Season 2
Fear Factor UK is a British stunt/dare reality game show based on the original Dutch version Now or Neverland and produced by Endemol in which each week two teams of three friends battle it out over a series of the tough stunts to win £20,000 worth of cash prizes.
The series aired in the UK on Sky One from 3 September, 2002 to 11 December, 2003. There are 26 hour-long episodes in two seasons.
Fear Factor UK premiered in South Africa on TopTV's Fox FX channel on Saturday 1 October 2011, at 20h30. Season 2 has not yet aired in South Africa.
Synopsis
UK version of the show where facing up to your worst fears can net big money...
In each pulse-racing Fear Factor episode, contestants recruited across the country battle in extreme stunts. These stunts are designed to challenge the contestants both physically and mentally.
If a player is too afraid to complete or fails a stunt, the player is eliminated. If they succeed, they are one step closer to the grand prize...
The British version features a team format and the first two rounds are for "banking" prize money. The first round gives £3,000 for each of the best four individual performances, which with three people on each team means a team can bank up to £9,000.
In the second round, two people from each team take part (selected by the other team) - it's a straight pass-or-fail round, and each success is worth another £3,000.
The team that wins the final stunt takes home what they've banked plus £5,000, for a total of £20,000. It is therefore possible for a team to go into the final round having banked nothing at all, but still go home the winners, albeit with only the minimum £5,000 to share between them.
The first season of Fear Factor UK was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa. The second season was filmed in Buenos Aires, Brazil.