Survivor (British TV series) series 1
Survivor | |
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Series 1 | |
Presented by |
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No. of days | 40 |
No. of castaways | 16 |
Winner | Charlotte Hoborough |
Runner-up | Jackie Carey |
Location | Pulau Tiga, Sabah , Malaysia |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Release | |
Original network | Survivor: Panama |
The first series of
The series was set in the
Production
The series premiered on
Contestants
There were 16 contestants, divided into two tribes, Helang and Ular. After six contestants were eliminated, the tribes were merged to form one tribe, Sekutu. The final seven eliminated contestants made up the jury that decided who would be the winner.
Contestant | Age | From | Tribe | Finish | ||
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Original | Merged | Placement | Day | |||
Nick Carter | 38 | Gedling, England |
Ular | 1st voted out | Day 4 | |
Jennifer "J.J." Adams | 37 | Barry, Wales |
Helang | 2nd voted out | Day 7 | |
Uzma Bashir Sheikh | 30 | Croxley Green, England |
3rd voted out | Day 10 | ||
Sarah Odell | 30 | Fulham, England |
Ular | 4th voted out | Day 13 | |
Jayne Maylar | 47 | Steyning, England |
Helang | 5th voted out | Day 16 | |
Adrian Bauckham | 22 | Gravesend, England |
6th voted out | Day 19 | ||
Simon Dunkley | 35 | Sutton Coldfield, England |
Sekutu | 7th voted out | Day 22 | |
Andy Fairfield | 41 | Syresham, England |
8th voted out 1st jury member |
Day 25 | ||
James Stroud | 40 | Wimbledon, England |
9th voted out 2nd jury member |
Day 28 | ||
Peter "Pete" Farrar | 30 | Stockport, England |
Ular | 10th voted out 3rd jury member |
Day 31 | |
Zoe Lyons | 29 | London, England |
11th voted out 4th jury member |
Day 34 | ||
Eve Holding | 30 | Wantage, England |
12th voted out 5th jury member |
Day 37 | ||
Michael "Mick" Easton | 55 | Dartford, England |
13th voted out 6th jury member |
Day 38 | ||
Richard Owen | 33 | Cardiff, Wales |
14th voted out 7th jury member |
Day 39 | ||
Jackie Carey | 31 | Woking, England |
Runner-up | Day 40 | ||
Charlotte Hobrough | 24 | Rhoose, Wales |
Helang | Ultimate Survivor |
Season summary
Episode | Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | |||
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No. | Air date | Reward | Immunity | Tribe | Player |
1 | 21 May 2001 | None | Helang[a] | Ular | Nick |
2 | 24 May 2001 | Ular | Ular | Helang | J.J. |
3 | 28 May 2001 | Ular | Ular | Helang | Uzma |
4 | 31 May 2001 | Helang | Helang | Ular | Sarah |
5 | 4 June 2001 | Helang | Ular[b] | Helang | Jayne |
6 | 7 June 2001 | Ular | Ular | Helang | Adrian |
7 | 11 June 2001 | None[c] | Andy | Sekutu | Simon |
8 | 18 June 2001 | James [Andy] |
Pete | Andy | |
9 | 25 June 2001 | Survivor auction |
Richard | James | |
10 | 2 July 2001 | Pete | Richard | Pete | |
11 | 9 July 2001 | Richard [Charlotte] |
Eve | Zoe | |
12 | 16 July 2001 | Eve | Richard | Eve | |
13 | 23 July 2001 | None | Richard | Mick | |
Charlotte | Richard |
- ^ Although Ular finished first, they failed to light one of the torches resulting in them being disqualified and Helang winning the challenge.
- ^ Although Helang finished first, one of their tribe members failed to complete the obstacle course, resulting in them being disqualified, and Ular winning the challenge.
- ^ There was no reward challenge due to the merge.
Voting history
Original tribes | Merged tribe | |||||||||||||||
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Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
Day | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 38 | 39 | ||
Tribe | Ular | Helang | Helang | Ular | Helang | Helang | Sekutu | Sekutu | Sekutu | Sekutu | Sekutu | Sekutu | Sekutu | Sekutu | ||
Eliminated | Nick | Tie[a] | J.J. | Uzma | Sarah | Jayne | Adrian | Simon | Andy | James | Pete | Tie[b] | Zoe | Eve | Mick | Richard |
Vote | 5–3 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 4–2–1 | 5-2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 6–2–1–1 | 6–2–1 | 6–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 3–3 | Countback[b] | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
Voter | Votes | |||||||||||||||
Charlotte | J.J. | J.J. | Jayne | Jayne | James | Eve | Richard | Zoe | Eve | Zoe | 1 vote[b] | Eve | Mick | Richard | ||
Jackie | Nick | Sarah | Simon | Andy | James | Pete | Zoe | Eve | Mick | Richard | ||||||
Richard | Nick | Sarah | Simon | Andy | James | Pete | Zoe | Eve | Mick | Jackie | ||||||
Mick | Jackie | Sarah | Simon | Andy | James | Pete | Charlotte | Eve | Jackie | |||||||
Eve | Nick | Zoe | Simon | Andy | James | Pete | Charlotte | Jackie | ||||||||
Zoe | Nick | Sarah | Simon | Andy | James | Pete | Charlotte | 5 votes[b] | ||||||||
Pete | Jackie | Sarah | Simon | Andy | James | Charlotte | ||||||||||
James | J.J. | J.J. | Uzma | Jayne | Adrian | Zoe | Richard | Mick | ||||||||
Andy | Uzma | Uzma | Uzma | Jayne | Adrian | Zoe | Jackie | |||||||||
Simon | Uzma | J.J. | Uzma | Jayne | Adrian | Richard | ||||||||||
Adrian | J.J. | J.J. | Jayne | Jayne | James | |||||||||||
Jayne | Uzma | Uzma | Uzma | Adrian | ||||||||||||
Sarah | Nick | Zoe | ||||||||||||||
Uzma | J.J. | None[c] | James | |||||||||||||
J.J. | Uzma | None[c] | ||||||||||||||
Nick | Jackie |
Jury vote | ||
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Episode | 14 | |
Day | 40 | |
Finalist | Charlotte | Jackie |
Votes | 7–0 | |
Juror | Vote | |
Richard | ||
Mick | ||
Eve | ||
Zoe | ||
Pete | ||
James | ||
Andy |
- Notes
- ^ The first Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
- ^ a b c d The first Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. The tied castaways were involved on a Tribal Council countback was called as a tiebreaker. Charlotte had one previous vote but Zoe had five, therefore Zoe was eliminated.
- ^ a b J.J. and Uzma were not eligible to vote in the second Tribal Council vote.
Ratings
The series was perceived as being not very popular with UK viewers.[5] Despite Survivor receiving initial media hype, the debut episode opened with 6.6 million viewers, which was seen as a disappointment for ITV.[6] Despite the figures, an ITV spokesperson said: "We couldn't have hoped for anything better. We never expected 10m on the first night although we hope it will build to this. You have got to remember that we introduced 16 strangers and a complicated gameshow to the audience and we are confident it will grow. It's already a massive talking point, making the front pages."[6]
Ratings for the series then dropped to an average of 5 million, which was half of the audience that the network had expected.[7] In response, ITV made the decision to transmit less episodes per week to allow the hype for the series to grow.[8] However, their change failed to have an impact on viewing figures.[9] Nevertheless, the finale of the first series garnered 7.7 million viewers, peaking at 9 million.[10] Despite being low in ratings by ITV's expectations, Survivor was the most watched reality television series in the UK at its time of airing, such as Big Brother.[11] After the first series had concluded, Julia Lamaison, ITV's Head of Strategy, admitted that the network were too hopeful with their expectations for the series. They had hoped for a series average of 12 million viewers, accrediting their hopefulness to the success of the series in America. Lamaison also admitted that ITV had not supported Survivor enough in the first series, particularly with the time slot and the scheduling.[12]
References
- ^ "How to survive Survivor". BBC. 17 May 2001. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Charlotte wins £1m Survivor". BBC News. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "How to survive Survivor". BBC News. 17 May 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Why Survivor deserves a second chance on UK television". Digital Spy. 1 May 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "BBC top ITV ratings for first time". Daily Mirror. 2 February 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2008. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Survivor makes disappointing debut". Digital Spy. 22 May 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Survivor to be cut back?". Digital Spy. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "ITV confirms Survivor shift". Digital Spy. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Survivor fails to gather pace". Digital Spy. 6 June 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Survivor final draws 8m". Digital Spy. 26 July 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Survivor proves a TV dinosaur". BBC. 25 July 2001.
- ^ "Survivor 2 decision awaited". Digital Spy. 28 August 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2022.