The idea of being dumped in the middle of nowhere seems like it has scope for much more vicarious entertainment. Imagine a challenge where a point on the Earth's land surface is chosen at random, and competitors are dropped there (at random times of the year) and told to reach the nearest airport. They could then sell the vlogs to a production company.
Of course there would be rules about not starting in active warzones, or countries where you would be locked up as a spy, but I'm sure viewers would accept that. Also, it would be a bit unfair if a competitor had to start on a remote island, but I recently calculated that 99% of the Earth's land surface is accounted for by continents and islands no smaller than Sicily. The other edge case would be starting in Antarctica, but people do complete solo crossings of that.
Of course there would be rules about not starting in active warzones, or countries where you would be locked up as a spy, but I'm sure viewers would accept that. Also, it would be a bit unfair if a competitor had to start on a remote island, but I recently calculated that 99% of the Earth's land surface is accounted for by continents and islands no smaller than Sicily. The other edge case would be starting in Antarctica, but people do complete solo crossings of that.