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Channel 4 reality show Alone announced the winner on Sunday's tense final as company director, Tom, 39, who endured the Canadian wilderness for an impressive 34 days.
It was a tense final episode as several finalists decided to make the difficult decision to quit, eventually it was down to the final two - Tom and Elise, a PR Executive, 32, from London but after the latter tapped out, it left Tom as the winner, receiving the incredible £100,000 prize money.
Upon learning he had won, Tom said: "What? No! My heart is pounding out of its chest. It feels like a dream, did that just happen? I am shocked, completely shocked, I can't believe it... I just won £100,000!"
Channel 4 reality show Alone announced the winner on Sunday's tense final as company director, Tom, 39, who endured the Canadian wilderness for an impressive 34 daysThe end of the episode offered an update on the contestants six months later with winner Tom in Lisbon, Portugal, saying: "I've moved to Portugal, I'm here with my family, Anna and Edward. It's our new home, we love it here."
Tom added: "When I went into the wilderness, I never really thought too much about winning. Taking part in this competition, it's had a profound impact on me. I had some of the hardest times of my life out there." Concluding his experience, Tom added: "I'm so glad I took part, I'm a better person for it... it's something I'll be proud of for the rest of my life!"
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Viewers were left impressed with Tom enduring the Canadian wilderness for an impressive 34 days. One person tweeted: "#Alone well done to Tom, looked like he could have gone a week longer to be fair," while a different account put: "Fair play, well done Tom!" with clapping emojis.
Alone, on Channel 4, sees 11 members of the public pushed to their ultimate limits as they try to survive in the Canadian wilderness on the edge of the Arctic Circle. Whilst they've been put into the middle of nowhere in the Canadian wilderness, the contestants have undergone a nine-day training course to help them survive their new surroundings where they've been left alone with 10 survival items and no food. The first episode saw one contestant airlifted home after cutting his leg with an axe as he attempted to make a shelter.