Wild World (TV series)
Wild World is an extreme-sports survival-reality game show produced by RM Productions and broadcast on the UBS internet entertainment network. Wild World contestants are isolated in a tropical wilderness for eight weeks where they compete for cash and other prizes. The show is known for repeated injuries and even deaths of the contestants.
The Wild World competition is held seasonally (spring, summer, and fall) and is streamed live through the use of miniature robotic cameras located throughout the island. Each competitor is also equipped with personal recording equipment (including miniature cameras mounted to safety glasses, helmets, and other gear) that records high-definition audio-video. Footage is streamed from these remote cameras and personal monitoring devices to the internet. Viewers are able to individual footage as well as daily "highlight reels" edited by Wild World production staff.
Rather than resort to progressive elimination to determine the outcome, the netcast audience judges the competitors' performance in various physical and mental competitions. At the close of each day the viewing audience votes are tallied and the "MVP of the day" is chosen. This individual receives a cash prize as well as bonus points towards their final score. At the conclusion of the competition, the viewing audience is able to vote for one of the top three scoring contestants as the winner of a $3,000,000 cash prize (and the chance to participate in future Wild World competitions).
In 2030 the production company purchased a private equatorial island at an undisclosed location in order to produce the show in more seclusion.
Previous Seasons
S01 (Apr-Jun 2026). Six contestants placed on an island near Indonesia.
S02 (Mar-May 2027). Eight contestants placed on an island near Indonesia.
S03 (Mar-May 2028). Eight contestants placed in the jungle of Costa Rica.
S04 (Mar-May 2029). Eight contestants placed on an island south of Japan.
S05 (Aug-Oct 2029). Four previous winners are invited back to compete with four new contestants in Brazilian jungle. Three contestants are killed when a rope bridge collapses. Another is severely injured in a climbing accident. Two contestants contract Dengue fever and later die. The FCC places the show on a 2-year hiatus during a prolonged investigation. Several lawsuits are settled for undisclosed sums. A popular internet rumor contends the production became cursed when the contestants violated a sacred temple site.
S06 (Aug-Oct 2031). Eight contestants are placed on private equatorial island purchased by Wild World Productions. Two contestants are killed when a cavern collapses during an underwater exercise.
S07 (Aug-Oct 2032). Eight contestants placed on the island. Olympic athlete Gerry Game plummets from a 300-foot waterfall and is presumed dead.
S08 (Mar-May 2033). Eight contestants placed on the island. Newlyweds Roy and Ginger Hinkley, who are also Nobel winners respectively in physics and chemistry, are presumed drowned when their canoe is found damaged and overturned.
S09 (Aug-Oct 2033). Eight previous winners placed on the island. Season 5 survivor Jacen Miles disappears and is presumed deceased. Show is placed on 6-month hiatus but pressure from viewers causes the FCC to relent.
S10 (Aug-Oct 2034). Eight contestants placed on the island. Three contestants are lost in a climbing accident.
S11 (Mar-May 2035). Eight contestants placed on the island. Martial artist and Oscar winning actor Stone Way perishes during a daring cliff dive.
S12 (Aug-Oct 2035). Eight contestants placed on the island. Itsu Toshimura is eaten by tiger.
Previous Winners
S01: Adam Wirth (USA)
S02: Naomi Green (England)
S03: Matthew Marks (USA)
S04: Tim Canter (USA)
S05: Jacen Miles (USA)
S06: Frieda Jenkins (Canada)
S07: Nema Solna (Israel) and Hana Weiss (Israel)
S08: Akira Tanaka (Japan)
S09: Susan Patton (USA)
S10: Davis Davis (Scotland)
S11: Becky Cho (USA)
S12: Kyung-sook Myeong (Korea)