Episode 17 Escape from Scorpion Island

Last time on Scorpion Island,

a resurgent Team Claw were on a comeback mission...

Come on, Lizzie!

And Lizzie won the captain's head to head against Peter.

And in the deciding island challenge, Claw were way ahead

with James just needing one last piece to take the island treasure.

Who's going to put it in first?

But disaster struck.

And Team Sting snatched victory from the jaws of certain defeat,

winning the vampire bat and bringing their treasure total to six.

Today, Zach and Jordan must lead their teams into the arena.

-Yeah!

-Sting Captain Jordan knows getting to the top is hard,

but staying there and keeping everyone happy is going to be even harder.

Khadie, you think you're the only person who is can do the memory trial.

I'm not saying that.

Can Captain Zach push Claw that extra inch to achieve victory?

I'm going to kick out the negativity and make my team much more positive

and I'm going to make them all into winners.

It could only be Scorpion Island.

Welcome to Scorpion Island - the island that likes to make it tough for anyone that visits here.

-I'm Myleene.

-And I'm Johnny.

Two teams of adventurers are on the island,

on a mission to escape and won't let anything get in their way.

They need to be the best, because only one team will escape on the final day.

Each day, the island announces the names of the two adventurers

who must lead their teams.

So now it's time to find out who your team captains are

for tomorrow's island challenge.

It's Zach and Jordan.

Interesting match up.

How are you feeling about that, Zach, taking on Jordan?

Well, he's been a close ally, but what he doesn't know

is that I've been counting every move he makes.

Oh, wow!

Jordan, what's your response?

Who cares?

I can lead my team to victory for another day

-because I did last time.

-Yeah, 6-2.

And I think we can do it tomorrow and beat Claw once again.

I think we should give our new team captains a round of applause.

It's hotting up.

Zach and Jordan, you will face each other

in the first round of the island challenge.

But now it's all about the second round.

Team captains, I want you to pick three team mates

who are going to play tomorrow.

Decide amongst yourselves.

-First of all...

-Definitely Jeremy.

Jeremy. No matter what it is...

-I've decided but I'm going to keep it a surprise, until...

-Just tell us.

I'm just going to randomly pick. OK. Eeny-meeny...

Don't do eeny-meeny miny mo! Pick our skills.

I can hear "eeny-meeny miny mos" going on here.

Zach, you seem to have made your mind up.

I'm going to come to you first. Who have you picked?

I've picked to play for today, purely on what I've seen today

and how they performed, I picked James, Eleanor and Lizzie.

-I'm sorry Dilhan, but I'm going to pick you for the memory trial.

-OK.

OK, Team Sting, Jordan.

First of all, I'm going to pick Jeremy,

because she hasn't done any tasks so far that Sting has won.

Peter, because today he's been a really good captain

and I hope tomorrow he can perform how he did today.

And also Natty,

because this wasn't on any skill or anything,

because I don't know what the challenge is going to be tomorrow.

It's just I didn't pick Khadie,

because Khadie has done all of the Code Crackers

and so I think it's fair to give Natty the game.

Good choices, both of you. Very tactical. I can't wait to see how they play out.

All we can say now is best of luck in the island challenge. May the best team win.

I think I'll be a great captain

and hopefully lead my team to victory again.

Last time Sting won and it's time for a new man in charge

and it's time for a win for Claw, the first win

and Jordan's now staring at me, nodding his head like that,

saying you're not going to win, but of course we are.

There is a chance that Claw could win

because we don't know what the challenge is

but I hope they don't.

Captains Jordan and Zach must now ready to face head-on

whatever the devious island throws at them.

It's a tough test for anyone,

especially with the escape getting ever closer.

A new day on Scorpion Island is dawning

and the adventurers are never quite sure what will face them on this most devious of islands.

In Claw camp, Zach has an unenviable task

of taking a team who have been so close to victory

on so many occasions and turning them into the winners.

Today it's about a bit of both. It's about friendship

and about winning because there's no point in winning

if you've lost all your friends

but you should, I still want my team to win.

I'm going to make this work for me

because I'm going to kick out the negativity, I'm going to make my team much more positive

and I'm going to make them all into winners.

How am I going to do that? I'm not sure yet. I just hope I can.

Zach realises that to turn Claw's fortunes around,

he's got to start from the inside and he asks Dilhan for help.

Dilhan, as captain I really want to kick out the negativity

and make the team much more positive and if you give some encouragement,

it will make the boys and the girls do better.

-Oh, yeah. OK.

-So if you give them encouragement,

-they'll feel better and it will give them an urge to do better.

-OK.

The reason I'm choosing you to do this is because you're naturally fun, mate.

You're really funny and you make everyone laugh.

-Just try and keep the team positive and make sure Claw has some hope.

-OK.

Over in Sting camp three straight island challenge wins

have seen them amass an impressive array of island treasures.

Sting have a phenomenal record with the Code Cracker, too

and prolific Khadie has delivered victory time and time again,

only facing defeat once.

So captain Jordan thinks she will be the perfect choice for today's Code Cracker.

She's the one who can remember all the symbols

and in the end, she's the one who obviously can do it straight away,

in the quickest time, because she remembers the order of the symbols

and she just fits them together.

So I think she's a great person to have always on the Code Cracker.

However, one of his team mates has an idea for a different tactical approach.

I think it's time someone else had a go

and you never know, someone could be better.

I think it's time we let someone else have a go like me, Jordan, Peter or Natty.

'I've only ever had two goes and that's when I'm captain'

and that's the only time when I actually ever have a go, so...

I think it's time I should have a go as well as other people.

In the morning, me and Jeremy where talking

and she was saying how yesterday in the Code Cracker,

because we didn't think of penguin or pelican

she thought it was kind of my fault and so she didn't want me in the Code Cracker

and she said I shouldn't do any more of the memory challenges.

Obviously Jeremy's upset Khadie and I don't think that's right

because we all did really well yesterday.

Captain Jordan's choice is simple, yet agonising.

Does he go for Khadie, who despite one loss has proven a winning formula,

or does he give another team mate a chance to play?

Two teams, two different moods.

One mission - to win the first challenge.

Now Sting and Claw must take on the island head-on,

facing its twists at every turn.

The fortune hunter once faced these challenges

and he left a system of clues in a symbol ring

to help them on their way.

But the furious island has smashed the ring into pieces.

Who will piece it together quickest

and who will the captains choose to play it?

Jordan, as you're team captain, I'll ask you to pick a member of your team to play this.

I'm going to pick Khadie.

Jordan's made his decision

and has put his faith in Khadie's impressive Code Cracker track record.

We're going to come to the captain of Team Claw.

Zack, who are you going to pick to play this first round?

-I want to pick Dilhan.

-Interesting, OK.

Dilhan, how do you feel about that? An honour?

Yeah, I saw the symbol ring close together last time

and this time it's going to be together. Faster than these guys.

Remember, whichever team puts together this symbol ring

in the fastest time will go through to the next round.

Your time starts now.

With each day that passes,

the island makes the puzzle more complicated to solve.

There are seven pieces of symbol ring here,

but only five make the ring complete.

-This one here!

-No, Zach! That goes on there.

The ones next to the ramp. Shout, shout.

The winning team gets to play for an advantage from the fortune hunter.

Oh, no! A piece has fallen through the crack.

Dilhan, the one you've got in your hand...

-Is that it?

-Final piece.

Let's do it properly guys, come on. Finished.

Jordan's choice of Khadie seems justified

and Sting complete the puzzle first, once again.

-How did you find that, Jordan?

-I did think that we wouldn't do well,

because I've done three of these and I've only won one of them

-but it went pretty well today.

-Jordan, you had Khadie on your side.

Zach, talk me through it.

Well, first a crucial piece fell down there,

that probably wasted about ten seconds of it.

Dilhan, did you find that quite hard?

I think we just needed a bit more time.

Well, Sting have done it once more.

Round of applause for Sting and Khadie, I think.

It's time to play the Code Cracker challenge.

Sting may have mastered the fortune hunter's puzzle,

but now they must prove themselves in the next stage of the trial.

The symbol ring has been placed on a code wheel.

Each symbol relates to a letter of the alphabet.

Adventurers will be given just one letter that relates to one symbol.

Using the code wheel will help decipher the remaining symbols and letters.

They will also be given a clue from the fortune hunter,

"sea creature".

Jordan and Khadie will have only three minutes

to un-jumble the letters and create the nine-letter word

to win an advantage in the forthcoming island challenge.

-Feeling confident?

-Yeah.

Your three minutes starts now.

This mountain equals E, turn it to E.

-E.

-Turn it here. Over here.

Jordan aligns the wheel to create the code, but this is just the start.

The eye, the eye, the eye thing.

Y.

-The chocolate bar, J is it?

-J.

The new pairing is working well.

-There it is, there it is.

-Where?

-S.

-Circle.

-What one?

-The black circle. Here.

-L.

-Er...

M.

But wait a minute, the wheel has slipped

and it's thrown them into confusion

but Khadie can sense something is not quite right.

-Is that M?

-L.

L? OK.

But they're back on track now.

The horn, the toothed horn.

-Where?

-This one. This one.

-H.

The lightning.

-Lightning in the cloud!

-I.

"Clue, sea creature."

-Wait, monkey.

-Jellyfish.

Jordan things he's got it

but Khadie wants to make double sure after losing the last Code Cracker.

-S.

-Jellyfish.

Will the letters all fit?

..F-I-S-H.

That's it, guys. You've got it! Well done.

They finished with time to burn.

The fortune hunter's code word of JELLYFISH was deciphered.

Team Sting, that was pretty impressive record time.

-You must be happy about that.

-Yeah, very happy.

The fortune hunter's advantage goes to Team Sting.

Follow me guys, to his filing cabinet.

Sting cracked the code and will now gain access

to another of the fortune hunter's treasured relics,

the mystical filing cabinet.

It only materialises after the Code Cracker has been played.

Within it, is a precious island challenge advantage.

"Congratulations, you have won my filing cabinet advantage.

"In today's island challenge,

"you will go head to head with the other team captain

"but you will start the challenge with one extra fuse."

One extra fuse. What do you make of that, Zach?

I think he needs it.

My hands are highly trained when it comes to electronics.

Strong words there from Zach. Jordan?

I'm just really happy that it's an extra item to our advantage.

It's all to play for. A bit of rivalry going on.

Back at Sting camp there SHOULD be celebrations.

Sting have laid the foundations for another successful island challenge.

However, disagreements about who played the Code Cracker are at tipping point.

I know Khadie has done really well in the challenges and I can't take that away from her.

She's really good at the puzzle ring and everything,

but I think now that we're ahead by four treasures and they can't catch up with us,

I think it's time to let other people have a go.

We are here to escape from Scorpion Island.

I know that, cos I'm on your team.

If we know that something's going to win us this

then we pick this thing that's going to win us.

-You get to choose your team mate, who will it be?

-I'm going to pick Khadie.

I think I'm going to choose Khadie again.

-I'm going to pick Khadie again.

-I'm going to pick Khadie.

I'm going to pick Khadie.

I thought I would work best with Khadie.

So I picked Khadie. That means all of the others picked Khadie

because they thought that they'd just work well as a team.

-I know, I'm not doubting that.

-I didn't ask them to pick me.

It's like having an apple, an orange and a lemon.

If you're going to decide which one makes you sour and sweet

you're going to choose the apple

but you're not going to think, "But the orange is all right as well and the lemon.

"It only hurts a little bit."

You know what I mean? It's all completely different but it's the same thing.

-You think you're the only person who can do the memory challenge.

-I'm not saying that.

Exactly. So what I'm saying is maybe we might win with a different person.

I know what he just said, Khadie. I said the captain can choose who he wants

but I'm just putting my opinion forward and I'm saying that

sometime we might work best with different people.

Every time we think it's going to be a crucial challenge,

which is all the time,

we just think we shouldn't take any risks and we should use Khadie because she knows how to do it.

Jeremy, I understand where you're coming from,

but do you understand where I'm coming from?

No. I'm going to be truthful, I don't.

They agree to disagree for now.

In round one, the island makes the team's captains go head to head

to try to win the advantage for their team mates

when they compete for the latest island treasure in round two.

So now, Sting's captain Jordan

will be battling Claw's captain Zach. This is the first time

they've represented Sting and Claw on their own,

but we have seen them give it their all on the team challenges, including Double Crossing

where Zach knocked Jordan in the water.

Will Jordan get his own back here or will Zack come out on top?

It's going to be a hard fought challenge

but, of course, only one of them can win the advantage for their team

when they play for the coral sponge.

And this is what they're facing...

This is Hard Wired.

In a forest glade is a giant rusty board

and the captains are both going to take ten-minute turns

at collecting the huge fragile fuses set within it.

They will be suspended on a line and have to drag themselves down ropes

to be able to grab the fuses before delivering them into a collection trunk.

If any fuses are dropped they're out of play.

Plus if a captain lets go of the ropes he will get sprung back up.

As Sting won the Code Cracker Jordan starts with one fuse already

in his trunk, but whoever finishes with the most complete fuses wins.

The island's ninth treasure is the coral sponge,

and represents the need for the adventurers to absorb knowledge

which will ultimately lead to power.

Sting hold six island treasures

and Claw have two, but can Claw take advantage

of Zach's positive leadership, or will Jordan lead Sting to victory?

Sting are up first and they are

putting their argument about the Code Cracker to one side for now

so they can give their captain all their support.

-Sting Captain Jordan, are you ready?

-Ready!

It's time to play Hard Wired. Three, two, one - go!

And he's off, stretching for the rope... Oh, and he's got it!

Now he's got to drag himself down.

He is going for the first fuse, but don't forget he has already got one

-in his trunk already.

-Jordan, pick it up.

He has picked it up.

So he's got to get it into the trunk.

Use your feet if you can't reach it.

And don't forget, this will take a lot of physical exertion

so as the game progresses, he'll get more and more exhausted.

Don't drop it!

Good advice from Khadie but it's not going to be easy to hold onto it while he holds himself down

to get as close to the trunk as possible before going for the shot.

Careful.

Come on, Jordan.

Oh, no!

Jordan got off to a terrific start here, putting in enormous effort

to drag himself down the ropes not once but twice

to grab a fuse and then to get in position for the throw.

But the down side of coming down the ropes again is you've got to shoot upside down.

It's so hard to aim like this, and it meant he missed this time and all of his struggles were for nothing.

He can't afford to get disheartened, though.

He has got to keep powering on.

And, yes!

That's it he was quick that time, he's got the second fuse.

-Quickly!

-Now can he make it count?

Faster! Pull, pull, pull!

OK, aim it carefully this time.

He's lining up the shot.

And yes, it's in!

Well done!

Jordan's bang on target here, taking Sting up to two fuses.

It's good stuff but he did spend an enormously long time aiming,

so if he wants to achieve a score

Zach will find tough to beat, he'll really need to speed up.

Well, he's down the rope extremely swiftly this time.

-This is such hard work.

-Well done, Jordan.

That's the third fuse for Jordan. He's just tearing along in this challenge.

Come on, Jordan. Use your feet. Now pull yourself down.

Good support from the rest of Sting.

Jordan, come on, I know you can do this. Do this for your team.

-Jordan, you don't have much time left - come on!

-He is already starting to seem exhausted.

Come on, Jordan, come on!

You know you can do it!

Careful.

Whoa!

Yes!

Good shot! That's number three in the trunk.

And he got this one in extremely quickly but he has used up

half his time now.

And as the clock ticks on, it's only going to get more and more physically demanding.

This is where we will find out what Jordan is really made of.

Well done, Jordan.

Quickly - let's get this!

Well, right at the edge of the board

this is one of the hardest ones to reach.

-Well done, Jordan.

-He's grabbed it.

-About time now.

-Get down there.

-There it is and he's sprung back up into the air.

And if we get in it will be quite a good number.

But of course he is going to haul himself down towards the trunk before he shoots

and the strain is really beginning to show. Can he keep composed and get it in?

Faster, Jordan, aim it carefully.

-Oh, yes!

-Bingo!

Jordan is revealing real mettle here

and he has taken Sting to a fuse count of four.

He must be completely shattered but he has got to keep driving himself on, and with such limited time

he's got to keep the pace up, too.

-Hurry up, Jordan, come on.

-Come on, quicker!

Well, he was really speedy here.

And he has got another fuse - will it land in the trunk?

Well, it won't unless he can get back in range for a throw

and it seems he is having difficulty grabbing onto the ropes. This could be bad news for Sting.

Pull yourself down.

Yes, he's there.

Well done, Jordan, use the rope, climb down.

Don't drop the fuse, Jordan. Jordan, quickly!

-Well, he is not trying to be... Oh, yes, he's got it!

-This is great.

Imagine how hard it is to aim when you're hanging upside down,

so this is another hugely impressive shot from Jordan.

It puts Sting on five fuses, but there's less than two minutes left.

Can he make the most of this desperately limited time?

Oh, this is clever work.

He's has left this near fuse to the late stage of the game.

Oh, no... Oh, yes!

Jordan reached this one really quickly,

then this nearly got the better of him when he went for the shot.

His aim was off but a lucky bounce off the edge of the trunk set the fuse back on course.

It takes Sting's score to six, but time is really running out now.

-Quickly, quickly!

-Jordan, you have one minute left.

Come on, Jordan!

60 seconds to see if he can get another fuse in the trunk.

Oh, no, just when he was going for another grab!

But he's back on. The exhaustion is taking its toll

but his team needs him to give his absolute all here.

This is total determination from Jordan

He is putting all of his energy into trying to reach one more fuse before the time runs out.

-Yes!

-Five, four, three,

two, one - game over.

In the dying seconds of the game, Jordan somehow managed

to summon the strength to get one last fuse into the trunk.

Meaning Sting's final score is seven. Impressive stuff - and it looked unbelievably draining, too.

But how did it feel?

It was really, really tiring

and your arms feel like they want to fall off.

I didn't keep count of how many I got in, but I think it was a lot.

But I am really pleased with myself.

-Next time, Zach faces Hard Wired - but can he beat Jordan's impressive score?

-Yes!

Zach's positive outlook is infectious on Team Claw.

However all roads lead to the second electric round of the island challenge.

Can Claw take the island treasure or will it be Sting again?

You can catch all the action online and we'll see you next time.

-As both teams try to escape from Scorpion Island.

-BOTH: Bye.

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