Australian Survivor | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Created by | Charlie Parsons |
Based on | Expedition Robinson/Survivor by Charlie Parsons |
Presented by |
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Starring | Australian Survivor contestants |
Theme music composer | Jack Robin (2002) [1] Jay Stewart (2006) [2] Russ Landau (2016–present) |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 12 |
No. of episodes | 246 (and 2 specials) |
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Executive producers | |
Production location | see below |
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Original release | |
Network | Nine Network |
Release | 3 February – 15 May 2002 |
Network | Seven Network |
Release | 17 August – 2 November 2006 |
Network | Network 10 |
Release | 21 August 2016 – present |
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Companion showsRelated |
Australian Survivor is an Australian adventure reality game show based on the international Survivor format. Following the premise of other versions of the Survivor format, the show features a group of contestants, referred to as "castaways" as they are marooned in an isolated location. The castaways must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in various challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted off the island by their fellow castaways. The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of "Sole Survivor" and the grand prize of A$500,000.
The series first aired in 2002 on the Nine Network, who as of 2023 [update] , also hold the first-run Australian broadcast rights to the American edition of Survivor. In 2006, a celebrity edition aired on the Seven Network. Both iterations of the series only lasted one season due to low ratings. [9]
In November 2015, Network Ten announced at its network upfronts that it would be reviving the series in 2016. [10] The series commenced airing on 21 August 2016. Unlike its predecessors, the series was renewed by Network Ten for another season for 2017, [11] and has and through the network's bankruptcy and acquisition by its American host broadcaster CBS, has continuously been renewed with success. Most recently, Australian Survivor aired the 11th season titled Titans V Rebels, [12] which in early 2024, [13] with the season being filmed on the island of Upolu in Samoa. The series was renewed for a 12th season titled Brains V Brawn II set film in Samoa in winter 2024, to be aired in early 2025. [14]
The show follows the same general format as the other editions of Survivor. To begin, the players are split into two or three tribes and taken to a remote, isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meagre supplies for several weeks. Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the tribes against each other for rewards such as food, luxuries, or for immunity, forcing the other tribe to attend Tribal Council, where they must vote one of their tribemates out of the game by secret ballot.
About halfway through the game, the tribes are merged into a single tribe, and challenges are on an individual basis; winning immunity prevents that player from being voted out. Most players voted out during this stage become members of the Tribal Council Jury. When only two or three players remain, the Final Tribal Council is held. The finalists plead their case to the Jury as to why they should win the game. The jurors then have the opportunity to interrogate the finalists before casting their vote for which finalist should be awarded the title of Sole Survivor and win the grand prize of A$500,000 (or a A$100,000 charity prize in the 2006 celebrity edition).
Like other editions of the show, the Australian edition has introduced numerous modifications or twists on the core rules to prevent players from over-relying on strategies that succeeded in prior seasons or other editions of Survivor. These changes have included tribe switches, players being exiled from their tribe for a short period of time, hidden immunity idols that players can use to save themselves or another player at Tribal Council from being voted off, voting powers that can be used to influence the result at Tribal Council and players being given a chance to return following their elimination.
The first Australian version of the Survivor format was filmed in late 2001, and aired in 2002 on the Nine Network. The program was a contractual obligation if the network were to be allowed to continue to broadcast American Survivor. [15] The program was criticised for poor casting and lower production value than the popular American edition and it was not renewed due to low ratings. The Nine Network still hold the first-run rights to American Survivor and have continued to broadcast the American edition of the program ever since. [9] Since 2013, recent seasons air on Nine's secondary channel; 9Go! and streamed on 9Now within hours of the original American airing, [16] [17] with most seasons since 2015 having the finale broadcast as a Simulcast of the American Eastern Time broadcast, across Australia. [18]
In 2006, the Seven Network found a loophole in the contract between the Nine Network and Castaway Television which allowed them to produce a celebrity version of the series due to a celebrity format being licensed as a separate from the original format. The Seven Network did not renew the series. [19]
In November 2015, Network Ten revealed at its upfront event that it would air a new season featuring regular contestants to air in the last quarter of 2016. [20] This new season gave Australian Survivor the distinction of being one of the few Australian programs to have aired across all three major commercial television networks in Australia. Australian Survivor has continued to air mostly yearly. The show's most recent season concluded in March 2024. [21]
Following Network Ten's acquisition by CBS (the American broadcaster of the format) in 2017, starting in December 2018, CBS made the complete American Survivor series available on their paid Australian streaming platform, Paramount+ (previously known as 10 All Access until August 2021). The broadcasts include Survivor US: Marquesas , which never aired in Australia due to Nine Network's commitment in airing their 2002 version of Australian Survivor. [22] Originally, a select few seasons are also uploaded to Network Ten's free streaming site, 10 Play. [23] As of June 2022, all seasons are uploaded to 10Play. [24] Each US season is uploaded sometime after the season has aired on Nine Network, when the rights to that season revert to CBS under their agreement.
Additionally, as of September 2020, both seasons of Survivor NZ and the Philippines and Island of Secrets editions of Survivor South Africa were also uploaded on 10 Play. [25] Starting with the Immunity Island edition of the South African series, 10 Play offered same-day streaming of the series as it aired on M-Net in Africa. [26] [27] In late 2023, Survivor UK was included on 10Play, with same day streaming as the series aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom. [28]
# [lower-alpha 1] | Subtitle | Game Information | Results | Host | |||||||
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Location | Start date | Finish date | Days | Castaways | Original tribes | Winner | Runner(s) up | Final vote | |||
Earlier iterations (2002, 2006) | |||||||||||
1 | – | Whaler's Way, Eyre Peninsula , South Australia | November 2001 | December 2001 | 39 | 16 | Two tribes of eight | Rob Dickson | Sciona Browne | 5–2 | Lincoln Howes [lower-alpha 2] |
2 | Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu | Efate, Shefa, Vanuatu | May 2006 | June 2006 | 25 | 12 | Two tribes of six split by gender, with one of the opposite gender | Guy Leech | Justin Melvey | 3–2 | Ian "Dicko" Dickson |
Network 10 iteration (2016–present) | |||||||||||
3 | – | Upolu, Samoa | 23 May 2016 | 18 July 2016 | 55 | 24 | Three tribes of eight | Kristie Bennett | Lee Carseldine | 8–1 | Jonathan LaPaglia [lower-alpha 3] |
4 | 6 May 2017 | 30 June 2017 | Two tribes of twelve | Jericho Malabonga | Tara Pitt | 6–3 | |||||
5 | Champions V Contenders | Savusavu, Fiji | 3 May 2018 | 21 June 2018 | 50 | Two tribes of twelve divided by status: "Champions" (overachievers) and "Contenders" (underdogs) | Shane Gould | Sharn Coombes | 5–4 | ||
6 | Champions V Contenders II | 4 May 2019 | 22 June 2019 | Pia Miranda | Baden Gilbert | 9–0 | |||||
7 | All Stars | 26 August 2019 | 14 October 2019 | Two tribes of twelve returning players | David Genat | Sharn Coombes | 8–1 | ||||
8 | Brains V Brawn | Cloncurry, Queensland | 24 April 2021 | 10 June 2021 | 48 | Two tribes of twelve divided by characteristics: "Brains" (intellect) and "Brawn" (strength) | Hayley Leake | George Mladenov | 7–2 | ||
9 | Blood V Water | Charters Towers, Queensland | 7 October 2021 | 22 November 2021 | 47 | Twelve pairs, including new and returning players, each with a pre-existing relationship, divided into two tribes of twelve. | Mark Wales | Chrissy Zaremba & Shayelle "Shay" Lajoie | 10-0-0 | ||
10 | Heroes V Villains | Upolu, Samoa | 9 August 2022 | 24 September 2022 | Thirteen new players and eleven returning players divided into two tribes of twelve divided by "Heroic" and "Villainous" traits. | Liz Parnov | Gerry Geltch & Matt Sharp | 7-0-0 | |||
11 | Titans V Rebels | 1 August 2023 | 16 September 2023 | Two tribes of twelve divided by approach to life:"Titans" (Overachievers) and "Rebels" (Rulebreakers) | Feras Basal | Caroline Courtis | 9–0 | ||||
12 | Brains V Brawn II | 2024 (Filming) 2025 (Release) | 2024 (Filming) 2025 (Release) | Two tribes of twelve divided by characteristics: "Brains" (intellect) and "Brawn" (strength) | |||||||
13 | Australia V America | Wakaya, Fiji | 2024 (Filming) 2025 (Release) | 2024 (Filming) 2025 (Release) | Two tribes of twelve divided by nationality: "Americans" (past 'Survivor US' players) and "Australians" (past 'Australian Survivor' players) | ||||||
14 | All Stars II | 2025 (Filming) 2026 (Release) | 2025 (Filming) 2026 (Release) | Two tribes of twelve returning players |
Continent | Locations | Season number(s) | |
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Oceania | ![]() | Charters Towers, Queensland | 9 |
Cloncurry, Queensland | 8 | ||
Whaler's Way, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia | 1 | ||
![]() | Savusavu | 5, 6, 7 | |
![]() | Upolu | 3, 4, 10, 11 | |
![]() | Efate, Shefa | 2 |
# | Network | Episodes | Timeslot | Premiere | Finale | Reunion | Average Viewers | Average Rank | Ref | |||||||
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Date | Viewers | Rank | Date | Viewers Finale | Rank | Viewers Winner Reveal | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||||
1 | Nine | 13 [lower-alpha 1] | Wednesday 8:30 pm | 13 February 2002 | — [lower-alpha 2] | 15 May 2002 | — [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||||
2 | Seven | 12 | Thursday 8:30 pm | 17 August 2006 | — [lower-alpha 2] | 2 November 2006 | — [lower-alpha 2] | — [lower-alpha 3] | — [lower-alpha 2] | |||||||
3 | Ten | 26 | Sunday, Monday & Tuesday 7:30 pm [lower-alpha 4] | 21 August 2016 |
| 25 October 2016 | 914,000 | 7 | 1,172,000 | 1 | — [lower-alpha 3] | 786,000 | 10 | [30] [31] | ||
4 | 30 July 2017 | 691,000 | 8 | 10 October 2017 | 825,000 | 8 | 943,000 | 2 | 613,000 | 13 | 698,000 | 10 | [32] | |||
5 | 24 | Monday & Tuesday 7:30 pm [lower-alpha 4] | 1 August 2018 | 779,000 | 7 | 9 October 2018 | 914,000 | 5 | 922,000 | 4 | 667,000 | 13 | 765,000 | 9 | [33] [34] | |
6 | 10 [lower-alpha 6] | Sunday, Monday & Tuesday 7:30 pm [lower-alpha 4] | 24 July 2019 | 925,000 | 2 | 17 September 2019 | 968,000 | 4 | 1,079,000 | 1 | — [lower-alpha 3] | 840,000 | 6 | [35] [36] | ||
7 | Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 7:30 pm [lower-alpha 4] | 3 February 2020 | 715,000 | 8 | 30 March 2020 | 908,000 | 9 | 1,034,000 | 6 | 677,000 | 14 | 733,000 | 9 | [37] [38] | ||
8 | Sunday, Monday & Tuesday 7:30 pm [lower-alpha 4] | 18 July 2021 | 824,000 | 4 | 12 September 2021 | 826,000 | 7 | 991,000 | 6 | — [lower-alpha 3] | 752,000 | 8 | [39] [40] | |||
9 | 31 January 2022 | 697,000 | 8 | 4 April 2022 | 631,000 | 11 | 749,000 | 8 | 568,000 | 9 | [41] | |||||
10 | 30 January 2023 | 536,000 | 12 | 27 March 2023 | 644,000 | 9 | 699,000 | 6 | 557,000 | 8 | ||||||
11 [lower-alpha 7] | 29 January 2024 | 857,000 | 13 | 19 March 2024 | 877,000 | 6 | — [lower-alpha 8] | [43] |
In addition to the main program, two companion web programs are also produced for Australian Survivor with both airings on 10's free video on demand streaming service 10Play. 10Play also hosts deleted scenes called "Secret Scenes" as well as additional interviews from the contestants.
Introduced in the 3rd season, Jury Villa is based on the Ponderosa series from American Survivor. The series follows the castaways that are voted off during the jury phase of the game as they become members of the Tribal Council Jury and interact with one another in the villa. Each episode focuses primarily on the latest evictee and their arrival in the villa. Episodes are released through 10Play following the airing of each episode of the main show of the Jury phase of the game. [44] [45]
Introduced in the All Stars season, Talking Tribal is an aftershow that unpacks all of the castaway's strategies from the main show. The show premiered on Friday 31 January 2020, days before the premiere of All-Stars for a preview special. The show then airs weekly after each Wednesday night episode of the main show. [46] [47] In addition to airing as web series on 10 Play, the series also airs as an audio podcast on 10's podcast platform 10 speaks. The first season was hosted by former contestant Luke Toki and television presenter James Mathison, who were joined by Rob Has a Podcast podcaster Shannon Guss as a regular panelist, with the trio being joined by a guest panelists each week. [48]
Talking Tribal's second season (companion to the Brains V Brawn edition of the show) was hosted by Luke Toki and radio host Nathan Morris, who were joined by Shannon Guss and Nick Iadanza. [49]
Mathison and Guss were joined by the winner and the runner-up of Brains V Brawn, Hayley Leake and George Mladenov, in the third season of Talking Tribal during Blood V Water . [50] [51] Brooke Jowett from the third season and All Stars, alongside Khanh Ong from Blood V Water, joined Guss in the fourth season of Talking Tribal during Heroes V Villains . [52] Chrissy Zaremba from Blood V Water joined Guss in the fifth season of Talking Tribal during Titans V Rebels , with Mladenov returning for a second season. [53]
The series airs on the following channels outside of Australia:
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Refs. |
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2003 | Logie Awards of 2003 | Best Reality Program | 2002 Season | Nominated | [59] |
2017 | Logie Awards of 2017 | Best Reality Program | 2016 Season | Nominated | [60] |
7th AACTA Awards | Best Reality Television Series | 2017 Season | Nominated | [61] | |
Best Direction in a Television Light Entertainment, Lifestyle Or Reality Series | Richard Franc (Episode 1 – 2017 Season) | Won | |||
2018 | 8th AACTA Awards | Best Reality Television Series | Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders(2018 season) | Won | [62] |
2019 | Logie Awards of 2019 | Most Popular Reality Program | Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders(2018 season) | Nominated | [63] |
Most Outstanding Reality Program | Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders(2018 season) | Won | |||
9th AACTA Awards | Best Reality Television Series | Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders(2019 season) | Won | [64] | |
2020 | 10th AACTA Awards | Best Reality Television Series | Australian Survivor: All Stars | Nominated | [65] |
2021 | 11th AACTA Awards | Best Reality Television Series | Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn | Nominated | [66] |
2022 | 12th AACTA Awards | Best Reality Television Series | Australian Survivor: Blood V Water | Nominated | [67] |
2023 | Logie Awards of 2023 | Most Outstanding Reality Program | Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains | Won | [68] |
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