Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2006

Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2006
Presented by
No. of episodes	20
Winner	Sharks
Production
Location(s)	Moturakau and Rapota, Cook Islands, South Pacific
Filming dates	September 2005 – January 2006
Release
Original release	8 January – 28 May 2006
Chronology
Preceded by	Shipwrecked (Series 3)
Followed by	Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2007 (Series 5)

Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands 2006 is a British reality series that premiered on Channel 4 in 2006. It is the fourth series of the RDF Media programme, Shipwrecked, and featured a radically different format from the first three series, in that contestants were divided into tribes, with competitions, voting and a cash prize at stake.^[1]

Episode guide

Tribes

Sharks				Tigers
Member	Arrival Week	Original Tribe		Original Tribe	Arrival Week	Member
Laura Pratt 21, Kent Interior Design Graduate Cooking Spices	1	Sharks		Tigers	1	Charlie Freeman 18, Darlington Leisure Attendant Pen & Paper
Niff Faulks 23, Cornwall Oceanography Graduate Pen & Paper	1	Sharks		Tigers	1	Katie Rose 18, Hampshire Gap Year Student Flippers
Lou Gazeley 19, Croydon Marketing Student Journal & Pen	1	Sharks		Tigers	1	Chris Brain 23, Isle of Man Panel Beater & Part-Time Bouncer Frisbee
Sam Bush 19, Bournemouth Band tour manager Board game	5	Sharks		Tigers	1	Crawford Anderson 23, London Plumber "Pass The Pigs" game
James George^1 22, Wiltshire Journalism Graduate Football	6	Tigers		Tigers	2	Alara Gee 23, Leeds Public Relations A pair of working gloves
Ishta Nyakoojo 22, Manchester Waitress Diary & Pen	8	Sharks		Tigers	4	Charlie Murray 20, Winchester Fashion Sales Assistant Silk lining for sleeping bag
James Mudie 20, West Sussex Cabin crew Face Paints	9	Sharks		Tigers	7	Lucy Roberts-Bakkioui 20, London A diary
Jo Armstrong^2 23, Warrington Geography graduate Snorkel	10	Sharks		Tigers	7	Richard Biedul 22, London Law graduate Poker set
Annalisa Addison 21, London PA Journal & Pen	14	Sharks		Tigers	11	Leah Hibbert 21, London Model Pillow
Gareth Saunders^5 22, Plymouth Barman/graduate Twister	13	Tigers		Tigers	1	Chris Baddoo^3 18, Newcastle upon Tyne Barman Diary & Pen
Courtney Hayles^6 23, London/Manchester Performing Arts Note pad & Journal	12	Tigers		Tigers	15	Rory Nugent 23, Dublin Radio Broadcaster/Producer Irish Drum
Anna Singleton 23, London Graduate / promotional work Skipping rope	15	Sharks		Sharks	1	John Melvin^7 22, London/Northern Ireland Trainee Barrister Volleyball
Kevin Bratherton^4 23, Manchester Barman/Model Playing Cards	3	Sharks		Tigers	16	Ryan Lewis 19, Cardiff Unemployed Note pad & pen
Zara Brocklesby 22, London Model Pen & Paper	17	Sharks		Tigers	18	Jonathan Ross 23, London Works for Architect Djemba Drum
Jenni Danns 22, Liverpool Marketing student/dancer Buddhist prayer book, incense & beads.	19	Sharks

^Note 1 : James George originally joined Tigers in Week 6, but nominated to Sharks in Week 8 after being found out as a Shark mole by the Tigers.
^Note 2 : Jo Armstrong is the sister of departed castaway Geoff Armstrong. Jo originally introduced herself as "Lorna" in her week as new arrival to hide her relationship to Geoff.
^Note 3 : Chris Baddoo made a shock nomination to Sharks in Week 11, but nominated back to Tigers in Week 13 using up his two island moves.
^Note 4 : Kevin had nominated to Tigers in Week 13, but was rejected as the Tigers favoured the returning Chris Baddoo. Kevin successfully nominated to Tigers in Week 14. As a punishment for the kidnapping of Anna Singleton in Week 16, the Tigers nominated Kevin to go back to the Sharks as a "punishment", Kevin had always planned on nominating back to the Sharks anyway.
^Note 5 : Gareth nominated to Sharks after an unhappy week on Tigers in Week 14.
^Note 6 : Courtney nominated to Sharks in Week 15, after not settling on Tiger Island.
^Note 7 : John volunteered to serve the Shark's punishment for setting foot on Tiger Island during the Anna Singleton fiasco.

Castaways That Departed

Sharks
Name	Arrival Week	Week Departed	Reason for Leaving shark tribe didn't understand him
Geoff Armstrong 21, Warrington Student	1	5	Fell out with Shark Tribe & nomination to Tigers rejected.

The Kidnapping of Anna Singleton

During the sixteenth week in the competition, both tribes were asked to select a member of the opposing side to stay for one night, in a game where numbers are vital this was an ideal opportunity to claim back former members who had switched. The Shark Tribe ask for Katie who is a founding member of the Tigers and is heavily inclined towards them. When the Tigers ask for Anna the Sharks are wary of their strategy and eagerly await the return of their tribe member.

After a night of enjoyment on Tigers Anna becomes close to Chris Brain, the Tigers agree to kidnap Anna for a bit of fun and send a ransom note to the Sharks. (though when they originally voice the idea you can hear Anna agree to it due.) Enraged by the demands, the Sharks endure the 1/2 mile swim and demand the return of their tribe mate who is hiding in the jungle with Chris Brain, Shipwrecked rules dictate that an opposing tribe cannot stand on the opposing island unless invited or if it is a Sunday (generally known as a Beach Party where the new castaway decide their tribe). The Sharks violate this rule by raiding the camp and in doing so taking Kevin with them, thus breaking another rule by unofficially joining an island without nomination. At the Beach Party in which Ryan chose his tribe (eventually, Tigers) they were informed that they would be punished for their actions, and that each tribe must sacrifice one of their own to move permanently. Tiger Island accepted Kevins wish to move, meanwhile Shark Islanders James George and John Melvin stated they would move, although James suffered heavily whilst he was on Tigers due to his own stupidity and John was known as the leader of Shark Island.

When Kevin and John swapped necklaces - they were reminded that this was non-negotiable. And they would never bear their old tribes necklace, much to the dismay of Sharks.

Trivia

• Geoff was the first Shipwrecked castaway to nominate to move tribes. Geoff had exiled himself from the rest of the Shark tribe and had nominated himself to move to Tigers in Week 5, the Tigers denied his request and Geoff subsequently left the show.
• The next installment of the American series 'Survivor' was filmed on the very same islands (Moturakau and Rapota) as used in Shipwrecked 2006 and was called Survivor: Cook Islands. The series was filmed from June until August 2006, only weeks before the next set of castaways arrived on the 'deserted & untouched' islands.
• Shark inhabitant Jo Armstrong is the sister to former Shark Geoff Armstrong, but the siblings never appeared on the show together.
• During the reunion show on Channel 4, John who decided to sacrifice himself to Tigers for rule-breaking stated he took a share of the Sharks prize money, although when questioned he stated he would still accept a share of the money if Tigers won.
• Jenni's speech to choose her island was heavily edited down to three minutes from twelve.
• Loads of activities took place during the beach parties including tug of war, football matches, dance and rap-offs, which were never shown on the TV programme.
• Alara is sister of Helena Gee, former frontwoman in Leeds-based band The Ivories.

References

1. "Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands". Channel 4.