Survivor has reportedly been cancelled by the BBC after just one season on the air.
The new version of the reality show hit screens in 2023 in a primetime Saturday night slot with comedian Joel Dommett at the helm – and reportedly cost the broadcaster £30,000,000 to produce.
Survivor saw 18 people compete in a series of challenges on a desert island to win £100,000, just as the original noughties show had tasked contestants with.
Yet the programme struggled to attract viewers.
Survivor was reportedly in jeopardy as soon as after the first episode aired on the BBC, because it only attracted 2.6 million viewers on average, despite airing in the post-Strictly Saturday slot.
The ratings were around two million less than the numbers Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel pulled in the week prior – which allegedly prompted crisis talks among TV execs at the time.
There had been rumours the show was on the chopping block last year and it has now been reported that Survivor is no more.
Joel told The Sun: ‘It just shows you how nothing is a given in telly. I thought Survivor would be huge. I thought that would be my job for the next 20 years.
‘I’ve done shows and thought that’s not coming back and it keeps coming back and then you do something like Survivor, which you think is guaranteed and it doesn’t come back.’
Joel had remained hopeful Survivor would return for a second season during an interview with Metro last year – although he admitted it needed an overhaul.
Metro contacted the BBC for comment.
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