Without doubt, this year’s version of Shipwrecked is not as good as last year’s. I think a lot of the contestants are not as entertaining – there are few genuine characters – and not many of them seem to be loyal to their “original” island! However, what annoys me most is the blatant way the show is made to ensure it’s exciting and tries to draw in the viewers. Take yesterday’s episode. The two new arrivals, Jamie and Lucy, were shipwrecked onto a third, secret island. Two contestants from each of the teams would then spend 24 hours on that island on consecutive days, trying to win over the new arrivals. Jamie and Lucy seemed quite taken by the Shark team of Will and Naomi and their (or rather, Will’s) impressive camp building skills…and Will’s skills certainly were rather impressive. (Note to self…if I ever get shipwrecked, make sure I do it with Will.) They seemed to get on relatively well with the Tigers – Louis and Jane – but were rather reserved in the comments they made about the pair on camera.

So it had to be a sure-fire win for the Sharks, surely? But which team did they decide to join? The Tigers! Which evens up the numbers considerably – 14 to the Sharks, 13 to the Tigers! What an exciting, not-in-any-fixed finale!! Jamie and Lucy’s reasoning for joining the Tigers was that they’d promised a blast of a final week, and the new pair wanted that full Shipwrecked experience. Shame the Tigers weren’t shown on camera promising this!

Next week’s episode looks very interesting – a couple of last year’s contestants join! One of whom is John, yay!