I do not know what or how to review tonight's episode. At best I can summarise what happened as Rohan and Darwin have and speculate about what the shortlisted might be like in the next level but I cannot give you a point of view about many of today's selected contestants. Simply because I do not know them well enough. And that is something I noticed throughout this episode. With the exception of Ravneet and Nisha, I cannot do a character study on any of the others. No layer of their personalities were shown more than what can be summarised in two words like 'Troubled Child', 'Airhead Model', 'Champu Flirt' and that is a real failure of presentation.

Because the selections as just as they may be do not look the least bit credible when all you show of someone is him jumping on and off a chair or wearing a rabbit mask and talking to thin air. It is so absolutely downright stupid! To squish in 8 legit PI's and twenty product integrations into a 40-50 minute show is impossible and if it were upto me I'd have split this episode in two and showed a little bit more of everyone's PI. Next week, as it seems, they are clubbing the auditions of two cities - one being Delhi, which itself usually deserves one supersized episode. WTF are they thinking!?

I am all for a change of format but the change of tone is totally repulsive. And it is so goddamn obvious that the tonality shift is conscious, you can literally see Nikhil holding back the swears from escaping his mouth and I do not understand why that was the brief. It worked all these years and logic would dictate sticking to a winning formula even if those executing it change. Raghu or no Raghu, you bloody well better keep the intensity of the show as it was and not dilute it in a sea of giggles and gags.

I am going to go ahead and say it, I am already sick of Sahukar on Roadies - I do not think as a judge he is adding anything at all to the process. Neither is Broacha but atleast he is good comic relief. Sahukar isn’t even being funny. Totally miscast as a judge of an adventure reality show. Nikhil is running a one man show

The celebrity guest appearance was so pointless! Why was he there, why wasn’t he all the time, what did he add to the interview procedure, what was the logic of him being there in the first place – all left unanswered. You can’t even call it cheap PR. It had all the credibility of a random actor popping in and saying, “Main hu Emraan Hashmi aur aap dekh rahe hai Roadies sirf MTV par.” which I hope won’t be the case when Irrfan Khan finally shows up. Come to think of it, where is he?

As for the selections, Ravneet if she makes it in will be a fresh character in the show if she doesn’t morph into a wannabe angrez. Nisha is a rehash of the brute female character ala Palak, Prabhjot, Poonam. The one in pink who couldn’t recite Twinkle Twinkle is the airhead PYT. Couple things I hated – a tormented childhood is almost becoming a commonality, so much that even my mom notices it now. I am very much against bringing in mummys and daddys into the interview. Very soap-opera. Very uncool. The other thing I hated to the core was the absolute joke that was made of Mohit’s interview. WHERE WAS THE MENTION THAT HE WON A FREAKIN’ SHOW!?
even i for an instnc din lyk the way ppl got selected by doin tasks like "make ppl drink mountain dew while screaming".(priyanka ,kolkota audiz).......ok i wud buy the fact tht it wuz juss a part of their pi n there wuz more to it....but we as a viewer shud atlst see the part which relected their roadie quality. show had some what serious thing and more of fun included allover it was good one. But i as expecting more from MOHIT'S Interview but it was made funny and was full of fast forward. I feel ERIC's PI was way better than MOHIT's atleast there was something to see.
1 more guy got selected i don't even remember the name he was engineering student his interview was also the same type. But he got selected.
And Cyrus told that he liked Mohit's Energy in the night so he got selected so is only the energy matters?
BPO guy got selected because of Sentiment!

I really wish I could defend tonight’s show. I cannot. And that disappoints me.

I am afraid this review could be very influencing. But I liked today's episode. I am being patient with the judgement and think that some of the attributes aren't shown because they are not going to be downright important in the near future or that it is a necessity to cast the '7 deadly sins' chemistry. I can be completely wrong' in that case maybe its the fact that over the years we have been feeded to the judgement so well on the show that we feel emptier now for not knowing it still.

But i do not disagree completely with this thread. Yes Cyrus S isn't being shown and isn't appearing as a well formulated persona amid "Roa7ies - Seven deadly sins" and presence of Imraan Hashmi is misconceptual. And also the fact that the enticing presence of Irfaan Khan so early to the show issn't going well with the lengthy auditioning phase, that may be one of the reaaons for such quickening and fading audition episodes.

Am I just speculating?? NO.
I see reasons and I am waiting for time to pass by to see more reasons. I am being scrupulous

The same questions were there in my mind as well
> Why show the auditions of 2 cities in a single episode?
> Why not mention the RBG part during Mohit's interview?
> Why does Sahukar lack humour?

Even the selection of some of the Roadies was doubtful.
Either they did not deserve to be selected or we were not shown the footages which makes them a deserving Roadie.