Escape from Scorpion Island

Escape from Scorpion Island was a

The show has been presented by 3 different sets of presenters; Caroline Flack and Reggie Yates (series 1), JK and Joel (series 2–3) and Myleene Klass and Johny Pitts (series 4–5). The show ran for five series across four years before being cancelled in 2011 following the end of BBC's and ABC's partnership.

Format

A number of adventurers, aged 11–14 and from either the UK or Australia, are brought to a fictional island called 'Scorpion Island', a tropical and exotic island that appears to have a mind of its own. Once on the island the adventurers are divided into two teams, usually either 'Team Sting' or 'Team Claw', though series 3 featured a third team called 'Team Venom', and for the first half of series 5 the teams were boys vs girls. The number of adventures on each team are usually fixed, though a team may lose, gain and swap members as the show goes on, depending on the series. The ultimate goal of each series for each team is to escape the island, so along the way the teams compete in various challenges to better their chances of escaping the island. Whoever wins the final challenge escapes the island while the losing team(s) are left behind.

The show has been filmed in a variety of different locations and each series introduces different challenges and storylines. The challenges were usually a mix of both mental challenges and main physical challenges, and the challenges are done in either small teams or individually. Sometimes a team who is successful in the first challenge gets an advantage in the following challenge, such as a time bonus. Examples of the challenges faced throughout are:

• Transporting certain objects from one area to another while suspended in the air on wires
• Climbing/abseiling down a rock or cliff-face
• Completing a large jigsaw puzzle
• Collecting objects/running down an assault course
• Driving an off-road buggy around a track
• Swimming down a river or area of water while collecting objects
• Filling a funnel with water so the object floats to the top
• Assembling a raft and then paddling
• Throwing an object at a target to score the most
• Pulling objects up a hill with ropes
• Various mental and arithmetic puzzles

The final escape consisted of bigger, more tougher challenges done in multiple stages where everyone on each team is involved, and whoever wins each stage would get an advantage in the following stage and so on until the final round where the winning team escape the island.

Series overview

Series 1 (2007)

The first series ran on BBC One from 3 September 2007 to 21 September 2007 and was presented by Caroline Flack and Reggie Yates and filmed in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil.^[2][4]

• 10 Adventurers
• 3 Weeks
• 1 Island

Series 2 (2008)

Series Two premiered on 28 September 2008 on

• 10 Adventurers
• 5 Powers (
  Bravery, Speed, Strength and Stamina
  )
• 1 Island

Series Five premiered on 11 March 2011 on ABC3. It was hosted by Myleene Klass and Johny Pitts and was filmed in Tallebudgera Valley, Queensland, Australia in April 2010.^[5] The series premiered on BBC 2 on 16:05 on 20 May 2011 and concluded on 25 July.

• 10 Adventurers
• 2 Teams (Originally – Boys and Girls) (Final – Sting and Claw)
• 1 Island

See also

• Endurance – A similar American Reality Competition series.

References

External links

• Escape from Scorpion Island at BBC Online
• Escape from Scorpion Island at UKGameshows.com