| Genre: | Reality |
| Presenter: | Bear Grylls |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 12 |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Network: | ITV |
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive is a reality television show presented by Bear Grylls featuring eight celebrities on a 12-day survival mission. The celebrities are tested on fundamental principles of survival, and have to navigate through difficult terrains.[1]
Grylls is assisted by survival expert Megan Hine and former commando Scott Heffield, who accompany the celebrities.[2] Their assessment of how the celebrities performed helps Bear Grylls decide whom to eliminate in each episode. The show was filmed in Costa Rica for the first series and moved to South Africa for the second series in 2016.
The first series aired in 2015 and was won by DJ and model Vogue Williams.[3] Shortly after the first series aired, it was announced that the show would return in 2016 and was won by Arsenal L.F.C. player Alex Scott.[4]
On 30 May 2016, ITV announced that Bear Grylls: Mission Survive would not be returning for a third series due to the falling ratings of series two.[5]
The eight celebrities taking part in the series were announced on 4 February 2015:[1]
| Celebrity | Known for | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max George | The Wanted singer | Eliminated 1st on 27 February 2015 | |||
| Jamelia | Singer & Loose Women panelist | Eliminated 2nd on 6 March 2015 | |||
| Laurence Fox | Lewis actor & singer | Eliminated 3rd on 13 March 2015 | |||
| Emilia Fox | Film & television actress | Eliminated 4th on 13 March 2015 | |||
| Tom Rosenthal | Comedian | Eliminated 5th on 20 March 2015 | |||
| Kelly Holmes | Olympic middle distance runner | Runners-up on 3 April 2015 | |||
| Mike Tindall | Former England rugby player | ||||
| style=background:lavender; | Vogue Williams | style=background:lavender; | DJ, model & presenter | style=background:gold; | Winner on 3 April 2015 |
| Celebrities | Episodes | Eliminated | Reason | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Vogue | Winner | Day 12 | No reason given | ||||||
| Mike | Runner-up | Day 12 | |||||||
| Kelly | Runner-up | Day 12 | |||||||
| Tom | OUT | Day 10 | Forgetting parts of kit twice | ||||||
| Emilia | OUT | Day 8 | Negative attitude | ||||||
| Laurence | OUT | Day 8 | Suffered from trench foot and acted rashly | ||||||
| Jamelia | OUT | Day 6 | Not a team player[6] | ||||||
| Max | OUT | Day 4 | Safety concerns[7] | ||||||
Colour key:
Celebrity got through to the next episode.
Celebrity was eliminated.
Celebrity was the series runner-up.
Celebrity was the series winner.
No elimination this week
Double elimination this week
The show returned for a second series on 3 March 2016. Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas was due to participate in the series, but was dropped from the line-up in 2015.[8]
The seven celebrities taking part in the series were announced on 18 February 2016:[9]
| Celebrity | Known for | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsee Healey | Former Waterloo Road actress | Eliminated 1st on 3 March 2016 | ||||
| Stuart Pearce | Football manager | Eliminated 2nd on 10 March 2016 | ||||
| Neil Morrissey | Actor | style=background:#f4c7b8;" | Eliminated 3rd on 17 March 2016 | |||
| Michelle Collins | Former EastEnders and Coronation Street actress | style=background:#f4c7b8;" | Eliminated 4th on 31 March 2016 | |||
| Jason Gardiner | Dancing on Ice judge | Runners-up on 7 April 2016 | ||||
| Samantha Barks | Stage & screen actress | |||||
| style=background:lavender; | Alex Scott | style=background:lavender; | Arsenal L.F.C. player | style=background:gold; | Winner on 7 April 2016 |
| Celebrities | Episodes | Eliminated | Reason | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4* | 5 | 6 | |||
| Alex | Winner | Day 12 | No reason given | |||||
| Samantha | Runner-up | Day 12 | ||||||
| Jason | Runner-up | Day 12 | ||||||
| Michelle | OUT | Day 10 | Physically weak | |||||
| Neil | OUT | Day 6 | Waning mind strength | |||||
| Stuart | OUT | Day 4 | Reckless leadership | |||||
| Chelsee | OUT | Day 2 | Lack of commitment | |||||
Colour key:
Celebrity got through to the next episode.
Celebrity was eliminated.
Celebrity was the series runner-up.
Celebrity was the series winner.
Episode viewing figures from BARB.[11] Viewing figures do not include numbers from ITV HD or ITV +1.
| Episode no. | Air date | Viewers (millions) | ITV weekly ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.18 | 17 | |
| 2 | 3.42 | 17 | |
| 3 | 3.28 | 17 | |
| 4 | 2.81 | 22 | |
| 5 | 2.81 | 23 | |
| 6 | 2.96 | 20 | |
| Episode no. | Air date | Viewers (millions) | ITV weekly ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.84 | 27 | |
| 2 | Outside Top 30 | ||
| 3 | Outside Top 30 | ||
| 4 | Outside Top 30 | ||
| 5 | Outside Top 30 | ||
| 6 | Outside Top 30 | ||