{"id":3334,"date":"2025-12-27T16:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=3334"},"modified":"2025-12-27T16:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:15:25","slug":"channel-4-urged-do-better-after-big-fat-quiz-of-2025-sparks-controversy-minutes-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=3334","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 urged \u2018do better\u2019 after Big Fat Quiz of 2025 sparks controversy minutes in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Channel 4<\/a>\u00a0viewers have been left not best pleased by The Big Fat Quiz of the Year as the panel show used AI for a segment early in the game.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Carr<\/a>\u00a0hosted the 2025 instalment on Boxing Day, which saw three teams go head-to-head in a test of their annual know-how.<\/p>\n

The celebrity comics on the teams were Roisin Conaty and\u00a0Katherine Ryan<\/a>, pitted against the\u00a0Celebrity Traitors<\/a>\u00a0duo of\u00a0Jonathan Ross<\/a>\u00a0and Nick Mohammed with the\u00a0Last One Laughing alums<\/a>\u00a0Richard Ayoade and\u00a0Lou Sanders<\/a>\u00a0taking up the rear.<\/p>\n

The opening credits teased what the questions might entail, with the comedians tasked with answering questions on\u00a0Katy Perry<\/a>\u2019s liftoff to space, Lily Allen\u2019s\u00a0barn-burning confessional album on her marriage<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Coldplay<\/a>\u00a0jumbotron that was seen the world over.<\/p>\n

But before they got to the highs and lows of 2025, the show decided to recreate one of the year\u2019s online trends: making an AI Barbie doll of yourself, which littered\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0this spring.<\/p>\n

These AI-generated images included a miniature action figure boxed doll, alongside a selection of things they regularly use. On Instagram, it was essentially a mass of matcha lattes and AirPods.<\/p>\n

These AI-generated images included a miniature action figure boxed doll, alongside a selection of things they regularly use. On Instagram, it was essentially a mass of matcha lattes and AirPods.<\/p>\n

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The Big Fat Quiz of the Year returned to take on the highs and lows of 2025 (Picture: Channel 4)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Making an AI Barbie doll of yourself was a 2025 trend (Picture: Channel 4)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year decided to jump on the trend to create a Barbie of each of the panellists, including Ryan with a Botox needle, Ayoade and a nondescript book, Sanders and healing crystals as well as Carr with a host of different faces.<\/p>\n

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Despite the comic value, Channel 4 fans were disappointed by the show\u2019s frittered use of artificial intelligence, which requires a high amount of electricity and water to function (during a climate crisis) and has prompted fears it could atrophy critical thinking and degenerate the job market.<\/p>\n

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Channel 4 viewers were not best pleased at the segment (Picture: Channel 4)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Viewers on X were dismayed at the use of \u2018AI slop trends\u2019 on the show, with Alice tweeting that the broadcaster should \u2018do better\u2019.<\/p>\n

Among a number of unhappy viewer reactions, @Polyducks wrote: \u2018Disgusted and saddened to see The Big Fat Quiz of the Year using AI to generate gag doll images.<\/p>\n

\u2018Images so half-assed that nobody checked the output. One of them has two magic wands that don\u2019t look like wands, and Jimmy\u2019s is a recycled tax joke from five years ago.\u2019<\/p>\n

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