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Last Woman Standing Ep 1/6

Tuesday 9 February

9.00-10.00pm ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ THREE

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Athletes Lesley, Alex, Anna, Natalie and Joni battle it out to be the Last Woman Standing

Five female athletes from the UK have accepted the challenge of a lifetime – to travel across the globe to meet, live and compete with local tribeswomen in their own indigenous sports in an exciting bid to see who will be the Last Woman Standing.

Each week, the athletes face a new gruelling challenge, testing their stamina, strength and determination in some of the most demanding indigenous sports the world has to offer.

Taking up the challenge are: European boxing champion Lesley, water sports junkie Anna, fitness guru Alex, rugby player Joni and endurance expert Natalie.

In the first episode of this new series, the athletes travel to the Upper Xingu region/Mato Grosso in western Brazil to compete in Huka Huka Wrestling.

For just one week of the year, the local women and men trade their traditional roles – the women dress like men, dance like men and fight like men and on the final day there is a punishing wrestling competition.

This is a tough contest, immersed in strong belief, ritual and custom. Each athlete will first have to prove themselves worthy of taking on the village champions.

In a test of courage and in a bid to prove themselves worthy warriors, the girls will need to overcome the most brutal of tribal rituals. The tribe believe that to gain strength for fighting they have to bleed, which is where the comb of razor-sharp piranha teeth comes in.

Over the course of their journey, the athletes are tested physically and emotionally, but only one of the competitors will have the honour of being crowned the Last Woman Standing.

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