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Things Get Wild Behind
the Scenes of
OUTBACK JACK Tuesdays at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) Things are getting a little
wild behind the scenes of TBS's new reality series OUTBACK JACK, airing
Tuesdays at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). OUTBACK JACK, from Bruce Nash's Nash
Entertainment (Meet My Folks, For Love or Money, Who Wants To Marry My
Dad?), puts a group of pampered city women to the test as they vie for
the affections of their rugged leading man. The series, hosted by
JD Roberto (Shop Til You Drop, Shark Chasers), combines fish-out-of-water
comedy with romantic adventure, making for plenty of fun twists and turns.
* The girls had no hot water for their showers at camp. The first time they had a chance to shower in hot water was their first night in Perth, three weeks into production. The water for their camp showers was pumped directly from nearby natural sources and could not be heated. * On their first night at camp, Jack's friends treated the girls to a local feast. They were reluctant at first to try crocodile burgers and kangaroo kabobs, but they were so hungry, they finally dug in. * It took one full-time employee to deal with the girls' luggage throughout production. * Originally at the end of episode 2 and the beginning of episode 3, Jack was going to drive the girls in a large jeep. The production team decided on that course of action after concerns were raised that the girls would not want to drive their own vehicles, especially since they were stick shifts. Once production got under way, however, the team realized the girls were much more capable and gung-ho than they thought. So the production team tracked down several more "bull catchers" for the girls to drive. * The tree house in episode 2 took four days to build. * Jack literally protected the girls from the dangers of the Outback. The girls may not have realized it at the time (because Jack did not want to alarm them), but he would always put his cot between the water and the girls' cots in case a croc decided to come out of the water in the middle of the night. In the area where filming took place, there had been a recent story of a croc pulling a visitor's tent into the water. Jack also intercepted several poisonous snakes, and with a security guard, chased off several hungry dingoes in the middle of the night. To arrive at the second camp, the group had to cross a river. That night, Jack and Maria saw several crocodile eyes shining right in the area they crossed just hours before. * Because one of the camels was sick, Jack travels on foot leading the girls in episode 4. *
Before shooting the end of episode 5, Jack changed his mind at the last
minute regarding whom to eliminate. Jack informed the production
that he changed his mind from one girl to another. The girl he was
originally going to eliminate still does not know how close she came to
leaving in episode 5.
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