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Survival of the Fittest (TV series)

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Survival of the Fittest
GenreReality television
Created byITV
Presented byLaura Whitmore
Narrated byBrennan Reece
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producerRichard Cowles
ProducerSue Dunford
Production locationSouth Africa
EditorPaul Newton
Running time60–90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesITV Studios and Motion Content Group
Original release
NetworkITV2
Release11 February (2018-02-11) –
2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)

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 split her £40,000 cash prize with her team, so each girl received £10,000.

Billed as a sister-show to Love Island; the series was cancelled after one season due to low ratings.[3]

Contestants

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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

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Name Age Hometown Entered Status
David Lundy 26 Surrey Day 1 Eliminated (Day 21)
James Middleton 24 Fulham Day 1 Eliminated (Day 2)
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

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Name Age Hometown Entered Status
Jennifer West 31 Wigan Day 1 Winners (Day 21)
Mariam Musa 23 Surrey Day 1 Winners (Day 21)
Mettisse Campbell 21 Birmingham 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 Dyer 21 East London Day 1 Walked (Day 2)

Elimination chart

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  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 BTM SAFE IMM WON
Mariam BTM BTM WIN SAFE WIN BTM SAFE IMM SAFE WON
Mettisse Not in lodge BTM WIN SAFE WIN BTM BTM IMM IMM WON
Sam Not in lodge WIN SAFE WIN BTM BTM BTM BTM WON
David WIN WIN BTM WIN BTM WIN WIN IMM BTM LOSE
James WIN WIN BTM WIN BTM WIN WIN SAFE SAFE LOSE
Tristan WIN WIN SAFE WIN BTM WIN WIN IMM IMM LOSE
Warren WIN WIN SAFE WIN SAFE WIN WIN SAFE IMM LOSE
Callum WIN WIN SAFE WIN SAFE WIN WIN BTM ELIM
Hayley Not in lodge SAFE SAFE ELIM
Shanice Not in lodge ELIM
Tom Not in lodge WIN WIN ELIM
Georgia BTM SAFE WIN BTM WIN SAFE ELIM
Sydney Not in lodge WIN ELIM
Joel Not in lodge WIN ELIM
Lottie Not in lodge BTM WIN ELIM
Ryan WIN WIN ELIM
Georgie SAFE ELIM
Tia ELIM
Dani LEFT[n 5]

Notes

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  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

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

Day 28–day data
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Sunday 1.08 0.59
Monday 0.69 0.62 0.51
Tuesday 0.58 0.48
Wednesday 0.67 0.44 0.59
Thursday 0.66 0.58 0.68
Friday 0.56 0.54 0.80
Saturday 0.66 0.53 -

References

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  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. ^ "ITV2's Survival of the Fittest axed after one series".
  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.
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