The objective is to be the last one standing, but throughout the competition the players only have one thing on their mind: the future. Opposite Worlds, a reality game show, is a spin off of a Chilean series called Mundos Opuestos. In the show, there are 12 contestants, six in the primitive past and six in the technologically advanced future. Contestants living in the past have only vegetables to eat and animal fur blankets stacked on top of each other as beds.On the other side, the contestants in the future have maids and an electronic voice named Athena who answers any of their questions. The two “worlds” are set in an enormous warehouse and are separated only by a glass wall. Meaning both worlds can see each other. As the host, Luke Tipple, explains, Opposite Worlds is not just a social experiment, it is a social media experiment.

Opposite Worlds is one of the first shows to use the Twitter Popularity Index, a system that uses fan’s tweets to determine a player’s popularity; the most popular player is rewarded and the least popular player is punished. Other than the Twitter Popularity Index, contestants have to compete against each other in a weekly “Worldly Challenge;” the winning team of the challenge gets to choose in which “world” they live in. Within each team there is also a “protected player,” a player who cannot be eliminated. There is also a “decider,” who is a player chosen by votes who chooses which players from each world will go against each other in the elimination battle called the “duel of destiny.”

Despite the confusing set up, Opposite Worlds is an interesting competition that really engages viewers. By the end of the first episode, whoever is watching is sure to have an obvious favorite. Sadly, there is already a secret alliance between players from different worlds, defeating the purpose of the “social experiment” aspect of the show. Opposite World’s greatest downfall is its predictability. When it comes to the Twitter Popularity Index, it is obvious that contestants living in the past will always be the most popular, it had already been that way in the short time since the show began. People always root for the underdog. Still, Opposite Worlds is surprisingly a good show, especially with the hard-core “Worldly Challenges.”

Opposite Worlds airs on the SyFy channel Tuesdays at 10 and Wednesdays at 8.

Grade: B