Airdate: The Summit

Nine’s new reality adventure series The Summit will premiere in mid-May.

Jai Courtney hosts the original series filmed New Zealand’s South Island as 14 strangers try and win $1 million, equally divided between them, as they carry the cash to the top of one of NZ’s highest peaks.

“You are going to see people physically, mentally and emotionally tested. You’ll see bonds made and broken. We will get a real look at how far people are willing to push themselves and push each other, and see how their resilience is tested. I think it’ll be inspiring, a little heartbreaking, and action-packed,” he said.

The Summit is a 9Network and Endemol Shine Australia series, produced by Endemol Shine Australia.

The Summit is a thrilling game of trust, greed and betrayal where morals will be tested, physical limits pushed to breaking point and bonds forged and broken, hosted by Australian actor and Hollywood star, Jai Courtney.

The contestants will have to work as a team through dangerous, rugged terrain, encounter wild weather and adrenaline-charged obstacles to reach the summit of a distant mountain in 14 days to take home the prizemoney.

But if a trekker falters and gets left behind, so does their share of the money, reducing the size of the cash pot. And if the group fails to reach the summit in time, all the prizemoney will be lost.

There will be brutal twists along the way – like opportunities to steal someone’s money if a trekker is seen as a weak link, and add it to the prize pot for the remaining trekkers.

How much money will be lost and stolen? And who in the group will risk the trekkers not making it to the top of the mountain in time?

As the old saying goes, be kind to the people on your way up, because on this adventure you never know who you might meet on the way down.

Sunday, May 14, at 7.00pm on Nine.