Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls is an American reality competition series hosted by adventurer and survivalist Bear Grylls. The eight-episode series premiered on NBC on July 8, 2013.
Format Ten teams of two compete to survive in the wild of New Zealand with Bear Grylls as their guide. The teams will perform various tasks and missions as they battle unforgiving terrain: high mountains, glaciers, gorges, the rain forest, rivers and rapids. Each week Grylls will eliminate one team, and the last team remaining will win $500,000.
Contestants
Season 1 (2013)
Name Age Occupation Residence Relationship Andrew "Lucky" Larson 58 Carpenter Stillman Valley, Illinois Father/Daughter Andrea "Louie" Larson 24 Chris Winter 28 Telecommunication field technician Dallas, Texas Friends Jeffrey Powell 29 Austin Vach 24 Technical Account Manager Maple Valley, Washington Father/Son Jim Vach 61 Fraud analyst Ryan Gwin 24 Technical analyst Mobile, Alabama Engaged Madeline Mitchell 24 3rd grade teacher Royce Wadsworth 25 Finance/Human resources West Hollywood, California Friends Kyle Krieger 29 Hairstylist Wilson Sheppard 40 Boat captain Altadena, California Married Robin Sheppard 36 District sales manager Canden Bliss Jackson 23 On-air Host Los Angeles, California Mother/Daughter Donna Nettles Jackson 51 Fairhope, Alabama Alicia Berkwitt 28 Entrepreneur Marina del Ray, California Dating Spencer Hill 35 Bartender/Entrepreneur Los Angeles, California Esmeralda Depierro 25 Entrepreneur Miami Beach, Florida Married Dominic Depierro 26 Entrepreneur Vanessa Vazquez 23 Biology student/Waitress Chicago, Illinois Friends Erica Franklin 24 Hairstylist Source:
Summary table
Tasks : Fire: make fire for the whole group. Food: make sure the whole group gets fed. Obstacle: make sure all the teams go through the obstacles safely and efficiently. Shelter: make sure every team has good shelter, and is dry, safe, and warm.
PlaceContestantsEpisodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1Lucky & LouieLOWLOWSAFEWINNERS 2Chris & JeffLOWSAFELOW LOWRUNNERS UP 2Austin & JimSAFESAFESAFELOWRUNNERS UP 4Madeline & RyanSAFELOWLOWOUT 5Kyle & RoyceSAFE OUT 6Robin & WilsonLOWLOWLOWOUT 7Canden & DonnaLOWOUT 8Alicia & SpencerOUT 9Dominic & EsmeraldaLOWOUT 10Erica & VanessaOUT Result: Safe: Winners of the challenge, safe from elimination for the week, and win a trip to the feast pit. Low: Team judged to be poor performers. Out: Team eliminated
Development and production In October 2012, NBC gave a green-light for the production of eight episodes of the series. Auditions were held in December 2012 and January 2013 in nine cities in the U.S. The series was filmed in the South Island, New Zealand.
International broadcast Discovery International has purchased the rights to the series, to be aired on Discovery Channel in 218 countries beginning in the third quarter of 2013.
Series overview
Episodes
References
External links