Battle Camp: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Certificate: 15
There's certainly no shortage of US reality TV shows on Netflix, but which one of them boasts the ultimate winner? It's time to find out as this contest takes familiar faces from shows, including Love Is Blind, The Ultimatum: Queer Love, Perfect Match, Too Hot to Handle, Selling The OC, Cheer and The Circle, and pits them against each other in a bunch of demanding and strategic challenges until only one remains to bag the $250,000 prize.
They'll need physical ability to survive the tests but also enviable people skills to make the alliances that they need to avoid being voted onto the spinning wheel that will select who gets to stay or leave at each eviction session. Fans of any of the above shows are going to love watching the stars they love (or hate) being forced far, far out of their comfort zones here. (Ten episodes)
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