The shooting of an Australian reality series on a remote island deviated when candidates were left in conditions that saw them ‘starving, fainting and bitten by a snake’.
Not unlike Survivor, Million Dollar Island includes a group of individuals left on a remote desert island where they carry out a series of obstacles for the possibility to win a prize money.
Hosted by previous SAS: Who Dares Win’s speaker Ant Middleton, the 100 candidates form alliances, lied, and plan as they intend to get bracelets worth countless dollars in the hopes of making it to the end.
However, it ends up that throughout shooting of the series, candidates had more to fret about than just edging out their competitors.
A previous candidate has actually now spilled the beans, using a behind-the-scenes take a look at what decreased, and from what they explained, it was quite bleak.
Before cams began rolling, manufacturers were said to have actually eliminated the candidates ‘essential items’, which had actually consisted of requirements consisting of sun block, bug spray and microfibre towels.
‘People were losing their s** and fighting with production because they didn’t offer us a factor [for confiscating our stuff],’ they previous candidate explained.
At the start of the program the group was offered wood boxes filled with food that was implied to last them for the whole 4 weeks of shooting.
With rice, beans and canned food on hand, they were likewise offered basic survival tools like rope and wood.
But the previous candidate said that food began ‘running out’ after simply a couple of days, and they weren’t offered any additional.
‘We were subsisting on half a handful of rice in the morning,’ they said when speaking with SoDramatic!
‘We were starving on less than 200 calories a day. Within three days, people were standing up and getting head spins.’
While part of the video game was to attempt and live off the land, it showed quite challenging.
Despite having expert anglers and survivalists on set, they were reported to have actually been ‘shocked’ at how couple of natural deposits were available.
Things ultimately ended up being so bad that manufacturers began giving out food at the start of obstacles, nevertheless they were just snacks like ‘apple slices’.
‘We had no energy to do things and by the end of week two, everyone was lying down in the sun, unable to give anything,’ they included.
Many candidates were likewise declared to have actually passed out due to the absence of food and water on the island, with medics said to have actually been employed.
‘I think the producers didn’t understand how bad it was going to get food-wise,’ the previous cast member admitted.
They likewise explained that while there had actually been a tank to fill water bottles, that likewise ran dry within 5 days.
Despite the substantial reward available, it wasn’t enough to lure everybody to remain, with numerous candidates choosing to give up the program.
‘Lots of people quit the game, even people you wouldn’t anticipate to give up. Many candidates wound up in huge shouting matches with production behind the scenes,’ the source said.
‘People were standing up for everyone, saying: “You can’t treat us like this”.’
If things didn’t sound bad enough, the animals were likewise an issue.
‘Somebody got bitten by a snake and there were many deadly, poisonous snakes on the island,’ they said.
They likewise explained that cast members struggled with tick bites whilst shooting on the tropical island.
The series is still airing in Australia, however over the 7 episodes that have actually been launched up until now, 17 candidates have actually stopped, while 4 have actually left due to ‘medical reasons’.
An extra 41 have actually been removed.
Metro.co.uk has actually gotten in touch with Channel Seven and production business Eureka for remark.
Million Dollar Island is streaming on 7Plus in Australia.
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