Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2019

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Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2019
Presented by Vick Hope (narrator)
WinnerTigers
Runner-upSharks
Location Moturakau and Rapota, Cook Islands, South Pacific
No. of episodes15
Release
Original network E4
Original release28 January (2019-01-28) 
15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)
Additional information
Filming datesSummer 2018
Season chronology

Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2019 is a United Kingdom reality television series, part of the Shipwrecked franchise which originally aired on Channel 4's youth programming label T4 in different formats from 1999 until 2012. The 2019 series is the ninth series of Shipwrecked overall, and the fifth to adopt the "Battle of the Islands" format. [1]

Contents

The series was confirmed by Channel 4 on 22 May 2018 with castaway auditions and filming for the series commencing in Summer 2018. It began airing on 28 January 2019, at 9pm on E4, and aired every weeknight for 15 episodes, [2] concluding on 15 February 2019. The series was narrated by Vick Hope.

The series was the first series of Shipwrecked to air since Shipwrecked: The Island concluded on 31 January 2012 and the first revived series of the "Battle of the Islands" format since 2009.

The Tigers won against the Sharks sharing the £50,000 prize. [3] On 15 July 2019, it was announced that the revived show had been axed due to low ratings. [4]

The Game

Shipwrecked is a reality programme in which a number of people from the UK live on one of two islands (Shark Island and Tiger Island) for a period of several weeks. Each week, one or more new arrivals spend equal time on each island with the weekly beach party announcement where the new arrival will choose which island they wish to live on for the remainder of the competition.

At the end of the series, the island with the greater number of castaways wins, sharing the cash prize of £50,000.

Tribes

SharksTigers
MemberArrival EpisodeOriginal TribeOriginal TribeArrival EpisodeMember
Tom Wotton
20, Devon
1SharksTigers1Christian James
24, London
Kush Khanna
26, London
1SharksTigers1Hollie Hobin
24, Bromley
Emma Fleming
21, Rutland
1SharksTigers1Liv Lelaini
19, Manchester
Kalia Lai
20, Dunstable
1SharksTigers4Jamie Hodge
23, Newquay
Tula "Big T" Fazakerley
26, London
1SharksTigers5Danielle Collins
24, Brighton
Freja Budd
25, Northampton
3SharksTigers [lower-alpha 1] 6Troy Cooke
23, London
Daisy Bowles
22, Elsenham
3TigersTigers11Leah Hollie
25, Stoke-on-Trent
Sam Bhaumick
24, London
6SharksTigers8Patrick Greenway
29, Surrey
Stacey Freeman
19, Brighton
11SharksSharks10Sean Lineker
27, London
Beth Spiby
22, Manchester
11SharksTigers11Jaden Richards
19, Farsley
Tigers11Brad Mattinson
19, Brighton
  1. Troy was originally eliminated after losing his duel to Sam. However, as Josh left the Island, Troy was given his place on the Tiger tribe.

Departed Castaways

Arrival
Episode
Episode
Departed
MemberTribeReason
26Josh Christie
23, London
TigersFamily Emergency [5]
47Sara Murphy
22, Belfast
SharksPersonal [5]

Eliminated Castaways

For this series there were numerous twists introduced to determine how castaways are eliminated from the competition. These twists included a tribal vote used in the first few episodes whilst subsequent episodes have introduced "duels" where two castaways face off against one another in a competition to remain on the island, and newcomers tasked to eliminate one (or more) players from competition.

EpisodeMemberChosen Tribe
2Casey Gore
24, Cheltenham
Tigers
5Simone Collins
24, Brighton
Tigers
7Emma Milton
24, Manchester
(none)
8Courtney Butcher
20, Guernsey
9Ailish Shaw
23, Normanby
10Harry Goodwins
26, London
Tigers
13Precious John
25, Dublin
Sharks
Lottie Day
24, London
Tigers

Episodes

EpisodeTitleOriginal Air Date
1"Episode One"28 January 2019 (2019-01-28)
2"Episode Two"29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)
3"Episode Three"30 January 2019 (2019-01-30)
4"Episode Four"31 January 2019 (2019-01-31)
5"Episode Five"1 February 2019 (2019-02-01)
6"Episode Six"4 February 2019 (2019-02-04)
7"Episode Seven"5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)
8"Episode Eight"6 February 2019 (2019-02-06)
9"Episode Nine"7 February 2019 (2019-02-07)
10"Episode Ten"8 February 2019 (2019-02-08)
11"Episode Eleven"11 February 2019 (2019-02-11)
12"Episode Twelve"12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)
13"Episode Thirteen"13 February 2019 (2019-02-13)
14"Episode Fourteen"14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)
15"Episode Fifteen"15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)

Reception

Reviewing the first episode, The Telegraph described it as "fiendishly watchable" and "smartly edited", though concluding "this felt like a backwards step. A throwback to the early days of reality TV - the likes of Castaway and Survivor - not to mention a transparent bid to cash in on Love Island's success. In Shipwrecked’s favour, at least the casting was more diverse in terms of ethnicity, sexuality and social class. And this lot also possessed more brain cells than most of ITV2’s villa-dwellers." [6]

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