Australian Survivor: Redemption, is the fourteenth season of Australian Survivor and the twelfth to air on Network 10. The season premiered on 23 February 2026[2] and is based on the international reality competition franchise Survivor.
Immediately following vote out on Survivor: Australia V The World on 18 August 2025, David Genat was announced as the new host, replacing Jonathan LaPaglia, who had hosted the series since its revival in 2016.[3] At the same time, the season’s title and its return to filming in Samoa were revealed. Filming was already underway at the time of the announcement, and the season was confirmed to air in 2026.
With a new host and new direction, this season has been marketed as the "New Era" of Australian Survivor. The following day, Genat shared a behind-the-scenes video on social media, offering a sneak peek at one of the challenge sets.[4] The premier date was announced to be 23 February 2026.[5]
Contestants
The four returning players, Brooke Jowett, Harry Hills, Mark Warnock and Simon Mee, were revealed by Network 10 along with the first trailer featuring the full cast.[6] In addition to the returning Survivor players, the season also features AFL footballer Ben Davis, former Big Brother Australia 2022 contestant Johnson Ashak , The Traitors NZ 2 contestant Cat Hooker and brother of Mat Rogers, a former Australian Survivor player, Don Rogers, who also competed on The Voice.[7]
List of Australian Survivor: Redemption contestants
↑The opening reward challenge allowed the winners to become the Bounty Tribe, with the losers becoming Barren Tribe. Purple Tribe won the opening challenge.
Episodes
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1
"Episode 1"
Days 1–2
23February2026(2026-02-23)
Twenty new castaways and four returning players arrive in Samoa, ready for their own redemption story to begin. David Genat welcomes them to Australian Survivor: Redemption and divides them into two unnamed tribes of twelve.
Reward Challenge: The players must stack heavy blocks to form a pyramid, then push it along a track. One player climbs the pyramid to retrieve a key and unlock a torch. Once the pyramid reaches the end of the track, the player with the torch races back to light the cauldron. The first tribe to finish wins reward.
The purple tribe wins reward. They become the "Bounty" tribe and receive fruits and vegetables, a hammock, a stocked firepit with flint, and a fully built shelter. As Lyndl was the player sent to retrieve the torch in the challenge, she secretly gained a clue to a potential advantage. The green tribe becomes the "Barren" tribe and receives absolutely nothing to begin the game with.
At the Bounty beach, the players introduce themselves and soak in the perks of winning the first reward challenge. Harry and Simon are immediately seen as big targets, as they are the returning players on their beach, while Daniel struggles with the names of his tribemates. Lyndl reads the scroll she gained from the reward challenge, which tells her that an immunity idol is buried under the tribe flag in the middle of camp. In the middle of the night, she asks Loz for help to find the idol. Lyndl finds it, but it comes with a twist: the idol can only be used by a Barren tribe member. The Bounty idol is hidden at the same location, but at the Barren beach.
At the Barren beach, the players gather to get to know each other, but they must also begin gathering supplies and building their camp from scratch. Don decides to keep his relationship to former Australian Survivor player Mat Rogers a secret and begins to take control as the building leader. Mark and Faith form an alliance called the "Ruby Soho Alliance".
Immunity Challenge: The tribes must maneuver three wheels up and over high poles then transport them over a ramp, under a net, and up into a tower. Finally, they must roll them down a steep ramp into three narrow gates.
The Barren tribe wins immunity with all three wheels landing in their gates, while Bounty has none. Lyndl shares her idol clue with Brooke on the Barren tribe, hoping she will switch idols with her when she finds it. Back at the Bounty camp, Lyndl throws out Richard's name, but Cameron feels that Jackson would be a good target to make a big move from the start. Elsewhere, others begins to feel that Daniel is too excited and could be a liability in the long run.
At Tribal Council, Eliza voices how thankful the tribe is to have the returning players, Harry and Simon. Daniel comes under fire for his sloppy gameplay after mistakenly saying Jackson's name while throwing out names at camp. Lottie admits that the timing has to be perfect for big moves and says this is not the time. When the votes are read, Daniel is voted out of the tribe unanimously, 11–1, leaving his jacket with Simon on his way out.
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