Escape from Scorpion Island (Series 5)
| Escape from Scorpion Island | |
|---|---|
| Created by | CBBC |
| Presented by |
Myleene Klass and Johny Pitts |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Australia |
| No. of episodes | 25 (UK) / 26 (AUS) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Tallebudgera Valley, Queensland, Australia |
| Running time | 30 minutes (Australia & UK 30 Minute version) 1 Hour (UK 1 hour version) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC One (UK) ABC3 (Australia) |
| Original release | 20 June 2011 - 25 July 2011 (UK) 11 March 2011 - 15 April 2011 (Australia) |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Escape from Scorpion Island (series 4) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
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 5 was produced by Foundation/Freehand for CBBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Series 5 was filmed in the Tallebudgera Valley in Queensland, Australia and is hosted by Myleene Klass and Johny Pitts. It premiered in Australia on 11 March 2011 and ran from Monday to Friday on ABC3. The series ran in the UK, with the 30 minute version being shown from the 20 June 2011 until 25 July 2011, it started on BBC Two due to Wimbledon coverage but after Wimbledon finished it moved onto BBC One. The 60 minute version is being shown once a week every Saturday starting from Saturday 25 June 2011.
Long ago, an adventurer came from far across the seas. He was the Fortune Hunter whose mission it was to plunder the Island of its legendary treasure. He took on the Island Challenges and succeeded, but when he failed on his final escape, the furious Island mischievously captured the Fortune Hunter's soul and locked it away. Now, ten other modern times adventurers must follow the path that he created, their mission - to escape from Scorpion Island.
There are 10 adventurers on the island; 6 from the UK, 4 from Australia. The Australian contestants are Dilhan, Lizzie, Natty and Peter.
Girls (Green)
Boys (Purple)
Sting (Red) Winners
Claw (Yellow)
10 adventurers made their way to Scorpion Island by Rescue Speed Boats. Once they arrived, they were given the task to pick a bottle with their name on in the sand. Each bottle contained a parchment which had a number 1 or 2 on it, as well as a mysterious symbol. All girls were on team 1, and the boys were on team 2. The symbols on the parchments were going to be important for each Individual Adventurer. Johny then drew a symbol out of a bag, and that was the same symbol that Peter had, and the boys decided to let the Girls do the Island Challenge first. The two teams then chose their captains, Lizzie for the girls and Zach for the boys.
Island Challenge - In the heart of the Island, there was a huge ravine with 2 crossings. Lower down was a flimsy bridge which 4 team members will stand holding coloured nets. More than 3 storeys high is a precarious cable, and the captains will have to make their way across this with hoops and monkey bars for balance. Strapped to edge of the wobbly platform are 4 coloured cogs which the captains have to detach one at a time and drop them to the matching coloured net as quickly as possible. If a cog misses a net or otherwise lost, the captain has to go back to the end platform where there are 2 spares of each colour. The team that catches the right cogs in all four of their nets, and then gets their captain to the end the quickest, wins.
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