Survival of the Fittest (TV series)

Survival of the Fittest
Genre Reality television
Created by ITV
Presented by Laura Whitmore
Narrated by Brennan Reece
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Richard Cowles
Producer(s) Sue Dunford
Production location(s) South Africa
Editor(s) Paul Newton
Running time 60–90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) ITV Studios
Release
Original network ITV2
Picture format HDTV
Audio format Stereo
Original release 11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) – present
External links
Website

Survival of the Fittest is a British reality TV series that premiered on ITV2 on 11 February 2018. The programme comes from the same production company that is behind Love Island.[1]

The series pits the girls and boys against each-other as a "Battle of the Sexes". They compete in various mental and physical challenges. The show is presented by Laura Whitmore,[2] and is narrated by Brennan Reece.

The series is filmed in South Africa with contestants living in a luxurious lodge. The series finished on 2 March 2018 with the girls being crowned the winners of Survival Of The Fittest. Mettisse was voted the fittest girl of the girls team and chose to spilt her £40,000 cash price with her team meaning each girl received £10,000.

The series was cancelled after one season, due to low ratings.[3]

Contestants

On 11 February 2018, 6 boys and 6 girls began competing in a battle of the sexes for a cash prize of £40,000.[4][5][6]

The boys and girls compete against each other in a series of team challenges throughout the series. The winning team will automatically be safe from elimination while the losing team will face the public vote. The opposing team will then decide who is to be eliminated among those who are not saved by the public vote. When a contestant is eliminated, a new contestant will join the lodge as replacement.

After Shanice's arrival on Day 16, there will be no more replacements as the public votes for the "fittest boy" and "fittest girl", and only 4 girls and 4 boys will make the final.

Boys' team

Name Age Hometown Entered Status
David Lundy 26 Surrey Day 1 Eliminated (Day 21)
James Middleton 24 Fulham Day 1 Eliminated (Day 21)
Tristan Jones 20 Manchester Day 1 Eliminated (Day 21)
Warren Phillips 30 Gloucester Day 1 Eliminated (Day 21)
Callum Pardoe 21 Pontypool Day 1 Eliminated (Day 19)
Tom Wilson 26 Nottingham Day 12 Eliminated (Day 17)
Joel Bennett 28 Manchester Day 8 Eliminated (Day 11)
Ryan Cleary 27 Manchester Day 1 Eliminated (Day 7)

Girls' team

Name Age Hometown Entered Status
Jenny West 31 Wigan Day 1 Winners (Day 21)
Mariam Musa 23 Surrey Day 1 Winners (Day 21)
Mettisse Campbell 21 Sheffield Day 4 Winners (Day 21)
Sam Dewhurst 24 Manchester Day 6 Winners (Day 21)
Hayley Madigan 28 Portsmouth Day 14 Eliminated (Day 19)
Shanice Benstead 25 Surrey Day 16 Eliminated (Day 17)
Georgia Cole 25 Bristol Day 1 Eliminated (Day 15)
Sydney Devereaux 24 Essex Day 9 Eliminated (Day 13)
Lottie James 22 Wales Day 2 Eliminated (Day 9)
Georgie Clarke 25 London Day 1 Eliminated (Day 5)
Tia Latham 28 Buckinghamshire Day 1 Eliminated (Day 3)
Dani Mas-Dyer 21 London Day 1 Walked (Day 2)

Elimination chart

     Girls' team
     Boys' team
Team challenge
Contestant 1 2 3 4[n 1] 5 6 7[n 2] 8[n 3] 9[n 4] 10
Jenny SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE BOTTOM 4 SAFE IMMUNE WIN
Mariam BOTTOM 3 BOTTOM 4 WIN SAFE WIN BOTTOM 4 SAFE IMMUNE SAFE WIN
Mettisse Not in lodge BOTTOM 4 WIN SAFE WIN BOTTOM 4 BOTTOM 4 IMMUNE IMMUNE WIN
Sam Not in lodge WIN SAFE WIN BOTTOM 4 BOTTOM 2 BOTTOM 2 BOTTOM 2 WIN
David WIN WIN BOTTOM 3 WIN BOTTOM 4 WIN WIN IMMUNE BOTTOM 2 LOSE
James WIN WIN BOTTOM 3 WIN BOTTOM 4 WIN WIN SAFE SAFE LOSE
Tristan WIN WIN SAFE WIN BOTTOM 4 WIN WIN IMMUNE IMMUNE LOSE
Warren WIN WIN SAFE WIN SAFE WIN WIN SAFE IMMUNE LOSE
Callum WIN WIN SAFE WIN SAFE WIN WIN BOTTOM 2 ELIM
Hayley Not in lodge SAFE SAFE ELIM
Shanice Not in lodge ELIM
Tom Not in lodge WIN WIN ELIM
Georgia BOTTOM 3 SAFE WIN BOTTOM 2 WIN SAFE ELIM
Sydney Not in lodge WIN ELIM
Joel Not in lodge WIN ELIM
Lottie Not in lodge BOTTOM 4 WIN ELIM
Ryan WIN WIN ELIM
Georgie SAFE ELIM
Tia ELIM
Dani LEFT[n 5]

Notes

  1. ↑ There was no public vote after the team challenge. In a surprise twist, the winning boys' team was allowed to choose two girls to face elimination. The two chosen girls would compete head-to-head for survival, where only the winner will return to the lodge. The boys chose Georgia and Lottie. Lottie lost the challenge and was eliminated.
  2. ↑ There was no public vote after the team challenge. Every members in the losing girls' team would all need to compete in a survival challenge. Hayley was the best performing girl in the team challenge, so was immediately made safe. The winning boys' team was allowed to save another girl. They chose to save Mariam. Jenny and Mettisse won the first rounds of the challenge, leaving Sam and Georgia going head-to-head for survival. Georgia lost the challenge and was eliminated.
  3. ↑ All contestants faced the public vote regardless of winning or losing team challenge. Each team was given the chance to save two members of the opposing team from facing the public vote. The boys chose to save Mettisse and Mariam, whereas the girls decided to save Tristan and David. Tom and Shanice received the fewest votes and were eliminated immediately.
  4. ↑ All contestants faced the public vote. Each team was given the chance to save two members of their own team from facing the public vote, meaning they will be guaranteed a place in the final. The girls chose to save Jenny and Mettisse, whereas the boys decided to save Tristan and Warren.
  5. ↑ Dani left the lodge after sustaining an injury during the first team challenge. She was replaced by Lottie.

Ratings

Official ratings taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. These include both ITV2 and ITV2+1. Viewing figures shown are in millions.

Day 7–day data[7]
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Sunday 1.08 0.69 0.62
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

References

  1. ↑ Houghton, Rianne (14 December 2017). "Laura Whitmore to present ITV2's 'winter Love Island' Survival of the Fittest". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "When Does Survival Of The Fittest Start? The 'Winter love Island' Is Coming!". Heart.
  3. ↑ "ITV cancel Survival Of The Fittest".
  4. ↑ "Survival of the Fittest". ITV. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Survival of the Fittest: Boys Team". ITV. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Survival of the Fittest: Girls Team". ITV. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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