Tool Academy UK
Tool Academy is a competitive British reality television show featuring twelve "unsuspecting bad boys" who have been sent to "relationship boot camp". The twelve men, all of whom have been nominated by their respective girlfriends, fiancées or wives, initially think they are taking part in a competition for the title of "Britain's Ultimate Lad" or in the latest series "King of Men". However, shortly after arriving they find out the truth: they are actually being entered into a "charm school" which focuses on teaching them how to behave as boyfriends. Each week, one contestant is eliminated and his girlfriend must choose whether or not to stay with him. The last contestant remaining will win a £25,000 prize and graduate Tool Academy. It is presented by Rick Edwards. Dr Sandra Scott helps the contestants with their relationship problems and helps Edwards decide who is expelled.
Series 1
Contestants
| Name |
Tool name |
Girlfriend |
Status |
| Danny Smith |
Jealous Tool |
Becky Maslen |
Winner in final episode |
| Harry Howell |
Geezer Tool |
Faye Daintree |
Runners Up in final episode |
| Dave Trudgeon |
Massive Tool |
Lyndsay Davis |
| Bobby Carey |
Stoner Tool |
Kirsty Wood |
Eliminated in episode 6 |
| Lee Mills |
Lazy Tool |
Jade Panton |
Eliminated in episode 5 |
| Pete Bradley |
Poser Tool |
Becky Constantinou |
| Hus Demirel |
Tipsy Tool |
Jill Demirel* |
Eliminated in episode 4 |
| Liam Ayres |
Randy Tool |
Toni Brown |
Eliminated in episode 3 |
| Joe Currey |
Twinkle Tool |
Abby Dilkes |
Eliminated in episode 2 |
| Jake Ioannides |
Temper Tool |
Bita Norooz |
Walked in episode 2 |
| Chris Chase |
Vain Tool |
Aimee Luis |
Eliminated in episode 1 |
| Max Wright |
Football Tool |
Kimberley Athi |
- Actually wife rather than girlfriend.
Badges
- Commitment
- Trust
- Fidelity
- Romance
- Maturity
- Communication
- Dedication
Episode Progress
| # |
Contestants |
Episodes |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 1 |
Danny |
WIN |
RISK |
WIN |
RISK |
RISK |
WIN |
WINNER |
| 2 |
Harry |
SAFE |
WIN |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
RUNNER UP |
| 3 |
Dave |
RISK |
SAFE |
RISK |
SAFE |
SAFE |
RISK |
RUNNER UP |
| 4 |
Bobby |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
OUT |
|
| 5 |
Pete |
SAFE |
RISK |
SAFE |
RISK |
OUT |
|
| 6 |
Lee |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
WIN |
OUT |
|
| 7 |
Hus |
SAFE |
SAFE |
RISK |
OUT |
|
| 8 |
Liam |
SAFE |
SAFE |
OUT |
|
| 9 |
Joe |
SAFE |
OUT |
|
| 10 |
Jake |
SAFE |
OUT |
|
| 11 |
Chris |
OUT |
|
| 12 |
Max |
OUT |
|
- The contestant won Tool Academy and £25,000
- The contestant was a runner up and their girlfriend decided to stay with him.
- The contestant won a challenge and won a date with his girlfriend.
- The contestant won a challenge but was eliminated. His girlfriend decided to stay with him.
- The contestant was safe from being eliminated.
- The contestant was at risk of being eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated and his girlfriend decided to stay with him.
- The contestant withdrew from the competition.
Episodes
Episode 1
First aired January 10, 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Commitment
- Challenge: The tools and their partners spend some one-on-one time on some private dates
- Challenge Reward: More alone time, having a bath together.
- Challenge Winner: Danny and Becky M
- Bottom Three: Chris, Dave, Max
- Eliminated: Max, Chris (both girlfriends stayed with their boyfriends)
Episode 2
First aired 17 January 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Trust
- Challenge: The Shock Blindfold Challenge
- Challenge Reward: A sensual massage
- Challenge Winner: Harry and Faye
- Withdrew: Jake, following the lie detector test
- Bottom Three: Danny, Joe, Pete
- Eliminated: Joe (Abby stayed with him)
Episode 3
First aired 24 January 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Fidelity
- Challenge: Song-Writing Challenge
- Challenge Reward: A night with their girlfriend
- Challenge Winner: Danny
- Challenge Loser: Dave, who had to sleep on a camp bed for the night after the challenge.
- Bottom Three: Dave, Hus, Liam
- Eliminated: Liam (Toni stayed with him, but has left Liam since the show aired)
Episode 4
First aired 31 January 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Romance
- Challenge: Build a "home" together. The Tools have to instruct the ladies on how to build a chair, construct a bookshelf and put together a lamp.
- Challenge Reward: A private naked photo shoot for two
- Challenge Winner: Lee and Jade
- Challenge Loser: Pete, who had all of his clothes taken away
- Bottom Three: In a cruel nomination twist, the Tools had to vote for each other and who they thought should go. Pete, Danny and Hus.
- Eliminated: Hus (Jill stayed with him)
Episode 5
First aired 7 February 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Maturity
- Challenge : "Carry On Camping" The Tools and their girlfriends must put up a tent, open a safe and use the contents to light a fire
- Challenge Reward : A romantic night in a luxury tent
- Challenge Winner: Lee and Jade
- Challenge Loser: Everyone else, who were given basic rations and a night in their constructed tents
- Bottom Three: In another cruel nomination twist the Tools had to work together and figure out who was chosen by Rick and Dr.Scott. If they worked out who was chosen that tool is saved. If they didn't that Tool is eliminated, as well as the runner up tool (even Rick said it was confusing). They guessed Pete. Lee, Danny and Pete were in the bottom three.
- Eliminated: Lee was the chosen Tool for elimination however as they guessed Pete they were both eliminated (Both girlfriends stayed with them. Pete and Becky have since gone on to have a healthy baby boy called Kayden after losing twins Angel and Crystal in April 2010)
Episode 6
First aired 14 February 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Communication
- Challenge : A sinking boat challenge in which the tools had to answer trivia questions on their girlfriends, removing a plug in their boat for each wrong answer. The winner was the last couple afloat.
- Challenge Reward : A 'floating date'.
- Challenge Winner: Danny and Becky
- Jury: Seven former tools return to the academy to help Rick and Dr Scott choose which three should go on to the final and who should be expelled. The Jury is made up of Chris, Hus, Joe, Lee, Liam, Max & Pete. Jake showed up late and was escorted out by a baliff for 'contempt of court' almost immediately.
- Eliminated: Bobby (Kirsty stayed with him)
Episode 7
First aired 21 February 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Dedication
- Challenge : Cooking a meal for their girlfriends and their friends and families.
- Third: Dave (Lyndsay stayed with him)
- Second: Harry (Faye stayed with him)
- Graduated: Danny (He proposed to Becky and she accepted happily)
Series 2
Contestants
| Name |
Tool name |
Girlfriend |
Status |
| Leon Chin |
Idle Tool |
Emma Tuvera |
Winner |
| Mo Elkiraa |
Houdini Tool |
Kelsey Brown |
Runner-up |
| Chris Conti |
Power Tool |
Kelly Belsey |
3rd Place |
| Daniel Allen |
Debt Tool |
Alanna Burns |
Eliminated in Episode 7 |
| Adam Oakley |
Drama Tool |
Kerri Medcalf |
Eliminated in Episode 6 |
| Billy Wharton |
Naked Tool |
Gabi |
Eliminated in Episode 6 |
| Ritchie Martin |
Two-Time Tool |
Jenna Surridge |
Eliminated in episode 5 |
| Yohan |
Sleepy Tool |
Mel Fru |
Eliminated in episode 4 |
| James Chumpimai |
Dual Tool |
Kim Glynn |
Quit in episode 4 |
| Colin Mills |
Daddy Tool |
Nikki Duffell |
Eliminated in episode 3 |
| Danny Bell |
Teen Tool |
Olivia Mansfield |
Eliminated in episode 2 |
| Richard |
Joystick Tool |
Jade |
Quit in episode 1 |
Badges
- Commitment
- Communication
- Perception
- Affection
- Appreciation
- Honesty
- Maturity
Episode Progress
| # |
Contestants |
Episodes |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
| 1 |
Leon |
SAFE |
WIN |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
WINNER |
| 2 |
Mo |
SAFE |
SAFE |
WIN |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
RUNNER UP |
| 3 |
Chris |
SAFE |
RISK |
SAFE |
SAFE |
RISK |
SAFE |
RISK |
THIRD PLACE |
| 4 |
Daniel |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
RISK |
RISK |
RISK |
OUT |
|
| 5 |
Adam |
SAFE |
RISK |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
OUT |
|
| 6 |
Billy |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
WIN |
OUT |
|
| 7 |
Ritchie |
SAFE |
SAFE |
RISK |
RISK |
OUT |
|
| 8 |
Yohan |
SAFE |
RISK |
SAFE |
OUT |
|
| 9 |
James |
SAFE |
SAFE |
SAFE |
OUT |
|
| 10 |
Colin |
SAFE |
SAFE |
OUT |
|
| 11 |
Danny |
SAFE |
OUT |
|
| 12 |
Richard |
OUT |
|
- The contestant won Tool Academy and £25,000
- The contestant was runner up and their girlfriend decided to stay with him.
- The contestant was third and their girlfriend decided to stay with him.
- The contestant won a challenge and won a date with his girlfriend.
- The contestant was safe from being eliminated.
- The contestant was at risk of being eliminated.
- The contestant won a challenge, but was at risk of being eliminated.
- The contestant won a challenge but was eliminated. His girlfriend decided to leave him.
- The contestant was eliminated and his girlfriend decided to stay with him.
- The contestant was eliminated and his girlfriend decided to leave him.
- The contestant withdrew from the competition.
Episodes
Episode 1
First aired 1 November 2011
- Lesson of the Week: None
- Challenge: None
- Quit: Richard quit before the Tool Academy reveal happened.
- Eliminated: Due to the new tools being enrolled, no-one was expelled.
Episode 2
First aired 8 November 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Commitment
- Challenge: The girls were required to build a kennel whilst the tools were dressed as dogs and tethered to a post. Once the kennel was built and painted, the tool was required to enter the kennel to finish the task.
- Challenge Reward: A dinner date in a luxury dog kennel.
- Challenge Winner: Leon and Emma
- Challenge Loser: Chris and Kelly. Chris was forced to stay in the kennel that his girlfriend built in solitary confinement.
- Bottom Four: Adam, Chris, Danny and Yohan
- Eliminated: Danny (Olivia decided to stay with him,but has left Danny since the show aired)
Episode 3
First aired 15 November 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Communication
- Challenge: The tools each wrote their girlfriends a romantic poem, which they then had to perform while dressed in rusty suits of armour.
- Challenge Reward: A banquet feast back at the house.
- Challenge Winner: Mo and Kelsey
- Challenge Loser: Daniel and Alanna. They were put in the stocks while Mo and Kelsey ate in the same room.
- Bottom Two: Colin and Ritchie
- Eliminated: Colin (Nikki stayed with him)
Episode 4
First aired 22 November 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Perception
- Challenge: The tools' girlfriends were required to sit in gunge tanks. The tools were then asked questions about their girlfriends. For every question incorrectly answered, a bucket of fish slime was put into the tank above their girlfriends' heads. The tools were required to hold onto a rope keeping the trapdoors open, and their girlfriends dry.
- Challenge Twist: For refusing to take part in week 3's task, Ritchie was required to sit in the tank, and Jenna holding onto the rope keeping him dry.
- Challenge Reward: A naked sushi meal
- Challenge Winner: Yohan and Mel
- Challenge Loser: Mo and Kelsey. They were required to clean up the fish guts with toothbrushes.
- Quit: James and Kim mutually decided to quit the competition.
- Bottom Three: Daniel, Ritchie and Yohan
- Eliminated: Yohan (Mel left without him,but has got back with Yohan since the show aired)
Episode 5
First aired 29 November 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Affection
- Challenge: The tools and their girlfriends were required to take part in an all-weather kissathon. If they failed to adhere to the rules or stopped kissing, they were out.
- Challenge Reward: The chance to create a mould of a part of his girlfriend's body of his choosing.
- Challenge Winner: Billy and Gabi
- Bottom Three: The tools each voted for who they thought should go home - the top three were the ones at risk, and they were Chris, Daniel and Ritchie.
- Eliminated: Ritchie (Jenna decided to stay with him, but by their return in episode 7, they had split up)
Episode 6
First aired 6 December 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Appreciation
- Challenge: The tools and their girlfriends were required to jointly go on a treature hunt, with each of the three treasures having a different requirement, such as the tools being mute, the tools and their girlfriends being back to back and wearing an outfit which required them to move as one. The team that came back first and started a fire won.
- Challenge Reward: A back-to-nature pampering session performed by the losers.
- Challenge Winner: Daniel And Alanna
- Challenge Loser: Mo and Kelsey
- Bottom Three: Adam, Billy and Daniel
- Twist: Once the bottom three was announced, the tools were given two minutes to predict who was going home. If they were right, no-one went home. If they were wrong, both the tool selected and the tool who was already being sent home went home.
- Eliminated: Adam and Billy (both their Girlfriends stayed with them)
Episode 7
First aired 13 December 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Honesty.
- Challenge: The tools and their girlfriends had to take part in an obstacle course meant to represent the 6 stages of a relationship.
- Challenge Reward: An "OAP" date followed by a night together.
- Challenge Winner: Mo and Kelsey.
- Challenge Loser: Chris and Kelly (They had to have a liquidized dinner out of a straw).
- Twist: The expelled tools were brought back to decide who should be eliminated.
- Bottom Two: Chris and Daniel
- Eliminated: Daniel (Alanna stayed with him).
Episode 8
First aired 20 December 2011
- Lesson of the Week: Maturity
- Challenge: They had to work their way around all the stools in a village fete, with games such as welly throwing and splat the rat and collect tokens to become winners.
- Challenge Reward: They all won their own rewards due to the tokens they collected, Mo gave Kelsey a romantic meal, Chris gave Kelly a photo shoot and Leon gave Emma a romantic meal and included a proposal, which Emma accepted.
- Challenge Winner: Leon and Emma, who collected 280 points.
- Challenge Loser: Mo and Kelsey
- Third: Chris (Kelly decided to stay with him,but by the reunion,they had split up)
- Second: Mo (Kelsey decided to stay with him)
- Graduated: Leon (Emma decided to stay with him)