Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2019

Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2019 is a United Kingdom reality television series, part of the Shipwrecked franchise which originally aired on Channel 4's youth programming label T4 in different formats from 1999 until 2012. The 2019 series is the ninth series of Shipwrecked overall, and the fifth to adopt the "Battle of the Islands" format.[1]

Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2019
Season 2019
Presented byVick Hope (narrator)
WinnerTigers
Runner-upSharks
LocationMoturakau and Rapota, Cook Islands, South Pacific
No. of episodes15
Release
Original networkE4
Original release28 January (2019-01-28) –
15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)
Additional information
Filming datesSummer 2018
Season chronology

The series was confirmed by Channel 4 on 22 May 2018 with castaway auditions and filming for the series commencing in Summer 2018. It began airing on 28 January 2019, at 9pm on E4, and aired every weeknight for 15 episodes,[2] concluding on 15 February 2019. The series was narrated by Vick Hope.

The series was the first series of Shipwrecked to air since Shipwrecked: The Island concluded on 31 January 2012 and the first revived series of the "Battle of the Islands" format since 2009.

The Tigers won against the Sharks sharing the £50,000 prize.[3] On 15 July 2019, it was announced that the revived show had been axed due to low ratings.[4]

The Game

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Shipwrecked is a reality programme in which a number of people from the UK live on one of two islands (Shark Island and Tiger Island) for a period of several weeks. Each week, one or more new arrivals spend equal time on each island with the weekly beach party announcement where the new arrival will choose which island they wish to live on for the remainder of the competition.

At the end of the series, the island with the greater number of castaways wins, sharing the cash prize of £50,000.

Tribes

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Sharks Tigers
Member Arrival Episode Original Tribe Original Tribe Arrival Episode Member
Tom Wotton
20, Devon
1 Sharks Tigers 1 Christian James
24, London
Kush Khanna
26, London
1 Sharks Tigers 1 Hollie Hobin
24, Bromley
Emma Fleming
21, Rutland
1 Sharks Tigers 1 Liv Lelaini
19, Manchester
Kalia Lai
20, Dunstable
1 Sharks Tigers 4 Jamie Hodge
23, Newquay
Tula "Big T" Fazakerley
26, London
1 Sharks Tigers 5 Danielle Collins
24, Brighton
Freja Budd
25, Northampton
3 Sharks Tigers[a] 6 Troy Cooke
23, London
Daisy Bowles
22, Elsenham
3 Tigers Tigers 11 Leah Hollie
25, Stoke-on-Trent
Sam Bhaumick
24, London
6 Sharks Tigers 8 Patrick Greenway
29, Surrey
Stacey Freeman
19, Brighton
11 Sharks Sharks 10 Sean Lineker
27, London
Beth Spiby
22, Manchester
11 Sharks Tigers 11 Jaden Richards
19, Farsley
Tigers 11 Brad Mattinson
19, Brighton
  1. ^ Troy was originally eliminated after losing his duel to Sam. However, as Josh left the Island, Troy was given his place on the Tiger tribe.

Departed Castaways

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Arrival
Episode
Episode
Departed
Member Tribe Reason
2 6 Josh Christie
23, London
Tigers Family Emergency[5]
4 7 Sara Murphy
22, Belfast
Sharks Personal[5]

Eliminated Castaways

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For this series there were numerous twists introduced to determine how castaways are eliminated from the competition. These twists included a tribal vote used in the first few episodes whilst subsequent episodes have introduced "duels" where two castaways face off against one another in a competition to remain on the island, and newcomers tasked to eliminate one (or more) players from competition.

Episode Member Chosen Tribe
2 Casey Gore
24, Cheltenham
Tigers
5 Simone Collins
24, Brighton
Tigers
7 Emma Milton
24, Manchester
(none)
8 Courtney Butcher
20, Guernsey
9 Ailish Shaw
23, Normanby
10 Harry Goodwins
26, London
Tigers
13 Precious John
25, Dublin
Sharks
Lottie Day
24, London
Tigers

Episodes

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Episode Title Original Air Date
1"Episode One"28 January 2019 (2019-01-28)
2"Episode Two"29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)
3"Episode Three"30 January 2019 (2019-01-30)
4"Episode Four"31 January 2019 (2019-01-31)
5"Episode Five"1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)
6"Episode Six"4 February 2019 (2019-02-04)
7"Episode Seven"5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)
8"Episode Eight"6 February 2019 (2019-02-06)
9"Episode Nine"7 February 2019 (2019-02-07)
10"Episode Ten"8 February 2019 (2019-02-08)
11"Episode Eleven"11 February 2019 (2019-02-11)
12"Episode Twelve"12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)
13"Episode Thirteen"13 February 2019 (2019-02-13)
14"Episode Fourteen"14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)
15"Episode Fifteen"15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)

Reception

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Reviewing the first episode, The Telegraph described it as "fiendishly watchable" and "smartly edited", though concluding "this felt like a backwards step. A throwback to the early days of reality TV - the likes of Castaway and Survivor - not to mention a transparent bid to cash in on Love Island's success. In Shipwrecked’s favour, at least the casting was more diverse in terms of ethnicity, sexuality and social class. And this lot also possessed more brain cells than most of ITV2’s villa-dwellers."[6]

References

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  1. ^ "E4 seeks castaways for supercharged new series of Shipwrecked". www.channel4.com. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Shipwrecked showcases our little paradise". Cook Islands News. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. ^ Josh Darvill (16 February 2019). "Shipwrecked 2019 cast of contestants, results and WINNER from the new series". Tellymix. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. ^ Staff Reporter (14 July 2019). "Shipwrecked won't be back on E4 next year". TellyMix. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b Samuel McManus (5 February 2019). "Shipwrecked in chaos as second contestant QUITS show in two days". Daily Star. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. ^ Michael Hogan (28 January 2019). "Shipwrecked, review: mermaids, fisticuffs and crates of booze - an entertaining throwback to the early days of reality TV". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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