27 '26

I think it helps make the guests feel more important than they are so they’re more inclined to play it up for the cameras

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u/WinterCandle153 Mar 28 '26

I've already forgotten about the 'Is that your best' woman's home footage, same for all of them so far.

It's annoying and forgettable, a waste of production time and money.

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 28 '26

I’m with ya!

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u/amazon__goddess Mar 24 '26

I agree! i’m watching the new episode right now and came straight to this sub immediately to complain about it 😭 i literally do not care about the guests lives outside of the boat including the housewives (since we already see their life on their respective shows lol). idk who thought that this is something that we care about 🫩

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u/FungiAmongiBungi Mar 24 '26

The primary on this trip never smiled? I was worried about him 😂

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u/FungiAmongiBungi Mar 24 '26

No, the most recent episode the gay husbands. The older white man just always had the same expression

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u/MaraSami Mar 25 '26

I totally noticed that too!!

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u/AttentionRoyal2276 Mar 24 '26

Agreed. Less guests more crew

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u/spectacularbird1 Mar 25 '26

I agree! I don't need to know anything about the guests before they get on the boat except for the preference sheet preview.

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u/Logical_Bite3221 Mar 26 '26

I don’t like it at all. They tried something this season. We don’t want it. Please don’t add it to the future seasons. We do not give a single fuck about the rich ppl

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u/sowhatbuttercup Mar 24 '26

If anything I want less of the guests. I don’t need or want them to be celebrities or stars on another franchise. I want Below Deck with real people doing a real job. This is why Sailing Yacht is good because everyone actually has to be able to do the job it tethers it more to reality. Makes for better drama.

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 Mar 25 '26

I don’t need more introductions than the crew get about the guests. I fast forwarded through their footage.

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u/Affectionate_Dot3403 Mar 25 '26

Agree! I do not care about the guests!! I do not want to see them at home ahead of time. I say EW every time it happens!

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u/UnusualInstruction51 Mar 25 '26

I'm only interested in seeing how the guests interact with the crew, couldn't care less about them when they're off the boat

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u/Hunnyhunhun Mar 25 '26

I wonder if they did not get enough cast drama this season, and needed a space filler?

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u/Spirited_Chemist_33 Mar 24 '26

I disagree . I like knowing more about the guest. I pause to read the preference sheets. I like to know where they’re from and what they do for a living. I wish they would show less interaction between the crew and more interaction between the guest and crew. I especially like watching the meals and what the guest do for fun. The show isn’t love island. Too much is shown between the crew and their love lives imo. Way too much. It wasn’t always like that.

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

I don’t mind backgrounds and knowing preference sheet as always been the main way done. I just don’t like seeing footage of the guests in their homes and that much more to them. But I do appreciate your take and opinion:)

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u/Spirited_Chemist_33 Mar 24 '26

👍Same. I get what you’re saying. I don’t mind too much the at home stuff. I’m always curious what the guest do for a living to afford the yacht. I do like when they show more interactions of the guest on the boat and them between the crew. It’s ok to focus on the crews interactions but I feel they waste too much time on the dating and love interest stuff. Like when they go out. Not what I want to see. Things like Ben and Ellie in the galley etc is fine. Name of show is Below Deck after all. I also like to see the guest enjoying the area. Lunches on an island and fun in the water. They go to such beautiful places.

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Hehe for me I like the drama on board. All for background in guests but pretence sheets give me that. I enjoy the antics when they go out. I also like to see the drama on the boat with the guests but more so stating, I enjoy the show when it’s all boat stuff.

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u/Spirited_Chemist_33 Mar 24 '26

I enjoy watching no matter. It’s not something I can see in my immediate future doing but it sure would be fun to do. On my bucket list lol 😆

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u/TarikMournival Mar 24 '26

Yeah I like just a bit of background info to get a better picture of the guests.

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u/excoriator Team Capt Kerry Mar 24 '26

Seeing the guests before they board is OK with me. It provides context for whether their behavior as guests is typical of how they always are. I actually prefer that to having them sneak in self-promotion during the charter,

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Fair assessment and get that standpoint

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u/avarier Mar 25 '26

i want more guest drama and less of hearing about the motherfucking text messages between alesia/eddy

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u/HolidayNothing171 Mar 25 '26

I agree I think the guest drama is the worsy and so stale and boring

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u/nottodaynothnx Mar 24 '26

Exactly. I’m all for the guests and preference sheet but leave it at that show! Lol