The eighth season of Alone, a.k.a. Alone: Grizzly Mountain, premiered on June 3, 2021. The season reverts to the original format of the show, with the last person standing declared the winner and awarded $500,000. At the end of most episodes in which a contestant taps out, Season 6 contestant and fifth-place finisher Nikki van Schyndel (a survival expert and first responder) conducts a short exit interview at base camp a few days after the tap out.
| Alone | |
|---|---|
| Season 8 | |
  Chilko Lake Location of the eighth season | |
| No. of contestants | 10 |
| Winner | Clay Hayes |
| Runner-up | Biko Wright |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | History |
| Original release | June 3 – August 19, 2021 |
| Season chronology | |
Location
editThe eighth season is set along the shores of high-elevation Chilko Lake (Tŝilhqox Biny), British Columbia, a 40-mile long remote glacial lake on the dry eastern side of the Coast Mountains. The lake's surface is at over 3800 ft above sea level, making Season 8 the first Alpine season of Alone, being over 1000 ft higher in elevation than the next-highest season, Season 3, in Patagonia. Drop off (Day 1) was on September 18, 2020.
Episodes
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title [1] | Original air date [1] | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 1 | "The Hunted" | June 3, 2021 | 1.338[2] | |
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"The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation." – Sukarno | |||||
| 79 | 2 | "Open Season" | June 10, 2021 | 1.561[3] | |
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"True wilderness can still be found, but it's hard to reach and dangerous when you get there." – Michelle Paver | |||||
| 80 | 3 | "Chewed Up" | June 17, 2021 | 1.396[4] | |
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"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult." – Seneca | |||||
| 81 | 4 | "Far From Home" | June 24, 2021 | 1.419[5] | |
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"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds." – Franklin D. Roosevelt | |||||
| 82 | 5 | "The Buck" | July 1, 2021 | 1.406[6] | |
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"Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness." – John Muir | |||||
| 83 | 6 | "Smoked" | July 8, 2021 | 1.362[7] | |
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"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." – Robert Collier | |||||
| 84 | 7 | "Surrounded" | July 15, 2021 | 1.705[8] | |
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"In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences." – Robert Green Ingersoll | |||||
| 85 | 8 | "The Grizzly" | July 22, 2021 | 1.507[9] | |
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"I think nature's imagination is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax." – Richard Feyman [sic] | |||||
| 86 | 9 | "The Troll" | August 5, 2021 | N/A | |
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"We have nowhere else to go… This is all we have." – Margaret Mead | |||||
| 87 | 10 | "All In" | August 12, 2021 | N/A | |
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"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." – Horace | |||||
| 88 | 11 | "The Reckoning" | August 19, 2021 | N/A | |
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"The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory." – Ted Engstrom | |||||
| 89 | 12 | "Ultimate Moments" | August 19, 2021 | N/A | |
Results
edit| Name | Age | Gender | Hometown | Country | Status | Reason they tapped out | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Hayes | 39 | Male | Kendrick, Idaho | United States | 74 days | Victor | [10] |
| Biko Wright | 29 | Male | Otis, Oregon | 73 days | Starvation, heart palpitations | [10] | |
| Theresa Emmerich Kamper | 39 | Female | Exeter, England | United Kingdom | 69 days (medically evacuated) | Low BMI, lost too much weight | [10] |
| Colter Barnes | 36 | Male | Inian Islands, Alaska | United States | 67 days (medically evacuated) | Low BMI, lost too much weight | [10] |
| Rose Anna Moore | 43 | Female | Wellsboro, Pennsylvania | 37 days (medically evacuated) | Frostbite, malnutrition | [10] | |
| Nate Weber | 47 | Male | East Jordan, Michigan | 24 days | Food poisoning | [10] | |
| Matt Corradino | 42 | Male | St. Croix | U.S. Virgin Islands | 22 days | Missed his family | [10] |
| Michelle Finn | 46 | Female | Cherryfield, Maine | United States | 21 days | Starvation | [10] |
| Jordon Bell | 43 | Male | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | 19 days | Missed his family | [10] | |
| Tim Madsen | 48 | Male | Laramie, Wyoming | 6 days (medically evacuated) | Anxiety attack, chest pains | [10] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Alone TV Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ Berman, Marc (June 4, 2021). "Thursday Ratings: ABC and NBC Share Dominance; The 2 Nets Feature a Pair of Season-Enders". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Berman, Marc (June 11, 2021). "Thursday Ratings: ABC's Rebel and NBC's Manifest Conclude on Quiet Notes". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Berman, Marc (June 18, 2021). "Thursday Ratings: Modest Returns for Holey Moley and The Hustler on ABC". Programming Insider. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ Berman, Marc (June 25, 2021). "Thursday Ratings: NBC Combination of Making It and Good Girls Left at the Starting Gate". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ Berman, Marc (July 2, 2021). "Thursday Ratings: Under 9-Million Viewers For the 5 Broadcast Networks Combined". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Berman, Marc (July 9, 2021). "Thursday Ratings: Game 2 of The NBA Finals Leads ABC to Easy Victory". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ Berman, Marc (July 16, 2021). "Thursday Ratings: Big Brother Leads CBS to Modest Victory". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ Berman, Marc (July 23, 2021). "Thursday Ratings: Summer Staple Big Brother Lifts CBS to Victory". Programming Insider. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Alone – Cast". Retrieved May 28, 2021.