The Jump is a British television series that followed celebrities as they tried to master various winter sports including skeleton, bobsleigh, snowskates, ski cross, and giant slalom.
Winter Olympic skier Graham Bell and skeleton gold medallist Amy Williams put the celebrities through training in the UK and Austria.
[2] In March 2014, Channel 4's chief creative officer, Jay Hunt, said she was keen to renew the show for a second series.
Each night, the two celebrities that record the slowest time or speed in each event face a live ski jump to keep their place in the competition.
The show, called The Jump: On the Piste is hosted by Cherry Healey and features interviews with the celebrities as well as unseen footage and special guests.
To date, four series have been broadcast as summarised below; The twelve original celebrities taking part were revealed on 11 December 2013.
It was announced on 13 January 2014 that socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson had quit the show and been replaced by Laura Hamilton,[14] and actor Sam J. Jones withdrew the following day due to a shoulder injury.
[16] Conway withdrew due to a hand injury, which led to McElderry joining the competition on 28 January (Day 3) after a live ski jump-off against MacIntyre, which he won.
On 3 February 2014, prior to the evening's final, Redgrave and Brigstocke withdrew for the competition due to injuries he suffered during training.
[34] It was confirmed on 2 February 2017 that model and DJ Vogue Williams had to pull out of the show due to a knee injury; she was replaced by Amy Willerton.
Sally Newall of The Independent called it "a bonkers, scary mash-up of Big Brother and Ski Sunday",[35] whilst Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy said "It was more painful than a snowball in the mouth.
"[36] In a one-star review, The Daily Telegraph's Michael Hogan said that "We were promised celebrities risking life and limb on The Jump.
What we actually got was publicity-seeking C-listers plopping off a ski jump so small that it could double as a speed bump or playground slide.