Stars on Mars
GenreReality competition
Presented byWilliam Shatner
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
ProducerGreg Basser
Production locationCoober Pedy, Australia
Production companyEureka Productions
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseJune 5, 2023 (2023-06-05) –
present

Stars on Mars is an American reality competition series that premiered on Fox on June 5, 2023.

Format

Stars on Mars features celebrities living together in a base camp in Coober Pedy, Australia, designed to simulate life on Mars.[1][2][3] Each cycle, the group elects one celebrity as "Base Commander" who becomes immune from elimination, assigns tasks to complete around the compound and oversees the upcoming mission. The Base Commander then selects another celebrity to be "Mission Specialist" (excluding the first cycle where the Mission Specialist was selected by production); they also oversee the mission and are immune from elimination.[4]

In each episode's mission, the group must collectively work to complete a space-themed task while being directed by the Base Commander and Mission Specialist. If the group were to fail, then the Base Commander would lose immunity and be up for elimination, but the Mission Specialist would remain safe. After each mission, the Mission Specialist and Base Commander must select two or three celebrities, depending on the outcome of the mission, deemed to be the "least mission critical" in the mission, making them vulnerable for elimination. Afterwards, the group must come to a decision of which of those two or three celebrities to eliminate (or "extract").[4]

Production

On April 12, 2023, it was announced that Fox had ordered the series that was scheduled to premiere on June 5, 2023.[5][6][7]

On May 4, 2023, the names of the celebrities competing were announced.[8][9] During the July 10, 2023, episode, four additional celebrities joining the competition were revealed.[10]

Contestants

Celebrity Notability Entered Exited Result Ref.
Christopher Mintz-Plasse Actor Episode 1 Episode 1 Eliminated [8][9][10]
Tallulah Willis Actress and daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore Episode 2 Eliminated
Richard Sherman NFL cornerback Episode 3 Eliminated
Natasha Leggero Comedian, actress, and writer Episode 4 Eliminated
Tom Schwartz Vanderpump Rules star Eliminated
Ashley Iaconetti The Bachelor star Episode 5 Episode 6 Eliminated
Ronda Rousey UFC fighter, WWE wrestler, and Olympic judoka Episode 1 Episode 7 Eliminated
Andy Richter Comedian, actor and writer Episode 5 Episode 8 Eliminated
Lance Armstrong Professional cyclist Episode 1 Episode 9 Eliminated
Ariel Winter Actress Episode 10 Eliminated
Marshawn Lynch NFL running back Episode 11 Eliminated
Cat Cora Iron Chef America star Episode 5 Episode 12 Eliminated
Paul Pierce NBA player Eliminated
Porsha Williams Guobadia The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Episode 1 Eliminated
Tinashe Singer-songwriter Runner-up
Adam Rippon Olympic figure skater Winner

Elimination table

Results
Name Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Adam RISK SAFE SAFE RISK BC SAFE MS RISK SAFE SAFE SAFE WINNER
Tinashe SAFE SAFE BC SAFE SAFE MS SAFE SAFE MS SAFE SAVED RUNNER-UP
Porsha SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE MS SAFE SAFE SAFE BC RISK RISK OUT
Cat ENTER SAFE RISK BC SAFE MS SAFE OUT
Paul ENTER RISK RISK RISK RISK BC SAFE OUT
Marshawn BC RISK RISK SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE RISK OUT
Ariel SAFE SAFE MS MS SAFE BC SAFE SAFE RISK OUT
Lance SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE MS OUT
Andy ENTER SAFE BC OUT
Ronda SAFE SAFE SAFE BC SAFE RISK OUT
Ashley ENTER OUT
Natasha SAFE MS RISK OUT
Tom RISK RISK SAFE OUT
Richard SAFE SAFE OUT
Tallulah MS OUT
Christopher OUT

Color key:

  The celebrity won Stars on Mars.
  The celebrity was the runner-up.
  The celebrity was named Base Commander and was safe for the cycle.
  The celebrity was named Mission Specialist and was safe for the cycle.
  The celebrity was not deemed Mission Critical and was at risk of being eliminated.
  The celebrity was eliminated from the competition.
  The celebrity was named Base Commander, but was still eliminated from the competition due to a mission failure.
  The celebrity did not compete during the episode.
  The celebrity entered the competition and was safe for the cycle.
  The celebrity was on the losing team but was deemed Mission Critical by their teammates.

Episodes

No.Title [11][12]Original air date [11][12]Prod.
code [11]		U.S. viewers
(millions)		Rating
(18-49)
1"The Experiment Begins"June 5, 2023 (2023-06-05)SMA-1011.32[13]0.2[13]

Base Commander: Marshawn Lynch

Mission Specialist: Tallulah Willis

Mission: Raise the communication satellite tower and connect to the incoming satellite.

Result: Mission success.

Mission Patch: Leadership

Extracted: Christopher Mintz-Plasse - for ultimately failing to contribute to the mission.
2"Water Crisis"June 12, 2023 (2023-06-12)SMA-1020.99[14]0.2[14]

Base Commander: Tallulah Willis

Mission Specialist: Natasha Leggero

Mission: Collect and fill four barrels of water from a cave.

Result: Mission failure.

Mission Patch: Teamwork

Extracted: Tallulah Willis - for her poor performance as Base Commander, which caused the team to fail.
3"Fire In The Hole"June 19, 2023 (2023-06-19)SMA-1030.86[15]0.2[15]

Base Commander: Tinashe

Mission Specialist: Ariel Winter

Mission: Repair a hole in the biodome, caused by an explosion, then replant and fertilize the damaged crops.

Result: Mission success.

Mission Patch: Survivalist

Extracted: Richard Sherman - for feeling isolated and stating that the other two least Mission Critical celebrities were better suited for the experiment than him.
4"Life on Mars?"June 26, 2023 (2023-06-26)SMA-1040.91[16]0.2[16]

Base Commander: Ronda Rousey

Mission Specialist: Ariel Winter

Mission: Find two "mother fungus spawn points" in a dark cave, destroy them with a flamethrower, then reconnect to backup oxygen at the rovers.

Result: Mission success.

Mission Patch: Perseverance

Extracted:

  • Natasha Leggero - voluntarily extracted after struggling with the conditions.
  • Tom Schwartz - for being less beneficial to save than Adam Rippon.
5"Resupply Mission"July 10, 2023 (2023-07-10)SMA-1050.91[17]0.2[17]

Base Commander: Adam Rippon

Mission Specialist: Porsha Williams

Mission: Safely dispose of two nuclear canisters and save the four new celebrities.

Result: Mission success.

Mission Patch: Ingenuity

Extracted: None
6"Leaks in the Hab"July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17)SMA-1061.01[18]0.2[18]

Base Commander: Ariel Winter

Mission Specialist: Tinashe

Mission: Create a substance to patch up the holes.

Result: Mission success.

Mission Patch: Endurance

Extracted: Ashley Iaconetti - for an inadequate performance in the mission, leading the group to question her future contributions.
7"Evil AI"July 24, 2023 (2023-07-24)SMA-1070.88[19]0.2[19]

Base Commander: Andy Richter

Mission Specialist: Adam Rippon

Mission: Reboot the AI, which is infected with an evil virus.

Result: Mission success.

Mission Patch: Intelligence

Extracted: Ronda Rousey - voluntarily extracted for missing her baby.
8"Solar Flare"July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)SMA-1080.94[20]0.2[20]

Base Commander: Cat Cora

Mission Specialist: Lance Armstrong

Mission: Connect the solar panels and make it back to base.

Result: Mission success.

Mission Patch: Trust

Extracted: Andy Richter - for interrupting Cat's instructions during the mission.
9"We Are Not Alone"August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07)SMA-1090.84[21]0.1[21]

Base Commander: Porsha Williams Guobadia

Mission Specialist: Tinashe

Mission: Find the intruder in the air vents.

Result: Mission success.

Mission Patch: Adaptability

Extracted: Lance Armstrong - voluntarily extracted due to concerns that his ongoing clashes with other contestants would hold the team back in the future.
10"Downward Dog"August 14, 2023 (2023-08-14)SMA-1100.86[22]0.2[22]

Base Commander: Paul Pierce

Mission Specialist: Cat Cora

Mission: Find the runaway RAD Dog that fell into a crevice.

Result: Mission success.

Mission Patch: Bravery

Extracted: Ariel Winter - voluntarily extracted due to feeling that she had been the least Mission Critical in the day's mission.
11"Distress Signal"August 21, 2023 (2023-08-21)SMA-1110.86[23]0.2[23]

Mission: Rearrange satellites to boost the strength of the distress signals.

Result: Team B (Adam, Cat, and Paul) succeeded.

Mission Patch: Knowledge

Extracted: Marshawn Lynch - for having contributed less during day-to-day life on Mars than Porsha.
12"Brightest Star"August 28, 2023 (2023-08-28)SMA-1120.86[24]0.2[24]

Mission: Power up a satellite to broadcast a message to Earth.

Result: Adam succeeded, with Tinashe being deemed runner-up.

Mission Patch: Brightest Star

Extracted:

  • Cat Cora & Paul Pierce - were not voted as being one of the three most Mission Critical contestants.
  • Porsha Williams Guobadia - for performing the worst at trivia.

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