The second series of Ex on the Beach, a British television programme, began airing on 27 January 2015 on MTV. 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. Exes for this series included stars of Geordie Shore Charlotte Crosby and Gary Beadle.
Rogan O'Connor later returned to the beach during the third series, this time as an ex. Gary and Jess both returned to the fifth "All-Star" series as main cast, whilst Ashley, Kayleigh and Melissa also returned as exes. Kayleigh also went on to appear in the eighteenth series of Big Brother, but was removed from the house on Day 13 due to threatening behaviour. In 2018, Jess Impiazzi, an ex during this series went onto appear in the twenty-first series of Celebrity Big Brother. 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. Rogan O'Connor returned for the fourth season of Celebrity Ex on the Beach.
Cast The official list of cast members was released on 6 January 2015 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. 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.
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. Rogan's ex-girlfriend model Jess Impiazzi arrived during the second episode. Jess had previously appeared briefly during an episode of the seventh series of The Only Way Is Essex. 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. Anita's ex-boyfriend Joe Chandler turned up on the beach during the fourth episode in an attempt to win her back, whilst Geordie Shores 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.Bold' indicates original cast member; all other cast were brought into the series as an ex.
Episodes Name Age (at start of series) Hometown Exes 8 Anita Kaushik 22 London Joe Chandler, Rogan O'Connor 8 Connor Hunter 18 Essex Megan Clark 8 Kayleigh Morris 26 Wales/London Adam Gabriel 8 Loren Green 23 Walsall 8Luke Goodfellow 22 Cardiff Danielle Abbott 8 Melissa Reeves 22 Liverpool Gary Beadle 8 Morgan Evans 26 Birmingham Emily Colley 8 Rogan O'Connor 25Stratford-upon-Avon Anita Kaushik, Emily Colley, Jess Impiazzi 8 Adam Gabriel 23 London Kayleigh Morris 8 Megan Clark 19 Essex Connor Hunter 7 Jess Impiazzi 25 Surrey Rogan O'Connor 6 Gary Beadle 26 Newcastle Charlotte Crosby, Emily Colley, Melissa Reeves 6 Emily Colley 24 WorcestershireAshley Cain, Gary Beadle, Morgan Evans, Rogan O'Connor 5 Joe Chandler 22 Surrey Anita Kaushik 4 Charlotte Crosby 24 Sunderland Gary Beadle 3 Danielle Abbott 22 Reading Luke Goodfellow 2 Ashley Cain 23 Nuneaton Emily Colley
Duration of cast
Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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
Ratings Episode Date Official MTV rating MTV weekly rank Official MTV+1 rating Total MTV viewers Episode 1 27 January 2015 426,000 1 25,000 451,000 Episode 2 3 February 2015 549,000 1 21,000 570,000 Episode 3 10 February 2015 623,000 1 38,000 661,000 Episode 4 17 February 2015 799,000 1 40,000 839,000 Episode 5 24 February 2015 721,000 1 26,000 747,000 Episode 6 3 March 2015 821,000 1 106,000 927,000 Episode 7 10 March 2015 641,000 1 69,000 710,000 Episode 8 17 March 2015 707,000 1 84,000 791,000 Average viewers 661,000 1 51,000 712,000
References
External links Official website