The one who can’t lose, wins -Raghu Ram

This is what I call Hell Down Under.

Eight roadies reached Australia.

And in the first destination itself, four of them went back! Three exroadies — Nauman, Sufi and Palak — came back and challenged Pradeep, Kiri and Bobby respectively to one-onone competitions to take their place in the journey. Shockingly, all three exroadies won! This kinda supports a theory I have. In any race, it's not necessarily the fastest who wins. Or in a boxing match, it's not necessarily the toughest boxer who wins. It's the guy who cannot lose who wins. On any given day, that person would be the hardest to beat. I guess the ex-roadies knew this was the only chance they had, and were determined not to miss it. And that is what made the difference.

And in the vote-out, Sandeep too left the show.

Suddenly, there is a totally new group dynamic. The strongest friendship, that of Pradeep and Sandeep, has ended on the show. Together, they were the masterminds, the guys who controlled most vote-outs. With them out, the game has been flung wide open. On the other hand, an old "bond" looks like it's gonna get renewed. Tamanna and Nauman. They were clearly attracted to each other. And on Roadies, with loyalty comes power. But at the same time, an old, bitter rivalry has also made a comeback. Tamanna and Palak. They were always at each other's throats, with Nauman being the bone of contention.

With all three of them back in the same space, I was sure fireworks will follow. And they did! In the very next destination! But more on that later.

Down Under wasn't hell just for the roadies. The cast also had to go through hell to produce this show in Australia. Because our ambitions and aspirations far outdo our budget, we had to lose quite a few team members before going to Oz. plus, the labour laws in Australia are very rigid. A certain percentage of any crew there has to be Australian. But the most bizarre rule was that all crew members must get a 10-hour rest after pack-up each day before they can resume work again! When we discovered this, we knew we were screwed! On any Roadies schedule, the crew can only get four hours of sleep a day. That is how we're able to keep the pressure on the roadies so much and keep them on camera pretty much all the time. Only the crew knows how they managed to pull this shoot off in Australia. The Aussie crew would get 10 hours off, and the rest of us would work double to make up for their absence! That is why I boast that only this team can make this show.

This week, I come back to torment the roadies some more. Oh, how I love my job! The roadies will again be presented with bizarre options. And rest assured, the choices they make will have serious repercussions.

And then violence breaks out again, this time between Palak and Poulomi! Sigh… girls, I tell you! But hopefully, the tasks they face in this episode will rid them of their aggression for good. One roadie will get seriously hurt. All in a day's work on roadies…

Raghu says: I wanted them to understand that not only is the game going to get much tougher in Australia, they also will not have the support of any gangs. It is each roadie for himself or herself. It also helps the Australian leg of Roadies truly become the next level. For me, it is interesting to see how people behave when they have to work against their friends.

The akhada task also helped in making the roadies understand that they are alone. They are too busy fighting for themselves

well i really admire Raghu 4 the passion he has.roadies is not just sm other show.making of roadies is even more difficult.its truly amazing how the roadies crew pull off such feats.truly iguess evry 1 has 2 agree with raghu that roadies crew is tthe best.4 hrs a sleep a day nd rest of time working is quite amazing.hat's off 2 the entire roadies crew 4 the dedication nd passion they have 2 produce such an amazing show.

now hell down under i guess has gone on 2 a different level this is wat i feel after watching yesterdays show.i strongly feel its going 2 get better nd better nd better in the cming weeks.this "australian journey" started very well all the 3 ex roadies making a amazing cm back after getting voted out nd just changin the whole dynamics of the show.i guess raghu's plan of makin the roadies feel they r just 4 themselves nd performance matters was perfectly executed by the 3 guy's nomi,sufi nd palak.

cming 2 yesterdays episode wat a episode never expected such a show.i guess raghu ud hav understood after 3 ex roadies came back nd won nd the whole dynamics changed it was time 2 accomplish his 2nd goal which is probably 2 make roadies realize performance only matters nd nothing else. no frnd's, polotics,groupism or planning go perform the tasks give u'r 100% nd survive.he did this by stripping nomi nd natasha when he stripped them of their immunity nd said "how many times do i tell u that u can't get immunity without performing".her i guess nomi was seriously effected bcz when raghu gave a warning 2 all the roadies that performance is very imoprtant(the shooting task 4 2 lakhs nd immunity) nomi was not present but natasha was there still did not understand raghu's intent nd lost immunity.hope nomi got the lesson so ud have all the other roadies.goal accomplished here once again.

when the tasks were offered 2 to other's every 1 jumped 2 perform as they got the lesson at the cost of nomi nd natasha esp nomi which was proved later on.here i strongly feel raghu made a mistake nd ud have been better.sufi was the only guy nd he accepted the challenge.threre were 3 girls nd all were willing 2 perform then y use the chit system he shuld hav given chance 2 all the 3 of them nd later evaluated who won based on the performance of each of them.he just had 2 allow them 2 get into the ring nothing else.he need not setup anythng specially 4 the other 2.i think raghu ud not have expected the consequences that ud follow.

the consequence's were evident during the vote out.Raghu's plan i guess was so gud that it even started effectin the polotics nd planning of roadies.its just bcz of palak's luck nd performance that tammy was out of the show.wat if it was tammy nd she performed well.the way samrat was threatning nomi askin him 2 choose b/n tammy nd sufi is the proof that if u hav immunity u r the king esp when only 7 r left nd when 1 is not a clear favourite.but immunity can be earned only with performance.so message nd lesson 2 be learnt is perform,win nd then start planning.i guess mission accomplished 4 raghu.i hope in future it ud be more fair as tammy did not get a chance 2 perform.it she got a chance did win the immunity who knows how it ud have been.i guess tammy suffered the most along with her nomi.

Originally posted by: michael09

well i really admire Raghu 4 the passion he has.roadies is not just sm other show.making of roadies is even more difficult.its truly amazing how the roadies crew pull off such feats.truly iguess evry 1 has 2 agree with raghu that roadies crew is tthe best.4 hrs a sleep a day nd rest of time working is quite amazing.hat's off 2 the entire roadies crew 4 the dedication nd passion they have 2 produce such an amazing show.

now hell down under i guess has gone on 2 a different level this is wat i feel after watching yesterdays show.i strongly feel its going 2 get better nd better nd better in the cming weeks.this "australian journey" started very well all the 3 ex roadies making a amazing cm back after getting voted out nd just changin the whole dynamics of the show.i guess raghu's plan of makin the roadies feel they r just 4 themselves nd performance matters was perfectly executed by the 3 guy's nomi,sufi nd palak.

cming 2 yesterdays episode wat a episode never expected such a show.i guess raghu ud hav understood after 3 ex roadies came back nd won nd the whole dynamics changed it was time 2 accomplish his 2nd goal which is probably 2 make roadies realize performance only matters nd nothing else. no frnd's, polotics,groupism or planning go perform the tasks give u'r 100% nd survive.he did this by stripping nomi nd natasha when he stripped them of their immunity nd said "how many times do i tell u that u can't get immunity without performing".her i guess nomi was seriously effected bcz when raghu gave a warning 2 all the roadies that performance is very imoprtant(the shooting task 4 2 lakhs nd immunity) nomi was not present but natasha was there still did not understand raghu's intent nd lost immunity.hope nomi got the lesson so ud have all the other roadies.goal accomplished here once again.

when the tasks were offered 2 to other's every 1 jumped 2 perform as they got the lesson at the cost of nomi nd natasha esp nomi which was proved later on.here i strongly feel raghu made a mistake nd ud have been better.sufi was the only guy nd he accepted the challenge.threre were 3 girls nd all were willing 2 perform then y use the chit system he shuld hav given chance 2 all the 3 of them nd later evaluated who won based on the performance of each of them.he just had 2 allow them 2 get into the ring nothing else.he need not setup anythng specially 4 the other 2.i think raghu ud not have expected the consequences that ud follow.

the consequence's were evident during the vote out.Raghu's plan i guess was so gud that it even started effectin the polotics nd planning of roadies.its just bcz of palak's luck nd performance that tammy was out of the show.wat if it was tammy nd she performed well.the way samrat was threatning nomi askin him 2 choose b/n tammy nd sufi is the proof that if u hav immunity u r the king esp when only 7 r left nd when 1 is not a clear favourite.but immunity can be earned only with performance.so message nd lesson 2 be learnt is perform,win nd then start planning.i guess mission accomplished 4 raghu.i hope in future it ud be more fair as tammy did not get a chance 2 perform.it she got a chance did win the immunity who knows how it ud have been.i guess tammy suffered the most along with her nomi.

music_masti i do agree that lady wrestler was not as tough nd aggressive as the 2 guys agnst sufi.

when palak's fight was goin on the wrestler was quite aggressive initially but when palaks shirt went up palak started screaming that's when the lady wrestler took it a bit easy i guess as she was on longer as aggressive as she was.

raghu the sort of person he is i think he ud be fair 2 all roadies.4 me think there ud be no point in favouring 1 over other.i hope raghu is fair enough.nd who knows whose name is in wat chit as natasha picked up 1.

this is my whole point when u want 2 c real roadie spirit y dont u give a chance 2 sm 1 like tamanna who always proved she had the right roadie attitude.i can quote many situations where she showed her true roadie attitude.this is where thngs went wrong 4 tammy. not givin her a chance i feel is very unfair.dont give her a karizma if tammy got a chance nd picked the sweet little girl let her choose nd pick frm other doors nd then let her fight nd later decide wat 2 do.she definately deserved 1 chance that's 4 sure.