July 8 (2013-07-08) – August 26, 2013 (2013-08-26)
Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls is an American reality competition series hosted by adventurer and survivalist Bear Grylls. The eight-episode series premiered on NBC on July 8, 2013.[1]
Format
Ten teams of two compete to survive in the wild of New Zealand with Bear Grylls as their guide. The teams will perform various tasks and missions as they battle unforgiving terrain: high mountains, glaciers, gorges, the rain forest, rivers and rapids. Each week Grylls will eliminate one team, and the last team remaining will win $500,000.
Obstacle: make sure all the teams go through the obstacles safely and efficiently.
Shelter: make sure every team has good shelter, and is dry, safe, and warm.
Place
Contestants
Episodes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
Lucky & Louie
LOW
LOW
SAFE
WINNERS
2
Chris & Jeff
LOW
SAFE
LOW
LOW
RUNNERS UP
2
Austin & Jim
SAFE
SAFE
SAFE
LOW
RUNNERS UP
4
Madeline & Ryan
SAFE
LOW
LOW
OUT
5
Kyle & Royce
SAFE
OUT
6
Robin & Wilson
LOW
LOW
LOW
OUT
7
Canden & Donna
LOW
OUT
8
Alicia & Spencer
OUT
9
Dominic & Esmeralda
LOW
OUT
10
Erica & Vanessa
OUT
Result:
Safe: Winners of the challenge, safe from elimination for the week, and win a trip to the feast pit.
Low: Team judged to be poor performers.
Out: Team eliminated
Development and production
In October 2012, NBC gave a green-light for the production of eight episodes of the series.[3] Auditions were held in December 2012 and January 2013 in nine cities in the U.S.[4] The series was filmed in the South Island, New Zealand.[1]
International broadcast
Discovery International has purchased the rights to the series, to be aired on Discovery Channel in 218 countries beginning in the third quarter of 2013.[5]
