Cabin Fever is set to be the summer's reality tv hit. The show has been specially developed by COCO Television for RTÉ, and follows on from their success of Treasure Island. This brand new format will have ten contestants set off on a tour around the coast of Ireland in a tall ship for eight weeks. The prize they are all competing for a €100,000.
Scheduled for tranmission for 8 June, there will be a pre-recorded one hour show every Sunday evening with highlights from the week's events, followed the following evening with a live show, with one contestant being voted off each week. The ship sets sail from Dublin, and will call in each week for the live OB show at Belfast, Sligo, Galway, Limerick, Dingle, Cork, Waterford and Dublin.
The deadline for public entries is 14 April, and thousands of applications have been received so far. Elimination rounds will take place in May.
Confirmed to date:
Executive Producer RTE: Julian Vignoles
Producers for Coco TV: Linda Cullen, Stuart Switzer, Hilary O'Donovan.
Producer pre-recorded show: Linda Cullen
Producer live OB show: Stuart Switzer
Production Co-ordinator/Production Co-ordinator (recorded show): Sonia Patterson
Production Co-ordinator (live show): Grainne O'Carroll
Cameraman: Ronan Fox
Sound: Stephen McDowell
Julian Vignoles, Executive Producer, RTÉ said today " This is going to be a genuinely Irish reality series. Viewers get to see the country and the coastline at its best and the ten lucky people at their worst ! They also get backbiting, sea sickness and intrigue from the comfort of their living rooms! And of course the chance to decide it all by voting with their phones."
COCO Managing Director Stuart Switzer added, “We are sending out an open call to everyone in the country to apply to take part in Cabin Fever and we want to hear from as many people as possible. This is going to be an incredible adventure for the final ten who are chosen. Added to that we have a €100,000 prize and the chance to become a TV star up for grabs, so we are expecting a fantastic response. It’s not necessary for contestants to have had previous sailing experience but they should be able to swim. The only restrictions that apply are that contestants must be over 18, reasonably fit, up for an adventure and be available to take part full time for eight weeks in June and July this year.”
