BBC show that ‘cost £30,000,000 axed after just one season’
The reality show aired in 2023.
Survivor has reportedly been cancelled by the BBC after just one season on the air.
The new version of the reality show hit screens in 2023 in a primetime Saturday night slot on BBC One with comedian Joel Dommett, 40, at the helm – and is rumoured to have cost the broadcaster £30,000,000 to make.
Survivor saw 18 people compete in a series of challenges on a desert island to win £100,000, just as the original noughties show had tasked contestants with.
The contestants were flown out to the Dominican Republic and split into two tribes where they had to outwit each other and vote others out. Yet the programme struggled to attract viewers.
Survivor was reportedly in jeopardy as soon as after the first episode aired on the BBC, because it only attracted 2.6 million viewers on average, despite airing in the post-Strictly Saturday slot.
The ratings were around two million less than the numbers Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel pulled in the week prior – which allegedly prompted crisis talks among TV execs at the time.
Survivor saw 18 people compete in a series of challenges (Picture: BBC/Remarkable)
