Lacerated Words (series 1)

## Lacerated Words

The **first series** of Lacerated Words premiered on ITV1 on 19 January 2024.

### Contestants

The 13 contestants participating in the series of *Lacerated Words* were revealed on the 17 January 2024, 2 days before the premier of the series and show.

## Games and Missions

### Episode 1

#### Game 1: Seek

The first game consisted of "Seek". This game was like Hide and Seek yet there was no hiding just seeking. Once a player found another player, the player found will be out of that game. The players who also found other players won £500 each player found. Furthermore, winning the game would win the player £5,000, 2nd place would win £3,000 and 3rd place won £2,000. As this was the first game and players without money, the players didn't have any advantages.

#### Game 2: Find the treasure

A few hours after the first game, the players began their second game. For this game, there were many treasure scattered around the villa for the players to find. Each treasure found will benefit the player who found it. There were 15 golden bars scattered around which when found by a player would win the player £400. Furthermore, there were also 10 sapphires around the villa which would win the player £1,000 if found. Lastly, there were 5 yellow pearls that players would have to find. Due to the size of the pearls, players who found a pearl would win a big £5,000. The players were given a 2 hour time limit to find all the treasure. A total of £38,000 was up for grabs if everything was found.

### Episode 2

#### Game 3: Find and complete the rubix cubes

This game was a 6 hour game from 9AM til 3PM and players got a one hour break which they could temporarily stop the time. This game consisted of players required to search for rubix cubes and then completing them. Players could either focus on finding many first then completing or finding one and completing them as soon as they found it. The rubix cubes were scattered around the island which they needed to find. There were also different types of rubix cubes. The first level rubix cube was a standard 3x3x3 which if completed would give the player £400. The second level rubix cube was 4x4x4 which when completed gave the player £2,500. The third level rubix cube was 6x6x6. The third level rubix cube gave the player £4,000 when completed. The fourth level rubix cube was an 8x8x8 which when completed gave the player a massive £8,000 when completed. Finally, there was the hardest one which was a 9x9x9 rubix cube as the fifth level which the player who completes wins £20,000. There were 20 level one rubix cubes, 10 level two rubix cubes, 5 level three rubix cubes, 3 level four rubix cubes and only one level 5 rubix cube. Players could choose to buy a map which located just the hardest rubix cubes, the map costed £3,000 to buy from their individual prize pots. There was a total of £97,000 to have been gained in this game and a total of £75,300 was won.

#### Mission 1: Free the players

This was the first mission of the series. This mission was all about working together to increase their collective prize pot, which was at £500,000. This was the first opportunity they had to properly work together and increase the collective prize pot which hadn't been touched yet. Three random players, Curtis Hanchard, Louisa Spruce and Mutesi Lousi were locked in a cell in different places located around the Villa. The players had to work together and find the players and help escape each locked player. Stopping them from helping are puzzles that they needed to work out to unlock the cells. This wasn't as simple though because there were security guards who were after them to stop them from unlocking the players. The players had to evade the security guards and hide somewhere nearby the cell (if they were nearby the cell at the time). If a security guard finds a player they then handcuff the player to a cell and now the remaining players have to play it on their own without the help of the players who were handcuffed. Every player that is helped escape wins the group £5000 to the collective prize pot. Furthermore, there was a secret cell that could be found which didn't have any player inside, yet it had an advantage item which a player who unlocked this would get an advantage in the next game.