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.
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, 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. On 15 July 2019, it was announced that the revived show had been axed due to low ratings.
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 Sharks Tigers Member Arrival Episode Original Tribe Original Tribe Arrival Episode Member Tom Wotton20, Devon 1Sharks Tigers 1 Christian James24, London Kush Khanna26, London 1Sharks Tigers 1 Hollie Hobin24, Bromley Emma Fleming21, Rutland 1Sharks Tigers 1 Liv Lelaini19, Manchester Kalia Lai20, Dunstable 1Sharks Tigers 4Jamie Hodge23, Newquay Tula "Big T" Fazakerley26, London 1SharksTigers 5Danielle Collins24, Brighton Freja Budd25, Northampton 3SharksTigers 6Troy Cooke23, London Daisy Bowles22, Elsenham3 Tigers Tigers 11Leah Hollie25, Stoke-on-TrentSam Bhaumick24, London 6SharksTigers 8Patrick Greenway29, SurreyStacey Freeman19, Brighton 11SharksSharks 10Sean Lineker27, LondonBeth Spiby22, Manchester 11SharksTigers 11Jaden Richards19, Farsley Tigers 11 Brad Mattinson19, Brighton
Departed Castaways ArrivalEpisodeEpisodeDepartedMemberTribeReason 2 6 Josh Christie23, London Tigers Family Emergency 4 7 Sara Murphy22, Belfast Sharks Personal
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 2 Casey Gore24, Cheltenham Tigers 5 Simone Collins24, Brighton Tigers 7 Emma Milton24, Manchester (none) 8 Courtney Butcher20, Guernsey 9 Ailish Shaw23, Normanby 10 Harry Goodwins26, London Tigers 13 Precious John25, Dublin Sharks Lottie Day24, London Tigers
Episodes
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."
References
External links Official website