# Stars on Mars

Stars on Mars is an American reality competition series that premiered on Fox on June 5, 2023, to August 28, 2023.

## Format

Stars on Mars features celebrities living together in a base camp designed to simulate living on Mars (actually located in Coober Pedy, Australia). Each cycle, the group elects one celebrity as "Base Commander" who assigns tasks to complete around the compound and oversees an upcoming mission. The Base Commander then selects another celebrity to be "Mission Specialist", who helps oversee the mission and becomes immune from elimination.
In each episode's mission, the group must collectively work to complete a space-themed task while being directed by the Base Commander and Mission Specialist. After each mission, the Mission Specialist and Base Commander must designate three celebrities as the "least mission critical", making them vulnerable for elimination. Afterwards, the group must come to a decision of which of these to eliminate (or "extract" from Mars).

## Production

On April 12, 2023, it was announced that Fox had ordered the series that was scheduled to premiere on June 5, 2023.
On May 4, 2023, the names of the celebrities competing were announced. During the July 10, 2023, episode, four additional celebrities joining the competition were revealed.

## Contestants

| Celebrity | Notability | Entered | Exited | Result |
| Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Actor | Episode 1 | Episode 1 | Eliminated |
| Tallulah Willis | Daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Eliminated |
| Richard Sherman | NFL cornerback | Episode 1 | Episode 3 | Eliminated |
| Natasha Leggero | Comedian, actress, and writer | Episode 1 | Episode 4 | Eliminated |
| Tom Schwartz | Vanderpump Rules star | Episode 1 | Episode 4 | Eliminated |
| Ashley Iaconetti | The Bachelor star | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Eliminated |
| Ronda Rousey | UFC fighter, WWE wrestler, and Olympic judoka | Episode 1 | Episode 7 | Eliminated |
| Andy Richter | Comedian, actor and writer | Episode 5 | Episode 8 | Eliminated |
| Lance Armstrong | Former professional cyclist | Episode 1 | Episode 9 | Eliminated |
| Ariel Winter | Actress | Episode 1 | Episode 10 | Eliminated |
| Marshawn Lynch | NFL running back | Episode 1 | Episode 11 | Eliminated |
| Cat Cora | Iron Chef America star | Episode 5 | Episode 12 | Eliminated |
| Paul Pierce | NBA player | Episode 5 | Episode 12 | Eliminated |
| Porsha Williams Guobadia | The Real Housewives of Atlanta star | Episode 1 | Episode 12 | Eliminated |
| Tinashe | Singer-songwriter | Episode 1 | Episode 12 | Runner-up |
| Adam Rippon | Olympic figure skater | Episode 1 | Episode 12 | Winner |

## Elimination table

Results :
| Name | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes | Episodes |
| Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Adam | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | BC | SAFE | MS | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WINNER |
| Tinashe | SAFE | SAFE | BC | SAFE | SAFE | MS | SAFE | SAFE | MS | SAFE | SAVED | RUNNER-UP |
| Porsha | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | MS | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BC | RISK | RISK | THIRD |
| Cat | | | | | ENTER | SAFE | RISK | BC | SAFE | MS | SAFE | FOURTH |
| Paul | | | | | ENTER | RISK | RISK | RISK | RISK | BC | SAFE | FIFTH |
| Marshawn | BC | RISK | RISK | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | OUT | |
| Ariel | SAFE | SAFE | MS | MS | SAFE | BC | SAFE | SAFE | RISK | OUT | | |
| Lance | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | MS | OUT | | | |
| Andy | | | | | ENTER | SAFE | BC | OUT | | | | |
| Ronda | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BC | SAFE | RISK | OUT | | | | | |
| Ashley | | | | | ENTER | OUT | | | | | | |
| Natasha | SAFE | MS | RISK | OUT | | | | | | | | |
| Tom | RISK | RISK | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | | |
| Richard | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | | | | |
| Tallulah | MS | OUT | | | | | | | | | | |
| Christopher | OUT | | | | | | | | | | | |
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## Episodes

| No. | Title | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating (18-49) |
| 1 | "The Experiment Begins" | June 5, 2023 (2023-06-05) | SMA-101 | 1.32 | 0.2 |
| Base Commander: Marshawn Lynch Mission Specialist: Tallulah Willis Mission: Raise the communication satellite tower and connect to the incoming satellite. Result: Mission success. Mission Patch: Leadership Extracted: Christopher Mintz-Plasse - for ultimately failing to contribute to the mission. ||||||
| 2 | "Water Crisis" | June 12, 2023 (2023-06-12) | SMA-102 | 0.99 | 0.2 |
| Base Commander: Tallulah Willis Mission Specialist: Natasha Leggero Mission: Collect and fill four barrels of water from a cave. Result: Mission failure. Mission Patch: Teamwork Extracted: Tallulah Willis - for her poor performance as Base Commander, which caused the team to fail. ||||||
| 3 | "Fire In The Hole" | June 19, 2023 (2023-06-19) | SMA-103 | 0.86 | 0.2 |
| Base Commander: Tinashe Mission Specialist: Ariel Winter Mission: Repair a hole in the biodome, caused by an explosion, then replant and fertilize the damaged crops. Result: Mission success. Mission Patch: Survivalist Extracted: Richard Sherman - for feeling isolated and stating that the other two least Mission Critical celebrities were better suited for the experiment than him. ||||||
| 4 | "Life on Mars?" | June 26, 2023 (2023-06-26) | SMA-104 | 0.91 | 0.2 |
| Base Commander: Ronda Rousey Mission Specialist: Ariel Winter Mission: Find two "mother fungus spawn points" in a dark cave, destroy them with a flamethrower, then reconnect to backup oxygen at the rovers. Result: Mission success. Mission Patch: Perseverance Extracted: Natasha Leggero - voluntarily extracted after struggling with the conditions. Tom Schwartz - for being less beneficial to save than Adam Rippon. ||||||
| 5 | "Resupply Mission" | July 10, 2023 (2023-07-10) | SMA-105 | 0.91 | 0.2 |
| Base Commander: Adam Rippon Mission Specialist: Porsha Williams Mission: Safely dispose of two nuclear canisters and save the four new celebrities. Result: Mission success. Mission Patch: Ingenuity Extracted: None ||||||
| 6 | "Leaks in the Hab" | July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17) | SMA-106 | 1.01 | 0.2 |
| Base Commander: Ariel Winter Mission Specialist: Tinashe Mission: Create a substance to patch up the holes. Result: Mission success. Mission Patch: Endurance Extracted: Ashley Iaconetti - for an inadequate performance in the mission, leading the group to question her future contributions. ||||||
| 7 | "Evil AI" | July 24, 2023 (2023-07-24) | SMA-107 | 0.88 | 0.2 |
| Base Commander: Andy Richter Mission Specialist: Adam Rippon Mission: Reboot the AI, which is infected with an evil virus. Result: Mission success. Mission Patch: Intelligence Extracted: Ronda Rousey - voluntarily extracted for missing her baby. ||||||
| 8 | "Solar Flare" | July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31) | SMA-108 | 0.94 | 0.2 |
| Base Commander: Cat Cora Mission Specialist: Lance Armstrong Mission: Connect the solar panels and make it back to base. Result: Mission success. Mission Patch: Trust Extracted: Andy Richter - for interrupting Cat's instructions during the mission. ||||||
| 9 | "We Are Not Alone" | August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07) | SMA-109 | 0.84 | 0.1 |
| Base Commander: Porsha Williams Guobadia Mission Specialist: Tinashe Mission: Find the intruder in the air vents. Result: Mission success. Mission Patch: Adaptability Extracted: Lance Armstrong - voluntarily extracted due to concerns that his ongoing clashes with other contestants would hold the team back in the future. ||||||
| 10 | "Downward Dog" | August 14, 2023 (2023-08-14) | SMA-110 | 0.86 | 0.2 |
| Base Commander: Paul Pierce Mission Specialist: Cat Cora Mission: Find the runaway RAD Dog that fell into a crevice. Result: Mission success. Mission Patch: Bravery Extracted: Ariel Winter - voluntarily extracted due to feeling that she had been the least Mission Critical in the day's mission. ||||||
| 11 | "Distress Signal" | August 21, 2023 (2023-08-21) | SMA-111 | 0.86 | 0.2 |
| Mission: Rearrange satellites to boost the strength of the distress signals. Result: Team B (Adam, Cat, and Paul) succeeded. Mission Patch: Knowledge Extracted: Marshawn Lynch - for having contributed less during day-to-day life on Mars than Porsha. ||||||
| 12 | "Brightest Star" | August 28, 2023 (2023-08-28) | SMA-112 | 0.86 | 0.2 |
| Mission: Power up a satellite to broadcast a message to Earth. Result: Adam succeeded, with Tinashe being deemed runner-up. Mission Patch: Brightest Star Extracted: Cat Cora & Paul Pierce - were not voted as being one of the three most Mission Critical contestants. Porsha Williams - for performing the worst at trivia. ||||||