“Get me out of here!” : Here’s why the second season is more extreme than the first

You’re Not Dreaming, the second season of Get me out of here! is even more extreme than the first.

The “wild” level of this new version, broadcast on Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. on TVA, has been increased compared to the previous season, confirmed its producer Isabelle Nault to the QMI Agency.

“For the first season, we went less hard on the candidates because we weren’t too sure how far we could go in difficult conditions. The camp was in a place that was a little less harsh in terms of wild camping,” she revealed, emphasizing that the first edition had made it possible to “de-dramatize” the fact of sleeping in the forest.

“There we really were in the heart of the jungle, in a very humid forest. There is also a lot of rain throughout the day. The conditions at the camp are more difficult in season 2 than in season 1,” continued the producer, who also confided that the campers sent to the Cayman Island in the first episode or to Alex Perron’s fishing camp were actually spent nights alone in the jungle. They were, however, close to the camp on the same large plot of land.

Around fifty toads and frogs, a colony of cockroaches, thirty-five snakes, around ten tarantulas and three small caimans took part in the various challenges to which the campers were subjected throughout the season.

And that’s not counting the eels, crabs and rats, as well as the howler monkeys who occasionally threw objects at the film crew and camp celebrities.

In all, around ten local animal specialists, who are experienced in film productions and who include trainers and veterinarians among their ranks, ensured that the creatures used during filming were safe outside and during the filming. These are obviously animals and insects that have been socialized and accustomed to being handled by humans.

“It’s also this team that takes care of the real wildlife on site,” said producer Isabelle Nault, recalling that we regularly had to keep certain wild creatures away from campers, and that we had to be able to capture them and to go and free them further.

The vagaries of the weather

On several occasions during the two and a half weeks of filming in the Panamanian jungle, the team of Get me out of here! was forced to shut down due to intense storms.

For example, on the day of filming for the challenge where Dave was to be buried in “The Snake Coffin”, a large low pressure system hit the site, just after telling him that he would have to face his phobia, trapped underground.

“He was on the edge with the animators. It was raining so much that the water had started to fill the hole. We took a two-hour break before starting to shoot. For two hours, he was able to think about the challenge that was coming; snakes, earth, black. He could run all the scenarios in his head,” said the producer, adding that the situation had probably contributed to increasing his stress.

Well-being of campers

In total, 140 Quebecers and around thirty locals worked on this production. On site, a doctor was available at all times, as well as psychological help available if necessary.

Quebec is the only market to run this format of Get me out of here! in Panama. It was the Canadian team, one month before the start of filming, who built the camp and the sets for the challenges.

A behind-the-scenes episode will air at the end of the season. In the meantime, all episodes are available on TVA+.