Episode 20 Escape from Scorpion Island

Last time, the island shook things up

by unleashing a series of trials on the adventurers.

They are all battling it out to win time advantages

and Team Claw are currently trouncing Sting.

But now, despite their lead,

there are concerns in Claw about their attitude.

When we're positive you act like winners

and when you're negative you act like losers

and that's what you're doing.

James feels the pressure to win for his team...

It was really scary, I didn't know where to go.

..but Sting's Jordan isn't going down without a fight.

Jordan, pour!

At the end, when James just screamed, he was like, "aargh!"

Aargh!

And it rests upon Peter's shoulders to bring it back for Sting.

It would seriously be a disappointment

if I was the one to lose for the team.

Hello, welcome to Escape From Scorpion Island.

-I'm Myleene.

-And I'm Johny.

You join us on day ten,

when two teams of adventurers try to get the island's treasure.

Claw maybe riding on a winning streak today,

but as they wait for the second half of Waterfall,

the impact of losing to Sting four times in a row has left its mark.

STING CHEER

When he was captain, Zach was on a mission to boost Claw's morale

and get them thinking positive.

I'm getting all of Team Claw swimming, to have some fun.

Thought it might be a nice idea.

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

Today he wants to make sure Claw stay on track.

I know I say this every day...

No, we're not going to be positive.

But you have to be positive.

Stop saying it. You say it every day.

Zach, we've got your point about being positive,

but you can't force us to be positive.

Yes, I know. I'm not saying to be over positive,

I'm saying not to be negative

cos that's all you guys are doing and it's bringing me down.

-We're not being too negative.

-You are!

It's good being that negative because at least,

when we do win, hopefully we do win, we're surprised.

If we're being negative then we haven't anything to disappoint us...

-We act, so...

-Listen.

But then, if we're negative, if we do win, it's even better.

Yeah. When we're positive you act like winners.

When you're negative you act like losers and that's what you're doing.

-It's just annoying.

-That's how we are. We want to be like this.

You know you can be positive. I've seen you positive,

you just choose not to be.

Like, we're being positive except not over positive,

we are actually continuing to try and not giving up

and so we're still working as a team,

but after the challenges have been finished,

even though we might be losing,

we're still trying to work harder to win.

We're not actually saying, "I quit, I quit, I can't play any more,"

we still keep going. We all do.

We want to keep as a team,

even though people have their differences between each other,

let's leave it. Don't fight over it,

otherwise we'll split up like Sting and it's all going to turn bad.

Even though we're losing,

we'll lose by more in the final challenge. If we keep like this,

we're not going to do our best or try our best.

We're all going to go our separate ways.

We have to stick together now. This is the major part of it.

We cannot split now.

As long as I'm positive

and you two, you three, maybe just...stay as you are,

but are a bit more positive, then I will be happy.

If I could be a bit less positive

then we can just all be friends

and win the challenges and hopefully escape from Scorpion Island.

Claw have come to an understanding

and now they must face Sting in the second half of Waterfall.

In Waterfall, James and Jordan

are competing for a five-second time advantage for their team-mates

in the last of today's singular spread of island challenges.

In the first half we saw Jordan on one side of a massive wall,

choosing one of three holes to sit under,

before James on the other side selected through which hole

he was going to tip a bucketful of icy water.

This played out three times. It seemed straightforward,

but it actually proved to be a real game of strategy.

James managed one soaking, ramping up the pressure on Jordan,

who now needs to score at least two to win.

It's the second half and this time James is doing the dodging for Claw,

while Jordan is pouring the water for Sting.

-Jordan, are you ready?

-Ready.

-James, are you ready?

-Yeah.

Take your position.

James is making his first crucial choice of seat.

Oh, and he's gone for the far side. Just where Jordan went for first.

But the question is which hole is Jordan going to pour through now?

James looks terrified he's going to get a drenching.

-Jordan, pour!

-He's gone near side.

And it's a miss and a very relieved James.

Intriguingly, both adventurers repeat each other's opening gambits

in the first half, sitting far side and pouring near side.

No score for Jordan here, but how will the strategic battle continue?

James is choosing again. He's gone nearside.

-James, I need a thumbs up.

-So what's Jordan's next move?

He's stepping really cautiously.

He doesn't want to make any give-away noise,

but yes, he's going near side again, too.

Oh, and it's a direct hit. He's hit the target.

Once again, James and Jordan both go for the same tactics

as their opponent did at this point in the first half -

sitting near side and pouring near side.

Was James boldly trying a double bluff?

If so, it really backfired and it means it is 1-1.

The best James can now hope for for Claw is a draw.

So can Jordan make his final bucketful count?

If Jordan manages to hit the target on this pour, he'll have won.

So, James, pick very carefully.

I want you to pick your final position.

What will James do? He doesn't want to get soaked again

and so he's crept over to the far side.

Is this a good decision?

They both seem unbelievably nervous.

OK, Jordan, remember, this is to win this point. It's crucial.

What can he do?

Oh, it seems like he's already decided where he's going.

James looks petrified and he's right to be,

Jordan has gone far side too, as if he read his rival's mind.

-He is struggling to reach, but, yes!

-Aaaargh!

Ha-ha-ha! And the scream indicates

that Jordan did, in fact, hit the target.

Oh, it was really scary, I didn't know where to go.

My tactic was to sit on where it just went,

but I thought, as he's already been there twice,

he might go there for the third time because he knew he hit me

and so I came here and I got soaked.

At the end, when James just screamed he was like "arrrrgh!"

because he knew he had lost. It was just so relieving

because you knew you'd got the time advantage

and you're helping your team-mates.

Jordan sounds proud of his efforts here and well he might be

because this was a close run challenge

which might have gone either way.

The first half saw James trick Jordan

by pouring through the same hole twice

then Jordan flipped this by sitting in the same place twice.

And the second half started exactly the same way,

with James sitting where Jordan had and Jordan pouring where James had,

to gain precisely the same result.

It was as if they were daring each other to break the pattern.

All that split the adventurers were their third turns.

In the first half,

James depended upon Jordan moving to a new position and missed,

while in the second half,

Jordan relied on James going back to where he started

and achieved the decisive drenching.

So it's a 2-1 victory for Jordan

and it means Sting win this final five-second time advantage

for the last of today's extraordinary Island Challenges.

I am here with a very wet Jordan and James. How did you find that round?

-Wet.

-Wet, yeah, that's one way to describe it.

Well, Jordan, you won this round, but you'll both be taking

your time advantages into the final round - the Tower Of Stones.

The island made the captains pick who was to play for their teams.

For Sting, Khadie chose Peter while for Claw, Dilhan chose Eleanor.

As they both captained their teams,

they've both got experience of competing on their own.

Eleanor showed her speed and her strength in Double Crossing

while Peter showed both mental and physical strength in the Jigzag.

So they are two terrific adventurers,

but only one of them can win here.

Remember, whoever wins this challenge

will win today's Island Treasure - the clam shell.

-Lots to play for. Feeling the pressure?

-Yeah.

Basically, you can see the Tower Of Stones there,

all you've got to do is get that Tower Of Stones

onto the last plinth. Sounds easy.

Well, nothing is ever that easy on Scorpion Island.

What you've got to do is make sure that you never

let a small piece be underneath a big piece.

So a smaller piece must always be on top of a larger piece.

Now, you can use this middle plinth, here.

You can go back and forth as many times as you want,

but only move one piece at a time

and the team player who manages to complete this in the quickest time

will win today's Island Treasure.

However, as Sting won Waterfall, they have one time advantage

and five seconds will be removed from Peter's final time,

but as Claw have won both the Code Cracker and Rings Of Steel,

they have two time advantages

and ten seconds will be taken off Eleanor's final time.

And of course, those five extra seconds

could really mean the difference between winning and losing.

So now it's time to get ready

for some top notch, top speed puzzling,

to find out who is top dog.

This game might sound simple,

but there are a multitude of different ways to play it.

When you have completed the challenge

we'll take away all the time you've earned across today's challenges.

-Are you ready, guys?

-Ready.

It's time to play the Tower Of Stones.

Eleanor is up first for Claw.

-Eleanor, are you ready?

-Yes.

In three, two, one, go!

And she's off. This is great speed and yep, the smallest piece

is all the way over, now one to the middle.

And it really seems like she knows what she is doing.

Has she got it all worked out?

Pretty quick work.

But of course, this challenge isn't simply about speed,

it's about brain power too. There's no use racing along here

unless you know... Oh! Is Eleanor starting to look a bit confused?

After a confident start, perhaps she's realising

what she's up against.

It's a lot harder than it looks. There's definitely a method to it

and if you haven't cracked that method,

you could be here a long time.

And that would be really bad news for Team Claw

who desperately need the win here to up their island treasure count.

Eleanor's moving fast and looking decisive.

It seems as if she's working hard

to get down to the largest stone and clear the end plinth for it.

Could moving that one across

be the key to solving this oh, so devious puzzle?

Well, she has reached it

and she has to give it her all to move it across.

I think Eleanor might have sussed it.

Well, even if she has, she's certainly not finished yet.

There's a long way still to go and she...

Oh, no! Is she losing faith in her plan?

The trouble is, every move dictates the ones that follow it.

You've got to keep going,

but even one mistake can snowball into a world of wasted moves.

But no, this is starting to look really good.

She's surely on the home straight now.

Just four more moves and then she's got it.

That's two stones in position, there's the third,

just a tiny one left to go, and yes!

Stop the clock!

That was very nerve-racking

because I'd sussed out what to do at the start and then I was like,

"What the heck do I do now?" but then I got it.

Fingers crossed, Peter doesn't get it as quickly as I did.

Well, Eleanor, this was a terrific effort.

You moved quickly and placed the stones with great self assurance.

There were moments where she seemed to falter, but she did manage

to move the Tower Of Stones in an impressive, 1 minute and 39 seconds.

Can Peter go any faster,

and what will be the impact of the time advantages

the teams played for in the earlier challenges?

Now Peter's up for Sting. He was confident in the earlier challenges

as part of the team, but the prospect of facing the island alone

is making him nervous.

It would seriously be a big embarrassment and a disappointment

if I were the one to lose for the team.

I would feel so gutted.

-Peter, are you ready?

-Ready.

Three, two, one, go!

And he's off.

Same first move as Eleanor and he's going so quickly too.

Peter is known for being a brainbox, but can he figure out this puzzle?

Oh, that was a pointless move.

Unless it's the bottom one,

there's no benefit to moving a solo stone to an empty plinth.

Eleanor made a couple of these bad moves too,

and so, if Peter wants to waste less of his precious time,

he's got to focus and try to avoid making simple mistakes.

Oh, no! And he's looking really unsure of himself now.

But he's keeping the pace up.

The question is, is he making all the right moves with the stones

or just causing himself even more problems?

This must be worrying for the rest of Team Sting.

You can almost hear Peter's brain whirring away.

Has pressure put paid to his puzzling prowess?

Looks like he's stuck.

In fact, this looks like an utter mid-game meltdown.

He's ground to an almost complete halt.

And he's looking uncertain about all of these moves

Oh, but this is an important moment. He's hauling the biggest stone

-across to its final position.

-He's definitely making some headway.

And what's more, for all the hesitation,

he got the largest stone over

a full eight seconds quicker than Eleanor got hers in position.

This challenge is going down to the wire.

Oh, that's another wasteful move and he's slowed right down again.

Whoa, he nearly slipped over, but this is good stuff.

He's really ramping up his speed

and you can see his confidence levels are back to maximum too.

He knows he's just two moves away from completing the tower.

-And there it is.

-That's it, stop the clock.

Before the game, I literally had butterflies flying in my stomach

and I was really, really nervous.

But after starting the game, I think I got the swing of it,

but I don't really know if it's good enough to beat Eleanor.

Well, Peter, it was incredibly close

and both of you did your teams proud here.

The Tower Of Stones is a legendarily fiendish puzzle,

with a near limitless number of solutions.

However, it is possible to complete the transfer of the four-stone tower

in just 15 moves.

Eleanor set about it with enormous vigour and clear focus.

She did have minor moments of panic, but battled on through.

Peter was really nervous before he started

and seemed to cycle through giant peaks of confidence

and deep troughs of uncertainty before reaching completion.

It took Eleanor 28 moves to finish moving the Tower Of Stones,

but Peter only needed 22.

So he was only seven away from perfection

and this much greater level of efficiency was enough

to compensate for his moments of inactivity,

giving him a finishing time of 1 minute 30 seconds

to Eleanor's 1 minute and 39.

But don't forget,

the teams had been collecting five second time advantages.

In the Code Cracker...

which Claw won.

In Rings Of Steel...

Khadie, sorry, I have to stop the game there.

..which Claw also won.

And in Waterfall, which Sting won.

That's one advantage for Sting, but two for Claw.

So, ten seconds comes off Eleanor's time

putting her on 1 minute and 29 seconds,

while five come of Peter's time,

leaving him on 1 minute and 25 seconds.

And that means, by just four seconds, Peter is the winner,

it's Sting who'll take the latest island treasure - the clam shell.

It's a brilliant victory for Peter,

but the sheer hecticness of achieving it

might just have spoiled his enthusiasm for mental challenges.

I do love doing puzzles and mental challenges,

but after doing this one, I think... I don't want to do one ever again.

Eleanor of Claw, Peter of Sting, that was pretty close.

How did you find that last challenge?

When I first saw it, I was like,

"Oh, my gosh. I am going to be so rubbish at this!"

And then, when I got going,

I sort of got into the swing of it and I did it quite fast.

Peter, how did you find it? You were pretty speedy as well.

Well, before the game, I was really, really nervous,

but I think I surprised myself and I got into the swing of things.

Well, I bet you're both wondering who won today's Island Treasure.

Course.

Team Sting, Team Claw, I am going to tell you at tonight's Island Fire.

So, the Island Challenge is over,

but the teams are left with no idea who has won the Island Treasure.

Peter is worried about his efforts

as he waits for the results at the Island Fire.

In today's challenge, the Tower Of Stones,

I think I performed to the best of my capabilities,

but before the game I really did have butterflies flying in my stomach

and I was really nervous. And I was trying to create a tactical strategy,

but when I got into the game my mind just completely went blank

and I seriously did not know what to do.

At the beginning, I do think I rushed it a little bit

and there were a few minor stumbles in the middle

and I had to think, "What to do, what to do?"

I really didn't want to lose it for Sting

because we're on a winning streak and I want to keep it that way.

I am really nervous about finding out who won.

He decides to chat to Khadie and Jeremy about how he feels.

Guys, I'm a little worried about my performance today

and how I did in Tower Of Stones.

Do you think you beat Eleanor?

No chance. Seriously, I have no chance.

Oh, have a little faith in yourself.

If we lost it would be the first time Sting have ever lost to Claw.

And, you know, I was doing the main thing...

I think, either way, if we win or lose...

-We're still winning.

-..we're still the best.

If we do lose, we don't want to feel down about ourselves.

We don't want to feel too confident that we don't care about winning,

but... if we do lose this challenge...

-It's not the end of the world.

-All of it is on me.

No, you shouldn't feel that pressure, seriously.

I don't think you should feel too confident,

but I don't think you should feel bad if we do lose.

-It'll be all right, Peter.

-I think we're still...

We're a family.

Thanks, guys, I really appreciate it.

-Khadie...

-Peter...

-Jeremy...

-TOGETHER:

-One, two, three, Sting!

The island is ready to announce the winners

of today's Island Challenge.

Both Sting and Claw have been summoned to the Island Fire.

Welcome, Team Sting and Team Claw, to the Island Fire.

Not only is this where your mission is revealed,

most importantly, it's where the island communicates with you.

The island really decided to test you today with all those challenges.

Khadie, how are your arms after Rings Of Steel?

They hurt a little bit, but they're all right now.

I saw they were dropping and you were trying to hold them up.

You've got big muscles now. Team Claw, how'd you find it?

I think it was fun having lots of different challenges,

but I'm quite nervous about the last one.

I can see you're both itching to find out

who has won today's challenges,

as well as the tenth Island Treasure - the clam.

Today's been a pretty busy day for both teams.

You took on the Code Cracker,

Waterfall, Rings Of Steel

and Tower Of Stones. But as you know, there can only

be one winner and only the island knows who that winner is.

The team that beat the island in the challenges today is...

-..Team Sting.

-TEAM STING CHEER

You guys were so happy the clam nearly fell off.

A nice surprise?

-Yeah.

-I'm guessing by your reaction, you didn't see that one coming.

No, I thought it was going to go to Claw.

Sorry, guys, bad luck there. But congratulations, Sting,

really, really well done. So you won the challenges

and you've also won the tenth Island Treasure - the clam.

Every night at the Island Fire,

only one adventurer from the winning team can be awarded the treasure,

but what is the true significance of these treasures?

The island knows, but will not let on just yet.

Now it's time for team talk.

Have a chat and think through who is your most valuable adventurer.

Who served you well today?

Oh, that was quick.

-I guess that's pretty unanimous.

-Yeah.

OK. Who have you voted for?

-Peter.

-Ha-ha! Congratulations, Peter. Well done.

So why have you chosen Peter?

He did such a good job yesterday

and he did a really good job today, finishing all the challenges for us.

So we think, overall, he has done a really good job

and he should get the next Island Treasure.

Jordan, you're nodding ferociously.

Why do you think Peter was so brilliant today?

All of the reasons Natty just said.

Peter was just a great captain yesterday.

He has a great friendship with everybody

and he's just a great person overall.

-Peter, are you very happy to win this?

-Yeah, definitely.

Congratulations, Peter,

you've been awarded Most Valuable Adventurer.

You win the tenth Island Treasure - the clam.

It represents how devious the island is

and how it can trap you at any given moment.

Well done, you've won it.

Team Sting have won their eighth Island Treasure.

Claw still only have two.

But there's still one more Island Challenge left

before the final escape day. Commiserations, Claw.

You were so close. You won a lot of advantages.

We always win the advantages and do really well

and then lose by that much.

But in the final race it might be that

they win all the advantages and you guys come up trumps.

With that final escape looming, the pressure is on.

And you can catch all the action online now.

We will see you next time on Escape From Scorpion Island.

-Bye.

-Bye.

Next time on Scorpion Island, Natty and Dilhan

must lead their teams into their penultimate day.

Will Natty be the Sting captain

to complete an unbelievable clean sweep

of Island Challenge victories?

Or can Dilhan be the first captain to bring down Team Sting

and lead Claw to an historic win?

It's up to me now, and the team, we have to win.