Survivor UK | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Presented by | Mark Austin (2001) Mark Nicholas (2002) |
Theme music composer | Russ Landau |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 25 |
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Original channel | ITV |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) (2001–2002) |
Original run | 21 May 2001 – 29 May 2002 |
Survivor in the UK was broadcast by the ITV network. It hit screens in the United Kingdom in 2001, with huge promotion and hype from tabloid newspapers. The Grand Prize was £1,000,000.
The series was considered a failure in the ratings and only ran for two series before being axed. Many in Britain believed it was a knock-off of American excesses, and turned away. However the series, particularly the first, was watched by more viewers than other reality series at the time, including Big Brother.[1]
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A group of contestants (sixteen in the first series; twelve in the second series) were marooned on a desert island and split into two tribes. For the first 20 days, the two tribes competed against each other in reward challenges and immunity challenges. The tribe that won the reward challenge received a special treat that made their life on the island more comfortable. The tribe that won the immunity challenge was completely safe from any eliminations for three days.
Meanwhile, the tribe that lost the immunity challenge were forced to vote one of their own number off the island. Contestants were free to discuss and scheme about who they wished to vote off, and many alliances were made and broken as the series went on.
After 20 days, the remaining members of the two tribes merged, and the game changed completely. Reward and immunity challenges were competed for on an individual basis, with the remaining contestants battling to prevent themselves from being voted off. After tribal merger, every contestant who was voted off joined a jury that decided who won the £1 million prize. They were given the choice from the final two contestants.
Survivor (Series 1) | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Winner | Charlotte Hobrough (7-0) |
No. of episodes | 14 |
No. of days | 40 |
No. of survivors | 16 |
Tribes | Helang Ular Sekutu |
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Location(s) | Pulau Tiga, Malaysia |
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Original run | 21 May 2001 – 25 July 2001 |
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Followed by | Survivor (Series 2) |
The first series was filmed on the island of Pulau Tiga, Malaysia in the South China Sea, which was also the site of the first American Survivor series. It was broadcast weekly from May 21, 2001 to July 25, 2001. The initial tribes were Helang (Eagle) and Ular (Snake).
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Nick Carter 38, Drugs Company Manager |
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Jennifer "J.J." Adams 37, Personal Assistant |
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Uzma Bashir 30, Nursery Owner |
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Sarah Odell 33, Model |
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Jayne Meyler 47, Massage Therapist |
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Adrian Bauckham 22, Barrister's Clerk |
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Day 19 |
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Simon Dunkley 35, Financial Sales Manager |
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Andy Fairfield 41, Long-haul Airlines Pilot |
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1st Jury Member Day 25 |
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James Stroud 40, Property Developer |
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2nd Jury Member Day 28 |
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Peter "Pete" Farrar 30, Model and Actor |
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3rd Jury Member Day 31 |
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Zoe Lyons 29, Bartender and Actress |
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4th Jury Member Day 34 |
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Eve Holding 30, Project manager |
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5th Jury Member Day 37 |
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Mick Easton 55, Retired Policeman |
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6th Jury Member Day 38 |
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Richard Owen 33, Clinical Psychologist |
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7th Jury Member Day 39 |
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Jackie Carey 31, Airline Industry Purchaser |
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Charlotte Hobrough 24, Policewoman |
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1 | Helang12 | Nick | 5-3 | 1st Voted Out Day 4 |
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2 | None | Ular | J.J. | 4-4 | 2nd Voted Out Day 7 |
3 | Ular | Ular | Uzma | 4-2-1 | 3rd Voted Out Day 10 |
4 | Ular | Helang | Sarah | 5-2 | 4th Voted Out Day 13 |
5 | Helang | Ular | Jayne | 5-1 | 5th Voted Out Day 16 |
6 | Ular | Ular | Adrian | 3-2 | 6th Voted Out Day 19 |
7 | None | Andy | Simon | 6-2-1-1 | 7th Voted Out Day 22 |
8 | James [Andy] |
Pete | Andy | 6-2-1 | 8th Voted Out Day 25 |
9 | Survivor Auction |
Richard | James | 6-1-1 | 9th Voted Out Day 28 |
10 | Pete | Richard | Pete | 5-1-1 | 10th Voted Out Day 31 |
11 | Richard [Charlotte] |
Eve | Zoe | 3-3 | 11th Voted Out Day 34 |
12 | Eve | Richard | Eve | 4-1 | 12th Voted Out Day 37 |
Finale | None | Richard | Mick | 3-1 | 13th Voted Out Day 38 |
Charlotte | Richard | 2-1 | 14th Voted Out Day 39 |
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Reunion | Jury Vote | Jackie | 7-0 | Runner Up | |
Charlotte | Sole Survivor |
^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge.
^2 Ular appeared to have won the challenge but because they missed a torch to light it, they were disqualified and Helang won reward and immunity.
The series was perceived as being not very popular with UK viewers.[3][4] Despite initial media hype which surrounded the show, the debut episode opened with 6.6 million viewers, which was considered as a disappointment for ITV.[5] Ratings for the show then began to hang around the 5 million mark, which was half of the audience that the network had expected.[6]
The show initially aired four times a week on ITV. On Monday and Wednesday, highlights from the camp were shown, presented by Mark Austin who also spent 40 days on the island with the contestants. On Tuesday and Thursday, an interview was conducted with the latest contestant to be voted off the island, presented by John Leslie.
However, ITV later decided to air fewer episodes per week to give the show a greater opportunity to "grow",[7] but this failed to have an effect on viewing figures.[8] Nevertheless, the final show managed to attract 7.7 million viewers, peaking at 9 million.[9]
The show was won by Charlotte Hobrough. She was a member of Helang tribe, who were outnumbered by Ular tribe members at tribal merger. However, after successfully voting out everybody but her, the Ular tribe members began to vote against each other, allowing Charlotte to make it through to the final two, along with Jackie Carey. Hobrough won by a 7-0 vote. There was controversy when viewers were invited to phone in to cast their preference; this was via a premium rate phone call. Despite being told many times by the host that the phone vote would not be counted in the final tally, several viewers felt cheated. This was rectified for the second series, where the phone vote did count.
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^Note 3 : Simon first voted for Uzma, causing a tie; however, in a revote, Simon changed his vote and voted for J.J., sending her home.
^Note 4 : Charlotte and Zoe were tied 3-3 at Tribal Council and in a Tribal Council countback Charlotte had 1 previous vote, but Zoe had 5, and she was eliminated.
Survivor (Series 2) | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Winner | Johnny Gibb (6-0) |
No. of episodes | 11 |
No. of days | 37 |
No. of survivors | 12 |
Tribes | North Island South Island Columbus |
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Location(s) | Bocas del Toro, Panama |
Broadcast | |
Original run | 13 March 2002 – 29 May 2002 |
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Preceded by | Survivor (Series 1) |
Despite the lack of success of the first series, ITV decided to bring back Survivor with some major changes. The second series, known as Survivor: Panama, was filmed on two islands in the Bocas del Toro archipelago of Panama. It was broadcast from March 13, 2002 to May 29, 2002. The initial tribes were South Island (with a turtle as their mascot) and North Island (with a frog as their mascot).
Contestant | Original Tribe | Merged Tribe | Finish | Total Votes |
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Sarah McCombie 22, Financial Trader |
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Lee Capon 25, Car Sales Manager |
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Tayfun Kadioglu 27, Professional Latin-American Dancer |
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Meeta Bose 34, Financial Manager |
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Helen Carney 22, Hotel Worker |
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Alastair Brogan 34, Oil Company Director |
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2nd Jury Member Day 24 |
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Drew Agger 27, Firefighter |
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3rd Jury Member Day 28 |
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Dave Porter 55, Retired Firefighter |
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4th Jury Member Day 32 |
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Bridget Griffiths 43, Shepherdess |
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5th Jury Member Day 34 |
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John Dalzell 32, Former Marine/Law Worker |
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Susannah Moffatt 27, Teacher |
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Jonny Gibb 30, Police Detective |
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Note: Columbus did not have an official tribe color, they simply had a flag resembling the flag of Panama with the frog and turtle replacing the red and blue stars. Purple is used here because it is a combination of the 2 tribe colors.
Episode | Challenges[2] | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | |
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1 | North Island | Sarah | 5-1 | 1st Voted Out Day 4 |
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Lee | 4-1 | 2nd Voted Out Day 8 |
3 | South Island |
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Tayfun | 5-1 | 3rd Voted Out Day 12 |
4 | South Island |
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Meeta | 4-1 | 4th Voted Out Day 16 |
5 | None | Jonny | Helen | 4-4 | 5th Voted Out Day 20 |
6 | Drew | Jonny | Alastair | 4-3 | 6th Voted Out Day 24 |
7 | Bridget, Dave, John |
Jonny | Drew | 4-2 | 7th Voted Out Day 28 |
8 | John | John | Dave | 4-1 | 8th Voted Out Day 32 |
9 | None | John | Bridget | 3-1 | 9th Voted Out Day 34 |
Finals | Susannah | Susannah | John | 1-0 | 10th Voted Out Day 36 |
Reunion | Jury Votes | Susannah | 6-0 | Runner Up | |
Jonny | Sole Survivor |
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Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Finale | ||
Eliminated: | Sarah 5/6 votes |
Lee 4/5 votes |
Tayfun 5/6 votes |
Meeta 4/5 votes |
Helen 4/8 votes |
Alastair 4/7 votes |
Drew 4/6 votes |
Dave 4/5 votes |
Bridget 3/4 votes |
John 1 vote |
Susannah 0/6 votes |
Jonny 6/6 votes |
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Susannah | Sarah | Lee | Helen | Alastair | Drew | Dave | Bridget | John | |||||
John | Sarah | Lee | Helen | Alastair | Drew | Dave | Bridget | Jonny | |||||
Bridget | Sarah | Lee | Helen | Alastair | Drew | Dave | Susannah | Jonny | |||||
Dave | Tayfun | Meeta | Bridget | Susannah | Susannah | Bridget | Jonny | ||||||
Drew | Tayfun | Meeta | Bridget | Susannah | Susannah | Jonny | |||||||
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Sarah | John |
There were several changes in the traditional format. The number of contestants was dropped to twelve, to allow viewers to get to know the cast better. Presenters Mark Austin and John Leslie were dropped in favour of Channel 4 cricket presenter Mark Nicholas. In the fifth episode, the remaining players were merged and then told there would be no immunity this episode. At the Tribal Council they were then told nobody was being voted off that episode and that a vote by the television audience would act as a seventh jury member in the final vote. Other additions included tree mail. Contestants were given a cryptic clue about what the day's challenge would hold for them by producers.
Viewers were also promised that any major action - such as the sex that was edited out of a first series episode - would definitely be shown this year. There was extra footage available to digital viewers. An extra show, Survivor: Raw was shown on ITV2 after the main show had aired. This was presented by last year's winner, Charlotte Hobrough, and Ed Hall. It included extra footage not shown on the main show, discussions, interviews with evictees, phone-ins and emails.
The show was more predictable the second time around, as the contestants decided to stay loyal to each other after tribal merger. The former South Island members successfully voted off all of the remaining North Island members after merger.
The Grand Prize winner, Jonny Gibb, won by a 7-0 vote against Susannah Moffatt. The audience vote was 89% in his favor.
Surprisingly both winners were from the police force. Charlotte being a Dectective Constable and Jonny a Police Detective.
Despite the changes, Survivor still received low viewing figures for its second series, and ITV decided not to bring it back for a third series. This is in stark contrast to the US version which has enjoyed consistent success and popularity.
ITV finally found a successful reality TV show with I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, with many similarities to Survivor, and which received massive ratings in August 2002. The show's similarity in content to Survivor led many viewers (both in the UK and US) to believe that the shows had some licensing agreement, however this was not the case. Legal action was sought by CBS to prevent broadcast in the US however the court ruled against, stating that "Celebrity is different enough from Survivor that CBS would have difficulty prevailing in its underlying copyright infringement suit."[10]
1st series contestant Zoe Lyons, has since become a successful comedienne and has appeared on several BBC radio shows including Clive Anderson's Chat Room (BBC Radio 2), PMQ with Andy Parsons (BBC Radio 4), 4 Stands Up (BBC Radio 4) and The Jon Richardson Show (BBC 6 Music). She has also appeared on the BBC panel show Mock The Week twice.