Destination X viewers have been left baffled at how long it took the contestants to guess the Sound of Music clues during the episode.
Episode four of Rob Brydon’s new BBC reality show, which has been tipped as Race Across the World meets The Traitors saw our group of geographical voyagers shepherded from Munich into Austria.
The goal of the game is for the players to figure out where on earth they are by picking up on the clues dropped through various games, and the look of the area around them.
Ultimately, the person to guess the furthest location from where they truly are by the end of the episode is booted out of the coach.
As they drove through the beautiful landscapes, they stopped off at a castle where they listened to music from artists linked to the final destination, like Mozart, alongside other hints to guide them towards the right location.
Eventually, they ended up in the famed hills used in The Sound of Music when Julie Andrews sings ‘Do Re Mi’ – one of the most memorable sequences in cinematic history.
Here they had to complete a task where each group had to answer questions based on what they had seen so far, while two people are played the iconic (if not slightly distorted) song in headphones.
One contestant, London cab driver Daren Parr took a while to come to the conclusion many viewers had already come to, at one pointing calling the noises ‘nonsense’.
And he wasn’t the only one to take quite a while to put two and two together about the musical, which is filmed in Salzburg and the location.
‘It’s been on every Christmas since I was a child in the 90’s! Surely they’ve seen the Sound of Music,’ MishyMoo wrote on X.
‘Wow have these people not seen the sound of music.. shocking,’ olslola said.
‘Are they deliberately being thick? It’s quite blatantly The Sound of Music lyrics,’ j11_lee added.
‘Bad enough doesn’t know what horseshoes are, or tally marks.. Unforgivable never seen Sound of Music…,’ Emma Litson agreed.
‘What?! Are you seriously telling me that none of these contestants have seen The Sound of Music which is on every Christmas! Julie Andrews would be horrified!’ Matthew Chapman echoed.
The clues haven’t always been so straightforward, however.
In one episode, they had giant red balls which were ultimately meant to represent cherries which one user Matthew Rimmer called ‘Masked Singer-level obscure clue’.
Dr Tim Galsworthy agreed to the general sentiment, adding: ‘The clues in Destination X are ridiculous. They’re either like “here’s a sign saying Munich” or “here’s a man in an orange top and orange was the third favourite colour in Bavaria in 1977”.’
Nevertheless, the show seems to be growing on the general public but whether it stands the test of time remains to be seen.
As for where the remaining contestants will head to next time, you’ll have to tune in to find out.
Destination X airs at 9pm on BBC One on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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