The BEST episodes of Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls

Every episode of Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls!

Ten celebrities must survive entirely on their own on an uninhabited island in the Pacific.

Last Updated: 2/27/2024Network: Channel 4Status: Ended

7.72

57 votes

#1 - Fishing

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/12/2017

After two weeks on the island, ravaged by hunger, mosquitoes and sand flies, tensions are building in the camp. Shazia Mirza goes fishing and Sharron Davies drops a bombshell.

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7.59

61 votes

#2 - A Big Bed

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/2017

The celebrities are still without shelter and ravaged by bites and lack of sleep. Former Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton wants her own bed and Ryan Thomas and Iwan Thomas go searching for food.

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7.56

16 votes

#3 - Surviving The Island

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/26/2017

After marooning 10 celebrities on a remote Pacific island, Bear finds out how they coped, as the participants talk candidly about their tropical experience and how it changed them.

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7.36

11 votes

#4 - Surviving the Island

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/2018

After marooning 10 celebrities on a remote Pacific island, Bear finds out how they coped as the participants talk candidly about their tropical experience and how it has changed them.

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7.32

28 votes

#5 - The End

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/26/2017

A medical check-up reveals the group are seriously underweight and could even be at risk of organisations failure. Iwan Thomas goes off on a secret night hunt to kill a caiman crocodile.

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7.30

33 votes

#6 - Arrival

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/29/2017

Return of the survival challenge show in which 10 celebrities, including Sharon Davies and Ryan Thomas, are marooned on a deserted island with only basic resources.

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7.27

45 votes

#7 - Conflict and Storms

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2018

It has been a week since the celebrities landed on a remote tropical island. The brutal conditions cause conflict, and as things escalate, journalist Paris Lees is given an ultimatum by the group.

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7.20

46 votes

#8 - Arrival

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2018

Bear Grylls abandons 10 celebs on a remote Pacific island. TOWIE's Pete Wicks takes charge of proceedings but his leadership is soon questioned amid increasing group squabbles.

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7.16

43 votes

#9 - The End

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2018

With the celebrities still reeling from the accidental death of the pig, Pete is in pieces, and the group is starving. Later Pete is put in a dangerous situation with a shark.

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7.16

44 votes

#10 - Crocodile for Dinner

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2016

After days of infighting, the celebrities make peace and take the day off. But when the hunger bites back, Karen recruits a hunting party to catch a crocodile for dinner.

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7.00

45 votes

#11 - Meat or Fish?

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2018

After 10 days on the island, the eight remaining celebrities are running on empty. Hungry and grumpy, the celebrities bicker as Love Island's Montana and boxer Anthony Ogogo hunt for meat. Actor Eric Roberts has a crisis and the group rally round.

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7.00

18 votes

#12 - Hunger & a Pig

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2018

The tropical storms and a pescatarian diet's making the celebs exhausted and grumpy. When a pig shows up nearby, the group's different reactions send shockwaves through the camp.

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6.98

48 votes

#13 - A Turkey Hunt

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/2016

After more than a week, the celebrities still haven't eaten a single proper meal. Having seized power from Dom Joly, The Hotel's Mark Jenkins thinks he can turun the group's fortunes around. His big plan is to get the islanders hunting for turkeys.

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6.98

46 votes

#14 - Mutiny

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2016

The celebrities find water. They make a fire. But they haven't eaten a meal in four days. And when leader Dom Joly is caught taking a nap, a coup is hatched, led by Mark from The Hotel.

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6.81

32 votes

#15 - Crocodile

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/2017

Five days in, and still without fire, shelter or a proper meal, alpha males Ryan Thomas and Iwan Thomas decide to prioritise making a shelter - with disastrous consequences for the group.

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6.80

56 votes

#16 - Arrival

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2016

Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke attempts to lead the group through the jungle to find a safe place to sleep. But with nightfall approaching, panic sets in. The celebrities vote comedian Dom Joly into the role of 'El Presidente'

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