Prized Apart
| Prized Apart | |
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| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by |
Emma Willis Reggie Yates |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Karl Warner Meredith Chambers |
| Location(s) |
Farnborough (studio) Morocco (challenges) |
| Running time | 65 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Electric Ray |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 13 June – 25 July 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Prized Apart is an adventure game show presented by Emma Willis and Reggie Yates that began airing on 13 June 2015 on BBC One. Ten men and women compete for the chance to win £100,000; supervised by Yates and, where necessary, a safety team, contestants participate in assorted adventure tasks located in Morocco. Meanwhile, their family members, accompanied by Willis, watch the events in a studio. On 4 August 2015, it was announced that it was axed.
Prized Apart was commissioned by the BBC in 2014 and produced by Electric Ray, a firm operated by previous BBC entertainment commissioner Karl Warner. The show's development took place in the UK. The development of Prized Apart took place while Warner held the position of head of light entertainment at the BBC, and negative publicity arose from the fact that it appeared that Warner had taken it with him. BBC protocols were altered as a result.
In an interview, host Emma Willis explained that the format intrigued her: following her participation in 2008's Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie, she had desired to participate in additional adventure-related shows and Prized Apart seemed to be one such show.
The game starts with the contestants split into two teams. Supervised by co-host Reggie Yates, the teams receive a task, and whichever team completes the task quickest is deemed "safe". Members of the team that lose this initial task face the "Survival Challenge". The three poorest-performing contestants are then flown home to a studio with Emma Willis. This flight home has been criticized due to the increased carbon footprint and cost involved with sending contestants home each week.
Each contestant in the studio is then given a chance to stay in the game through completion of an additional task, in which their loved ones answer questions of general knowledge to keep their loved ones in the game. Contestants must light five steps towards the "gate"; lighting is accomplished by correctly answering a series of questions. Whoever is placed second or third in the Survival Challenge gets a two-light head start, and whoever places third or fourth in the Survival Challenge gets a one-light head start. Four categories are offered. The second or third placed contestant picks the first category, and his or her family member answers, then the third or fourth placed contestant picks from any of the three remaining categories from which his or her family member answers. Finally, the fourth or fifth placed contestant picks from the leftover categories.
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