Survival Show

'A sharp, imaginative take on fame, power, and survival. Timely and compelling.' Louise O'Neill 'A neon, dystopian fever dream, Survival Show is a genius premise - X-Factor meets The Hunger Games - flawlessly executed. Razor sharp, darkly funny and so tense I kept forgetting to breathe. This is Juno Dawson at her very best.' Laura Wood 'A real page turner that holds a mirror up to modern 'ideals'. Juno Dawson is back!' Cynthia Murphy 'Dawson's razor sharp wit and flawlessly observed characters come together to make Survival Show a real triumph. Compelling, edge-of-your-seat tense and utterly brilliant.' Kathryn Foxfield 10 CONTESTANTS. 1 KILLER STAGE. NO SECOND CHANCES… SING FOR YOUR LIFE! Taryn Beck and her family don't have much, and her younger brother needs vital medication to survive. Medication they can't access or afford. So Taryn secretly enters Starmaker, the most watched reality TV show in the world. The rules are simple; young women from all over the globe compete to join an all-singing, all-dancing pop group. If you win, a life of luxury awaits . . . But there's a catch. Eliminated contestants are literally eliminated. Taryn soon realises that reality TV is far from real. She and her fellow trainees are pitted against each other in cruel challenges and she is determined to expose the brutal regime and destroy Starmaker from the inside. Get ready for the performance of Taryn's life. The explosive new YA novel from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling* author of Clean and Her Majesty's Royal Coven, Juno Dawson. *Her Majesty's Royal Coven reached TCM category number one on 26th July 2022.

Juno Dawson is a #1 Sunday Times (London) bestselling novelist, screenwriter, and journalist and a columnist for Attitude magazine. Juno's books include the global bestsellers This Book Is Gay and Clean. She also writes for television and has multiple shows in development both in the UK and US. Juno grew up in West Yorkshire, writing imaginary episodes of Doctor Who. She later turned her talent to journalism, interviewing luminaries such as Steps and Atomic Kitten before writing a weekly serial in a Brighton newspaper. Her writing has appeared in Glamour, The Pool, Dazed, and The Guardian. She has appeared on Pointless Celebrities, BBC Women's Hour, ITV News, Channel 5 News, This Morning, and Newsnight. Juno lives in Brighton. She is a part of the queer cabaret collective known as Club Silencio. In 2014, Juno became a School & College Role Model for the charity Stonewall.