Survival of the Fittest (TV series)

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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	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer	Richard Cowles
Producer	Sue Dunford
Production location	South Africa
Editor	Paul Newton
Running time	60–90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companies	ITV Studios and Motion Content Group
Original release
Network	ITV2
Release	11 February –; 2 March 2018

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]}

Keywords

WIN = The contestant won the team challenge and was immune from elimination.
SAFE = The contestant lost the team challenge but was saved by public vote.
BOTTOM 2/3/4 = The contestant lost the team challenge and was in the bottom of the public vote.
ELIM = The contestant was eliminated.
LEFT = The contestant left the lodge.

Colour key: The contestant won the team challenge and was immune from elimination.; The contestant lost the team challenge but was saved by public vote.; The contestant was immune from the public vote.; The contestant lost the team challenge and was in the bottom of the public vote.; The contestant was eliminated.; The contestant left the lodge.; The contestant does not feature in this team challenge.

Notes[edit]

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Dani left the lodge after sustaining an injury during the first team challenge. She was replaced by Lottie.

Ratings[edit]

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
Day	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[edit]

^ Houghton, Rianne (14 December 2017). "Laura Whitmore to present ITV2's 'winter Love Island' Survival of the Fittest". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
^ "When Does Survival Of The Fittest Start? The 'Winter love Island' Is Coming!". Heart.
^ "ITV2's Survival of the Fittest axed after one series".
^ "Survival of the Fittest". ITV. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ "Survival of the Fittest: Boys Team". ITV. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ "Survival of the Fittest: Girls Team". ITV. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

External links[edit]

[7] 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.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] 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.

[11] Dani left the lodge after sustaining an injury during the first team challenge. She was replaced by Lottie.

[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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