Shipwrecked: Battle Of The Islands 2008 is a United Kingdom reality television series which aired in 2008 on Channel 4's youth programming label T4. The 2008 series is the sixth series of Shipwrecked, and the third series to use the "Battle Of The Islands" format.

This series used a different process to determine the winning team. A third secret island known as Hawk Island was revealed to the other two islands in the final week when they returned to evaluate and vote for the team they felt had done a better job of welcoming them back. All the residents of Hawk (save for one) had been exiled from either the Sharks or the Tigers when they lost out to the other person in their new arrival pair.

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 months. Each week, new arrivals come to the islands, spend equal time on each island and must decide at the weekly beach party which island they wish to live on for the remainder of the competition. At the end of the series, the island with the most castaways wins, with the winning islanders sharing a cash prize of £100,000. The winning island with 21 members was the Tigers; the Sharks had 14 members.

For Shipwrecked 2008, a new twist was introduced. Each week two new arrivals to the competition spend an equal amount of time on each island and make their decision on which island they wish to permanently live on. However, the chosen island could only select one new arrival to keep and make an official Tiger or Shark, with the other new arrival "sent home". Contrary to what the islanders believe, the "rejected" new arrival is sent to a secret third island hidden away from Shark and Tiger islands. The third island acts as a survival island, whereby those who decide to stay must survive on basic conditions, with no luxuries, no protein (except for the island's wildlife), with no knowledge of the role they would later play in the competition.

Television programmes

In addition to the main programme, two companion shows were broadcast for the 2008 series. Shipwrecked: The Third Island followed the week's events on Hawk Island, including the arrival of the newly rejected castaway from Tiger and Shark Islands, and the goings-on on "Hawk Island". Shipwrecked: The Hutcam Diaries supplemented the events of the main programme by focusing on the castaway's daily lives, and tribulations, from the point of view of the islands' hutcam.

Main Islands

In Week One, six castaways (Danny, Faith, Barrie, Katie, James and Lara) set foot on Shark island, who, two days later, were joined by another six castaways (Tom, Carly, Jack, Char, Marvyn and Susan). Although initially confused by the arrival of more people onto their island, the original islanders and their guests quickly settled into island life. However, only a matter of days into the competition, Katie, one of the original six, decided to leave the competition to be later replaced by Keris, 26. 

At the end of the first week, the inaugural beach party was held. The twelve castaways were instructed to split into two equal sized groups. The islanders decided to remain in their groups of six based on those whom they arrived with, despite the disapproval of Tom who had wished to remain on the same island as Danny, one of the first six on the island. The groups later decided which group would be Tigers and which group would become the Sharks, with the first islanders (Barrie, Danny, Faith, James, Keris, and Lara) becoming the Sharks, and the second group of islanders becoming the Tigers (Carly, Char, Jack, Marvyn, Susan and Tom). However, in a shocking twist, the newly formed tribes were provided with only five tribal necklaces each, revealing the twist that one of the original castaways in each tribe would have to leave the competition, and make the long journey back to the UK. After much deliberation, both tribes decided to make their decision on whom to send home by randomly picking sticks. As a result, James from the Sharks tribe and Char from the Tigers tribe were eliminated and left the island, believing they were returning to the United Kingdom. The remaining castaways were left uncertain about what would follow, as no further arrivals occurred after the beach party.

The next day two boats were spotted by Adam in the distance with the 13 inhabitants from the secret third island heading towards Tiger Island and Shark Island. The seven girls visited the Shark's first and the six boys go over to Tiger Island.

The Sharks entertained the girls to a game called donkey derby. Meanwhile, over on Tiger Island the six lads played football. When the new arrivals swap islands, the Tigers were excited to see fellow original Char, as were the Sharks with original James.

With the day of the final beach party looming, the new arrivals all discussed the difficulty of making a tough decision on which island they would choose at the final Shipwrecked Beach Party on 20 July.

Sharks Tigers Member Arrival Week Original Tribe Original Tribe Arrival Week Member Barrie Ridley 24, Isle of Sheppey 1Shark Tiger 1 Carly Stratton18, Cheshire Danny Latimer 23, Liverpool 1Shark Tiger 1 Jack Collins19, Essex Lara Goodison 18, Surrey 1Shark Tiger 1 Marvyn Williams 26, Leeds Adam Child 23, London 2Shark Tiger 1 Susan Shaw 20, Liverpool Lauren Humphrey 21, London 3Shark Tiger 4 Matt Iovane 23, Hertfordshire Graduate Tom Turner 18, Sussex 1 Tiger Tiger 5 Vicky Boast 24, Nottingham Anna Morris-Ord20, Manchester 6Shark Tiger 7 Ricky Andrews 22, Essex Jamie Davison-Lungley18, London 8Shark Tiger 9 Josh Rivers 21, London/Atlanta Sarahmae Davison21, Hull 10Shark Tiger 11 Jonathan Hewston 20, Leicester Faith Oyegun18, Oxford 1Shark   Nathan Lawler21, Manchester 13Shark Keris Hopkins26, Wales 1Shark Rebecca Collings26, London 12Tiger

Third Island On the conclusion of the weekly beach party, the person(s) not selected to stay on the main islands are sent to a third island unbeknownst to those in the game. The third island itself is very different from Tiger and Shark islands. The island is harsher, denser, and surrounded by a hostile reef.

The Third Island inhabitants (the self-proclaimed Hawk tribe) were stripped of luxuries and were given minimal rations, with any dietary protein provided by hunting after the island's wildlife, including three pigs and a number of chickens. To assist in their survival, Nick Weston, a survival expert, helped the new arrivals adjust to the tougher conditions.

Hawks Member Week ArrivedOn Main Island Week SentTo Third Island Original Tribe Tribe TheyChose To Win Nick Weston25, Sussex Inaugural Member HawkTiger Char Counsell23, Somerset 1 2 Tiger Tiger James Ward23, Northampton 1 2SharkTiger Diva Morthor19, Essex 3 4SharkTiger Mike McHale23, London 4 5TigerTiger Lottie Moore22, Cheshire 6 7Shark Tiger Rowan Bailey26, Chichester 7 8TigerTiger Adelina Ekechukwu22, Manchester 8 9SharkTiger Beau Devonish-Inua27, Essex 9 10TigerTiger Brie Doffing19, Berkshire 11 12TigerTiger Sarah Collings26, London 12 13TigerTiger Sarah Sole23, Devon 13 14SharkTiger Joseph Cooper19, Shrewsbury 13 14SharkShark

Departed Castaways

After just two days on the island, homesick Katie left the production, being replaced by 26-year-old Welsh girl, Keris. Michael also left after spending a day on the third island, after complaining of feeling homesick. Sarah later left Hawk island after complaining of headaches. 

Name Arrival Week Week Departed Original Tribe Tribe When Left Reason for Leaving Katie Bloomer 19, Newcastle upon Tyne, Mortgage Advisor 1 1Shark Homesick Michael Cumberbatch 26, Coventry, Shop Assistant 5 5TigerHawk Homesick Sarah Henderson19, London Student 2 6SharkHawk Unwell Dale Robertson21, Edinburgh Student 10 11SharkHawk Homesick

References

External links Shipwrecked 2008 Website