BBC viewers 'switch off' Destination X minutes into show as fans say same thing

BBC viewers were left switching off from the broadcaster's new globetrotting reality competition Destination X on Wednesday (August 13), branding it "boring". Hosted by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the series sees 10 players embark on an international adventure across Europe, travelling in a bus with blacked-out windows to beautiful yet mysterious locations. Each episode, contestants tackle challenges to earn clues that could help them answer one key question: where in the world are they?

Players forge alliances and rivalries along the way, all hoping to take home a life-changing cash prize. But a task in which they had to carry a tray of multiple glasses of wine back and forth without dropping them left viewers unimpressed. One fan asked: "Anybody else stopped watching?" Another blasted: "Sorry that wine task was total crap. I'd rather watch paint dry. switching off." A third chimed in: "I mean #DestinationX is just such a mess?"

The contestants were tasked with balancing wine glasses across a vineyard on a tray carried by one hand, and answering questions about each other in a bid to get their competitors out.

The more answers they guessed incorrectly, the more glasses they were left balancing, leaving several out of the game when their trays dropped.

Others were even more blunt in their take, penning: "Not gonna lie, that was crap, can we crack on now please?" one wrote.

Another pointed out an odd production choice, noting that when plastic champagne glasses fell from the trays and hit the floor - remaining completely intact - the show still added a dramatic smashing sound effect.

"The glasses clearly didn't break when dropped so they were plastic yet the BBC did a smashing sound to make it more exciting."

Several picked up on the same detail. "The smashing glass sound effects for them dropping plastic champagne flutes is sending me. #DestinationX," a viewer joked.

Another posted: "Why have they put a shattering glass sound on when the glasses are clearly plastic?"

However, others praised tonight's offering, as one praised: "Loving this episode."

The contestants have to rely on clues sussing out red herrings to decipher, as precisely as possible, where they are in Europe.

At the end of each episode, players must try and pinpoint their location on a map with the one furthest away from the correct spot being eliminated.

Eventually, they will make their way to Destination X - wherever that may be.

Destination X continues tomorrow night at 9pm on BBC One and is available to watch on iPlayer.