Australian Survivor (season 3)
Australian Survivor | |
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Presented by | Jonathan LaPaglia |
No. of episodes | 26 |
No. of days | 55 |
No. of castaways | 24 |
Winner | Kristie Bennett |
Production | |
Location(s) | Upolu, Samoa |
Filming dates | May 2016 – July 2016 |
Release | |
Original release | 21 August – 25 October 2016 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by |
Australian Celebrity Survivor (on the Seven Network) |
Followed by | Season 4 |
The third season of Australian Survivor is a television series based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor. The season was filmed in Samoa from May to July 2016 and premiered on the 21st of August 2016 on Network Ten.[1] Hosted by actor and former emergency-room physician Jonathan LaPaglia, the program featured 24 Australian castaways competing for 55 days for a grand prize of A$500,000.[2][3] After 55 days on the island, senior account executive Kristie Bennett was named the "Sole Australian Survivor" and awarded the grand prize over former professional cricketer Lee Carseldine by a jury vote of 8–1.
This season, announced by Ten in November 2015,[4] is the third Australian edition of the program, the second to feature non-celebrity contestants and the first to air on Network Ten. The first season aired on the Nine Network in 2002, while the second season (a celebrity edition) aired in 2006 on the Seven Network.[5] This season gives Australian Survivor the rare distinction of being one of the few Australian programs to have aired across all three commercial networks in Australia.
This season of Australian Survivor introduced several elements from international editions of Survivor, including: hidden immunity idols, small trinkets that, when played on a castaway after the votes were cast at Tribal Council but before they were read, negated all votes cast against them at that Tribal Council; the ability to prohibit another player from voting at a single Tribal Council, as offered during the season's Survivor Auction; and Exile Beach, where a small number of castaways were banished to a separate beach for a predetermined amount of time, and given minimal tools for survival.
Production
Conception
After Australian Celebrity Survivor was not renewed by the Seven Network, a third season of Australian Survivor appeared unlikely. However, in August 2013, the creator of the Survivor format, Charlie Parsons revealed in an interview with fan website and podcast Survivor Oz that the rights to produce Australian Survivor had been licensed to an undisclosed production company. The company who believed that there was an appetite for the program and would be approaching Australian networks to commission the potential series.[6] On 19 November 2015, Network Ten revealed at their upfronts that they would be commissioning a revival of Australian Survivor to air in mid-late 2016. They also announced that Endermol Shine Australia would be producing the series in association with Castaway Television.[7]
Casting
With the announcement of the series in November 2015, a casting call was made for potential contestants. Applicants for the series were required to be 18 years of age or older, be Australian citizens or residents and be able to swim.[8] More than 5,000 people applied within the first week of casting being opened,[9] and 7,500 had applied before the year's end.[10] Submissions eventually reached 15,000 before the 10 February deadline, making it the largest pool of applicants for a Network Ten reality program.[11][12]
Filming and development
The season was rumored to be filmed in Samoa as early as March,[13] and was officially confirmed on 9 May by LaPaglia in a radio interview on the Hamish & Andy show.[14] The season was filmed on the island of Upolu, the same location used in four seasons of the American Survivor: Samoa, Heroes vs. Villains, South Pacific and One World. In total, 250 Australians and at least 180 Samoan locals are working on the program,[15] including Trent Pattison, who has previously worked as a challenge producer on the American edition as well as Ten's own I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[16]
Broadcast
Australian Survivor was initially scheduled to air twice a week, with new episodes airing on Sunday and Monday at 7:30pm.[17] However, following the first week, a third weekly episode — set to air Tuesdays at 7:30pm — was added to the schedule. The move was a means to both increase the exposure to the series to potential viewers and to increase the competitiveness of Ten's Tuesday schedule following low ratings for the previous programs airing in the 7:30pm slot, Modern Family and Life in Pieces.[18][19]
In addition to the main show, a 9-part companion program, titled The Jury Villa, was released online through tenplay. The web series follows the last nine castaways to be voted off and become members of the Tribal Council Jury, where they interact with one another and discuss the game in the titular villa. Episodes began airing after episode 17 and were uploaded following the airing of subsequent episodes.[20][21]
Promotion
The primary sponsorships for the season include Hungry Jack's, AHM Health Insurance and Holden.[22]
Contestants
The 24 castaways were initially divided into three tribes of eight, each named after a beach in Samoa: Aganoa, Saanapu and Vavau.[23] On Day 12, two castaways each from Saanapu and Vavau swapped tribes as a result of a special joint Tribal Council in which the tribes unknowingly voted to switch a member of their tribe to the other; the switched castaways each brought a tribe member with them. After winning the reward challenge on Day 19, Saanapu earned the right to redistribute the 18 remaining castaways into two tribes of nine, and Aganoa was officially disbanded. For winning the immunity challenge on Day 29, Saanapu sent an observer to Vavau's Tribal Council where, instead of a vote, the observer was to "kidnap" one of the Vavau tribe members, bringing them back to Saanapu as an official member.
On Day 32, the 13 remaining castaways merged into the Fia Fia tribe, named after the Samoan term for "celebration". The final 11 players comprised the Final 2 and the 9 members jury to decide which of the two finalists should be the "Sole Survivor" and win the grand prize.[24]
Contestant | Original tribe | Swapped tribe | Dissolved tribe | Post-kidnap tribe | Merged tribe | Finish |
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Quilty, DesDes Quilty 59, Sunshine Coast, QLD[25] |
Aganoa | 1st voted out Day 2 | ||||
Anderson, BiancaBianca Anderson 36, Melbourne, VIC |
Saanapu | 2nd voted out Day 5 | ||||
Jones, EvanEvan Jones 30, Melbourne, VIC |
Aganoa | 3rd voted out Day 8 | ||||
Fiegehen, PeterPeter Fiegehen 62, Canberra, ACT |
Saanapu | Quit Day 10 | ||||
Lea, BarryBarry Lea 44, Cairns, QLD |
Vavau | Vavau | 4th voted out Day 14 | |||
Haining, TeganTegan Haining 33, Sydney, NSW |
Vavau | Saanapu | 5th voted out Day 17 | |||
MacLaren, RohanRohan MacLaren 28, Melbourne, VIC |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Vavau | 6th voted out Day 21 | ||
Dumont, Katherine "Kat"Katherine "Kat" Dumont 26, Perth, WA |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Vavau | 7th voted out Day 23 | ||
Torrens, AndrewAndrew Torrens 29, Brisbane, QLD |
Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | 8th voted out Day 25 | ||
I'Anson, CraigCraig I'Anson 32, Brisbane, QLD |
Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | 9th voted out Day 27 | ||
Timmins, PhoebePhoebe Timmins 27, Sydney, NSW |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Vavau | Vavau | 10th voted out Day 31 | |
Bethune, ConnerConner Bethune 23, Canberra, ACT |
Saanapu | Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | Fia Fia | 11th voted out Day 33 |
Campbell, KateKate Campbell 28, Perth, WA |
Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | 12th voted out Day 35 | |
Iadanza, NickNick Iadanza 28, Adelaide, SA |
Vavau | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 13th voted out 1st jury member Day 37 | |
Evans, KylieKylie Evans 38, Melbourne, VIC |
Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 14th voted out 2nd jury member Day 39 | |
Clarke, SueSue Clarke 59, Perth, WA |
Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | Saanapu | 15th voted out 3rd jury member Day 41 | |
Salkeld, Jennah-LouiseJennah-Louise Salkeld 27, Gold Coast, QLD |
Vavau | Vavau | Saanapu | Saanapu | 16th voted out 4th jury member Day 43 | |
Jowett, BrookeBrooke Jowett 23, Melbourne, VIC |
Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 17th voted out 5th jury member Day 45 | |
Webb, SamSam Webb 28, Sydney, NSW |
Saanapu | Vavau | Saanapu | Saanapu | 18th voted out 6th jury member Day 49 | |
Tarrant, MattMatt Tarrant 29, Adelaide, SA |
Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 19th voted out 7th jury member Day 51 | |
Egginton, Felicity "Flick"Felicity "Flick" Egginton 23, Gold Coast, QLD |
Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 20th voted out 8th jury member Day 53 | |
Rowland, Elena "El"Elena "El" Rowland 33, Brisbane, QLD |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Saanapu | Saanapu | 21st voted out 9th jury member Day 54 | |
Carseldine, LeeLee Carseldine 40, Brisbane, QLD |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Saanapu | Saanapu | Runner-up Day 55 | |
Bennett, KristieKristie Bennett 24, Sydney, NSW |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Vavau | Vavau | Sole Australian Survivor Day 55 |
Season summary
The game began with three tribes of eight, and in each, a majority alliance was formed. On Saanapu, Flick and Brooke recruited Sam, Matt, and Conner. On Vavau, Craig, Andrew, Sue, and Jennah-Louise joined forces. And on Aganoa, Evan aligned with Phoebe, Rohan, Lee, and El, but drama from the idol clue twist between him and Rohan would see the alliance turn on Evan. On Day 12, a Fake Double Tribal Council consisting of Vavau and Saanapu, Conner and Nick were voted out but instead of leaving the game, were switched to the other tribe and they brought Tegan and Sam with them respectively.
On Day 19, with 18 contestants remaining, a Reward Challenge won by Saanapu gave them the power to decide which tribe between Vavau and Saanapu to stay on. After the five remaining Saanapu remembers chose to stay at Saanapu, they then had the power to choose their remaining members. They selected Sam, El, and Lee for their challenge strength as well as Jennah-Louise with the intention of voting her off. The game became one-sided after the swap, as not only did the stronger Saanapu tribe dominate in challenges but Phoebe's idol plays ousted the two strongest members of Vavau in Rohan and Craig. After a fake Tribal Council spared Kristie, Phoebe's ally whom she threw under the bus to save herself, Brooke further decimated Vavau by adding Sue to her tribe. Phoebe would be voted out at the next Tribal, and the tribes would merge at 13.
The Saanapu alliance, with the original members of Flick, Brooke, Matt, and Sam at the core and with the help of members from post-swap Saanapu, would vote out the remnants of post-swap Vavau as well as outsiders from Saanapu up until the final 7. At that point, Flick viewed Brooke as too big of a threat and flipped to Lee, El, and Kristie to vote out her best friend. Despite El and Lee's obvious strong bond, Flick and Kristie did not flip back and voted out Sam and Matt. At that point Flick tried to force a 2-2 tiebreaker but Kristie still would not flip and Flick would go home. Despite not having won a previous individual challenge, Kristie won the Final Immunity Challenge and voted El out. At Final Tribal Council, despite Lee having more control of the game, Kristie's underdog status and the fruition of her floater strategy resulted in her receiving 8 of the 9 jury votes and becoming the "Sole Australian Survivor".
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- Notes
- 1 2 3 Combined reward and immunity challenge.
- ↑ Instead of voting out players, the two losing tribes unknowingly voted to send a member to the other tribe, who in turn brought another tribemate with them. Saanapu voted out Conner who brought Sam with him to Vavau; Vavau voted out Nick who brought Tegan with him to Saanapu
- ↑ Vavau was told that they would not be voting at Tribal Council but instead Brooke, the chosen observer from Saanapu, was told to kidnap one member of Vavau and bring them to Saanapu. She choose Sue.
- ↑ Kristie did not participate in the challenge after not being chosen for a team, but she had correctly guessed the winning team and, as a result, joined them on the reward.
- ↑ El and Kristie won reward but chose to give up their reward to Flick and Matt, respectively.
- ↑ Sue did not participate in the challenge after she drew the white rock but she correctly guessed the winning team and, as a result, joined them on the reward.
- 1 2 3 Two separate reward challenges were held in this episode, with the winners of both challenges jointly selecting a third castaway to enjoy the reward with them; Matt and Flick chose to share their reward with Kristie.
Episodes
No. in series | Episode No. | Title | Timeline | Original air date |
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26 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Days 1-2 | 21 August 2016 |
The 24 castaways were divided into three tribes of eight — Aganoa, Saanapu and Vavau — and immediately given their first challenge.
Sam won the challenge for Saanapu; at camp, the tribe flourished due to their early victory. Bianca, a private investigator, told her tribe she worked in insurance to avoid suspicion. Conner burned his hand while tending to the fire but was helped by firefighter Kylie, and he later aligned with Flick. At Vavau, Nick took an early leadership role, and was able to encourage good morale despite early struggles; the tribe ended the day with a shelter. At Aganoa, Kat took the lead in building the shelter while Des slacked off, and the two argued. Though Des had had survival training from his time in the army, he refused to share it with his tribe-mates. The tribe was unable to build a fire or shelter before nightfall; they tried sleeping on the sand near the ocean for warmth but were woken up due to the high tide, which washed away their entire camp.
Saanapu and Vavau won the challenge, earning an additional reward of fire in the form of flint, while Aganoa lost after Des and Kat struggled on the puzzle. Back at camp, Des scrambled to survive the vote and targeted Kat, while Kat rallied the women against Des. To save himself, Des used his army training to help his tribe build the shelter, and alerted the other men to the possibility of a women's alliance. Evan and Kristie considered teaming up, as both were wary about teaming up along gender lines and unsure about who to eliminate. However, at Tribal Council, the entire tribe came together and voted Des out; the Aganoa tribe received flint before heading back to camp. | ||||
27 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Days 3-5 | 22 August 2016 |
After the Aganoa tribe had returned from Tribal Council, Kristie was unable to find her bag and accused her tribe of hiding it on purpose. Kristie's paranoia set the rest of the tribe against her, but El later comforted her. Evan tried forming an alliance with El, Lee, Phoebe, and Rohan, but Lee and Phoebe didn't fully trust him due to his constant strategizing. At Saanapu, Bianca plotted with Kylie to break up Brooke and Flick, who had quickly formed a close bond. Peter, the tribe's oldest member, struggled with the conditions. Following many struggles, the Vavau tribe succeeded in making a fire under Nick's leadership.
Saanapu blew their lead, and Vavau and Aganoa won the challenge. Back at the Saanapu camp, Peter considered quitting the game for being a liability to his tribe; while Kylie decided to grant his wish, Bianca tried to recruit Conner to vote out Flick. However, Conner exposed Bianca's and her motives to Flick, and an alliance formed between Brooke, Conner, Flick, Matt and Sam. At Tribal Council, the alliance of five voted out Bianca. | ||||
28 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Days 6-8 | 28 August 2016 |
After Saanapu had returned from Tribal Council, Peter was upset with his tribemates for not voting him out due to his poor health, while outsider Kylie lamented the loss of her closest ally, Bianca. The next day, the tribes were instructed to pick their wisest member, who would then select a partner to join them to make a private decision. The pairs were privately offered a choice between a big bag of beans for their tribe or a smaller bag of beans and a clue to a hidden immunity idol. Saanapu chose Peter who picked Kylie, and they elected to take the clue. The majority alliance later realised that they had just given the tribe's only outsiders access to private information. Aganoa picked Phoebe and Rohan; they picked the clue, and Rohan agreed to give the idol to Phoebe if they found it. Back at camp, they lied to their tribemates about the choices they were given, but Evan didn't believe them; he later found the clue, which had fallen out of Rohan's waistband. Evan shared the clue with El and Lee, but El told Phoebe and Rohan about Evan's discovery. Rohan and Evan later argued about the clue. Vavau chose Nick who brought Tegan, and they also chose the clue. They decided to tell their tribemates about the clue but lied about its contents, though no one believed them. Nick told Craig and Sue that he had lied, but his tribemates still distrusted him.
Vavau placed first, and Saanapu placed second. The disappointed Aganoa tribemates blamed Kat for their loss, and a worried Evan hunted for the hidden immunity idol.
Aganoa lost yet another challenge after Evan and Kat struggled on the puzzle. The alliance of El, Lee, Phoebe and Rohan debated between voting out Evan or Kat; Lee pushed to vote Kat out for her repeatedly poor challenge performances, but Phoebe and El plotted against Evan for being untrustworthy and as to not go against their women's alliance with Kristie and Kat. At Tribal Council, Kat called out the alliance of El, Lee, Phoebe and Rohan, but while Evan and Lee voted against Kat, the rest of the tribe voted Evan out; as he left, he told Rohan to "use the idol well." | ||||
29 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Days 9-10 | 29 August 2016 |
After voting Evan out, Phoebe celebrated her good position in the Aganoa tribe due to her two alliances: the women's alliance with El, Kat and Kristie, and her other alliance with El, Lee and Rohan. Rohan found the hidden immunity idol with Phoebe, and they decided not to tell anyone else; Rohan decided to hold onto the idol, reneging on the earlier deal he made with Phoebe, which roused her ire. At Saanapu, Peter's health continued to worsen; he helped Kylie look for the idol, though they were unsuccessful. At Vavau, Nick continued trying to regain his tribemates' trust after lying to them about the idol clue. He tried forming an alliance with Craig, Jennah-Louise and Sue, but they still plotted to vote him out. Vavau later struggled after breaking their flint and losing their fire.
Saanapu placed first and Vavau placed second. Vavau asked host Jonathan for a new flint; he agreed in exchange for all of their rewards, to be exchanged at the next reward challenge. Stuck in the middle of both alliances, El and Phoebe weighed their options between eliminating Kat — a poor challenge performer — or Rohan, who was perceived as untrustworthy. Phoebe told Lee that Rohan had found the idol and was withholding it from him, and the two decided to tell Rohan about voting for Kat, though Kat overheard them. At Tribal Council, El, Lee and Phoebe alluded that they were voting against Kat to prevent Rohan from playing his idol but, right before the vote, the tribe was informed that Peter had quit the game, and the vote was cancelled. | ||||
30 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Days 11-12 | 30 August 2016 |
After Aganoa's Tribal Council vote was cancelled, Kat — the intended target — felt isolated from her tribe. The next day, the women's alliance apologised to Kat, but Phoebe still considered targeting her for being a liability. At Vavau, Nick was unable to find the hidden immunity idol. At Saanapu, Kylie again lamented losing her closest ally in Peter but was able to find the tribe's hidden immunity idol. Flick suspected that Kylie had found the idol, and talked to Matt about voting Conner out instead; Matt told Sam about Flick's plan, of which the two disapproved, while Brooke and Flick later discussed betraying Matt for being untrustworthy. Before the reward challenge, Vavau gave all of their reward items up in exchange for flint.
Saanapu placed first, with Aganoa in second. Though Vavau had lost all of their winnings, they quickly made a new fire with their new flint and feasted for the first time in days.
Aganoa came from behind to win immunity. At Vavau, Barry said that he would vote based on a hat draw. Craig told Nick that Tegan was their alliance's target but Nick tried to push the vote against Barry for being unpredictable, which prompted Craig and Jennah-Louise to target Nick instead. At Saanapu, Brooke and Flick told Conner and Sam to split the vote between Kylie and Matt. However, Conner, Matt and Sam met up and discussed Flick's lack of loyalty; Conner later confronted Flick about her multiple, conflicting deals, and told her that the men had discussed voting her out. Both tribes attended Tribal Council simultaneously. While Vavau's members claimed the tribe was united, Saanapu openly fought: Kylie openly wore her hidden immunity idol, which Matt called "the dumbest thing [he'd] ever seen", and Flick brought up her earlier conversation with Conner which prompted Conner to reveal all of the tribe's plotting. After casting the ballots, the castaways were informed that the players voted out would not leave the game, but instead, be switched to the other tribe. While Kate, Nick and Tegan voted against Barry, the rest of the tribe — Barry included — voted Nick out of Vavau. Matt's vote against Conner tied Saanapu's vote between Conner and Flick; while he switched his vote to Flick on the revote, Sam switched his vote from Flick to Conner, which tied the vote again. The non-tied tribemates were then tasked with unanimously deciding to send either Conner or Flick to Vavau; Conner volunteered, and his tribemates obliged. Nick and Conner were then instructed to take one of their old tribemates with them: Nick picked Tegan and Conner picked Sam. | ||||
31 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Days 13-14 | 4 September 2016 |
Vavau welcomed new members Conner and Sam, who questioned their place in their new tribe. Nick and Tegan adjusted to life at Saanapu, and Nick swore revenge on his former Vavau tribemates, especially Sue; he later aligned with Matt against Flick. Tegan chatted with Brooke about Nick, and they were able to see through his manipulations. At Aganoa, Kristie questioned Phoebe about her loyalty to Rohan, and the two pledged loyalty to their alliance with El.
Vavau lost the challenge after Barry and Craig struggled on the fire-making portion. Kate — the only remaining tribemate who didn't vote against Nick — tried to ingratiate herself with the majority alliance of Andrew, Craig, Jennah-Louise and Sue, and the five decided to take out Conner for being the weaker of their two new tribemates. Conner pledged his loyalty to his new tribemates, and they considered keeping him instead of Barry, who had consciously abstained from strategizing and claimed he would cast votes at random. Andrew later asked Sue if she would be interested in joining with the new additions to vote against Craig. However, at Tribal Council, everyone decided to vote Barry out. | ||||
32 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Days 15-17 | 5 September 2016 |
After voting Barry out, Jennah-Louise affirmed her majority alliance on Vavau with Andrew, Craig and Sue, with Kate as their fifth and newcomers Conner and Sam outside of the alliance. However, Andrew and Kate separately approached them about aligning in the future. Kate developed an abscess in her armpit. At Saanapu, Nick continued trying to ingratiate himself to his new tribe by fishing and strategizing — devising a plan to split the votes between fellow newcomer Tegan and alliance outsider and idol holder Kylie — but his tribemates found his efforts transparent, and multiple plans to vote him out were discussed.
Saanapu placed first, with Vavau in second with both enjoying their rewards. Aganoa was upset about their continued losing streak.
Saanapu cycled through all of their players with Matt dropping Brooke, sending Saanapu to Tribal Council. A doctor looked at the abscess in Kate's armpit but, after incision and drainage, she was cleared to remain in the game. At Saanapu, Nick and Tegan targeted Kylie while Brooke, Flick and Kylie targeted Nick, though Kylie was wary and considered playing her idol and Matt pushed to keep Nick due to needing his strength in challenges. At Tribal Council, Kylie played her hidden immunity idol which negated Nick and Tegan's votes against her, while the four original Saanapu members split their votes between Nick and Tegan. On the revote, Tegan was unanimously voted out. | ||||
33 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Days 18-19 | 6 September 2016 |
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34 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Days 20-21 | 11 September 2016 |
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35 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Days 22-23 | 12 September 2016 |
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36 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Days 24-25 | 13 September 2016 |
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37 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Days 26-27 | 18 September 2016 |
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38 | 13 | "Episode 13" | Days 28-29 | 19 September 2016 |
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39 | 14 | "Episode 14" | Days 30-31 | 20 September 2016 |
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40 | 15 | "Episode 15" | Days 32-33 | 25 September 2016 |
Nick opens his advantage to reveal a clue to a hidden immunity idol. He immediately searches for it, and finds it, under Lee's surveillance. However, Nick is disappointed to have a "target on his back".
Brooke won the challenge. Nick decides to split the vote between Conner and Kate with his major alliance. Not agreeing with the alliance, Sam targets Nick due to his untrustworthiness. Conner, Sue and Kate try to secure enough votes to keep Conner in the game, by reaching out to Kylie, Sam and Kristie. However, at Tribal Council, the plan to split the vote is carried through and Conner is voted out. | ||||
41 | 16 | "Episode 16" | Days 34-35 | 26 September 2016 |
After Conner is voted out at Tribal Council, Kate suspects she will be the next to be eliminated due to the majority alliance, but plans to fight for her place in the game. The shelter at camp is renovated to suit the entire tribe. Kate searches for cracks in the alliance, and approaches Kylie, Sam, Lee and Sue, opting to create a “good guys” alliance with trustworthy people, and plans to vote out Nick. Lee and Sam approach Kristie to convince her to vote for Nick. Flick, Brooke, El and Nick try to target Kate.
El wins the challenge. Brooke plans to split the vote between Kate and Sue. Sam goes outside of his alliance and tries to align with Kylie to vote out Nick, however, Kylie reports Sam’s plan back to Brooke and the alliance confront Sam. At Tribal Council, Kate voices her concerns she will be eliminated and encourages the suppressed players to form their own decisions. Nick plays his immunity idol which negates votes against him and Kate is voted out. | ||||
42 | 17 | "Episode 17" | Days 36-37 | 27 September 2016 |
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43 | 18 | "Episode 18" | Days 38-39 | 3 October 2016 |
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44 | 19 | "Episode 19" | Days 40-41 | 4 October 2016 |
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45 | 20 | "Episode 20" | Days 42-43 | 9 October 2016 |
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46 | 21 | "Episode 21" | Days 44-45 | 10 October 2016 |
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47 | 22 | "Episode 22" | Days 46-47 | 16 October 2016 |
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48 | 23 | "Episode 23" | Days 48-49 | 17 October 2016 |
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49 | 21 | "Episode 24" | Days 50-51 | 23 October 2016 |
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50 | 25 | "Episode 25" | Days 52-53 | 24 October 2016 |
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51 | 26 | "Episode 26" | Days 54-55 | 25 October 2016 |
Lee, El and Kristie left camp to participate in the Traditional "Rites of Passage". They walked past the torches of the 21 castaways who had left the game to honour them before heading to their final immunity challenge. The final three arrived at the site of the final challenge, a cliff top above the ocean. Jonathan surprised them with a visit from their loved ones (Kristie with her father, Lee with his sister and El with her sister), who would watch and give moral support to the castaways during the final challenge. Upon reuniting with her father, Kristie recalled watching the first season finale of American Survivor and an identical final challenge to the challenge she was about to partake in herself. She remembered telling her father that she wanted to be on and win Survivor.
After 6 hours, El dropped. Kristie made an emotional plea to Lee to drop from the challenge to let her win. After 6 and a half hours, Lee fell and Kristie was awarded the final immunity. At Tribal Council, the members of the Jury were all visibly shocked to see Kristie with the Immunity Necklace. With her sole vote, Kristie voted El off, making her the 9th and final member of the Tribal Council Jury. This left Kristie and Lee as the Final 2. On Day 55, Lee and Kristie celebrated with the Traditional Final 2 Breakfast before leaving to the Final Tribal Council. At the Final Tribal Council, Kristie and Lee delivered their statements to the Jury. Lee told the Jury that he wanted to play a clean and honest game of Survivor. Kristie told the Jury that the jury underestimated her and that it was through her determination that she made it to the Final 2 and that she had to fight through 20 Tribal Councils and two whole tribes (post-swap Vanau and the Merged Fia-Fia) to make it there. Then the 9 members of the Jury were given a chance to address the finalists. Before the final vote count, Jonathan brought in the families of the final 2 to witness the vote count. Ultimately, it was revealed that the jury had voted Kristie as the Sole Australian Survivor in an 8-1 final vote, with Lee only receiving the vote of El. |
Voting history
- Tribal phase (Day 1–32)
Original tribes | Tribe swap vote[lower-alpha 1] | Swapped tribes | Dissolved tribes | Post-kidnap | ||||||||||||||||||
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Episode # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | ||||||||||
Day # | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 31 | ||||||||||
Eliminated | Des | Bianca | Evan | Peter | Nick[lower-alpha 2] | Tie[lower-alpha 3] | Tie[lower-alpha 4] | Conner[lower-alpha 2] | Barry | Tie[lower-alpha 3] | Tegan | Rohan | Kat | Andrew | Craig | Phoebe | ||||||
Vote | 7–1 | 5–2–1 | 5–2 | Quit[lower-alpha 5] | 5–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | Consensus[lower-alpha 4] | 7–1 | 2–2–0[lower-alpha 6] | 4–0 | 2–1–1-0[lower-alpha 7] | 6–2 | 4–3 | 2–0[lower-alpha 8] | 3–1 | ||||||
Voter | Vote | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kristie | Des | Evan | Rohan | Andrew | Andrew | Craig | Phoebe | |||||||||||||||
Lee | Des | Kat | ||||||||||||||||||||
El | Des | Evan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Flick | Bianca | Conner | None[lower-alpha 9] | Nick | Tegan | |||||||||||||||||
Matt | Bianca | Conner | Flick | Tegan | Tegan | |||||||||||||||||
Sam | Bianca | Flick | Conner | Barry | ||||||||||||||||||
Brooke | Bianca | Conner | Conner | Nick | Tegan | |||||||||||||||||
Jennah-Louise | Nick | Barry | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sue | Nick | Barry | Kat | Kristie | ||||||||||||||||||
Kylie | Peter | Flick | Flick | Tegan | Tegan | |||||||||||||||||
Nick | Barry | None[lower-alpha 10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kate | Barry | Barry | Kat | Andrew | Phoebe | |||||||||||||||||
Conner | Bianca | Flick | None[lower-alpha 9] | Barry | Kat | Kristie | Phoebe | |||||||||||||||
Phoebe | Des | Evan | Sue | Kat | Andrew | Craig | Kristie | |||||||||||||||
Craig | Nick | Barry | Kat | Andrew | ||||||||||||||||||
Andrew | Nick | Barry | Kat | Kristie | ||||||||||||||||||
Kat | Des | Evan | Rohan | Andrew | ||||||||||||||||||
Rohan | Des | Evan | Kat | |||||||||||||||||||
Tegan | Barry | None[lower-alpha 10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Barry | Nick | Sue | ||||||||||||||||||||
Peter | Kylie | |||||||||||||||||||||
Evan | Des | Kat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bianca | Peter | |||||||||||||||||||||
Des | Kat |
- Individual phase (Day 32–55)
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- Notes
- ↑ On Day 12, a double Tribal Council was held where both tribes unknowingly voted for a castaway to be swapped to the other tribe.
- 1 2 Instead of being eliminated from the game, Nick and Conner switched tribes, and each were instructed to bring another tribemate with them. Nick and Tegan were sent to Saanapu, while Conner and Sam were switched to Vavau.
- 1 2 3 The first Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
- 1 2 After two rounds of voting, Tribal Council remained tied. Per the rules, the non-tied castaways were to come to a unanimous decision as to who to vote out of the tribe between the tied castaways, Conner and Flick, or else one of the deliberating castaways would be voted out of the tribe by random draw; they chose to send Conner out of the tribe.
- ↑ No vote; Peter chose to quit the game. This cancelled Aganoa's planned vote-off.
- ↑ Kylie played a hidden immunity idol, therefore two votes against her were not counted.
- ↑ Phoebe played a hidden immunity idol, therefore five votes against her were not counted.
- ↑ Phoebe played a hidden immunity idol, therefore four votes against her were not counted.
- 1 2 Conner and Flick were not eligible to vote in the second Tribal Council vote.
- 1 2 Nick and Tegan were not eligible to vote in the second Tribal Council vote.
- ↑ Nick played a hidden immunity idol, therefore four votes against him were not counted.
- 1 2 El and Lee were not eligible to vote as the only eligible players they could vote for were each other and hence their votes would cancel each other's out.
- 1 2 Matt and Sam were not eligible to vote in the second Tribal Council vote.
- ↑ Sam was not eligible to vote in the first Tribal Council vote, as Lee used his vote stopper power on him.
Reception
Ratings
Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).
Week | Episode | Air date | Overnight ratings | Timeshift ratings | Source | |||
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Viewers | Rank | Timeshift Viewers | Total Viewers | Rank | ||||
1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 21 August 2016 | 783,000 | #6 | 74,000 | 857,000 | #5 | [26][27] |
784,000 | #5 | 62,000 | 848,000 | #6 | ||||
2 | 22 August 2016 | 734,000 | #14 | 90,000 | 823,000 | #12 | [28][29] | |
2 | 3 | 28 August 2016 | 662,000 | #9 | 84,000 | 746,000 | #9 | [30][31] |
4 | 29 August 2016 | 677,000 | #18 | 92,000 | 769,000 | #16 | [32][33] | |
5 | 30 August 2016 | 728,000 | #12 | 122,000 | 850,000 | #11 | [34][35] | |
3 | 6 | 4 September 2016 | 560,000 | #10 | 61,000 | 625,000 | #10 | [36][37] |
7 | 5 September 2016 | 662,000 | #17 | 66,000 | 728,000 | #14 | [38][39] | |
8 | 6 September 2016 | 717,000 | #13 | 99,000 | 818,000 | #12 | [40][41] | |
4 | 9 | 11 September 2016 | 586,000 | #10 | 74,000 | 660,000 | #10 | [42][43] |
10 | 12 September 2016 | 672,000 | #15 | 74,000 | 746,000 | #13 | [44][45] | |
11 | 13 September 2016 | 690,000 | #10 | 92,000 | 782,000 | #10 | [46][47] | |
5 | 12 | 18 September 2016 | 649,000 | #9 | 71,000 | 720,000 | #8 | [48][49] |
13 | 19 September 2016 | 699,000 | #11 | 82,000 | 781,000 | #8 | [50][51] | |
14 | 20 September 2016 | 699,000 | #10 | 98,000 | 797,000 | #10 | [52][53] | |
6 | 15 | 25 September 2016 | 568,000 | #8 | 61,000 | 629,000 | #8 | [54][55] |
16 | 26 September 2016 | 654,000 | #12 | 72,000 | 726,000 | #10 | [56][57] | |
17 | 27 September 2016 | 691,000 | #13 | 113,000 | 804,000 | #10 | [58][59] | |
7 | 18 | 3 October 2016 | 684,000 | #16 | 62,000 | 744,000 | #14 | [60][61] |
19 | 4 October 2016 | 660,000 | #13 | 69,000 | 729,000 | #12 | [62][63] | |
8 | 20 | 9 October 2016 | 708,000 | #13 | 72,000 | 770,000 | #11 | [64][65] |
21 | 10 October 2016 | 760,000 | #12 | 79,000 | 839,000 | #10 | [66][67] | |
9 | 22 | 16 October 2016 | 660,000 | #8 | 84,000 | 744,000 | #7 | [68][69] |
23 | 17 October 2016 | 760,000 | #11 | 75,000 | 835,000 | #9 | [70][71] | |
10 | 24 | 23 October 2016 | 714,000 | #7 | 45,000 | 759,000 | #7 | [72][73] |
25 | 24 October 2016 | 750,000 | #11 | 32,000 | 782,000 | #11 | [74][75] | |
26[lower-alpha 2] | 25 October 2016 | 859,000 | #7 | 55,000 | 914,000 | #7 | [76][77] | |
1,082,000 | #2 | 90,000 | 1,172,000 | #1 |
- Notes
- ↑ The first episode was coded into two programs - the first titled "Launch" and the second titled "Tribal Council". Because of this, two separate sets of ratings were produced.
- ↑ The final episode was coded into two programs - the first titled "Grand Finale" and the second titled "Winner Announced". Because of this, two separate sets of ratings were produced.
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