Treasure Island (show)
Encyclopedia
Treasure Island is a popular reality television
game show
produced in New Zealand by Eyeworks Touchdown as well as in Ireland
and Australia
. In the show, contestants are isolated on a remote Fiji
an island (early shows were filmed in Tonga
) and compete for a cash prize (of NZ$
50,000, about US$
40,000). "Treasure Island" is based on the successful Swedish show Expedition: Robinson
and precedes the American reality show Survivor.
Celebrity Treasure Island: Season 2
Season 3 Cast (Any Order)
.
at 8pm each Sunday Night from 15 July to 12 September 2001. It was RTÉ's and Ireland's first major reality TV series.
Almost 31,000 people applied to take part in Treasure Island Series 1. The first programme involved 22 people vying to be part of the final 16. They range in age from 19 to 63. The group of 22 would then be taken to Killary Harbour
, Co Galway
, where they faced a series of physical and psychological challenges. After two days the final 16 were chosen and taken immediately to Dublin Airport
, where they depart for Tonga
. When they arrived on the Island the teams were split into two teams, one on each side of the island.
A spin off series was shown on Network 2
called Treasure Island Uncut on Monday nights at 10:35pm.
BLUE TEAM: Yvonne Cronin (Winner), Tom Tom, Becky, Rob, Geoff, Sheila, Lewize, Peter
RED TEAM: Tom Barton (2nd Place), Padraic Doorey, Carole, Paul, Faith, Marya, Martin, Ann
, but RTÉ introduced a new spin off series for RTÉ One called Treasure Island Live hosted by Brendan Courtney
shown on Tuesday nights at 8pm .
. It aired on Sunday nights at 7pm. Contestants playing for the $50,000 included:
West Team
East Team
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
produced in New Zealand by Eyeworks Touchdown as well as in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. In the show, contestants are isolated on a remote Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
an island (early shows were filmed in Tonga
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...
) and compete for a cash prize (of NZ$
New Zealand dollar
The New Zealand dollar is the currency of New Zealand. It also circulates in the Cook Islands , Niue, Tokelau, and the Pitcairn Islands. It is divided into 100 cents....
50,000, about US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
40,000). "Treasure Island" is based on the successful Swedish show Expedition: Robinson
Expedition Robinson
Sources-External links:* *...
and precedes the American reality show Survivor.
Elimination
Celebrity Treasure Island: Season 1| North Team | South Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Cocksy | |
| Runner Up | Stacy Daniels | |
| 6th Off | Andy Dye | Frank Bunce Frank Bunce Frank Eneri Bunce is a retired New Zealand rugby union player and current coach. He played international rugby for both Western Samoa and New Zealand in the 1990s, appearing in the 1991 and 1995 World Cups... |
| 5th Off | Sally Ridge Sally Ridge Sally Ridge is an interior designer and former television presenter living in Grey Lynn, a middle class suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.Ridge was known in the past within New Zealand as a television presenter on shows dealing with interior decorating, including the TVNZ television series, Home... |
Katrina Hobbs |
| 4th Off | Anthony Ray | Nicky Watson Nicky Watson Eric Watson born 1959 in Christchurch, New Zealand is a global businessman, now resident in London. In 2011 the National Business Review listed Watson as the 30th richest New Zealander with a wealth of $NZ220 million.-Personal:... |
| 3rd Off | Erika Takacs | Jayne Kiely |
| 2nd Off | Danny Morrison Danny Morrison (cricketer) Daniel Kyle Morrison is a former New Zealand cricketer . He specialised as a pace bowler with a useful outswinger. He made his test debut for New Zealand in 1987 at the age of 21 against Australia.... |
Dominic Bowden Dominic Bowden Dominic Joseph Bowden . is a New Zealand television personality, host, radio and voice actor. He is best known as the host of the reality series New Zealand Idol. Bowden was also the host of TVNZs game shows Are You Smarter than a Ten Year Old? and Dare to Win, which has a similar format to Minute... |
| 1st Off | Nicky Sunderland | Trent Bray Trent Bray Trent Bray is a former freestyle swimmer and surf lifesaver from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics. He also won 3 Gold medals and 3 bronze at the 1998 World Surf Lifesaving Championships... |
Celebrity Treasure Island: Season 2
| Girls Team | Boys Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Greer Robson Greer Robson Greer Robson-Kirk born is a New Zealand television actress well known for her role in the Television Drama, Shortland Street.-Biography:... |
|
| Runner Up | Paul Ellis | |
| 6th Off | Eva Evguenieva | Cory Hutchings Cory Hutchings Cory Francis Hutchings is a former world surf lifesaving Ironman champion from Gisborne, New Zealand.Hutchings was born in Gisborne to a family of passionate sportspeople. His father Ben was the coach of the New Zealand men’s canoeing team who won gold in four events at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics... |
| 5th Off | Louise Wallace | Michael Laws Michael Laws Michael Laws is a New Zealand politician, broadcaster and writer/columnist. He served two terms as a Member of the New Zealand Parliament, representing the National Party and New Zealand First . He was elected as Mayor of Wanganui in 2004, was re-elected in 2007 but announced his retirement from... |
| 4th Off | Nicky Watson Nicky Watson Eric Watson born 1959 in Christchurch, New Zealand is a global businessman, now resident in London. In 2011 the National Business Review listed Watson as the 30th richest New Zealander with a wealth of $NZ220 million.-Personal:... |
Matthew Ridge Matthew Ridge Matthew John Ridge is a New Zealand television presenter as well as a former All Black, and rugby league captain for the Manly Sea Eagles, New Zealand Warriors and Kiwis.... |
| 3rd Off | Suzanne Paul | Jason Gunn Jason Gunn Jason Gunn is a New Zealand television personality. He is now best known as the main host of the hit New Zealand entertainment television show, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune, and The Rich List.- Early career :... |
| 2nd Off | Jenny May Coffin | Ewen Gilmore |
| 1st Off | K'lee K'lee Kaleena Renae McNabb, better known by her stage name K'Lee, is a New Zealand pop singer who released her first single in 2001 at the age of 17, while still attending Waitakere College in West Auckland... |
Marc Ellis |
Season 3 Cast (Any Order)
- Josh KronfeldJosh KronfeldJoshua Adrian Kronfeld is a former rugby union footballer who represented New Zealand at international level and Otago, the Highlanders and Leicester at first-class level...
(Winner) - Simon BarnettSimon BarnettSimon Barnett is a radio and television host and presenter in New Zealand.Barnett currently co-hosts the morning show on Christchurch radio station 92 More FM with Gary McCormick, and previously with Phil Gifford...
(Runner Up) - Brent Todd
- Ian Roberts
- Maz Quinn
- Troy FlavellTroy FlavellTroy Vandem Flavell is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays for Bayonne in the French Top 14. Flavell has won 22 caps for New Zealand, and mainly plays lock. He is known for his power in the scrum and his repeated foul play...
- Torenzo Bozzone
- Matthew RidgeMatthew RidgeMatthew John Ridge is a New Zealand television presenter as well as a former All Black, and rugby league captain for the Manly Sea Eagles, New Zealand Warriors and Kiwis....
- Aja Rock
- Charlotte Dawson
- Jayne Kiley
- Joe Cotton
- Lana Coc-KroftLana Coc-KroftLana Coc-Kroft is a New Zealand television and radio personality, and was Miss Universe New Zealand in 1988.Coc-Kroft began her television career appearing in Sale of the Century, and in 1991 on the New Zealand version of Wheel of Fortune as the co-host with Phillip Leishman, later Simon Barnett....
- Wendy BothaWendy BothaWendy Botha is a four-time world surfing champion. She won her first title as a South African citizen in 1987, then she became an Australian citizen and won three more titles in 1989, 1991, and 1992). She also posed nude for Australian Playboy for the September issue of 1992...
- Hayley Marie Byrnes
- Nicky WatsonNicky WatsonEric Watson born 1959 in Christchurch, New Zealand is a global businessman, now resident in London. In 2011 the National Business Review listed Watson as the 30th richest New Zealander with a wealth of $NZ220 million.-Personal:...
End of the game
- Depending on the status and the length of time New Zealand Celebrities were on the island, they were usually given up to NZ$9,000 (about US$6,500) to appear on Celebrity Treasure Island.
Concept history
- Celebrity Treasure Island season 1, at the end of every day, both teams would head to the hut where each member will fill out a quiz on a computer about treasure island and about their team mates. Once both teams have finished the quiz, the computer would generate the two lowest scoring members (one from each tribe) as to who will be leaving the island.
- Celebrity Treasure Island season 2, one selected member of the ladies team would compete with one selected member of the men's team in a 'terminator' challenge. The winner would become the terminator and would eliminate one member from both teams at the end of each day.
Seasons
- Treasure Island: Series 1 (also called Treasure Island 1). Shot in Fiji. Levin Bowen was its winner in beating law student Pieta Keating to the treasure chest hidden on the island.
- Treasure Island: Series 2 Palmerston NorthPalmerston NorthPalmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...
Radio DJ Tanya Pouwhare won, beating GisborneGisborne, New Zealand-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...
C4 music TV host Clarke GayfordClarke GayfordClarke Timothy Gayford was born on 24 October in Gisborne, New Zealand and is a former music show presenter for the New Zealand music channel C4 as well as a radio host and former reality television contestant. He worked for Prime on the television show United Travel Getaway...
to the treasure. NOTE: Tanya Pouwhare became the first woman in the world to win a survival-type reality show. She won the show mere weeks before Tina WessonTina WessonTina Wesson won $1,000,000 as the winner of Survivor: The Australian Outback. A married personal nurse from Knoxville, Tennessee, Wesson outlasted 15 other players to become the first woman to win the $1 million prize in 2001. She did not have any votes cast against her at Tribal Council...
won the second season of Survivor. Former runner-up of season one, Pieta Keating became the host this season. - Celebrity Treasure Island: Series 1 was the first series of Celebrity Treasure Island but the third season of the Treasure Island series. Although celebrities were competing, the money they won went to a charity of their choosing. TV handyman John "Cocksy" Cochs won, defeating television presenter Stacey Daniels to the treasure. Pieta Keating is the host of this season.
- Celebrity Treasure Island: Series 2 was the fourth season of the Treasure Island series and was won by ex Shortland StreetShortland StreetShortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...
actress and current lawyer, Greer RobsonGreer RobsonGreer Robson-Kirk born is a New Zealand television actress well known for her role in the Television Drama, Shortland Street.-Biography:...
. She won over another ex-Shortland Street star, Paul Ellis. Pieta Keating is the host for this season. - Treasure Island: Extreme was hosted by model Jacqui Rickards and was more "extreme" than past Treasure Islands pitting ex-police, SAS, armed forces and soldiers against each other with no food, water or shelter at all. The winner of this season was John "Horse" McLeod. Notably, when the SAS contestant was eliminated from the game he refused the leave and instead hid in the jungle. Because of previous threats made to rival contestants, a security warning was issued to other competitors. He eventually returned from the jungle and left the island.
- Celebrity Treasure Island: Series 3 was hosted by previous contestant Louise Wallace. This season of Celebrity Treasure Island was much for relaxed as though the celebrities were at a resort. However, TV presenter, Lana Coc-KroftLana Coc-KroftLana Coc-Kroft is a New Zealand television and radio personality, and was Miss Universe New Zealand in 1988.Coc-Kroft began her television career appearing in Sale of the Century, and in 1991 on the New Zealand version of Wheel of Fortune as the co-host with Phillip Leishman, later Simon Barnett....
, was struck down with a virus and had to be evacuated off the island. Ex-All BlackAll BlacksThe New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
Josh KronfeldJosh KronfeldJoshua Adrian Kronfeld is a former rugby union footballer who represented New Zealand at international level and Otago, the Highlanders and Leicester at first-class level...
won this season. - Superstars of Treasure Island put past winners and past season favourites back onto the island. This included past Irish and Australian winners as well as Levin Bowen, Pieta Kieting, Horse, Josh Kronfeld and Cocksy. Jon Stevens became the host. Josh KronfeldJosh KronfeldJoshua Adrian Kronfeld is a former rugby union footballer who represented New Zealand at international level and Otago, the Highlanders and Leicester at first-class level...
became the first person to win two seasons of Treasure Island consecutively. - Treasure Island: Couples at War was hosted by singer, Jon StevensJon StevensJon Stevens is a New Zealand-born singer of Maori descent, now an Australian citizen. Stevens is the brother of New Zealand Idol judge Frankie Stevens....
and put celebrity couples against each other. This included Vadim DaleVadim DaleVadim Dale was featured on the reality television show Outback Jack.Following his appearance on Outback Jack, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky and married the contestant he fell in love with on the show, Natalie Franzman in September 2005....
and his wife, Natalie Franzmann, former Miss Popularity contestant Vicki-Lee McIntyre and her partner Scotty Rocker, and horse jockey Lance O'SullivanLance O'SullivanLance Anthony O'Sullivan was one of New Zealand's best-known jockeys, now retired.He won a record number of races totalling 2479, mainly in the 1980s including the 1989 Japan Cup on champion mare Horlicks, which broke the world record over 2400m...
and his wife Bridgette O'Sullivan. The O'Sullivan's became the winners of this season beating Simon DoullSimon DoullSimon Blair Doull is a New Zealand radio personality, commentator and former international cricketer. He was a right arm medium pace swing bowler, and played in 32 Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team...
and his partner Peggy Bourne to the Treasure. - Treasure Island: Pirates of the Pacific hosted by former celebrity contestant Matthew RidgeMatthew RidgeMatthew John Ridge is a New Zealand television presenter as well as a former All Black, and rugby league captain for the Manly Sea Eagles, New Zealand Warriors and Kiwis....
. This season features two tribes - The Buccaneers - featuring NZ Idol runner up Michael MurphyMichael Murphy (singer)Michael Murphy is a singer and New Zealand Idol runner-up for 2004. Right from the start of the competition, Michael was a hot favourite with the majority of the voters being female and aged between 11-17...
and former NZ Warriors league player Monty BethamMonty BethamMonty Betham is a professional boxer and former rugby league footballer and junior world karate champion...
and The Corsairs - featuring Australian disgraced rugby union rep Wendell SailorWendell SailorWendell Jermaine Sailor is an Australian former professional rugby football player who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union – a dual code international. He is an Australian Torres Strait Islander.Sailor's large frame and bullocking style changed the way wingers played rugby...
and David BeckhamDavid BeckhamDavid Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
's former assistant Rebecca LoosRebecca LoosRebecca Loos is a Spanish-born Anglo-Dutch model and media personality, who was brought to media attention following claims that she conducted an affair with the married football player David Beckham—while employed as his personal assistant...
. The season was won by Dancing With The StarsDancing with the StarsDancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
dancer Hayley Holt, with Wendell Sailor coming runner-up.
Irish Treasure Island
The Irish version of Treasure Island was broadcast in RTÉ 1 in the Summer of 2001 and 2002. Produced by Coco Television, the show was axed after its second series and replaced by Cabin FeverCabin Fever (TV series)
Cabin Fever is an RTÉ reality TV show which was meant to have been broadcast over eight weeks starting on 3 June 2003. Disaster struck however two weeks into the broadcast when, on Friday 13 June 2003, the ship ran aground off Tory Island off the north-west coast near County Donegal.Cabin Fever...
.
Series 1
The first series aired on RTÉ OneRTÉ One
RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
at 8pm each Sunday Night from 15 July to 12 September 2001. It was RTÉ's and Ireland's first major reality TV series.
Almost 31,000 people applied to take part in Treasure Island Series 1. The first programme involved 22 people vying to be part of the final 16. They range in age from 19 to 63. The group of 22 would then be taken to Killary Harbour
Killary Harbour
Killary Harbour/An Caoláire Rua is a fjord located in the West of Ireland in the heart of Connemara which forms a natural border between counties Galway and Mayo. It is 16 kilometres long and in the centre over 45 metres deep...
, Co Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...
, where they faced a series of physical and psychological challenges. After two days the final 16 were chosen and taken immediately to Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport, , is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. Located in Collinstown, in the Fingal part of County Dublin, 18.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2010, making it the busiest airport in the Republic of Ireland, followed by Cork and Shannon...
, where they depart for Tonga
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...
. When they arrived on the Island the teams were split into two teams, one on each side of the island.
A spin off series was shown on Network 2
RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...
called Treasure Island Uncut on Monday nights at 10:35pm.
BLUE TEAM: Yvonne Cronin (Winner), Tom Tom, Becky, Rob, Geoff, Sheila, Lewize, Peter
RED TEAM: Tom Barton (2nd Place), Padraic Doorey, Carole, Paul, Faith, Marya, Martin, Ann
Series 2
Series 2 of the popular series aired during the summer of 2002. Before becoming a Senator Mark Daly appeared on this series of Treasure Island, he came third in the series . Again the spin off series Treasure Island Uncut was shown on Network 2RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...
, but RTÉ introduced a new spin off series for RTÉ One called Treasure Island Live hosted by Brendan Courtney
Brendan Courtney
Brendan Courtney is an Irish comedian and television presenter, the first openly gay presenter in Ireland. He has hosted Wanderlust on RTÉ Two, The Brendan Courtney Show on TV3, Playdate on ITV2 and Off the Rails on RTÉ One.-Career:Brendan began his career on RTÉ Two's Wanderlust and ITV1's Love...
shown on Tuesday nights at 8pm .
Australian Treasure Island
The Australian version produced by David Mason premiered on Network Seven following the 2000 Summer Olympics2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. It aired on Sunday nights at 7pm. Contestants playing for the $50,000 included:
West Team
- Michael (eliminated episode four)
- Emma
- Daniel
- Sally
- Cassie
- Justine
- Stephen
East Team
- Tommy
- Gavin (eliminated episode four)
- Maggie
- Monica
- Alexandra
- Frank
- James (eventual winner)
See also
- Survivor
- Eyeworks Touchdown
- TVNZ
- Expedition RobinsonExpedition RobinsonSources-External links:* *...
- Australian SurvivorAustralian SurvivorAustralian Survivor was a television series based on the popular reality show Survivor. The series was filmed in November and December 2001 and aired weekly from 13 February - 15 May 2002 on Australia's Nine Network...
- Cabin FeverCabin Fever (TV series)Cabin Fever is an RTÉ reality TV show which was meant to have been broadcast over eight weeks starting on 3 June 2003. Disaster struck however two weeks into the broadcast when, on Friday 13 June 2003, the ship ran aground off Tory Island off the north-west coast near County Donegal.Cabin Fever...