Episode 26 Escape from Scorpion Island

Coming up - the island unleashes its final punishing challenge.

-Zach, he is losing it.

-Team Claw screaming at each other.

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

-Come closer.

-Come on!

But only one team can escape from Scorpion Island.

Hello and welcome to Escape From Scorpion Island.

-I'm Johnny.

-And I'm Myleene.

In a moment, Sting and Claw will take on their final race to escape.

It's all to play for but only one team can beat the island.

Sting and Claw have been battling to beat the island and escape.

Sting were leading all the way, but now Claw have caught up.

Team Claw!

And now they must face the next stage of the escape.

The race to escape ends here on the surf-drenched shore of the island.

Sting and Claw are facing off one last time to try and open

a magnificent chest to release the 12th and final island treasure -

the fortune hunter's journal.

The team that claims it will be the winners,

awakening the spirit of the fortune hunter within themselves

and escape Scorpion Island.

Sting and Claw both have three tubes.

In each one is a key on a buoyance bob

meaning teams will have to pour water into the tubes to float the

keys up within reach,

but the only way to get water to the tubes

is by passing it up from the ocean

using ultra leaky buckets and because the buckets are tethered

the water has got to be passed

from adventurer to adventurer in a frantic chain.

But the island difficult to the last has added a crucial twist.

Only one of each team's keys will open the treasure chest.

So Sting and Claw will need fortune on their side here

as well as massive levels of team work.

Sting were hugely ahead before the escape began,

but Claw have mounted an amazing comeback

and so going into this final stage everything is completely level.

The teams will start at the same time

and no-one has an advantage here.

No previous game has ever had so much riding on it

and this really could go either way.

Escape from Scorpion Island is going down to the wire.

This is the final race to escape, Three, two, one, go.

-And they're off.

-And Khadie and Zach are racing down to use the key

the teams freed in the last challenge to release their buckets.

It's neck and neck, they're at the boxes,

they are trying to open the padlocks.

Zach is not letting the fact that he has lost his hat put him off.

Oh, but this looks good for Sting.

Khadie has opened hers first.

So she is already off to get scooping up the water.

And now Zach's got Claw's box open.

Zach get your hat.

Zach's following Dilhan's advice and going to retrieve his cap.

Surely he hasn't got time to waste on this?

Especially when Khadie... Oh, no, she's lost loads of water!

All the buckets are tethered

meaning that all the adventurers can only reach so far.

Khadie hits the end of the rope with a jolt,

jerks her bucket and spills all of her water.

It's a real waste of time.

And it could mean Claw have got a chance to catch up.

Run, run!

-There's hardly any in.

-Come on, run!

Khadie is back on track,

but Claw are racing ahead and Lizzie is pouring it in.

This was a massive moment.

Lizzie has chosen to fill Claw's far side tube first,

but there is no guarantee

that this tube holds the key that will unlock Claw's freedom.

That's right, it could be in either of the other tubes,

but will Lizzie's strategy be to fill

all three tubes with equal amounts of water

or will she stick with the tube she has chosen first?

We will only find out her strategy as the game progresses,

Sting have yet to put any water into a tube,

so it's not clear what their strategy will be.

Come closer!

It seems they are having trouble getting used to the buckets.

This is really frantic stuff!

And that really isn't going to help Claw's efforts.

They need to get their act together.

Natty is heading for Sting's tubes now.

She has gone for the nearside one,

but the question is, has she made the right choice?

Or is the correct key in one of Sting's other tubes?

Imagine how difficult it must be to push on through this challenge

when you are this tired and this wet

and yet you still have no idea how well you're doing

and what's more you have no idea how well your opponents are doing.

There really is no let up here.

Don't lose it, Dilhan!

Can Lizzie see the key? How much water do team Claw need to deliver?

Zach's now just throwing the water trying to aim for Dilhan's bucket.

CHILDREN SHOUT

Oh, this is a new tactic from Eleanor, she is trying

to use her T-shirt to bung up the bottom of her bucket.

It's intriguing, but is it effective?

Zach, do this!

Jordan making the transfer to Natty once again.

There are very few drops of water in that bucket.

Dilhan!

The same looks to be true for Lizzie's bucket.

The teams are discovering that this challenge is harden than it looks.

Oh, and now everyone looks like they're copying

Eleanor's T-shirt technique.

It initially seems worthwhile, but once the material's wet,

it lets the water seep through

leaving so little for the adventurers at the tubes to deliver.

CHILDREN SHOUT

Go!

The water is going everywhere, it must be so frustrating.

Oh, Can Natty see Sting's first key now?

It's not in reach yet which means they have got to keep battling on.

Imagine how hard it is to keep yourselves motivated here

as an individual adventurer.

The only way to get through the sheer relentlessness

of this challenge is by working as a team.

Team Sting appeared to have their game play sorted

right from the start.

THEY CHEER

I listened to my team to just drop it.

Brimming with confidence in Double Crossing.

As a team, I think we did really well.

I think I am a natural.

Their skills grew with every challenge.

That's it Peter come on, well done.

But as Claw fight back on this punishing final day,

Sting know they must come together as a team like never before.

Weeks of challenges all boil down to this,

the final race to escape, but who's going to come out on top.

At this stage, it's too close to call.

Both teams are giving this 100 per cent of their energy.

Oh, no, that's bad news for Claw.

Especially while Sting are racing along.

He's losing it.

Team Claw scream at each other.

The teams have no idea who is in the lead.

All they know is they've just keep on running...

And transferring as much water as they possibly can.

CHILDREN SHOUT

Oh, no! James didn't have anything left in his bucket

to pass on to Lizzie, but Natty is making another delivery for Sting.

And that just puts even more pressure on Claw.

There's nothing in here!

Zach!

They are sounding completely desperate.

And the only way they will triumph here is through total team work.

At the beginning of Claw's fight against the island

they struggled with their communication.

-No.

-No!

-It all went wrong by communication.

-Don't throw it!

-Just throw it!

-No, don't throw it! No, no, NO!

Communication skills between me and Lizzie were good,

but communication between us and those three was appalling.

Shall we just move on from this and set it aside now?

-Yeah.

-Deal?

-Friends.

But they learnt from that experience and proved they could work together.

Dilhan, get that end one, just there!

The JigZag went down to the wire and they might have lost,

-but they were spurred on.

-We can make this work, we can win.

ALL: Team Claw!

Always supporting each other.

Claw proved they could be winners in the Sinking Swamp.

So, can they draw on everything they've learnt in this?

Their most important battle of all.

This looks more like it!

They're utterly frazzled, but they are keeping absolutely focused.

Now, how much water can they get across to Lizzie?

Oh, it's not much, though it seems it compared to Natty.

She barely had a drop to pour in.

NATTY SCREAMS

So close!

Did you see Natty's face?

She's like, "Oh! I can see it I can almost reach it."

I can't begin to tell you what the tension is like on Scorpion Island.

One team is moments from escaping,

-the other will be stuck here forever.

-That's right.

Natty might reach for that key and it be the wrong one.

Imagine how frustrating that'd be.

Great plan having Lizzie and Natty at the end.

They've got the longest limbs, so they can reach the key.

Oh, but Natty can't reach the key just yet.

This is unbelievably punishing.

Both teams giving their heart and soul.

But will it be Sting who comes out on top?

Or will it be Claw?

They both want it so badly.

Who's it going to be, Johny?

I've got no idea.

They could be picking the wrong tube.

Who knows if they get the right key?

Natty looks like she thinks the key's almost at the top.

We're almost there.

The teams are throwing everything into this,

their last day on the Island is almost at a close.

The sun is setting.

Oh, and here comes the only way of getting off the island.

You can hear the helicopter circling our teams,

it's waiting for the winning team, but which one's it going to be?

Just think, in a moment one team, Sting or Claw,

will be on that winning helicopter.

The adventurers don't know how much work they'll have to do before then.

Any one of these bucketloads of water could be the one

-which frees the winning key.

-Both teams are exhausted,

but they're not letting that slow them down, they want this so badly.

-It's a fight to the end, a fight to that escape.

-Yes, yes!

-I've got the key.

-That's it Lizzie's got the key.

-Lizzie's got

-A

-key, is it the right one?

She is going to try it on the chest. Will it open?

These could be the winning moments for Team Claw.

All Team Sting can do is battle on.

Will Claw have escaped from Scorpion Island?

This is unbelievably tense.

Will it be victory for Team Claw?

It's not going to fit.

-The wrong key!

-An absolute disaster for Team Claw.

But they have got to carry on and try to release another key.

So, Sting are still in the game.

They could yet be the team that escapes from Scorpion Island.

And they've got a lot of water in their tube now.

They cannot be far behind Claw in trying to open the chest.

But have THEY got the right key?

More!

Lizzie's working on the middle tube now.

But does it have the right key?

Surely Natty is going to reach Sting's key first.

Which key will open the chest to that final treasure,

the Fortune Hunter's Journal?

Natty is trying to grab the key, is it within reaching distance?

Oh, not quite yet.

I can get it after this.

They are tantalisingly close.

Is this the bucket that raises the key to the top?

-No, more!

-Oh!

Could this give Claw the chance to catch up? They're getting closer.

They are making another delivery.

There's so little water in the buckets now.

-But could it be just enough?

-Natty can touch the key, can she grab it?

Yes!

-Natty's got the key!

-Will she be writing Scorpion Island history?

This is another MASSIVE moment.

Could this be victory for Team Sting?

SHE SCREAMS

It looks like it works!

Yes, it's triumph for Sting!

Team Claw look absolutely dejected right now.

But this is Sting's moment. They're running over to the chest.

THEY SCREAM

And they've done it, Sting have done it!

Sting have escaped from Scorpion Island.

Look at that elation on their faces!

They've rewritten Scorpion Island history.

They've got their hands on that 12th treasure,

the Fortune Hunter's Journal.

ALL: "By winning this we escape together.

"Congratulations, the Fortune Hunter!"

THEY SCREAM

Claw fought SO valiantly...

and at the end it went down to the wire.

It takes an incredible team to come back from so far

and be so VERY near.

'Someone has to lose and it's not always the winners.

We were disadvantaged five Island Treasures today

and we caught them back to one Island Treasure.

One island treasure from eight, we should be proud of ourselves.

I am really proud of everybody, but I am gutted we lost.

Maybe it wasn't our chance to win today. You know, we have all had fun.

Someone had to lose, it ended up being us.

Somebody had to lose, somebody had to win

-and, to be fair, we have had a great time have you had a great time?

-Yep.

-Have you had a great time?

-Yes.

-I have had a great time and that's all that matters.

-Yeah.

Claw have given it everything.

Dihlan...

Zach...

Lizzie...

Eleanor...

..and James will have memories that live on.

Team Claw forever.

So, guys, that's it congratulations. You are the winners.

-How does it feel, Natty, captain?

-Amazing.

-Screaming and...oh, shouting.

-We did hear you screaming.

When you had the key you screamed.

When you opened the chest we didn't hear much more!

It was like a domino. She screamed then Jordan screamed...

-Then I screamed.

-It was crazy and then I ran up there.

-What's been your highlight?

-Working as a team!

Maybe the last challenge.

And we all went one, two, three, opened it.

We were having disputes before the challenge,

then we had this team talk and sorted everything out.

And we brought it back together.

-How has the island changed you?

-A lot.

-In every single way.

-Stronger!

-Working as a team with strangers.

-You're all family now!

You've worked amazingly well as a team and for that

you have unlocked the Fortune Hunter's Journal,

which means you have unleashed the Fortune Hunter in all of you.

Congratulations, it's now time for you to leave the island.

-Are you ready?

-ALL: YES!

-You're going by helicopter.

-Yes!

Team Sting have rewritten the Scorpion Island history books,

they are now leaving and escaping.

They were searching for the Fortune Hunter,

but the Fortune Hunter was within them all the time.

THEY CHEER

So, look at that, Team Sting head off into the sunset.

-Johny, how are we going to get home?

-Yeah, I didn't think about that one.

From dawn to dusk Team Sting have been battling for this very moment.

Oh, my gosh it is so beautiful.

And now they soar into the night's sky.

This is great!

They've escaped from Scorpion Island.

Never have so few achieved so much.

So, Team Sting have escaped from Scorpion Island

and they look back on an incredible experience.

Natty.

Scorpion island has changed me the most,

in that I am not as scared of heights as I was.

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate.

Like, I am at ease climbing up those ladders now,

I wasn't that scared doing that.

Swing!

When I got the crab I felt so proud and so happy

and I felt like jumping up and down and laughing and screaming.

Natty has been a brilliant captain.

She has been captain twice now for Sting.

That one, that one, that one!

She is just a great captain and a great friend.

She is really strong, and you can see the reason why,

and she is quite bouncy, and she is full of energy.

Jeremy.

I have learned that I am not the centre of the world any more

cos living with my team-mates day and night

and listening to their opinions and not my own all the time

has made me think that there are more people than one in the world

and I have got to listen to other people's opinions

and they'll give me the same respect if I listen to theirs.

Come on! A bit more, Khadie, come on.

Yeah, that's it!

Jeremy is really good at motivating the team.

All the way round and down.

Jeremy will, sort of, be the quiet achiever.

WELL DONE!

Not really quiet, if you know what I mean,

but you don't see her talents until you have her out there in a game.

I think Jeremy is a very emotional, strong person

cos she really can talk to the team

in a way which can reach out to everybody.

I know we're doing really well, but we have GOT to make sure

we win the next Island Treasure. If we do,

we're three ahead and that would be good.

I have become more physically stronger person.

Yes!

I'm working better in a team, and I am listening to other people,

and it's made me better in myself, and trust myself more,

and made me more confident.

Jordan.

There are three challenges which are my favourite

and that's Hard Wired where I hung upside down trying to collect fuses.

Go, Jordan, get it in quick!

He was amazing at it and he was like Spiderman, going upside down.

He felt dizzy, but he did really well.

I'm really pleased with myself.

Come on! Across!

There was Under Fire where I was hung over a massive weir

and shot tennis balls at.

And there was Double Crossing, where I had to run across a platform

whilst getting boulders fired at me.

My proudest moment would have been getting my Island Treasures.

My sponge and my cactus,

but my most proud moment must be the cactus.

I am feeling great! This is what I want - a cactus!

Peter.

Usually, when I make really good friends it takes me quite a long time

and to be a part of Scorpion Island...

THEY SCREAM AND LAUGH

..and get to know more people it's kind of a giant leap

and I really didn't take the effort to make friends myself,

but they took the more effort to become friends with me

and that, to me, was what a real friend does, I think.

Sometimes he's really quiet,

but he knows how to get the job done.

He knows how to do it and he understands it.

That's it, Peter, well done.

He's so calm all the time. He doesn't let anything get in his way.

I think I've learnt how to become more, you know,

strong and connected with other people.

Sting!

When I leave, I think it will be something I look back on

when I am older and the things I have learnt and I will take away with me

are the ways of friendship and how strong it is

and trust in each other.

I have learnt that when you get to the swing of things.

There will always be an end and a new beginning.

Khadie.

Khadie is really strong and she knows how to get it done.

She knows... She focuses.

That's it! Yes!

When I won the Island Treasure, the butterfly,

it was really nice that my team voted for me to win the treasure

and, yeah, I was really happy that I got it.

I think that Khadie would be the strong women.

She also has a really loud personality.

Sort of, happy and bubbly.

Watch out boys we are coming to get you.

Khadie is a really good friend to have

cos she is funny and makes up all of our chants.

ALL: We are the best and we're gonna, gonna win.

We're gonna gonna win cos we are the Sting!

She's just made our team.

-Jordan,

-Peter,

-Jeremy!

ALL: One, two, three, Sting!

Team Sting have re-written Scorpion Island history.

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