Episode 25 Escape from Scorpion Island

The final day has been relentless.

On a scale of one to 100, I would want to win 110.

Scorpion Island, you better watch out. The power house is coming!

With both Sting and Claw fighting to be the team

that escapes from Scorpion Island.

But there are still three gruelling challenges

that the adventurers must face.

Sponge, get the sponge!

And today, one team will escape.

Who will it be? Sting?

Everyone was arguing.

-I really want the team to pull their act together.

-Yes!

-Or Claw?

-We have to win this next challenge and we have to escape.

I'm really, really nervous. Come on, Claw!

We need to believe in ourselves

if we're going to escape Scorpion Island.

Welcome to Escape From Scorpion Island. I'm Myleene.

-And I'm Johny.

-You join us on the final day as Sting and Claw

battle it out to be the best and escape the island.

It's been a long, hard journey for our ten adventurers,

but today the legend of Scorpion Island will be written once again

as a new team, Sting or Claw, will claim victory.

Scorpion Island.

A tropical paradise teeming with nature.

But this is an island like no other.

It has a living intelligence

and a devious, tricky plan to trap anyone that lands on its shores.

In recent Scorpion legend, an adventurer came

from far across the seas and broke through

the island's impenetrable defence system.

He was a fortune hunter whose mission it was to plunder the island

of its legendary treasure, it's precious life.

After a terrifying onslaught of

challenges, the fortune hunter won all of the island's treasure,

but on his final escape day, he failed

and the island captured his spirit. And locked it away.

Now, in a bid to beat the island,

Sting and Claw have taken on merciless challenges.

And after days of competing, just like the fortune hunter, they too

have won all the island's treasure.

Now they face their final mission to rescue the fortune hunter's spirit

from the mysteriously hidden treasure chest

and escape from Scorpion Island.

We're all going to give it our all for this.

We're going to try our best to do whatever we try to do

and escape from Scorpion Island.

There's no point coming

unless you're going to escape. I really want to escape.

So destiny beckons and only one team can be victorious

and escape the island's clutches.

And the fortune hunter's spirit is encapsulated in his journal.

And one team will have to unlock the chest,

find the journal, release his spirit

and they will escape from Scorpion Island together.

Only one team will get to unlock the treasure chest

and take the fortune hunter's journal with them.

By doing this they will free his spirit and he will escape with them.

After 11 hard fought challenges,

Sting have won eight island treasures and Claw have three.

But the island, devious as ever,

forced them to swap, disadvantaging Claw in the final escape.

I can now tell you that the island demands

during your final race to escape, you must carry

the other team's island treasures

for the first stage of the challenge.

In the first stage of the escape, the teams

had to make their way down a cliff face

and they had to get the other team's treasures to beach level too.

There were five thrilling head to head races.

With some energetic efforts

and helped by some proper rock face fear from some of their opponents,

Claw won the first four. However, when it came to sending

the island treasures down, Claw really came unstuck.

With five more to deal with than Sting, they simply had

so much more work to do.

And it meant that in the final race, Jordan had such a great head start

that he could reach the ground before Eleanor could even get going.

So it was a win for Sting, but Claw looked like they might

just be on the comeback trail.

Now in the second stage of the escape, the island has demanded

the return of the island treasures.

Buried under the sand are 11 metal treasure troves,

each marked with a design showing which island treasure belongs within

and the adventurers are racing here

to see who can return more of their team's treasures.

Claw have got off to a confident start.

Dilhan has already used his metal detector to locate

two troves, the vampire bat and the Venus fly trap,

meaning they've now just got six more island treasures to return.

Sting are seeming much less focused.

They haven't managed to find any troves

and so have still got all three of their island treasures to return.

The adventurers don't know how long they have here.

The island could call time at any point and if one team

has more treasures unreturned than the other, for each extra treasure

they have, they will receive a ten second time penalty

for the next stage. Even one of these could prove decisive.

So there is a lot at stake here.

Now the hunt for the treasure troves continues.

Oh, and it looks like Claw have made another discovery.

Team Claw are digging. Look at James at work there.

They think they've found another treasure trove

and Sting are looking over to see if it's one of theirs.

-Yes, it's ours, it's ours!

-Yes, it's ours. Yes.

Fortune's smiled on Claw once again. They've found the butterfly's trove

and that means they can return it to the island.

Team Sting are starting to argue amongst themselves. Not good.

And it's really not going to help them here. They've got to work

as a team if they want to come out on top in this stage of the escape.

Sting seem completely directionless,

but Claw are working so well together here.

That's the butterfly going in. They're making really solid progress

but they still have five more to place, two more than Sting have.

Jordan's gone deep down but it seems like he hasn't found anything.

Sting have still got all three of their island treasures to place.

They need to get themselves together,

but their rivals seem to have refocused their efforts.

Claw carefully sweeping the land for another treasure trove.

Have they found something?

James thinks he's found another trove.

They're really digging in for this one, but is there anything there?

They still haven't found anything yet. Oh, no, look at this.

Team Claw have found one of Team Sting's treasure troves.

So Jordan's running over with the conch shell.

The first treasure the team have returned, but does it mark the start

of a Sting comeback?

Claw aren't letting it get to them,

Dilhan's keeping up a careful search.

We need to open this.

Sting are taking a long time to bury the conch shell.

No, it's Sting's!

Oh, that's surely unwise of Zach?

Yes, it's the Sting eagle.

Has he let Sting know the location of another of their treasure troves?

Guys, here, there's one we haven't searched yet. Guys.

Guys, I think they're just faking it.

-It's too deep.

-No, it looks like Zach was bluffing!

Sneaky tactics, but it certainly wasted some of Sting's time

and now Claw might just have made a real discovery.

James and Zach are both digging at terrific pace but Team Sting

are still trying to return the conch shell.

They need to clear more sand from the lid.

Use a shovel.

This is wasting so much time! Oh, yes!

There it is, at last the conch shell is being returned to the island.

And Sting are straight on to another potential trove location.

This is much quicker work.

Oh, and it seems that Claw are abandoning their spot

and Zach's going to check if Sting have found one of Claw's troves.

Have you got the shell in?

Perhaps there's nothing there.

This is becoming a real test of the team's focus levels now,

but which of them will triumph here?

Will Natalie lead Team Sting to success,

-or is it all about Dilhan and Team Claw?

-Check over there.

Go elsewhere.

Both teams are starting to dig again but all the adventurers

look exhausted.

Oh, and this is odd, Khadie and Zach are working together.

Nope, and they've both given up on that spot and right now this is not

-looking good for Sting or for Claw.

-These guys are running out of time.

They need to get those treasures back in those troves.

But they don't know when the island is going to call time

so they need to make every second count.

And Sting are sounding confident now.

And Dilhan seems to be confirming Sting have found something.

Surely it's not a smart plan to help your opponents out like this?

-Dig where you're standing.

-His own team don't seem anything

like as certain they've made a find.

And no, Dilhan's detector's not beeping.

Is it there?

-I think it might be there.

-I'll get looking for more. Wait.

Can I feel it?

Sting are leaving this spot behind as well

but Claw are going to check it out.

But Dilhan's made another find now and James is digging straight away.

But it would be awful for Claw if it was another of Sting's troves

that Dilhan has just detected.

Natty's team seem to have lost all motivation here.

-Whoa!

-I'll dig it.

Look at this. Team Claw have found another trove and it's the scorpion.

They need to get it away and bury it.

And it seems Claw's dig where Sting just were is looking promising too.

Sponge! Get the sponge.

Go get the sponge. Scorpion!

Look at this. Claw have found two troves in quick succession.

What a comeback by Team Claw.

Once they've finished placing the coral sponge and the scorpion,

Claw will only be one treasure behind Sting, and remember,

they started this stage with five more treasures than them.

That's the scorpion in. Now can they level this here, or even overtake?

And that's another unsuccessful foray from Sting and

they're starting to look desperate.

But the island is starting to become restless.

It still has a lot more in store for Sting and Claw before it will let

one team escape, so it's signalling that it's allowing

just two further minutes to return the treasures.

RUMBLING

That is the sound of pressure being raised and this is

the moment the adventurers need to allow the fortune hunter's skills to

pour into them so they can find all of the remaining treasure troves

before the time runs out.

Time is running out. Guys, you've got two minutes left! Two minutes!

Well, that's the coral sponge in for Claw, but they know they need to do

everything they can to draw level.

Sting are digging once more and Dilhan's helping them again.

Dilhan, Dilhan. Dilhan!

Team Claw are screaming at Dilhan. I think they've found something

and at this stage in the final race this could be crucial.

-Guys!

-Oh, but Jeremy is calling her team over.

But whose trove will it be? Are Claw doing Sting a favour here?

Claw are busily digging while most of their opponents watch on, so much

could rest on what lies beneath.

One minute left. One minute left. Hurry up, guys.

Can they possibly do anything more here?

-There's nothing there.

-Oh no!

It looks like Eleanor is giving up on this spot!

Wait, James thinks he's on to something.

This is getting frantic now.

They think they've found another trove but whose trove will it be?

Will it be Sting or Claw's?

It's Claw's!

This could make all the difference.

They've found the cactus trove.

And, if they can return it to the Island before the time runs out,

they'll draw level with Sting.

Guys, check here!

Quicker!

No, it's not there!

No! James has realised it's not the cactus trove after all.

Nightmare!

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

And your time is up, stop searching.

Wow, what an extraordinary, frantic last few moments that was,

and the second stage of the escape looked really hectic throughout

with both Sting and Claw giving it their all.

They only had two left and we had three left,

so that means they might win, but we got more in

so it's a 50/50 chance, I've no idea who's won.

Well, Eleanor might not be sure who's won,

but she's right about the final Island Treasure count up

and the numbers tell their own story here.

Claw began with eight Treasures to return to the Island,

while Sting only had three.

Plus, after winning the first stage of the escape,

Sting had a 30 second head start.

However, Claw managed to maintain their impressive current form

and displayed the focus needed to detect six Treasure Troves.

As five of these were for their Treasures,

they ended the game with just three Island Treasures.

Sting never seemed as methodical or as motivated

and never found any Treasure Troves.

So they were lucky Claw detected one of theirs

and that Dilhan strangely seemed more than happy to help them.

So it very much went Claw's way, but they're still fighting

the number of Island Treasures they had to deal with.

For all their efforts, Claw still finished

with one more than Sting.

So they receive one time penalty

and will start the third stage of the escape 10 seconds after Sting.

Could this be a crucial advantage,

or will Claw's purple patch continue?

While the adventurers gear up for this next battle

the Island is claiming back the remaining Treasures -

the silver eagle...

the silver pit viper...

the cactus...

the silver crab...

and the clam shell.

They're in their Troves and order is restored.

But it does also mean their powers pass back to the Island

and it's going to make things tougher than ever

for the teams in these closing stages of the escape.

Round two of the final escape is over, the pressure is rising.

Team Claw are edging ever closer

and the teams are sensing their loss of power.

The team wasn't working at all together, everyone was arguing...

It was so frustrating.

Guys, check here, check here.

It didn't really go to plan because people were arguing,

they wanted the metal detector, they didn't want to dig,

saying, "you're not working it right."

By them, Dilhan was Claw's metal detector person and he stuck to it.

I think if we cooperated more and actually stuck to the plan

instead of people running off in different directions

I think we might have been able to win completely.

I'm very frustrated with Team Sting at the moment.

Claw have done valiantly, but are not sure

if they're to be rewarded by the Island.

Our strategy was two people with the metal detector.

If they found something then two people would dig it up,

but it proved harder than that

because the boxes were this far into the ground, they were quite deep,

and it took quite a lot of us to get it out

so we ended up doing it differently Dilhan went off as we dug it,

and it worked really well actually as we did get five.

And that's really brilliant.

I think we've done extremely well, I'm really proud of the team.

Proud of myself, I found all the Treasures with the metal detector

and we dug up five,

I don't see why the Island cannot choose us to win,

we've really shown that we're the best team in this Challenge so far

and I really don't think we've won but I really hope we do.

I am really angry today because I think we've lost again.

We actually got five in and they only got one in

but then they had two left and we had three left

so I think it's going to go down to how many we had left.

I'm not sure, I think we might have actually just done it,

but I'm really nervous.

It doesn't matter if we lose.

We've always got the next Challenge left.

To be able to complete the final stage of the escape,

Sting and Claw need all-important keys.

The only trouble is both teams keys have been threaded

onto 25 metre long ropes and those ropes have been wound around

sturdy wooden posts into huge figures of eight.

So the teams have simply got to unwind the ropes

and unthread the keys, and the team that frees their key first

wins a 30 second head start for the final stage.

As Claw ended with one more Island Treasure than Sting

they have a time penalty here, so team Sting will start

the rope unwinding 10 seconds before team Claw.

Will it be enough to grant them the win,

or can Claw continue their comeback?

And Sting are off.

Now, can they make good use of their head start?

First, they have to untie the knot in their figure of eight.

And that's Claw away, and they're wasting no time.

They look so determined.

But Sting are first to untie the knot.

Oh, but Claw are right behind them.

Will Team Claw be able to catch up?

It's so close now.

This is head to head action

and what's crucial here is having a system.

If you're too careless with your unwinding

you can end up creating more knots,

and that would be a real waste of time,

but so far Claw look much more organised than Sting.

Over that pole!

OK, guys, ready?

Guys you're going the wrong way...

Natty's trying to bring order back to her team

but Claw have already unwound their figure of eight.

They have to unthread that key at the end.

Who's going to do it first?

Sting are still dealing with their figure of eight.

Surely this is going to go Claw's way.

Almost got it, come on!

Dilhan's moving really quickly now.

Oh, but Sting are on to the unthreading now.

It's so close!

And it's so chaotic, too!

Both teams are really panicking, they know what they're playing for.

But who's going to get there first?

And look at that!

That was so close, I think we're going to have to see that again.

Well, you're right to look baffled, Johny, this was surely

the tightest, most hectic game we've ever seen on Scorpion Island.

Sting had the head start, but it became neck and neck early on.

Then Claw seemed to have more of a system

unwinding the figure of eight

and for a moment it looked like they had this in the bag.

But, realising they were set to lose,

Sting finally got themselves together.

And that meant it all came down to the unthreading

and unbelievably it was a dead heat.

Both teams released their keys at exactly the same moment.

So, shockingly it was a draw,

and as they go to the final stage of the escape

everything is absolutely level - extraordinary!

Team Sting have won Island Challenge after Island Challenge

but now their change in fortunes has piled on the pressure.

Guys, let's concentrate on this game, OK?

I know we need to get our act together but now is not the time.

It's about having fun

and if we're going to be angry what's the point in winning?

So you're saying we should lose?

If you just listen, Peter, if we're angry and frustrated

and we win, what is the point in that, OK?

At least we have got the key this round.

We just need to think about this round.

When their rounds come we think then and there, OK?

So we don't need to get so agitated

and screaming at each other going "Oh, Jordan!"

-Did you see how close it was?

-Yes, I did.

Well, today I think Sting have gone for a downturn.

Usually we stick together and we're usually strong as a team

but I think today we wanted to win so much

that we put it ahead of being a team,

and I think that's what's corroding us

and making us as not good as we want to be.

It's because we have been winning for so long and then

When Claw nearly beat us on this one, everyone's angry and agitated,

screaming and out of control, they're not actually focusing.

We got the key off, it's not like we didn't win,

we're still unravelling it now and everyone's getting so angry.

-At least we got the key.

-And like what Natty said -

it's not any use winning and being all angry and frustrated

than losing but still being happy.

I think we did perform a bit better as a team,

but we were screeching at each other and stuff.

And then everyone was just panicking, not listening to each other

running around not knowing what they were doing.

And in the end we devised a system

because we started speaking to each other

and now everyone's angry with each other

when they should be happy with themselves for doing such a good job.

I do feel frustrated, but I still want the team to be happy.

I want the team to pull their act together for the final Challenge,

especially Natty as she is captain and hope we can do it.

We can be happy and lose and happy and win,

but either way we should be happy.

We need to believe in ourselves

if we're going to escape from Scorpion Island.

Sting may have decided to apply steely focus to the final Challenge

but Claw are brimming with energy

and think they might have taken the last round.

Oh, I don't know, it was so close.

I think Sting may have just about taken it

but even if they do it doesn't matter,

we are so close now, I'm sure we're going to win at the end.

We are so close and we are going to carry on that Claw thing.

Come on, Claw!

I think Claw have won, I'm not sure but I think we've won

and that'll have give us an advantage in the final round.

I really hope we've won, it's so close!

Team Claw!

Yes, come on!

The only communication was "That pole and that pole."

Everybody was keeping their eye on that rope

and it came off those poles pretty quickly.

We caught up to Sting, I think we won.

I really hope we won, we can't give them another advantage.

We have to win this next Challenge and escape.

If we win I'll be stoked.

We could get another advantage for the next round

and hopefully get an advantage to escape.

After days of losing to team Sting...

Throughout the heartbreak...

I'm just feeling gutted and down-hearted at the moment.

I hope the Island's got something up its sleeve,

otherwise we are going to lose all the way.

And the sheer drive to win.

We have to win, no matter what happens,

we really have to pull together.

Claw have finally caught up with Sting.

And as they face the final escape, they are at last neck and neck.

Two teams level pegging, and now it's all to play for.

Next time, the Island unleashes its final punishing Challenge...

-Ah!

-He's losing it!

Team Claw screaming at each other...

And Sting and Claw will have to face a real test of endurance.

Come on!

But there's only one ultimate goal in sight.

One team will escape Scorpion Island next time.

You can join all the action online and we'll see you soon. Bye!