REALITY TV GOES GREEN

CHANNEL 5 have announced that they have acquired ‘Eco-Challenge’ from Columbia Tristar International Television.
Eco-Challenge is a 6 x 60 minute Emmy Award winning reality sports programme from the executive producer of ‘Survivor’.
Channel 5's Controller of Acquisitions, Jeff Ford, said: "This series gives a whole new slant to the reality TV format. It brings a true sense of adventure and international flavour to the genre."
‘Eco-Challenge’ tests the endurance of amateur athletes from around the world. 76 teams from 26 countries compete in a test of physical strength and stamina against the relentless forces of nature. Each team of four, comprising men and women, races non-stop for six to 12 days, 24 hours a day, over a rugged 300 mile course in the wilds of Sabah, Borneo.
Teams face a host of physical challenges from paddling native outrigger canoes to manoeuvring mountain bikes along ancient headhunter trails, swimming down swollen jungle rivers, trekking through the dense leech-infested jungles and navigating the unforgiving lowlands and deep, bat inhabited caves.
The first team to cross the finish line together are the winners. If a team loses a member due to illness, fatigue, injury or a team disagreement, they are disqualified. Only teams who can work together as friends have any hope of reaching the finishing line. (CD)