Coach Trip series 9

Coach Trip
Season 9
No. of days	30
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Original release	27 January (2014-01-27) – 8 March 2014 (2014-03-08)
Additional information
Filming dates	September 2013 – October 2013
Series chronology

Coach Trip is a British reality television game show that involves ordinary couples, with a pre-existing relationship, board a coach and travel to destinations around Europe. Those who board the coach must also try to avoid periodic eliminations. The show was renewed for a ninth series following a lengthy hiatus; the eighth series aired back in 2012 before the London 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

It began on 27 January 2014, airing weekdays at 17:30 on Channel 4 from episodes 1 to 15, however was moved to an earlier timeslot of 17:00 from episodes 16 to 29 due to Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts. Due to the 2014 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony on Channel 4, episode 30 was instead aired on More4 at 12:10 on 8 March 2014. The ninth series saw Brendan Sheerin return as tour guide, as in all previous editions and Paul Donald continue as coach driver, with MT09 MTT the registration of the coach once again. Filming took place between September and October 2013. The ninth series includes visits to Sardinia, being the first series to do so.

Contestants

  Indicates the couple were aboard the coach

  Indicates that the couple were voted as the most popular couple and won series

  Indicates that the couple were voted as the second most popular couple

  Indicates that the couple were voted as the third most popular couple

Indicates the couple got a yellow card

Indicates the couple got a red card

Couple	Relationship	Trip Duration (Days)
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Kevin and Steve (original 7)	Executives from Folkestone						Eliminated 1st on 31 January 2014
Glen and Wendy (original 7)	Old friends from Nottingham							Eliminated 2nd on 3 February 2014
Kelly and Mark (original 7)	Partners from Manchester								Eliminated 3rd on 4 February 2014
Bill and Carol (replaced Glen and Wendy)	Friends from Ilkley	Not on coach									Walked 1st on 6 February 2014
Sandra and Silvana (original 7)	Mother and son's partner from East London										Eliminated 4th on 6 February 2014
Mandy and Margy (replaced Mark and Kelly)	Mother and daughter from Merseyside	Not on coach												Eliminated 5th on 11 February 2014
James and Tom (original 7)	Friends from Cowley														Eliminated 6th on 12 February 2014
James and Nicole (replaced James and Tom)	Friends from Crawley	Not on coach																	Walked 2nd on 18 February 2014
Ceci and Denise (replaced Sandra and Silvana)	Friends from Argyll	Not on coach																		Walked 3rd on 19 February 2014
Debbie and Nikki (replaced Mandy and Margy)	Friends from Birmingham	Not on coach																			Eliminated 7th on 20 February 2014
Ian and Karen (replaced James and Nicole)	Partners from Wrexham	Not on coach																					Eliminated 8th on 24 February 2014
Ben and Nick (replaced Kevin and Steve)	Friends from Billericay	Not on coach																						Eliminated 9th on 25 February 2014
Noreen and Stacey (replaced Ceci and Denise)	Friends from Manchester	Not on coach																								Walked 4th on 27 February 2014
Donna and Penelope (replaced Ian and Karen)	Friends	Not on coach																									Walked 5th on 28 February 2014
Ravinder and Zack (replaced Ben and Nick)	Partners from Bridlington	Not on coach																										Eliminated 10th on 3 March 2014
Liam and Victoria (replaced Donna and Penelope)	Colleagues	Not on coach
Georgina and Leah (replaced Noreen and Stacy)	Friends	Not on coach
Darren and James (original 7)	Partners from Penzance
Roy and Julia (replaced Bill and Carol)	Partners from Essex	Not on coach
Elv and Raz (replaced Debbie and Nikki)	Old friends	Not on coach
Emily and Annabelle (original 7)	Sisters from Sunderland

Voting History

  Indicates that the couple received a yellow card

  Indicates that the couple was red carded off the trip

  Indicates that the couple left the coach due to other reasons than being voted off or being removed from the coach

  Indicates that the couple was immune from any votes cast against them due to it either being their first vote or winning immunity from the vote

  Indicates that the couple were voted as the most popular couple and won series

  Indicates that the couple were voted as the second most popular couple

  Indicates that the couple were voted as the third most popular couple

  Indicates that the couple were voted as the fourth most popular couple

	Day
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Emily Annabelle	Mark Kelly	Glen Wendy	Mark Kelly	Mark Kelly	Kevin Steve	Glen Wendy	Mark Kelly	Silvana Sandra	Ben Nick	Ben Nick	Margy Mandy	Margy Mandy	James Tom	Ceci Denise	Debbie Nikki	Debbie Nikki	Ceci Denise	Debbie Nikki	Debbie Nikki	Ian Karen	Ian Karen	Ben Nick	Noreen Stacey	Donna Penelope	Ravinder Zack	Ravinder Zack	Roy Julia	Raz Elv	Darren James	Winners 3 votes
Darren James	Glen Wendy	Kevin Steve	Glen Wendy	Kevin Steve	Kevin Steve	Glen Wendy	Mark Kelly	James Tom	Silvana Sandra	Ben Nick	Margy Mandy	Ben Nick	James Tom	Debbie Nikki	Ben Nick	Debbie Nikki	Ben Nick	Debbie Nikki	Debbie Nikki	Ben Nick	Ian Karen	Ben Nick	Noreen Stacey	Donna Penelope	Raz Elv	Roy Julia	Raz Elv	Raz Elv	Emily Annabelle	Second 1 vote
Roy Julia	Not on Coach									James Tom	Margy Mandy	Margy Mandy	James Tom	Emily Annabelle	Ceci Denise	James Nicole	Debbie Nikki	Debbie Nikki	Debbie Nikki	Ian Karen	Ian Karen	Ben Nick	Noreen Stacey	Donna Penelope	Ravinder Zack	Ravinder Zack	Georgina Leah	Raz Elv	Emily Annabelle	Second 1 vote
Raz Elv	Not on Coach																				Ian Karen	Ben Nick	Noreen Stacey	Donna Penelope	Ravinder Zack	Ravinder Zack	Liam Victoria	Darren James	Emily Annabelle	Second 1 vote
Georgina Leah	Not on Coach																									Darren James	Liam Victoria	Roy Julia	Raz Elv	Third 0 votes
Liam Victoria	Not on Coach																									Ravinder Zack	Georgina Leah	Raz Elv	Roy Julia	Third 0 votes
Ravinder Zack	Not on Coach																							Emily Annabelle	Roy Julia	Raz Elv	Red Carded (Day 26)
Donna Penelope	Not on Coach																						Noreen Stacey	Emily Annabelle	Walked (Beginning of Day 25)
Noreen Stacey	Not on Coach																			Ben Nick	Ian Karen	Darren James	Raz Elv	Walked (Beginning of Day 24)
Ben Nick	Not on Coach					Mark Kelly	Mark Kelly	Silvana Sandra	Silvana Sandra	Darren James	Margy Mandy	Margy Mandy	Emily Annabelle	Ceci Denise	Darren James	James Nicole	Ceci Denise	Debbie Nikki	Debbie Nikki	Ian Karen	Darren James	Raz Elv	Red Carded (Day 22)
Ian Karen	Not on Coach																		Roy Julia	Emily Annabelle	Ben Nick	Red Carded (Day 21)
Debbie Nikki	Not on Coach												James Tom	Emily Annabelle	Darren James	James Nicole	Roy Julia	Emily Annabelle	Roy Julia	Red Carded (Day 19)
Ceci Denise	Not on Coach										Emily Annabelle	Ben Nick	James Tom	Emily Annabelle	Debbie Nikki	James Nicole	Ben Nick	Walked (Beginning of Day 18)
James Nicole	Not on Coach														Ceci Denise	Ben Nick	Walked (Day 17)
James Tom	Kevin Steve	Mark Kelly	Mark Kelly	Glen Wendy	Kevin Steve	Mark Kelly	Mark Kelly	Silvana Sandra	Silvana Sandra	Darren James	Margy Mandy	Margy Mandy	Darren James	Red Carded (Day 13)
Margy Mandy	Not on Coach									Emily Annabelle	Darren James	Ben Nick	Red Carded (Day 12)
Silvana Sandra	Mark Kelly	Mark Kelly	Glen Wendy	Mark Kelly	Kevin Steve	Glen Wendy	Mark Kelly	Ben Nick	James Tom	Red Carded (Day 9)
Carol Bill	Not on Coach							Silvana Sandra	Walked (Beginning of Day 9)
Mark Kelly	James Tom	Emily Annabelle	James Tom	Kevin Steve	Silvana Sandra	Emily Annabelle	James Tom	Red Carded (Day 7)
Glen Wendy	Emily Annabelle	Silvana Sandra	James Tom	Kevin Steve	Silvana Sandra	Emily Annabelle	Red Carded (Day 6)
Kevin Steve	James Tom	James Tom	Darren James	Glen Wendy	Silvana Sandra	Red Carded (Day 5)
Walked	none								Carol Bill	none							James Nicole	Ceci Denise	none					Noreen Stacey	Donna Penelope	none
Voted Off	James Tom 2 votes	Mark Kelly 2 votes	Glen Wendy 2 votes	Kevin Steve 3 votes	Kevin Steve 4 votes	Glen Wendy 3 votes	Mark Kelly 5 votes	Silvana Sandra 4 votes	Silvana Sandra 3 votes	Darren James 2 votes	Margy Mandy 5 votes	Margy Mandy 4 votes	James Tom 5 votes	Emily Annabelle 3 votes	Ceci Denise 2 votes	James Nicole 4 votes	Ben Nick 2 votes	Debbie Nikki 4 votes	Debbie Nikki 4 votes	Ian Karen 3 votes	Ian Karen 5 votes	Ben Nick 4 votes	Noreen Stacey 5 votes	Donna Penelope 4 votes	Ravinder Zack 3 votes	Ravinder Zack 4 votes	Georgina Leah 2 votes	Raz Elv 4 votes	none

No post-vote arrivals, timekeepers or removals in series

The Trip Day by Day

Arrival Day and Day 1 - Flanders Fields

Morning Activity: World War I memorial
Afternoon Activity: Belgian beer tasting

Day 2 – Brussels

Morning Activity: Chocolate tasting
Afternoon Activity: Scuba Diving

Day 3 – Luxembourg City

Morning Activity: Pottery lesson
Afternoon Activity: Segway tour

Day 4 – Nancy

Morning Activity: Giant foosball
Afternoon Activity: Zip wire ride

Day 5 – Dijon

Morning Activity: Kite museum
Afternoon Activity: Blackcurrant museum

Day 6 – Lyon

Morning Activity: Sausage making lesson
Afternoon Activity: Aikido lesson

Day 7 – Chambery

Morning Activity: Dairy farm
Afternoon Activity: Micro-lighting

Day 8 – Turin

Morning Activity: Hitball
Afternoon Activity: Museum tour

Day 9 – Genoa

Morning Activity: Pesto making
Afternoon Activity: Go-karting

Day 10 – Livorno

Morning Activity: Pizza-making lesson
Afternoon Activity: Vespa museum

Day 11 – Sardinia (Part 1)

Morning Activity: Italian lesson
Afternoon Activity: Sea kayaking

Day 12 – Sardinia (Part 2)

Morning Activity: Tree-top assault course
Afternoon Activity: Sardinian delicacies

Day 13 – Nice

Morning Activity: Tennis lesson
Afternoon Activity: Marine park

Day 14 – Cannes

Morning Activity: Mim class
Afternoon Activity: Ballroom dancing

Day 15 – Aix-en-Provence

Morning Activity: Hot air balloon ride
Afternoon Activity: Painting class

Day 16 – Montpellier/Sète

Morning Activity: Violin lesson
Afternoon Activity: Pottery lesson

Day 17 – Perpignan

Morning Activity: Snail farm
Afternoon Activity: Banana boating

Day 18 – L'Estartit

Morning Activity:
Afternoon Activity: Volleyball

Day 19 – Barcelona

Morning Activity:
Afternoon Activity: Iconic Olympic venue

Day 20 – Salou

Morning Activity: Fish gutting
Afternoon Activity: Pole dancing

Day 21 – Valencia

Morning Activity: Paella class
Afternoon Activity: Bungee jumping

Day 22 – Benidorm

Morning Activity: Circus training
Afternoon Activity: Jet skiing

Day 23 – Alicante

Morning Activity: Yoga class
Afternoon Activity: Synchronised swimming lesson

Day 24 – Almeria

Morning Activity: Archery lesson
Afternoon Activity: Rug-making

Day 25 – Guadix

Morning Activity:
Afternoon Activity: Modern-day cave dwellers

Day 26 – Granada

Morning Activity: Flamenco class
Afternoon Activity: Alhambra Palace

Day 27 – Antequera/Cordoba

Morning Activity: Olive picking
Afternoon Activity: Spanish folk singing

Day 28 – Málaga

Morning Activity: Golf lesson
Afternoon Activity: Picasso art class

Day 29 – Marbella

Morning Activity: Dune buggy racing
Afternoon Activity: Cocktail making

Day 30 – The Last Day

As the remaining tourists prepare to make the long journey home, Brendan looks back on his favourite and funniest moments of their six-week trip round Europe.