Escape from Scorpion Island (Series 3)
| Escape From Scorpion Island | |
|---|---|
| Created by | CBBC |
| Presented by | JK and Joel |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 15 (UK) 30 (Australia) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Mission Beach, Queensland Australia |
| Running time | 1 hour (CBBC) 30 min (ABC1) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBBC (UK) ABC1 (Australia) |
| Original release | 5 April (UK) 9 March 2009 (Australia) – 12 July 2009 (UK) 17 April 2009 (Australia) |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Escape from Scorpion Island (Series 2) |
| Followed by | Escape from Scorpion Island (Series 4) |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Escape from Scorpion Island is a Bafta nominated BBC children's TV adventure game show in which contestants compete to 'escape from an exotic island'. Series 3 was produced by Foundation/Freehand for CBBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Series three premiered on 5 April 2009 on CBBC and on 9 March 2009 on ABC1. The series will often repeat on ABC3 along with Series two.
This series was hosted by JK and Joel. This series was filmed at Mission Beach in far North Queensland (near Tully and Townsville) in 2008. All episodes in this series were one hour long on Sundays at 9:00 am on CBBC. However in Australia, the episodes were broadcast every weekday and were 30 minutes long.
16 adventurers arrived at Scorpion Island and were split into 3 teams: Claw, Sting and Venom. The teams had to win challenges to gain Island Torches for the final challenge.
There were 16 adventurers on the island, 12 from the UK and 4 from Australia. The Australian adventurers were Tyson, Savannah, Jeremy and Tahny. The team members are based on those who competed in the final challenges.
Team Claw (Black Helmets) 7 Island Torches
Team Sting (Orange Helmets) 6 Island Torches
Team Venom (Green Helmets) 1 Island Torch
Note: All episodes are based in Australian airing. UK episodes will be based on days.
On the first day at Scorpion Island, all sixteen members have come by helicopter, seaplane and underwater submarines ready to take part in the challenges that the island has waiting. The first task was to find a talisman that is located on the island so they can start the first challenge. Only one of the talismans has a twist. That twist was found by Oliver. Just as he was about to grab it on the beach, he fell and was kidnapped by the island. When everyone else found a talisman, they were told to stand next to a coloured flag that corresponded to the colour of their talisman. The flag represented the teams they were in.
During the challenge, Team Venom had trouble from the start but Team Claw won the challenge after a great start with Team Sting just coming second. Team Claw won Oliver and an Island Torch.
After the last challenge the members of each team got to choose their camp. Since Claw won the first challenge they got to pick first. The choices of camps were: a sheltered camp with a view of the rapids at the far end of the walkway, the second camp is in between the other 2 and has more sunlight with more tables and chairs than the first one to hold team meetings with and the 3rd camp is the darkest of the 3 but it is directly above the lagoon for easy access. All 3 teams have their own bunks away from the camps and with privacy from one another.
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