In the first ever episode of Survivor, 16 contestants prepare for the experience of a lifetime. Before they jump off the boat and row to the island of Pulau Tiga, they are split into two tribes: ""Helang"", meaning Eagle, in which Jayne, JJ, Adrian, Uzma, Andy, Simon, Charlotte, and James were put into and ""Ular"", meaning Snake, in which Eve, Jackie, Mick, Zoe, Pete, Richard, Sarah and Nick were put into. Once Ular have arrived at the island, Nick shows himself out to be a leader, and Richard and Jackie make a secret alliance, vowing to keep it all the way through. Meanwhile, Helang member JJ can't seem to hold her tongue. After one more day of settling in, it's the first Immunity Challenge. Whichever tribe loses the challenge will be taken to Tribal Council to vote somebody off. There has already been bitching by some Helang members about Jayne, and hints of alliances over on Ular Beach. Surely Tribal Council will solve at least one tribe's problems... The challenge is simple. They must
As a new day dawns, Jackie cannot believe that her fellow Ular members decided to vote off the natural leader Nick rather than her, but is still worried that she will be next. On Helang Beach, Andy says that he is glad that JJ is playing the leadership role, rather than himself - this means that he will not stick out in the tribe, which should mean that he won't be voted off. At the first Reward Challenge, a few faces looked like they just wanted to go home! Each contestant must eat a maggot like creature. Once everyone has had their ""dinner"", Mark Austin announces another twist. Each tribe must nominate the most squeamish member of the opposite tribe, and Jackie and Uzma were chosen. They had to eat two grubs without water and the first to swallow won. Jackie swallows first, and Ular are presented with strawberries and ice cream. The next day, Helang's hunger pains result in them eating a dead rat, but some disgusted tribe members say that they'd rather die than eat a rat. At the Immu
It's now been a week on Survivor island, and the split on Helang Beach between the younger and older members is becoming more apparent - with Charlotte reluctant to be bullied by the older members. But, Ular seems to be united, with no obvious splits in the tribe. The morning's Reward Challenge is more of a test of the tribes' organisation. Each member has to put on a T shirt, which has a letter printed on it. Then, they must stand on a log and organise themselves to spell out as many words as possible. Ular wins - and they are presented with the equipment to catch and kill fish, as well as tins of food. This leaves Andy unhappy, as he says that some of his fellow tribe-mates seem to have came for a holiday. The next day, Helang discuss what they are doing wrong, and they decide to be strong, united and organised for the Immunity Challenge. But, when it comes to Immunity Challenge, Helang's promises don't prove to be enough to win. The two tribes must swim out to sea, and drag a treasu
Torrential rain leaves the tribes discontented, soaking everything, and bringing the rats into Ular's shelter. Meanwhile, it hits Helang that they have lost four challenges in a row - they must win this one to prove themselves. The older members discuss voting off Charlotte next, to get rid of the youths, and to progress in the game themselves. Meanwhile, Zoe is beginning to get on Eve's nerves, on Ular beach. At the Reward Challenge, Helang are determined to win. The challenge is this: A square maze has been set up on a pivot, and the tribes must gather round the maze on their turn, and guide a ball around to the end of the maze, without it falling into any of the holes. The tribe who gets the ball the furthest wins. On their second attempt, Helang get a winning 21 points, and they are presented with three chickens, to do with what they wish. (It was Andy's job to kill the chickens). The next day, Helang's Adrian and Jayne continue to irritate each other. Jayne says that he is lazy an
The weather worsens, and there is a lot of tension on Ular Beach, with Eve furious after being tricked by Richard and Jackie. Eve announces that she is not going to bother to pretend to be friends with Jackie any more. Helang share what they would be normally doing on a Saturday morning, and Jayne is disgusted at Adrian's confession that he would use his mobile from his bed to ring his Mum, to ask for some breakfast. At the Reward Challenge, they must dive into the sea to gather letters, and form words. Helang ends up as the winner, and they win Alphabet Spaghetti, beer and chocolate. Charlotte is delighted by the chocolate, and the rest of the tribe worries that she will eat it all herself! A jealous Ular rename Charlotte ""Bikini Babe"". The next day, a tiring Immunity Challenge followed. Each tribe had to pick five members to run certain parts of an assault course. Helang end up getting to the end first, but Mark Austin informs the tribes that Helang's James had made a mistake - he ha
Feeling that the Survivors thought that their life on the island was in too much of a routine, the production team decided to wake them up a 5 AM to take part in the Reward Challenge. Their challenge was to pretend that they wanted to get off the island, and construct a distress signal on their beaches, using whatever they could find. Adrian was reluctant to get involved, saying that the challenge was ""stupid"". Andy told the cameras that he wasn't prepared to ""carry Adrian any longer"" and he also had things to say about Charlotte, as he said that she will express her opinions whether or not they are useful or not. Ular were more organised, as usual, and their distress signal was coming along nicely. Helang's Charlotte was getting tired of running around in the blazing sun, and started to feel faint. Adrian spent the whole morning doing nothing, with his hands on his hips. The Reward Challenge was judged by an expert, who flew over both beaches with Mark Austin. It was decided that Ular
It's the day that Helang have been dreading - Tribal Merger. They have guessed that their chances of winning £1 million have gone, as they highly suspect that they will be voted off one by one, by Ular members. Before the tribes merge, Helang and Ular go to visit each other's beaches, in order to see where they would rather stay. Helang are extremely impressed with Ular's beach, and Ular say that Helang's beach is a complete pig sty, and refuse to stay there. Once the beaches have been inspected, the tribes both meet Mark Austin, where they must vote for where they want to stay. They all decide that they would rather stay on the former Ular beach. Mark tells them all to burn their old tribal colours - now they will be known as Sekutu - meaning ""merged"" or ""joined"". Mark Austin then gives them some bad news - their beaches have been dismantled, and instead of a Reward Challenge, they must build a new shelter for Sekutu to stay. Once the shelter is built, Sekutu spend most of the day tal
The tribes have been merged for four days, and Charlotte begins to miss home. She knows that she has no chance of winning, so she can't see the point in staying. Meanwhile, Eve starts to get annoyed at the amount of rice that is being cooked, saying that they won't have enough left to survive the remaining days if they continue. As old tribal loyalties still lie, ex-Ular members are making life as difficult as possible for the old Helang members. Eve and Charlotte finally clash over the rice, and Andy points out that Ular aren't being very bright, considering that the Jury, who will decide the winner, will be made up of some Helang members. At the Reward Challenge, the Survivors must dive into the sea, and stay down there as long as possible. The person who stays down the longest, will win the Reward. It's Andy who is the winner, and he is told that his Reward is a night of luxury that you would expect at a Five Star Hotel. He is also allowed to take someone from Sekutu with him, and h
On their first morning without Andy, Sekutu are still split. The old Ular tribe only have 2 more members of Helang to get rid of, and are still not being any nicer. Eve moans that the tribe has run around doing things for Charlotte and James, while they have been sat around doing nothing. Meanwhile, Charlotte has things to say herself about Eve, promising that she will do her best to make sure that Eve does not win the million. That morning's Reward Challenge made some mouths water. First of all, they had to throw darts at a target, and win money for their throws. With the Survivors having varying amounts of money, Mark Austin says that an auction will take place for food. Jackie suggests not outbidding each other, because this will mean that they will all be able to share the food when they get back to camp. Unfortunately, the Survivors change their mind when they see the pizzas and chocolate on offer, and they all begin to outbid each other. Zoe bids for, and wins, a short phone call
Pete continues to suffer. His weight means that he is not getting as much food as he should do, but Eve is continually annoyed by him saying this, adamant that the rations should be equal. Charlotte is also suffering from the lack of food. So, arrangements are made for the morning's Reward Challenge to be for food. The Survivors had to run races across beams suspended over the sea. Eve and Pete make the final of the challenge, and it is Pete who finally wins. His reward is a full English breakfast, which he is sure that he will enjoy on the following day. The next morning, while Pete has his reward, the others wonder whether he will give up his rice ration for the day. At the Immunity Challenge, it's the most important one so far for Charlotte, who must win in order to stay on the Island. The challenge is to dive into the sea, where there are 25 treasure chests - one containing an idol. The Survivor who get the idol wins Immunity. Richard is the lucky winner, so he cannot be voted off
The worst storm yet falls overnight, and the tribe wakes up commenting on the fact that it is more than a coincidence that on the night that Pete was stabbed in the back, they experience the worst storm yet. Jackie wonders whether she should use her new friendship with Charlotte to form a new alliance. She is aware of the bad feeling towards her, mostly coming from Eve, and she wants to get her own back. At the Reward Challenge, all of the Survivors are given short video clips of their families. Mark Austin announces that they will be competing for the chance to watch their own video in full. The challenge is to take part in a short assault course, and the person who got through first won the reward. Richard is the winner, but he decides to hand over the reward to Charlotte, because she seems to be missing home the most. Whether this was just a kind act, or a plan to get Charlotte's jury vote is unknown. Richard and Jackie decide to form an alliance with Charlotte, who is happy to join
Charlotte tells the cameras that after the previous night's Tribal Council, that Eve started to argue with Jackie, calling her names. Eve doesn't seem to like it when the vote doesn't go her way. She is feeling extremely vunerable now that her alliance has collapsed, and she says that she cannot stand three of the four people who she has been left with (the one who she does like being Mick). The tribe notices that a considerable amount of rice has gone missing, which leads to some suspicion among Sekutu. When the tomato ketchup goes missing, it's the last straw. When Eve is out of the way, the rest of Sekutu search through Eve's bag, finding the missing ketchup. The morning's Reward Challenge was another one about food. The tribe had to look in a mirror and guess how much weight that they had lost since arriving at Pulau Tiga. The contestant who is closest with the guess will win a huge chocolate cake. Eve ends up as the winner, and for once, Sekutu are united as they share the cake. T
With the £1 million getting ever closer, the next two days will be slightly different. There will be two Immunity Challenges and two Tribal Councils. Eve is still on the minds of the remaining four, as they still cannot believe the way that she behaved in the past few days. Mick is convinced that he will be leaving, since he put himself in the wrong alliance, and that only a miracle will help him now. Would this miracle come in the form of Immunity? The Immunity Challenge was an orienteering race. This is one of Mick's hobbies - is this his miracle? Obviously not, as he and Charlotte both head off in the wrong direction. Richard finally won. Richard finally tells Mick about him letting Pete in on the secret of Episode 10's vote. Jackie says that it will be a ""sad day for young and old when Mick leaves the island"". Mick later tells the others about where he managed to hide the sausages that he smuggled in. At Tribal Council, where Eve had taken her place at the Jury, after a few questio
In this live final episode of Survivor, the contestants reunite, with Jackie and Charlotte backstage. Mark Austin and John Leslie talk to the contestants, where all is revealed - Mick stole the rice in order to spread suspicion among his former tribemates. In between the interviews, we see Jackie and Charlotte's last night and day on the island, as they ponder on who will win the cash prize. The two women write their speeches to the Jury - the speech that could secure a £1 million prize. At Tribal Council, they both spoke to the Jury, both trying to convince the members that they were more deserving of the prize than the other. After the speeches, the Jury members had the chance to question the two contestants. Questions included, how they would spend the money, whether they felt that they deserved to be winners, and if they regretted any of their actions that led them to win £1 million. Then, back in the studio, we were shown the votes from the Jury.
Survivor is back, and this time the location is a group of islands off the coast of Panama. ITV is definately hoping for this series to bring in high ratings. This year, there are 12 contestants instead of 16, it has been scheduled in a later time slot, and the producers have hopefully planned some surprises. In this episode, we are introduced to the new contestants, and we are told that they will be split up and put onto North Island or South Island. North Island consists of Drew, Dave, Meeta, Tayfun, Helen and Alastair. South Island consists of Jonny, John, Susannah, Lee, Bridget and Sarah. One of these contestants will end up walking away with a £1 million prize and earn the title of Ultimate Survivor.
As life on the islands go on without Sarah, two contestants have secrets that they don't want their tribes to find out about. North's John is keeping his past as a marine a secret. Meanwhile, North's Alastair is keeping a similar secret - he used to be a RAF Survival Combat Officer, and he also wants to keep this from his tribe. And Lee worries that Susannah isn't as faithful to their alliance as he first thought. Tree mail gives the tribes news of their first Reward Challenge - this leads Tayfun to think that they will be rescuing one of their tribe using a canoe. But, after Tayfun accidentally lost their machete, North Tribe don't think he's an expert at the game, and near enough ignore him. Before the challenge, with Lee out of the way for a while, Susannah hints to John and Jonny that she would rather be in an alliance with them than Lee. As the tribes gather at Salt Creek for their challenge, it seems that Tayfun's interpretation of their tree mail is correct. Both tribes have to
South's Bridget is convinced that she will be the next person off the island, if her tribe lose Immunity again. Meanwhile, on North Island, Tayfun is becoming increasingly isolated from the rest of his tribe. The Reward Challenge is simple. Inside two treasure chests are blocks of ice. The tribes have to get the ice to melt, without smashing it, to get out a flag. The first tribe to raise the flag wins. South's Jonny took the ice into the sea to melt it, which proved effective, and South won the challenge. They were rewarded with a leg of lamb, a diver's knife, flippers, a snorkel and goggles. The next day, the high seas cause trouble for North Tribe, as they threaten to destroy their camp. Dave is continually annoyed by the fact that Tayfun does not help out around the camp as much as himself and Alistair do. Meanwhile, on South Island, Bridget tells the cameras that they must win this Immunity Challenge, because their tribe could not cope with losing another member. Meeta finally tel
South Tribe know that the next two challenges are important. If they don't win Immunity, they will go into next episode's Tribal Merger at a disadvantage, and will most likely be voted off one by one by the stronger North Tribe. The Reward Challenge gives the tribes a chance to get to know each other better. So far, the only times when North and South have been together have been together has been on the boat, and when competing against each other. This is about to change. Both tribes have to nominate one of their own to go over to the opposite island to find out as much as possible. The two ""ambassadors"" will then be quizzed on the other tribe. North's Helen volunteers herself to go over, and South decide that Susannah is the best at remembering things. They are both soon flown over to the other tribe by helicopter. Susannah brings three gifts over to North Island - a mini-football for the boys, their most prized possesion - a conch shell, and a pair of Lee's underpants that he left b
The tribes wake up on Day 14, knowing that Tribal Merger is fast approaching. Both tribes go to tree mail, where a present has been left for them - a video camera, for them to record the memories of their islands. On Day 15, they will be packing up and never coming back. The contestants thoroughly enjoy themselves with the camera, which takes their mind off the worries of the upcoming merger. But, talk soon turns to the opposite tribes. South's Jonny jokes about North's Helen - saying that she would blow the prize money on buying a house for her mother. South Tribe also agree that Dave would spend the money on several Newcastle United season tickets. As dawn breaks the next day, it is time for North and South tribes to pack up and leave their islands. They will never stay at these islands again for the rest of Survivor. They canoe to their new island (Isla Popa) where they are met by Mark Nicholas. As the rain pours down, he informs them of what is to come. They will no longer be two t
Columbus' second Reward Challenge gets underway - and it is a ""noughts and crosses"" type game called Broken Spears. When taking over a player's spot, the contestants must break each other's spears, but the contestants are allowed to plead for mercy. Drew is the winner, but later admits that it was all down to luck. Her reward is a tin of food, sleeping bag, and dishes & cutlery. After the challenge, the friction between Bridget and ex-North continues. Bridget argues with Drew about how to serve the chicken, leaving the rest of ex-South very concerned. They talk amongst themselves over how Bridget seems to have become a different person since the merger, and it making herself a target. If Bridget is voted off - it is very likely that the rest of ex-South will be voted off one by one by ex-North. They all come to the decision to have a word with Bridget later that day, leaving her another two days to make a fresh start before Tribal Council. Susannah waits until nightfall to talk to Brid
As the sun rises on Day 21, the three remaining members of ex-North are missing Helen. Bridget is finding it difficult living with the the people who voted for her on the previous night. Alastair admits to feeling vunerable, now that his tribe are in the minority, and he is likely to be the next target for elimination. Ex-South warn Bridget that Alastair will try to approach her for an alliance within the next three days, and tell her not to fall for whatever they say. Bridget is still unaware of the fact that her ""friends"" were actually bitching about her on the log stand. Dave tells the cameras that he would like old tribal loyalties to disappear, and for all of the contestants to treat the tribe as one. Jonny and Bridget go to Tree Mail for information on the day's Reward Challenge. There is a gruesome clue - a dead spider. The Survivors are taken on a boat and a truck to the location of the day's challenge. They are brought to the entrance to La Gruta - a cave full of bats, and spi
More bad weather and food problems. Challenge involving bows and arrows.
As the sun rised on Day 27, no-one knew how hot the competition, and heat, would increase dramatically. With the departure of Drew, Dave is left as the only ex-north tribe member. He realises that if he has got any chance of surviving, he would have to break the ex-south tribe alliance, and his targets are Bridget and Susannah. Meanwhile, amongst the ex-south tribe, cracks are beginning to form. Susannah is the first to admit that there are tensions amongst them. Whereas John puts it into more words and says ""personality-wise, I'd rather have Dave any day of the week, rather than Bridget"". But is this enough to save the Geordie Dave? Everyone has a bad word to say about Bridget this week, Jonny calling her ""cocky"", whereas Susannah says that Bridget is showing her confidence more - but in a bad way. And if all this wasn't enough, a Cayman - a variety of Alligator - has been spotted in the creek. Braver Survivors that they are now, their reactions dont turn to alarm, but to hunger,
Day 31: It has now been a month since the survivors have been stranded on Bocas Del Torro, and now only four survivors remain, the former South tribe members; Susannah, Bridget, John and Jonny. Following Dave's departure, it has shown that alliances are stronger than ever, and the odds of winning that £1million pounds have shortened. Susannah putting the experience so far into her own words saying ""I feel a level of satisfaction and contentment that our plan has been entirely successfully"". Nonetheless she's aware that with the departure of the last former-North Islander, the ""game has changed massively"". Food is on the spotlight again, and the day ahead has been planned for them. A day never to be forgotten. This week's reward challenge involves that they must look at themselves in the mirror and guess how much weight they've lost in the month they've spent on the island. Each took a turn to look at themselves and guessed how much they had lost. Bridget was first and guessed 5kg. She
The first morning without Bridget dawns, with the camp feeling empty. Although things are a lot quieter, John says that he was not sorry to see her go. John confides in Jonny and Susannah that at the briefing 33 days earlier, he was worried about how young and fit everybody else looked. Tree Mail hints that the Reward Challenge will be a quiz - but with questions on whom? This question is answered when the three remaining contestants are greeted with the smiling faces of the Jury. They will be asked questions on the people who will decide their fate in a few days time. They have five markers placed in front of them - answer a question correctly, and they will move forward. Whoever gets to the fifth marker first, wins the Reward. Susannah takes an early lead, with questions on past challenges, and little things that may have passed them by. Susannah gets to the fifth marker - and wins the Reward. She has a choice - a pizza, fries, drink, and anything else on the menu from the local Popp
In this live final episode, Mark Nicholas recaps the events of the whole series, which left Susannah Moffat and Jonny Gibb as the final two Survivors. The twelve Survivors are reunited for the first time since they left Panama, and we see the final two days of Jonny and Susannah on the island of Isla Popa. Susannah started the day reflecting on the events of the last Tribal Council. She felt awful taking away the chance for John to win the prize money, but took Jonny through because she had been closer to him throughout. Jonny admits that he had his doubts about Susannah in the past, but is glad that she brought him through to the Final. Both Jonny and Susannah wonder how they would spend the prize money - both remembering to add that they would do some good with the money by helping charities. On Day 36, Susannah and Jonny plan their speeches - with Susannah having the advantage of a pencil and paper from the last Reward Challenge. Whose will make the biggest impact on the Jury? As Su
With the twelve contestants eagerly awaiting the final announcement live in the studio, Mark Nicholas presents the Tribal Council urn, in which lies the votes. First of all, he announces that the public vote was for Jonny, who pulled 89% of over 1 million votes. Susannah only managed to pull in 11%. One by one, the votes were shown to the audience. John voted for Jonny, stating that the prize could only have a negative effect on Susannah's personality, and hopes that Jonny will spend the money on getting a professional haircut! Surprisingly, Bridget also voted for Jonny to win the prize, as did Dave. It was official - 4 votes, so Jonny had won the £1 million prize. The other three votes were briefly shown - all for Jonny. Presented with a mallet, Jonny smashed open the glass case which contained his money - in cash. His life as a poor policeman was over.