Mission Beach USA

Mission Beach USA
Format	Reality TV
Presented by	Lisa Lambe
Country of origin	Ireland
Language(s)	English
No. of series	2
Production
Running time	26mins
Broadcast
Original channel	RTÉ TWO / TRTÉ
Original airing	25 October 2010
External links
Website

Mission Beach USA is a Reality Television series produced for RTÉ by Rival Media for RTÉ's youth strand TRTÉ which airs on RTÉ Two. It is based on the BBC Switch format of the same name. Eight Irish teens head for Fort Lauderdale to train to be US lifeguards. Over the course of 3 weeks they join a group of American Teens who are training to be lifeguards. The course coach is Chris Hoch. A second series is set to begin before the end of 2011 and has 8 new Irish teens. Season 2 was filmed in July 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The Irish teams are made up of:

Team Member	Age	From
Amira	16	Co. Antrim
Daniel	16	Co. Dublin
Clodagh	16	Co. Dublin
Niall	16	Co. Cork
James	16	Co. Tyrone
Helen	16	Co. Sligo
Colin	16	Co. Dublin
Nicole	16	Co. Sligo

Name	Age	From
Dylan Grace	16	Limerick
Ciara McHugh	17	Dublin
Sean McDonagh	17	Galway
Jessica Tighe	16	Mayo
Sean Greene	16	Dublin
Emily Phelan	16	Dublin
Michael Boyce	16	Donegal
Muireann Morrissey	17	Sligo

The Show

Opening narration: -

"American's toughest lifeguard school has allowed eight Irish teens to join them for one challenging summer, that they will never forget. With just three weeks to qualify it's a grueling course headed by lifeguard veteran and rootless task master Coach Cris. The Irish team will be push to their physical and mental limits. Through the highs and the lows. Will the team pull together, or will they fall apart, and will any of them manage to become an elite lifeguard. Spending three weeks away from home and tasting as much of the Florida lifestyle as possible its the ultimate summer camp. This is Mission Beach USA."

See also

• You're A Star

• All Ireland Talent Show

• Popstars

References