Ex on the Beach (British TV series) series 2

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Ex on the Beach
Season 2
No. of episodes8
Release
Original network MTV
Original release27 January (2015-01-27) 
17 March 2015 (2015-03-17)
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The second series of Ex on the Beach , a British television programme, began airing on 27 January 2015 on MTV. [1] The series concluded on 17 March 2015 after 8 episodes. The series was confirmed in July 2014 when it was announced that filming would begin soon. [2] Exes for this series included stars of Geordie Shore Charlotte Crosby and Gary Beadle.

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Rogan O'Connor later returned to the beach during the third series, this time as an ex. [3] Gary and Jess both returned to the fifth "all star" series as main cast, whilst Ashley, Kayleigh and Melissa also returned as exes. [4] Kayleigh also went on to appear in the eighteenth series of Big Brother , [5] but was removed from the house on Day 13 due to threatening behaviour. [6] In 2018, Jess Impiazzi, an ex during this series went onto appear in the twenty-first series of Celebrity Big Brother . [7] Kayleigh and Ashley went to become competitors in MTV’s The Challenge. Rogan later won season 34 of the show War of the Worlds 2 and Melissa was a finalist in the 35th season Total Madness but withdrew from the final as she was pregnant.

Cast

The official list of cast members was released on 6 January 2015 [8] and includes four single boys; Connor Hunter, Luke Goodfellow, Morgan Evans and Rogan O'Connor, as well as four single girls; Anita Kaushik, Kayleigh Morris, Loren Green and Melissa Reeves. It was also announced that Geordie Shore stars Charlotte Crosby and Gary Beadle would be taking part in the series as exes.[ citation needed ] Ahead of the launch of the new series, it was confirmed that Series 1 cast member Ashley Cain would be returning for the second series as an ex. [9]

All of the official cast members arrived on the beach during the first episode, but were immediately told that they would be soon joined by their exes. During the first episode of the series, Kayleigh's ex-boyfriend Adam Gabriel arrived to stir things up, and Connor's ex-girlfriend Megan Clark was also introduced wanting to rekindle their romance. [10] Rogan's ex-girlfriend model Jess Impiazzi arrived during the second episode. [11] Jess had previously appeared briefly during an episode of the seventh series of The Only Way Is Essex . [12] After getting together in the house, Anita and Rogan's brief fling ended and they were officially added to each other's ex-list. During the third episode, after a lot of anticipation, Gary Beadle arrived on the beach as Melissa's ex-fling. [13] Anita's ex-boyfriend Joe Chandler turned up on the beach during the fourth episode in an attempt to win her back, whilst Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby arrived during the fifth coming face-to-face with her ex Gary. Danielle Abbott received a warm welcome from ex-boyfriend Luke when she made her first appearance in the sixth episode, and Ashley Cain returned to the beach during the seventh episode as the ex Emily. Ashley had previously appeared in the first series.

EpisodesName [14] Age (at start of series)HometownExes
8Anita Kaushik22 London Joe Chandler, Rogan O'Connor
8Connor Hunter18 Essex Megan Clark
8Kayleigh Morris26 Wales/London Adam Gabriel
8Loren Green23 Walsall
8Luke Goodfellow22 Cardiff Danielle Abbott
8Melissa Reeves22 Liverpool Gary Beadle
8Morgan Evans26 Birmingham Emily Colley
8Rogan O'Connor25 Stratford-upon-Avon Anita Kaushik, Emily Colley, Jess Impiazzi
8Adam Gabriel23 London Kayleigh Morris
8Megan Clark19 Essex Connor Hunter
7Jess Impiazzi25 Surrey Rogan O'Connor
6 Gary Beadle 26 Newcastle Charlotte Crosby, Emily Colley, Melissa Reeves
6Emily Colley24 Worcestershire Ashley Cain, Gary Beadle, Morgan Evans, Rogan O'Connor
5Joe Chandler22 Surrey Anita Kaushik
4 Charlotte Crosby 24 Sunderland Gary Beadle
3Danielle Abbott22 Reading Luke Goodfellow
2 Ashley Cain 23 Nuneaton Emily Colley

Duration of cast

Cast membersEpisodes
12345678
Anita
Connor
Kayleigh
Loren
Luke
Melissa
Morgan
Rogan
Adam
Megan
Jess
Gary
Emily
Joe
Charlotte
Danielle
Ashley
Table Key
Key:   = "Cast member" is featured in this episode
Key:   = "Cast member" arrives on the beach
Key:   = "Cast member" has an ex arrive on the beach
Key:   = "Cast member" arrives on the beach and has an ex arrive during the same episode
Key:   = "Cast member" does not feature in this episode

Episodes

No. in
series
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateDurationUK viewers [15]
91"Episode 1"27 January 2015 (2015-01-27)60 minutes451,000
102"Episode 2"3 February 2015 (2015-02-03)60 minutes570,000
113"Episode 3"10 February 2015 (2015-02-10)60 minutes661,000
124"Episode 4"17 February 2015 (2015-02-17)60 minutes839,000
135"Episode 5"24 February 2015 (2015-02-24)60 minutes747,000
146"Episode 6"3 March 2015 (2015-03-03)60 minutes927,000
157"Episode 7"10 March 2015 (2015-03-10)60 minutes710,000
168"Episode 8"17 March 2015 (2015-03-17)60 minutes791,000

Ratings

EpisodeDateOfficial MTV rating [16] MTV weekly rank [16] Official MTV+1 rating [16] Total MTV viewers
Episode 127 January 2015426,000125,000451,000
Episode 23 February 2015549,000121,000570,000
Episode 310 February 2015623,000138,000661,000
Episode 417 February 2015799,000140,000839,000
Episode 524 February 2015721,000126,000747,000
Episode 63 March 2015821,0001106,000927,000
Episode 710 March 2015641,000169,000710,000
Episode 817 March 2015707,000184,000791,000
Average viewers661,000151,000712,000

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