What I think of The Biggest Loser Asia so far

Been watching The Biggest Loser Asia (TBLA) on the Hallmark Channel, here are my two cents (too many) on the show so far to mind dump.

• I like that the contestants are non-famous people to begin with - and I was sure they were gonna that celeb that we saw in the auditions through. Can't exactly say the same about TARA.
  
  
• Country representation amongst the contestants leaning towards the Singaporeans and the Filipinos with about 4 from each country. But I'm hoping for the best of the Malaysian contestants, Aaron and Nadia, on the show.
  
  
• Trainers are not too bad, but Kristy the Red Team trainer is getting her butt kicked by her own team members due to their own self-destruction...
  
  
• "Secret location" my ass - as far as we know, they're somewhere in Malacca and nearby A'Famosa Resort. They could be at said resort for all I know.
  
  
• The product placement is a bit the obvious: the reward excursions seem to be at (again and again) the A' Famosa Resort or somewhere like that. Also not forgetting the time Kristy was plugging/explaining the biggestloserclub.asia site to the contestants.
  
  
• Challenges so far not terribly memorable.
  
  
• Too many trips to the hospital/medic/other medical problems. Dang.
  
  
• There's nothing more symbolic of Malacca than the trishaw. But a 200m trishaw race? Really? It ended so badly for the red team when the Indian woman broke the bike chain and the trainer (who was supposed to cheer them on from the passenger side) ended up pushing her big ass back to the finish line. Major WTF.
  
  
• I've no idea whether Sarimah is trying to be nice, serious or a bitch. Or just schizophrenic, haha.