In the second episode, RJ Mitte decided to leave after the safety team arrived to help the group cope with torrential rain.

Mitte was unhappy with the disorganisation of the group, suggesting that the other participants would be "eaten" within days had the survival situation been "real".

[9] Both Sharron Davies and Jordan Stephens left in the following episode unable to cope with the conditions on the island.

[11] It was confirmed on This Morning on ITV that a third series of Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls would be produced.

[14] The rest stayed until the end, although Pete Wicks refused to allow his fellow participants eat a pig, and he was bitten on his finger by a nurse shark he had caught in his net.