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Australian Survivor (2016) is the third season of competitive reality TV show Australian Survivor.

Production

This season, announced by Ten in November 2015, will be the third Australian edition of the program, the second to feature non-celebrity contestants and the first to air on Network Ten. This season will be hosted by Jonathan LaPaglia.[1] The Sole Survivor will win the prize of $500,000 AUD.[2]

This new 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. The season was filmed in Samoa, the same location as four seasons of the American edition: Survivor: Samoa, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Survivor: South Pacific and Survivor: One World. The filming location was later officially confirmed on May 9, 2016, first by LaPaglia in a radio interview on the Hamish & Andy show.[3]

In total, 250 Australians and at least 180 Samoan locals are working on the program, including Trent Pattison, who has previously worked on the American version of Survivor as well as Ten's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

Twists/Changes

  • 55 Day Game: This season is filmed for 55 days, the longest in the Australian franchise.
  • Three Tribes: The 24 castaways are divided into three tribes of eight.
  • Hidden Immunity Idol: Hidden Immunity Idols will be available, which will abide to the same standard rules from the American version.
  • Double Tribal Council: The two losing tribes at the Day 12 Immunity Challenge will both attend Tribal Council.
  • Tribe Switch: At the Double Tribal Council, each tribe was told to vote without knowing that the person with the most votes would be sent to the other tribe attending the session. The person sent over also gets to pick one member of their original tribe to join them on his new tribe.
  • Tribe Dissolve: On Day 19, the tribes met for a Reward Challenge. Saanapu won, and were given the right to individually choose which tribe they want to stay on and collectively choose the members of the other two tribes to join the new Saanapu tribe. The nine who were not picked formed the new Vavau tribe, and Aganoa was disbanded.
  • Kidnap: After winning the Day 29 Immunity Challenge, Saanapu was given the right to send one of their tribe members to observe Vavau's Tribal Council. They sent Brooke, and she was given the right of picking one of Vavau to join Saanapu, and the Tribal Council ended with no elimination.
  • Exile Beach: On Day 39, the first four people eliminated during the first stage of the Immunity Challenge, will be sent to "Exile Beach" where they won't be able to leave until Tribal Council starts. In addition, there was a Hidden Immunity Idol hidden at Exile Beach. This twist would later be used again on Night 47.

Castaways

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original
Tribe
Switched
Tribe #1
Switched
Tribe #2
Switched
Tribe #3
Merged
Tribe
File:AS3DesIcon.jpg Des Quilty
59, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Aganoa 1st Voted Out
Day 2
7
File:AS3BiancaIcon.jpg Bianca Anderson
36, Melbourne, VIC
Saanapu 2nd Voted Out
Day 5
5
File:AS3EvanIcon.jpg Evan Jones
30, Melbourne, VIC
Aganoa 3rd Voted Out
Day 8
5
File:AS3PeterIcon.jpg Peter Fiegehen
62, Canberra, ACT
Saanapu Quit
Day 10
2
File:AS3BarryIcon.jpg Barry Lea
44, Cairns, QLD
Vavau Vavau 4th Voted Out
Day 14
7
File:AS3TeganIcon.jpg Tegan Haining
33, Sydney, NSW
Vavau Saanapu 5th Voted Out
Day 17
6
File:AS3RohanIcon.jpg Rohan MacLaren
28, Melbourne, VIC
Aganoa Aganoa Vavau 6th Voted Out
Day 21
2
File:AS3KatIcon.jpg Kat Dumont
26, Perth, WA
Aganoa Aganoa Vavau 7th Voted Out
Day 23
10
File:AS3AndrewIcon.jpg Andrew Torrens
29, Brisbane, QLD
Vavau Vavau Vavau 8th Voted Out
Day 25
6
File:AS3CraigIcon.jpg Craig I'Anson
32, Brisbane, QLD
Vavau Vavau Vavau 9th Voted Out
Day 27
2
File:AS3PhoebeIcon.jpg Phoebe Timmins
27, Sydney, NSW
Aganoa Aganoa Vavau Vavau 10th Voted Out
Day 31
12
File:AS3ConnerIcon.jpg Conner Bethune
23, Canberra, ACT
Saanapu Vavau Vavau Vavau Fia Fia 11th Voted Out
Day 33
6
File:AS3KateIcon.jpg Kate Campbell
28, Perth, WA
Vavau Vavau Vavau Vavau 12th Voted Out
Day 35
10
File:AS3NickIcon.jpg Nick Iadanza
28, Adelaide, SA
Vavau Saanapu Saanapu Saanapu 13th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 37
15
File:AS3KylieIcon.jpg Kylie Evans
38, Melbourne, VIC
Saanapu Saanapu Saanapu Saanapu 14th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 39
11
File:AS3SueIcon.jpg Sue Clarke
59, Perth, WA
Vavau Vavau Vavau Saanapu 15th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 41
15
File:AS3JennahIcon.jpg Jennah-Louise Salkeld
27, Gold Coast, QLD
Vavau Vavau Saanapu Saanapu 16th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 43
5
File:AS3BrookeIcon.jpg Brooke Jowett
23, Melbourne, VIC
Saanapu Saanapu Saanapu Saanapu 17th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 45
4
File:AS3SamIcon.jpg Sam Webb
28, Sydney, NSW
Saanapu Vavau Saanapu Saanapu 18th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 49
6
File:AS3MattIcon.jpg Matt Tarrant
29, Adelaide, SA
Saanapu Saanapu Saanapu Saanapu 19th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 51
6
File:AS3FlickIcon.jpg Flick Egginton
23, Gold Coast, QLD
Saanapu Saanapu Saanapu Saanapu 20th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 53
4
File:AS3ElIcon.jpg El Rowland
33, Brisbane, QLD
Aganoa Aganoa Saanapu Saanapu 21th Voted Out
9th Jury Member
Day 54
6
File:AS3LeeIcon.jpg Lee Carseldine
40, Brisbane, QLD
Aganoa Aganoa Saanapu Saanapu Runner-Up 1
File:AS3KristieIcon.jpg Kristie Bennett
24, Sydney, NSW
Aganoa Aganoa Vavau Vavau Sole Survivor 11

Season Summary

The game began with three tribes of eight, and in each, an alliance of four or five formed the majority. 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. In a mock vote at a joint 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.

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 who 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, which appeared romantic to some, 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 Survivor.

Episode Guide

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Voting History

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Reception

Trivia

  • This season uses the Survivor: South Pacific rendition of "Ancient Voices."
  • The font for this season is MondoBeyondo BB.[5]
  • Australian Survivor (2016) has a lot of Australian Survivor firsts.
    • This is the first Australian Survivor season to have three starting tribes.
    • This is the first Australian Survivor season to use Hidden Immunity Idols.
    • This is the first Australian Survivor season not to have a contestant named David.
    • This is the first Australian Survivor season to have a male be the first person voted off.
    • This is the first Australian Survivor season to use Exile Island.
    • This is the first Australian Survivor season to have a female winner.
  • The highest ranking members of each original tribe were all women.

References

Australian Survivor Seasons
(2002) · Celebrity Survivor Australia · (2016)
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