The Jump

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The Jump
Genre Reality
Format Competition
Presented by Davina McCall
Alex Brooker
Starring Graham Bell
Amy Williams
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards
Narrated by Barry Davies
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producer(s) Melanie Leach
Andrew Mackenzie
Rachel Watson
Tony Moulsdale
Abigail Adams
Location(s) Innsbruck, Austria
Running time 60–80 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) Twofour
GroupM Entertainment
Broadcast
Original channel Channel 4
Picture format 16:9 (HDTV)
Original run 26 January 2014 (2014-01-26) – 3 February 2014 (2014-02-03)
Chronology
Related shows The Games
Famous and Fearless
Splash!
External links
Website
Production website

The Jump is a British television series that follows celebrities as they try to master various winter sports including skeleton, bobsleigh, speed skating, ski cross and giant slalom. Davina McCall and Alex Brooker present the show, whilst Winter Olympic skier Graham Bell and skeleton gold medallist Amy Williams put the celebrities through training in the UK and Austria. Britain's first Olympic ski jumper, Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, appeared live on the show to demonstrate the ski jump.[1]

The series was won by singer Joe McElderry on 3 February 2014.[2]

Format

The show is broadcast live on public service broadcaster Channel 4, from Innsbruck in Austria. Each night, the two celebrities that record the slowest time or speed in each event face a live ski jump to keep their place in the competition. The events take place in different locations in Austria and are pre-recorded, so the celebrities don't know their times when they complete the event.

The show's working title was The Alpine Games.[3] It was initially taken to ITV in 2012, but was declined after it was deemed "too dangerous" by chiefs.[4]

Contestants

The twelve original celebrities taking part were revealed on 11 December 2013.[5]

Two of the original line-up withdrew from the show before it began. It was announced on 13 January 2014 that socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson had quit the show and been replaced by Laura Hamilton,[6] and actor Sam J. Jones withdrew the following day due to a shoulder injury. He was replaced by singer Ritchie Neville.[7]

Singer Joe McElderry and presenter Donal MacIntyre also trained as alternates in case somebody else pulled out.[8] Conway withdrew due to a hand injury, which led to McElderry joining the competition on 28 January (Day 3) after a live ski jump-off against MacIntyre, which he won. However the following day, MacIntyre joined as replacement for Messenger, who was forced to withdraw due to concussion. On 3 February 2014, prior to the evening's final, Sir Steve withdrew for the competition due to injuries he suffered during training.[9]

Celebrity Known for Status
Clarke, NickyNicky Clarke Celebrity hairdresser Eliminated 1st
on 26 January 2014
Childs, AmyAmy Childs Former The Only Way Is Essex star Eliminated 2nd
on 27 January 2014
Conway, HenryHenry Conway Socialite, party promoter, author and fashion journalist Withdrew
on 28 January 2014
Gough, DarrenDarren Gough Cricketer Eliminated 3rd
on 28 January 2014
Messenger, MelindaMelinda Messenger Glamour model and television presenter Withdrew
on 29 January 2014
, SinittaSinitta Singer and reality TV judge Eliminated 4th
on 29 January 2014
Hamilton, LauraLaura Hamilton Television presenter Eliminated 5th
on 30 January 2014
Wyatt, KimberlyKimberly Wyatt Singer and former member of the Pussycat Dolls Eliminated 6th
on 31 January 2014
Turner, AntheaAnthea Turner Television presenter Eliminated 7th
on 2 February 2014
Neville, RitchieRitchie Neville Five singer Eliminated 8th
on 2 February 2014
Redgrave, Sir SteveSir Steve Redgrave Retired British Olympic rower Withdrew
on 3 February 2014
Brigstocke, MarcusMarcus Brigstocke Comedian and actor Withdrew
on 3 February 2014
MacIntyre, DonalDonal MacIntyre Journalist and television presenter Runner-up
on 3 February 2014
McElderry, JoeJoe McElderry Former The X Factor singer Winner
on 3 February 2014

Live shows

The series began airing on 26 January 2014[10][11] for eight nights (except 1 February) until the final on 3 February 2014. During the live ski jump, the celebrities are given the option of three jumps – K15 (small), K24 (medium) or K40 with the largest. The celebrity that jumps the shortest distance is eliminated. From Day 5 onwards the K15 jump was removed from the competition.

Results summary

Colour key
     –Celebrity did not take part in this event
     –Celebrity recorded the slowest time/speed in that event and had to perform a live ski jump
     –Celebrity recorded the fastest time/speed in each event
Daily results per celebrity[12]
Celebrity Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 61 Day 8 Day 9 Number
of events
Event 1 Event 2 Event Final
Joe McElderry Not in competition2 N/A 4th
59.87		 2nd 3rd
111.01		 Won 2nd Winner 5
Donal MacIntyre Not in competition3 8th
DQ		 3rd 4th
110.33		 Lost 1st Runner-up 5
Marcus Brigstocke 2nd
44.75		 N/A 2nd
45.246		 N/A 5th
59.88		 1st 2nd
111.56		 Won DNF Withdrew
(Day 9)		 7
Sir Steve Redgrave 1st
39.30		 N/A 3rd
45.786		 N/A 1st
58.46		 DNS 1st
114.17		 Won Withdrew
(Day 9)		 5
Ritchie Neville 6th
54.79		 N/A 1st
44.814		 N/A 3rd
59.66		 5th 5th
110.23		 Lost Eliminated
(Day 8)		 6
Anthea Turner N/A 4th
45.413		 N/A 3rd
56.14		 6th
60.25		 6th 6th
103.83		 Lost Eliminated
(Day 8)		 6
Kimberly Wyatt N/A 1st
44.180		 N/A 1st
53.44		 2nd
59.56		 4th Eliminated
(Day 6)		 4
Laura Hamilton N/A 3rd
45.396		 N/A 2nd
55.70		 7th
60.25		 Eliminated
(Day 5)		 3
Sinitta N/A 6th
45.951		 N/A 4th
60.14		 Eliminated
(Day 4)		 2
Melinda Messenger N/A 2nd
44.604		 N/A Withdrew
(Day 4)		 1
Darren Gough 3rd
47.47		 N/A 4th
47.418		 Eliminated
(Day 3)		 2
Henry Conway 4th
47.77		 N/A Withdrew
(Day 3) 		1
Amy Childs N/A 5th
45.705		 Eliminated
(Day 2)		 1
Nicky Clarke 5th
53.21		 Eliminated
(Day 1)		 1
Live ski jump Clarke,
Neville		 Childs,
Sinitta		 Gough,
Redgrave		 Sinitta,
Turner		 Hamilton,
MacIntyre		 Neville,
Redgrave,
Turner,
Wyatt		 None MacIntryre,
Neville,
Turner		 None
Eliminated Nicky Clarke
K15
9.5m		 Amy Childs
K15
Did not jump		 Darren Gough
K15
12.0m		 Sinitta
K15
9.5m		 Laura Hamilton
K24
13.0m		 Kimberly Wyatt
K24
Foul		 Anthea Turner
K24
14.0m		 Donal MacIntyre
13.5m
K24
Ritchie Neville
K24
Foul
Reference(s) [13] [14] [15][16] [17][18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
  • ^1 There was no episode on Day 7 (1 February).
  • ^2 Due to Conway withdrawing due to injury, McElderry joined the competition after winning a live ski-jump against Donal MacIntyre on Day 3.[15]
  • ^3 Due to Messenger's withdrawal, McIntyre joined the competition on Day 4.[17]

Episode details

Episode 1 (26 January)

Order Celebrity Time
(seconds)		 Leaderboard Result
1 Darren Gough 47.74 3rd Safe
2 Ritchie Neville 54.79 6th Bottom two
3 Marcus Brigstocke 44.75 2nd Safe
4 Henry Conway 47.77 4th Safe
5 Sir Steve Redgrave 39.30 1st Safe
6 Nicky Clarke 53.21 5th Bottom two
Live ski jump details
Order Celebrity Type Distance
(metres)		 Result
1 Ritchie Neville K15 11.0 Safe
2 Nicky Clarke K15 9.5 Eliminated

Episode 2 (27 January)

Order Celebrity Time
(seconds)		 Leaderboard Result
1 Sinitta 45.951 6th Bottom two
2 Anthea Turner 45.413 4th Safe
3 Melinda Messenger 44.604 2nd Safe
4 Kimberly Wyatt 44.180 1st Safe
5 Laura Hamilton 45.369 3rd Safe
6 Amy Childs 45.705 5th Bottom two
Live ski jump details
Order Celebrity Type Distance
(metres)		 Result
1 Amy Childs K15 N/A Eliminated
2 Sinitta K15 10.0 Safe

Episode 3 (28 January)

At the beginning of the show it was revealed that Conway had to pull out of the competition due to injury during training for the Skeleton. It was then revealed that Joe McElderry and Donal MacIntyre had been training as standbys, and that one of them would join the competition to replace Conway. They both had to complete a live ski-jump, with the celebrity jumping the furthest joining the competition. They both jumped from the K24, with McElderry jumping 15.0 meters and MacIntyre jumping 11.5 meters meaning that McElderry joined the competition to replace Conway.[15]

Order Celebrity Time
(seconds)		 Leaderboard Result
1 Marcus Brigstoke 45.246 2nd Safe
2 Darren Gough 47.418 4th Bottom two
3 Sir Steve Redgrave 45.786 3rd Bottom two
4 Ritchie Neville 44.814 1st Safe
Live ski jump details
Order Celebrity Type Distance
(metres)		 Result
1 Darren Gough K15 12.0 Eliminated
2 Sir Steve Redgrave K24 14.5 Safe

Episode 4 (29 January)

At the start of the show it was announced that Messenger had to pull out due to concussion during training for the Bobsleigh event. She was replaced by Donal MacIntyre who initially lost out to McElderry in the ski-jump on Day 3.[17]

Order Celebrity Time
(seconds)		 Leaderboard Result
1 Kimberly Wyatt 53.44 1st Safe
2 Laura Hamilton 55.70 2nd Safe
3 Sinitta 60.14 4th Bottom two
4 Anthea Turner 56.14 3rd Bottom two
Live ski jump details
Order Celebrity Type Distance
(metres)		 Result
1 Sinitta K15 9.5 Eliminated
2 Anthea Turner K24 11.0 Safe

Episode 5 (30 January)

From this point onwards the K15 jump was removed from the competition. Although Redgrave took part in the event, he was not present during the live show following an accident which happened after the event took place.

Order Celebrity Time
(seconds)		 Leaderboard Result
1 Ritchie Neville 59.66 3rd Safe
2 Kimberly Wyatt 59.56 2nd Safe
3 Donal MacIntyre DQ 8th Bottom two
4 Marcus Brigstoke 59.88 5th Safe
5 Joe McElderry 59.87 4th Safe
6 Anthea Turner 60.24 6th Safe
7 Sir Steve Redgrave 58.46 1st Safe
8 Laura Hamilton 60.25 7th Bottom two
Live ski jump details
Order Celebrity Type Distance
(metres)		 Result
1 Donal MacIntyre K24 13.5 Safe
2 Laura Hamilton K24 13.0 Eliminated

Episode 6 (31 January)

Order Celebrity Heat 1 Semi-final Final Result
N/A Marcus Brigstoke 1st 1st 1st Safe
Joe McElderry 2nd 2nd 2nd Safe
Donal MacIntyre 3rd 3rd 3rd Safe
Ritchie Neville 5th 5th N/A Bottom three
Anthea Turner 6th N/A N/A Bottom three
Kimberly Wyatt 4th 4th 4th Bottom three
Live ski jump details
Order Celebrity Type Distance
(metres)		 Result
1 Anthea Turner K24 13.0 Safe
2 Ritchie Neville K24 11.5 Safe
3 Kimberly Wyatt K24 Foul Eliminated
4 Sir Steve Redgrave K24 9.0 Safe

Episode 7: Semi-final (2 February)

Order Celebrity Speed skiing Slalom Result
Speed
(kph)		 Leaderboard Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
1 Donal MacIntyre 110.33 4th Joe Joe N/A Bottom three
2 Joe McElderry 111.01 3rd Safe
3 Ritchie Neville 110.23 5th Marcus Marcus N/A Bottom three
4 Marcus Brigstoke 111.56 2nd Safe
5 Anthea Turner 108.83 6th Sir Steve Sir Steve N/A Bottom three
6 Sir Steve Redgrave 114.17 1st Safe
Live ski jump details
Order Celebrity Type Distance (metres) Result
Jump 1 Jump 2
1 Donal MacIntyre K24 15.5 17.5 Safe
2 Ritchie Neville K24 16.0 Foul Eliminated
3 Anthea Tuner K24 14.0 N/A Eliminated

Episode 8: Final (3 February)

Order Celebrity Race 1 Race 2 Result
N/A Donal MacIntyre 2nd 1st Safe
Joe McElderry 1st DNF Safe
Marcus Brigstocke DNF N/A Withdrew
Live ski jump details
Order Celebrity Type Distance
(metres)		 Result
1 Donal MacIntyre K24 12.0 Runner up
4 K24 13.5
2 Joe McElderry K24 15.0 Winner
3 K40 17.5

Reception

Critical reception

The Jump received negative reviews from viewers and critics alike. Sally Newall of The Independent called it "a bonkers, scary mash-up of Big Brother and Ski Sunday",[23] whilst Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy said "It was more painful than a snowball in the mouth."[24] In a one-star review, The Daily Telegraph's Michael Hogan "We were promised celebrities risking life and limb on The Jump. What we actually got was publicity-seeking C-listers plopping off a ski jump so small that it could double as a speed bump or playground slide. It all put the anti-climactic icing on a deeply disappointing cake."[25] Jonathan Whiley said that, "This is reality TV taken to its limits; manufactured, emotionless crap wheeled out through desperation. I'm usually all for that mind, providing it throws up entertainment which this, sadly, lacks from start to finish."[26]

Ratings

Official ratings are taken from BARB[27] and include Channel 4 +1.

The first episode of The Jump brought in 2.3 million viewers, an 8.4% share.[28]

Episode Date Official rating
(millions)[27]		 Share (%)
1 26 January 3.04 8.4
2 27 January TBA
3 28 January TBA
4 29 January TBA
5 30 January TBA
6 31 January TBA
7 2 February TBA
8 3 February TBA

References

  1. ↑ "Channel 4 revealed the famous faces preparing to take The Jump". Channel 4 Press. Retrieved 11 December 2013. 
  2. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s231/the-jump/news/a548664/joe-mcelderry-wins-channel-4s-the-jump.html
  3. ↑ "Channel 4 hits the piste with live TV series The Alpine Games (w/t)". Channel 4 Press. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013. 
  4. ↑ Methven, Nicola (25 January 2014). "ITV rejected Channel 4's The Jump two years ago for being "too dangerous"". Daily Mirror (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  5. ↑ Wightman, Catriona (11 December 2013). "Steve Redgrave, Amy Childs, Sinitta for C4 winter sports show The Jump". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 11 December 2013. 
  6. ↑ Eames, Tom (13 January 2014). "Tara Palmer-Tomkinson quits Channel 4's The Jump, Laura Hamilton joins". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 14 January 2014. 
  7. ↑ Wightman, Catriona (14 January 2014). "The Jump: Sam Jones out with injury, 5ive's Ritchie Neville steps in". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 14 January 2014. 
  8. ↑ Daly, Emma (26 January 2014). "The Jump: Singer Joe McElderry and journalist Donal MacIntyre on standby". Radio Times (Immediate Media Company). Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  9. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-jump-sir-steve-redgrave-pulls-out-of-channel-4-final-after-training-injuries-9104446.html
  10. ↑ Grahama, Allison. "The Jump Series 1 - Episode 1". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 January 2014. 
  11. ↑ Scott, Matt (15 January 2014). "Confirmed: C5 moves Celeb BB final to Tuesday 28th". bbspy. Retrieved 15 January 2014. 
  12. ↑ http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-jump/articles/all/latest-news
  13. ↑ Rigby, Sam (26 January 2014). "The Jump: Nicky Clarke eliminated after first event". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  14. ↑ Drewett, Meg (27 January 2014). "The Jump: Amy Childs eliminated after second event". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Taylor, Frances (28 January 2014). "Joe McElderry joins The Jump, Henry Conway out with broken bone". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 28 January 2014. 
  16. ↑ Taylor, Frances (28 January 2014). "Darren Gough exits The Jump". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 28 January 2014. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 >http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s231/the-jump/news/a547568/the-jump-melinda-messenger-pulls-out-with-concussion.html
  18. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s231/the-jump/news/a547590/the-jump-sinitta-eliminated-after-fourth-event.html
  19. ↑ "The Jump: Laura Hamilton eliminated after fifth event". Digital Spy. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014. 
  20. ↑ "The Jump: Kimberly Wyatt eliminated after sixth event". Digital Spy. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014. 
  21. ↑ "The Jump: Anthea Turner, Ritchie Neville eliminated in semi-final". Digital Spy. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014. 
  22. ↑ "Joe McElderry wins Channel 4's The Jump". Digital Spy. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  23. ↑ Newall, Sally (27 January 2014). "A bonkers, scary mash-up of Big Brother and Ski Sunday". The Independent (Independent Print Limited). Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  24. ↑ Fletcher, Alex (26 January 2014). "The Jump review: Worse than a snowball in the mouth". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  25. ↑ Hogan, Michael (27 January 2014). "The Jump, Channel 4: episode one review". The Daily Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group). Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  26. ↑ Whiley, Jonathan (27 January 2014). "TV review: Channel 4's The Jump with Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards is off-piste from start to finish". Gloucestershire Echo (Local World). Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing/weekly-top-30?_s=4
  28. ↑ Eames, Tom (27 January 2014). "Call the Midwife stays strong with 9.2 million on Sunday". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 

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