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Author:  scotslass [ 06 Jan 04, 18:21 ]
Post subject:  Shattered Contestant Quits
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A contestant on Shattered has quit after deciding she could no longer carry on.

Student Lucy, 21, walked out after more than 70 hours awake following consultations with the Channel 4 show's psychologists.

She is the third of the 10 initial contestants to depart from the week-long series - Salma and Ellen have both been eliminated after failing tests.

A spokeswoman for the show said: "Basically, Lucy has been finding it quite difficult and she has been in to talk to the psychologists a few times.

"She felt that she was not going to make it to the end and win the money so there was not much point in staying on.

"Lucy did have a great time and loved all the people that were taking part and she wanted to leave with fond memories."

Lucy was looking drowsy this morning with her eyelids drooping and the other contestants rallied round to help keep her awake.

But as she joined her pals in the garden, she was again overwhelmed with tiredness and began to flag.

Yesterday several of the contestants reported seeing hallucinations and flashes of light as they battled to stay awake.

They are aiming to stay awake for a week, although show safety experts are allowing occasional strategic dozing breaks to help them through.

If anyone nods off during the allotted times, they lose £1,000 from the £100,000 prize fund. It currently stands at £99,000.


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Author:  Rosemary [ 06 Jan 04, 18:38 ]
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Aww shame..she's had a nasty cough throughout the show, I wonder if perhaps she's feeling under the weather anyway..without the lack of sleep!

Poor thing!
Author:  Eddy Bites [ 06 Jan 04, 20:44 ]
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I guess it's in the very nature of this experience that participants will quit.

I agree she looked ill.
Author:  Christine [ 06 Jan 04, 20:59 ]
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The trouble is that lack of sleep weekens the immune system, so the chances are, her cough may have got worse and made her feel horrible.
Author:  Realitytvfan [ 06 Jan 04, 22:13 ]
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Aww poor Lucy
(Wonders if 1 will go tonight after all)
There has been another illegal sleep as well (Dean did it)
Author:  Rosemary [ 07 Jan 04, 15:04 ]
Post subject:  C4 defends Shattered
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Channel 4 has defended its reality show Shattered after a pressure group said it was exploiting its participants.

It comes after 21-year-old student Lucy left the show, in which contestants have to stay awake for a week, after talks with psychologists.

Mediawatch UK director John Beyer said it "beggared belief" that the network had approved the show.

"To use members of the public in this kind of environment is not an appropriate format," he told BBC News Online.

But Channel 4 said it was safeguarding contestants' safety by using ethics advisers and employing medical staff.

The series started on Sunday with 10 contestants competing to stay awake in a "laboratory" in Wapping, east London to win up to £100,000.



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Author:  Niki [ 07 Jan 04, 15:12 ]
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I havent watched it. I heard before it started that they actually do let them sleep for a while. That would be worse I think, having short bursts of sleep rather than staying awake all the time. funnily enough, I have been asleep every time it's on, I could never do that programme I sleep all the time, but thats probably a bad diet more than anything else!!!
Author:  cheekiechickie [ 07 Jan 04, 16:33 ]
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I know what you mean Niki...I get really crabby when i am tired.

I love they way the conversation in the Shattered Lab is often about comparing it to BB...not favourably either!
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