They came up with plans to prevent suicide and tackle climate change. Then on Day 4 of the reality TV challenge came a final twist.
The contestants had spent a week reading the words of people who committed suicide, talking about their experiences. They also had learned about climate change, which they were told would affect their village.
More than 200 people had signed up to be on the reality TV show, called Survivor.
During the live broadcast, the six people selected to be on the jury, which voted their favourite, met with six people who died by suicide.
From the audience, they watched as these people told their stories.
They heard how they had felt, how it had affected them or what they were going through following their deaths.
They all had the same dream. They wanted to spread the message that life was worth living.
But they all said their lives were too short.
They all had the same dream. They wanted to spread the message that life was worth living.
I hope they did, and it worked, but there were signs of anxiety from all involved to make it to the end of the show.
The decision to have the person who was about to lose their life in front of a jury of people that knew them, had to be difficult for the people that had been chosen.
The final moments of the show on Day 17 of the reality TV competition. ( ABC News: Jodi van de Velde )
“I knew it was going to be a hard decision,” one contestant said.
“We’ll find out why we have to make this decision,” the other said.
There was much talk about the death that was about to happen and the fact they would have to decide to let someone go.
“I thought he was so good, I just knew he wouldn’t be able to be on our team,” another said.
“I just knew he wasn’t going to be able to handle what he was getting himself into.”
Each of the six people had chosen to take the risk in order to live.
“I always believed I could make it to the end, but this is definitely something that I have to do,” another said.
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