Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls


Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls is an American reality competition series hosted by adventurer and survivalist Bear Grylls. The eight-episode series premiered on NBC on July 8, 2013.
WWW nbc.com/get-out-alive

Format

Ten teams of two compete to survive in the wild of New Zealand with Bear Grylls as their guide. The teams will perform various tasks and missions as they battle unforgiving terrain: high mountains, glaciers, gorges, the rain forest, rivers and rapids. Each week Grylls will eliminate one team, and the last team remaining will win $500,000.

Contestants

Season 1 (2013)

NameAgeOccupationResidenceRelationship
Andrew "Lucky" Larson58CarpenterStillman Valley, IllinoisFather/Daughter
Andrea "Louie" Larson24Stillman Valley, IllinoisFather/Daughter
Chris Winter28Telecommunication field technicianDallas, TexasFriends
Jeffrey Powell29Dallas, TexasFriends
Austin Vach24Technical Account ManagerMaple Valley, WashingtonFather/Son
Jim Vach61Fraud analystMaple Valley, WashingtonFather/Son
Ryan Gwin24Technical analystMobile, AlabamaEngaged
Madeline Mitchell243rd grade teacherMobile, AlabamaEngaged
Royce Wadsworth25Finance/Human resourcesWest Hollywood, CaliforniaFriends
Kyle Krieger29HairstylistWest Hollywood, CaliforniaFriends
Wilson Sheppard40Boat captainAltadena, CaliforniaMarried
Robin Sheppard36District sales managerAltadena, CaliforniaMarried
Canden Bliss Jackson23On-air HostLos Angeles, CaliforniaMother/Daughter
Donna Nettles Jackson51Fairhope, AlabamaMother/Daughter
Alicia Berkwitt28EntrepreneurMarina del Ray, CaliforniaDating
Spencer Hill35Bartender/EntrepreneurLos Angeles, CaliforniaDating
Esmeralda Depierro25EntrepreneurMiami Beach, FloridaMarried
Dominic Depierro26EntrepreneurMiami Beach, FloridaMarried
Vanessa Vazquez23Biology student/WaitressChicago, IllinoisFriends
Erica Franklin24HairstylistChicago, IllinoisFriends

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Summary table

Tasks :
Result:
  • Safe: Winners of the challenge, safe from elimination for the week, and win a trip to the feast pit.
  • Low: Team judged to be poor performers.
  • Out: Team eliminated

Development and production

In October 2012, NBC gave a green-light for the production of eight episodes of the series. Auditions were held in December 2012 and January 2013 in nine cities in the U.S. The series was filmed in the South Island, New Zealand.

International broadcast

Discovery International has purchased the rights to the series, to be aired on Discovery Channel in 218 countries beginning in the third quarter of 2013.