The Summit
With a setting like no other amid the picturesque mountains of New Zealand’s South Island, 14 strangers, people from all walks of life, will embark on an unforgettable experience: to try and win $1 million, equally divided between them, as they carry the cash to the top of one of New Zealand’s highest peaks. The contestants will have to work as a team through dangerous, rugged terrain, encounter wild weather and adrenaline-charged obstacles to reach the summit of a distant mountain in 14 days to take home the prize money.
Episodes
In a thrilling game of survival, 14 Australians from all walks of life fight to haul one million dollars to the top of the mountain. With the cash stuffed in their backpacks, obstacles and gameplay will dictate who reaches the summit.
In the quest to reach the summit in 15 days, the 13 remaining hikers are already struggling. A medical emergency shocks everyone, a terrifying rope crossing blocks their path and it all leads to a checkpoint where someone will be voted out.
As the summit prize pot dwindles, trust will be tested as the mountain serves up a jaw dropping challenge. A massive fail leads to one hiker threatening to leave the competition as a secret chaser is released to hunt the group down.
The group learns about a chaser racing to catch them, so will need to step it up a gear if they want to avoid their cash being stolen. A terrifying obstacle stands in their way and two of the biggest competitors go head to head.
As a chaser closes in to catch the hiking group, a big twist turns the game on its head. A beautiful friendship is torn apart and competitors are forced to turn on each other in a bid to survive.
A chaser catches the hiking group with the intent to steal someone's cash and vote them off the mountain. There's a big price to pay with a dizzying challenge and a massive storm forces a dramatic evacuation.
Bad weather and a treacherous rope ladder delays the group on their way to The Summit. Each hiker fights tooth and nail for survival as a new player in the game exercises the power to vote someone off the mountain.
With day 11 comes a twist that will force a heartbreaking decision at an icy waterfall challenge. As animosity builds against Sam the Chaser, knowing what to do with this outsider is going to be one of their biggest challenges yet.
The thrilling game of survival reaches its most emotionally charged day yet, as the hikers come face to face with their loved ones on a video call before being ordered to abandon one of their own at camp and sneak out in the dead of night.
The last 5 hikers begin their final climb to the summit, but ahead of them a terrifying obstacle could see them burning cash. A shock at the final checkpoint is nothing compared to the game changing twist to come.
An obstacle in the ice challenges the final hikers' nerves and with it comes a brutal sacrifice. An agonising decision then falls to one hiker alone; the ascent to the summit was never going to be easy.
