Treasure Island (show)

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Treasure Island
Genre Reality, Game Show
Running time 60 minutes
Starring Jon Stevens (current host (season 7-8))
Pieta Keating (season 2-4)
Jacqui Rickards(season 5)
John "Horse" McLeod(season 6)
Country of origin New Zealand
Original channel TVNZ
Original run 1997–Present

Treasure Island is a popular reality television game show produced in New Zealand as well as in Ireland and Australia. In the show, contestants are isolated on a remote Fijian island and compete for a cash prize. "Treasure Island" is based on the successful Swedish show Expedition: Robinson and precedes the American reality show Survivor.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Contents

[edit] Tribes and Immunity

[edit] Elimination

[edit] End of the game

[edit] Prizes

[edit] Game rules

[edit] Concept history

[edit] Seasons

  1. Treasure Island: Series 1 (also called Treasure Island 1. Levin Bowen was its winner in beating law student Pieta Keating to the treasure chest hidden on the island.
  2. Treasure Island: Series 2 Palmerston North Radio DJ Tanya Pouwhare won, beating Gisborne C4 music tv host Clarke Gayford to the treasure. NOTE: Tanya Pouwhare became the first woman in the world to win a survival-type reality show. She won the show mere weeks before Tina Wesson won the second season of Survivor. Former runner-up of season one, Pieta Keating became the host this season.
  3. Celebrity Treasure Island: Series 1 was the first series of Celebrity Treasure Island but the third season of the Treasure Island series. Although celebrities were competing, the money they won went to a charity of their choosing. TV handyman John "Cocksy" Cochs won, defeating television presenter Stacey Daniels to the treasure. Pieta Keating is the host of this season.
  4. Celebrity Treasure Island: Series 2 was the fourth season of the Treasure Island series and was won by ex Shortland Street actress and current lawyer, Greer Robson. She won over another ex-Shortland Street star, Paul Ellis. Pieta Keating is the host for this season.
  5. Treasure Island: Extreme was hosted by model Jacqui Rickards and was more "extreme" than past Treasure Islands pitting ex-police, SAS, armed forces and soldiers against each other with no food, water or shelter at all. The winner of this season was John "Horse" McLeod.
  6. Celebrity Treasure Island: Series 3 was hosted by last season's winner, Horse McLeod. This season of Celebrity Treasure Island was much for relaxed as though the celebrities were at a resort. However, TV presenter, Lana CocKroft, was struck down with a virus and had to be evacuated off the island. Ex-All Black Josh Kronfeld won this season.
  7. Superstars of Treasure Island was hosted by singer Jon Stevens. This season put past winners and past season favourites back onto the island. This included past Irish and Australian winners as well as Levin Bowen, Pieta Kieting, Horse, Josh Kronfeld and Cocksy. Former contestant Louise Wallace became the host. Josh Kronfeld became the first person to win two seasons of Treasure Island consecutively.
  8. Treasure Island: Couples at War was hosted by Jon Stevens and put celebrity couples against each other. This included Vadim Dale and his wife, Natalie Franzmann, former Miss Popularity contestant Vicki-Lee McIntyre and her parter Scotty Rocker, and horse jockey Lance O'Sullivan and his wife Bridgette O'Sullivan. The O'Sullivan's became the winners of this season beating Simon Doull and his partner Peggy Bourne to the Treasure. This was the first season where a contestant (Lance) outsmarted the production crew.

[edit] Controversies & legal action

[edit] Miscellanea

[edit] Irish Treasure Island

The Irish version of Treasure Island was broadcast in RTE 1 in the Summer of 2001 and 2002. Produced by Coco Television, the show was axed after its second series and a new reality show was planned for 2003.

Series One

BLUE TEAM: Yvonne Cronin (Winner), Tom Tom, Becky, Rob, Geoff, Sheila, Lewize, Peter

RED TEAM: Tom Barton (2nd Place), Padraic Doorey, Carole, Paul, Faith, Marya, Martin, Ann

[edit] Australian Treasure Island

The Australian version produced by David Mason premiered on Network Seven following the 2000 Summer Olympics. It aired on Sunday nights at 7pm. Contestants playing for the $50,000 included:

West Team

  • Michael (eliminated episode four)
  • Emma
  • Daniel
  • Sally
  • Cassie
  • Stephen

East Team

  • Gavin (eliminated episode four)
  • Maggie
  • Monica
  • Alexandra
  • Frank
  • James (eventual winner)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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