Two Big Brother Contestants Earn Housemate Status After a Glass Walking Task Led by Martyn Helliwell of Survivorbility

London, United Kingdom, June 24, 2009 --(PR.com)-- On day two of the tenth series of Channel Four's Big Brother show, millions of viewers watched the aspiring housemates Saffia and Charlie accept a task to earn full housemate status, only to discover that they would have to walk across several feet of broken glass to win the challenge. The glass walking task was provided by a leading UK fire walking and glass walking event company, Survivorbility, who formed the team of menacing black-clad figures that put the housemates though their paces. However, the major difference between the TV stunt and real glass walking events run by Survivorbility was the fact that sugar glass was used on television rather than smashed wine bottles. For more information, visit www.survivorbility.com or call 0845 8686014.

The decision to use sugar glass was made by the Big Brother producers due to health and safety concerns, as the contestants in the Big Brother house were not able to have the full preparation that leads up to a walk across real broken glass. "In a normal glass walking event, participants are built up in an intense motivational seminar for at least an hour beforehand," explained Survivorbility founder Martyn Helliwell. "On Big Brother however, there simply wasn't the time to do that, and the producers felt that it was a challenging task, rather than a motivational training event, so there was a different emphasis. Using the sugar glass still entailed a risk, as it's very sharp, but it was considered to be less of a risk than making them carry out a normal glass walk in those conditions."

When asked if the footage shown on television was edited just before they walked across the glass, Martyn replied; "No, they really did just go for it without hesitation, despite the fact that they believed it was real glass. Even when they were walking across they still believed that, as sugar glass feels so realistic and I told them it was real several times. It shows what a person can achieve when truly focused," Martyn commented. "I think this is a really amazing demonstration of how powerful motivation can be. Normally people need an hour to build up the courage to walk, but they were so motivated to become housemates that their desire to achieve that superseded any fear they felt. All of the hard work to get focused had already taken place in their minds without the need for any build up on my part. It was amazing to watch."

About Survivorbility

Survivorbility runs safe, exciting and life changing fire walking and glass walking events in the UK and around the world. Survivorbility uses these transformative experiences and others such as arrow breaking, board breaking and bar bending to help people break down fears and blocks that are preventing them from reaching their full potential. Big enough to run events with confidence and safety, yet small enough to offer personal client management and care, Survivorbility has scores of glowing testimonials from previous satisfied clients.

Survivorbility has a long track record of safe fire walking events and many examples of glass walking events with no cuts or injuries whatsoever. Survivorbility has extensive experience of running large corporate training events for blue chip companies, and working with major UK charities, helping them to raise thousands of pounds in just one night. Whether the event is part of a major corporate training event, fund raising event or a dramatic centrepiece for a stag night, Survivorbility provides a safe, reliable service with transparent and all-inclusive pricing.

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