The survivalist competition has become the most successful full-length series in SBS’s history – and is even beating once-dominant reality shows on rival networks.
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, which averaged a whopping 2 million viewers, appears destined to be the most-watched non-sports program of 2023.features 10 contestants who must build their own shelters and hunt or forage for food. All are placed on separate patches of land to ensure they can’t see or hear each other and there are no challenges to keep them occupied. They’re even responsible for filming themselves and are obliged to deliver a minimum five hours of footage daily.
“[The participants] are very different to the kind of people who normally want to be on television,” says Maxwell, who categorisesas a documentary series rather than a reality show. “There’s no producer standing off to the side and asking them to frame something a different way.
Survivalists skills only get a contestant so far and often, those who try to live in harmony with nature – as opposed to “conquering” it – perform better. Despite the extreme physical conditions, isolation is the biggest challenge. “That loneliness provokes resilience as well as a real vulnerability among participants, which feels very timely after what we’ve all been through with Covid,” Maxwell says. “This is a show that asks, ‘What do you value in life?’ and, ‘What do you hold dear?’. Ultimately, it’s about what it is to be human.”David Knox, editor of the TV Tonight website, says the long-overdue VOZ ratings system allows networks to properly measure their audiences across all platforms.
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