Escape from Scorpion Island

Sixteen incredible adventurers, plucked from thousands, are about to be stranded on an idyllic, tropical island thousands of miles away from school, friends, family - and normality! Because this is no ordinary Island! It's a devious, mischievous, even sinister place that will do anything it can to prevent the adventurers from escaping.

How will the adventurers cope? Will all of them make it through the first day on Scorpion Island? What amazing challenges will the team face over the coming weeks? Does the Island have any more terrifying surprises in store?

Three teams of adventurers (Sting, Claw and Venom) have been stranded on an exotic tropical island thousands of miles away from the humdrum world of school, friends, and family. Over the coming weeks, they will be learning to cope with this extraordinary new life, bonding and bickering with their team-mates and rivals, as well as competing in a series of awe-inspiring challenges.

Today the Island is testing the adventurers head for heights in the Double Jeopardy round of Tipping Point where the stakes are raised and the challenge is made much, much harder. The teams will be crossing narrow, unsteady, slimy, bridges high above the jungle floor - but this time one of the Adventurers will be blindfolded!

Today the Island is testing the adventurers to their absolute limits in the mighty Rock Hard Raise. The teams will need endurance, strength, good communication and a real head for heights as one of their number is hauled high into the air to place giant column pieces onto huge stacking shelves. It all gets very tense!

Today the Island is testing the adventurers to their absolute limits in the Double Jeopardy round of Rock Hard Raise. This time the challenge is even tougher as the teams race to rearrange the giant game pieces to spell the word 'Scorpion'. It all gets very tense and, as usual, there are screams of joy and of crushing disappointment.

Today's terrifying challenge is the Triple Decker. The teams must make their way across a set of steel cables strung high above the mighty Thunder River. It's a test of balance, bravery, leg strength and team work that will bring the adventurers to their knees!

Today the teams must face the Double Jeopardy round of the Triple Decker here the stakes are raised and the challenge is much, much tougher. This time one of the adventurers will be blindfolded!

Today's challenge is High Risk, High Wire. A test of physical endurance, upper body strength, and sheer guts! This time the Island has created a challenge so tough that not all of the Adventurers can complete it.

Today the Adventurers face the Double Jeopardy round of High Risk, High Wire. This time the challenge is much harder. Who will Sting pick from team Venom? Who will win the all important Island Torch? What else has the Island got in store for the Adventurers?

Today's challenge is Relentless River Run. The first water based challenge - it is physically demanding, the water is deep and icy and the currents are strong. How will the teams cope?

Today the teams face the Double Jeopardy round of Relentless River Run where the stakes are raised and the challenge is even harder. This is a water based challenge and for some of the Adventurers it means facing up to their biggest fear - swimming! The challenge is physically demanding, the water is deep and icy and the currents are strong. How will the teams cope?

Today's challenge is Depth Charge. The Adventurers will have to swim out to sea, collect boat pieces, and then race to construct complicated cog powered rafts. The challenge is hard, things get very tense, and the finish is nail biting.

In the Double Jeopardy round of Depth Charge things are much harder as the missing cogs are weighted on the seafloor and the teams must dive down to release them before fitting them to the rafts. Things get very tense and very shouty! But who will win that all important Island Torch?

Today's challenge is Collision Course. The adventurers must swim up stream in freezing, fast flowing water, under submerged obstacles and into terrifying claustrophobic spaces. This is the hardest challenge yet for the teams.

Today the teams face the Double Jeopardy round of Collision Course. The adventurers must swim up stream in freezing, fast flowing water, under submerged obstacles and into terrifying claustrophobic spaces. A big ask for anyone but for a new swimmer almost impossible! And the Island doesn't stop there, oh no, this time one of the adventurers must do it in darkness!

Today's challenge is Critical Crossing. The adventurers must make their way across a series of giant stepping swings suspended high above Thunder River. To reach the skulls they must time their swings perfectly, take huge steps into thin air and, above all, not look down! It's one of the toughest challenges yet and the teams really struggle.

Today the teams face the Double Jeopardy round of Critical Crossing where the stakes are the raised and the challenge is made much, much harder. The adventurers must make their way across a series of giant stepping swings suspended high above Thunder River but this time two team mates must cross the gorge together. They must coordinate their every move and avoid getting tangled at all costs!

Today's challenge is Wheelspin. The Adventurers are given powerful, petrol powered buggies to drive and must make their way around a treacherous course at fast as they can. This one has the watching Adventurers jumping up and down with excitement and screaming at their team mates in frustration.

Today the teams face the Double Jeopardy round of Wheelspin. The Adventurers are given powerful, petrol powered buggies to drive and must make their way around a treacherous course at fast as they can - tough enough but much, much tougher when the driver is blindfolded!

Today's challenge is Unbearable Load. The teams must use all of their strength, grit and determination to keep a barrel above water as long as they can whilst their rivals do everything in their power to make the load heavier and the challenge tougher.

Today the teams face the Double Jeopardy round of Unbearable Load. The teams must use all of their strength, grit and determination to keep a member of the rival team above water for as long as they can. All the while a second member of the rival team is doing everything they can to make the challenge tougher. It's a hard fought battle and tensions run high in team Claw!

Today's challenge is Serious Scramble. The Island has suspended a giant scramble net above Skeleton Falls. The adventurers must haul themselves through the fast flowing, icy water and up the difficult to climb net in a flat out race with a twist.

Today the teams face the Double Jeopardy round of Serious Scramble. The Island has suspended a giant scramble net high above Skeleton Falls. The adventurers must haul themselves through the fast flowing, icy water and up and down the difficult to climb net in order to join up the huge coloured streamers and complete a picture of a Scorpion.

Today's challenge is set aboard a mysterious pirate ship - the Shattered Skull! Two team mates must climb the terrifying rigging and then edge their way across parallel steel cables strung high above the deck. The ship will be rocking on the waves, the cables will be swaying and the wind blowing - The adventurers must work together and trust each other totally.