Controversy
It was initially alleged that the programme was staged, as the landfill that the contestants were living on was created especially for the filming. However, Channel 4 has dismissed these allegations, stating that the programme could not be filmed on the real landfill due to health and safety regulations and that they have been "careful not to mislead". An argument started in the camp between Jermaine and Selena on Day 15, which resulted in some participants stating that they felt intimidated by his actions. The programme's producers had to enter the dump and discuss, along with the other members of the group, whether Jermaine should remain on the programme. Jermaine himself offered to voluntarily leave the programme, but the producers and the other participants decided to keep him. This was criticised in some reviews; one of which called Jermaine "a loud mouthed moron".
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