Survivor UK: Last News

BBC One's Survivor has aired its most dramatic scenes yet after two contestants collapsed during an immunity challenge, forcing host Joel Dommett to call for medical help. The reality competition follow 18 brave contestants as they face physical and mental challenges whilst marooned in a tropical location, competing in two tribes and voting out players each week. In tonight's episode, contestants took on a brutal challenge, tasking nominated players with balancing bags of increasing weights across their shoulders.

Survivor UK contestant Leilani Sen may describe herself as a barista and cleaner on the BBC One competition, however the 45 year old has revealed that she once climbed the music charts as a pop singer in the '90s, which she kept a secret from her fellow contestants. The Hertfordshire-based mum was best known for her 1999 single Madness Sing and later released two more hits, Do You Want Me and Flying Elvis the following year before retiring to "find domestic bliss". Speaking to OK! in an exclusive interview, Leilani revealed that she decided to sign up for Survivor - hosted by Joel Dommett - after splitting from her husband of 20 years.

40 year old Rachel was the second contestant to be voted out of the latest series of BBC's Survivor, after her team lost the challenge for immunity and spoke about forming "alliances".The start of Survivor consisted of 18 contestants who were split into two tribes of nine people.Their challenge is to compete against each other in a range of mental and physical challenges to try and stay on the island.Their latest challenge saw the two teams racing through water around a rectangular shaped challenge course, with the aim of catching the other team. However, each tribe was tied together with 50kg of weight distributed amongst the team.

I'm A Celeb launched on ITV, US network ABC decided to pick up the series to broadcast its own version in the states.This didn't bode well with Survivor Productions and CBS however, who thought that I'm A Celeb was too similar to their own programme.READ NEXT: I'm A Celeb eyes up 'hard man' footballer for 2022 series as show returns to AustraliaBoth included a format that saw contestants taken to a remote location, where they faced a number of challenges and eliminations throughout the series - with the hope of winning a huge cash prize at the end.However, one of the biggest differences between the two shows was that the TV viewers voted contestants out of the I'm A Celeb jungle, whereas fellow contestants voted their peers out on Survivor.ABC originally planned to broadcast 15 episodes of I'm A Celeb, but they met a legal battle from fellow network CBS, who broadcast Survivor.CBS claimed to New York Post: "Celebrity' is based on a successful British version that recently wrapped up its run after screening episodes filmed in the Australian Outback – near the site used in the second season of "Survivor."Entertainment Weekly reported at the time that CBS and Survivor Productions subsequently threatened ABC and UK producer Granada with legal action, and sent them a letter to request that I'm A Celeb was not broadcast in the states.Their letter reportedly requested that ABC and Granada not to "broadcast or license in the United States any programming that is based in whole or part on the 'Celebrity' series or that otherwise infringes any intellectual property rights in 'Survivor."Following the letter, ABC spokesperson Kevin Brookman spoke to Variety and stated that they did not feel I'm A Celeb infringed Survivor's rights.

Survivor is making its long-anticipated comeback, moving to the BBC for a brand new season. The reality TV show, whose first two seasons aired in the UK on ITV between 2001 and 2002, has been commissioned for a revival on BBC One from producers at Banijay UK company Remarkable Entertainment.