The title is misleading: "Survival Of The Fittest" is actually closer to one of those trashy, voyeuristic reality shows like "Jersey Shore" or whatever other "Shore" there is than to an elimination-type show like "Survivor" or a fitness-competition-type show like "Battle Of The Fittest Couples". The "Public Vote" is an awful, passé idea, and replacing eliminated contestants means a) that the winning team of each challenge doesn't really gain an advantage - you could win ALL the challenges until the finale and you'd still have to face the same number of opponents at the end, b) that the later eliminations are predictable, as the "new entries" become the easy targets. And yet, I watched all 20 episodes (although I did fast-forward through some parts), mainly because I fancied several characters on the girls' team - especially the intriguing, intelligent Georgie (who leaves too soon), the funny, smart Georgia (who defies the "blonde" stereotype), and late-comer Hayley, who probably has the best body I have ever seen (well, the second best; the best is still Jennifer Lopez). A guilty pleasure. 5.5 out of 10.
5 Reviews
Terrible, thoughtless format, and yet strangely addictive!
gridoon202431 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Terrible tv that is targeted to the braindead
dubwize21 February 2018
There is no survival element in this show except for "big brother" style evictions. Majority of every episode focuses on boobs, bums guys bods and laying about dribbling nonsense and waffling to a camera.
Very disappointing television that COULD have been so much better. The format looked promising except for the overwhelming narcissism of every participant that makes you want to turn off after the first 2 minutes.
Styled on "Bromans " type scenario in Africa but fails to deliver anything except gossip and homo erotic suggestions. Bromans was always far better produced and much more interesting.
Just terrible terrible TV. Money would be better spent on feeding all of Africas' Meerkats a lifetime supply of catfood rather than making this lame excuse to fill a timeslot. Whatever executive thought this was a great idea better head back to Community College.
Even the "challenges" are secondary and barely started before they are over, simply a full 45 minutes of reality TV torture.
Very disappointing television that COULD have been so much better. The format looked promising except for the overwhelming narcissism of every participant that makes you want to turn off after the first 2 minutes.
Styled on "Bromans " type scenario in Africa but fails to deliver anything except gossip and homo erotic suggestions. Bromans was always far better produced and much more interesting.
Just terrible terrible TV. Money would be better spent on feeding all of Africas' Meerkats a lifetime supply of catfood rather than making this lame excuse to fill a timeslot. Whatever executive thought this was a great idea better head back to Community College.
Even the "challenges" are secondary and barely started before they are over, simply a full 45 minutes of reality TV torture.
Survival of the Fittest-Survival of the Thickest is more like it!
tomdaly-174363 June 2018
When this show was first announced, I presume people were expecting something like Ninja Warrior or Gladiators. Oh, how tragically wrong they were! The show is basically like a cross between Survivor and Love Island!
When the show was promoted, it admittedly had promise, but when it aired, it was like that present you get at Christmas and you as "Can we get our money back?"
The people on it are just vacuous nonentities who are basically only on it for 15-minutes of fame. In short, you know there's something wrong when it makes Geordie Shore look intelligent. Why watch this dross when you can watch a gang of Z-list celebrities in the jungle eating crocodile balls?
When the show was promoted, it admittedly had promise, but when it aired, it was like that present you get at Christmas and you as "Can we get our money back?"
The people on it are just vacuous nonentities who are basically only on it for 15-minutes of fame. In short, you know there's something wrong when it makes Geordie Shore look intelligent. Why watch this dross when you can watch a gang of Z-list celebrities in the jungle eating crocodile balls?
LOVE IT
slindsell-8966426 February 2018
What a great show ITV 2 have bought to us young views this winter, I absolutely love it. It's so better than Love Island and can't get why people watch that sad show. It's all about people getting in to fake relationships and having sex on TV to win. It's STUPID. However, Survival Of The Fittest is great even though it has some similarities as Love Island it's also very different in terms of the aim is not to get into relationships but to fight for your place/ Survival. I really hope ITV 2 bring it back for a new series in 2019. For this I give it 9 stars would have given it 10 stars but Big Brother has taken that title for me. Sorry.
From the makers of...
Mark_a_Wood22 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers
You may see the title of this show and think that it is a Ninja Warrior style competition - it isn't.
Survival of the Fittest is made by the same production company that made Love Island and like Love Island it is broadcast on ITV's second channel - which is home to many a Reality TV Show. If you like Love Island then you may like this show too, though general consensus seems to be that it is not as good.
The participants are split into two teams, male and female, and take part in challenges with the members of the winning team sharing the cash prize of forty thousand pounds at the end of the series. However, the challenges are NOT the focus of episodes. The main focus of the episodes is on the relationships the participants form, both in terms of team-mates and love interests. There are all the usual things you would expect in any similar reality TV show - the contestants are very narcissistic, there are plenty of tantrums and arguments, the participants all get the chance to waffle on to camera about themselves a lot and viewers get to vote people out.
Not a particularly good or interesting variant on the usual reality TV show and some of the "challenges" are terrible. A second series will probably have been commissioned already naturally!
Survival of the Fittest is made by the same production company that made Love Island and like Love Island it is broadcast on ITV's second channel - which is home to many a Reality TV Show. If you like Love Island then you may like this show too, though general consensus seems to be that it is not as good.
The participants are split into two teams, male and female, and take part in challenges with the members of the winning team sharing the cash prize of forty thousand pounds at the end of the series. However, the challenges are NOT the focus of episodes. The main focus of the episodes is on the relationships the participants form, both in terms of team-mates and love interests. There are all the usual things you would expect in any similar reality TV show - the contestants are very narcissistic, there are plenty of tantrums and arguments, the participants all get the chance to waffle on to camera about themselves a lot and viewers get to vote people out.
Not a particularly good or interesting variant on the usual reality TV show and some of the "challenges" are terrible. A second series will probably have been commissioned already naturally!
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