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Australian Survivor (2017) is the second season of the Network Ten incarnation of the competitive reality TV show Australian Survivor.

After 55 days, Jericho Malabonga defeated Tara Pitt in a jury vote of 6-3 to become the Sole Survivor. To date, Australian Survivor (2017) has produced ten returning players (AK Knight, Henry Nicholson, Jacqui Patterson, Jericho Malabonga, Locky Gilbert, Luke Toki, Mark Herlaar, Mark Wales, Michelle Dougan and Samantha Gash) for future seasons.

Production[]

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Twists/Changes[]

  • Hidden Immunity Idol: Hidden Immunity Idols will be once again available, and abide to the same standard rules from the American version. In addition to idols hidden at the tribes' camp, there is one also hidden at challenges, provided the clue for it has been found.
    • Super Idol: Following the Day 26 Tribal Council, a super idol was hidden in a special location where one castaway would be sent to and be given until sunrise to find it. The super idol has two halves: one half was a regular Hidden Immunity Idol, and the other half can be played after the votes are revealed, as well as nullify a Hidden Immunity Idol played at the same Tribal Council this half is played.
  • Moral Dilemmas: After the Reward Challenge on Day 10, a jar of cookies and a bundle of firewood were hidden at the tribe's camps for anyone to find. The choice was to either keep the cookies hidden for the person who found it or to bring back the tribe the bundle of firewood. Jericho Malabonga found the choice on Asaga and chose the cookies, while Mark Herlaar found the choice on Samatau and chose the firewood. Another moral dilemma was found at the merged camp. The choice was either a bundle of quilts for the tribe, or a jar of lollies for the person who found it. Tara Pitt found the choice and chose the lollies.
  • Two Tribe Switches: At the Day 20 Tribal Council, the losing tribe would vote out two of their members without knowing both members will switch tribes. In addition, the winning tribe will then nominate two of its members to switch to the opposite tribe the following day. A second switch occurred on Day 27.
  • Exile Beach: Following the Day 20 Tribal Council, the two castaways who were sent to the opposing tribe were exiled until the following day, where they'll officially join their new tribe.
  • Mutiny: At the Day 32 Tribal Council, instead of voting out a member, the losing tribe had an opportunity to mutiny to the winning tribe. However, only one person could take the offer. Peter Conte took the offer and rejoined Samatau.
  • Juror Removal: At the final four, the castaways competed in a challenge to earn the right to remove one member of the jury.

Castaways[]

Contestant Tribe Affiliation Finish Votes
Against
Original Tribe Post-Swap Tribe Switched Tribe Post-Mutiny Merged Tribe
AUS4 joan t Joan Caballero
29, Sydney, NSW
Escape Room Owner
Asaga 1st Voted Out
Day 3
13
AUS4 adam t Adam Parkin
40, Brisbane, QLD
Pro Poker Player
Samatau 2nd Voted Out
Day 6
5
AUS4 kate t Kate Temby
47, Melbourne, VIC
Financial Executive
Samatau 3rd Voted Out
Day 9
7
AUS4 markh t Mark Herlaar
51, Toowoomba, QLD
Lime Farmer
Samatau 4th Voted Out
Day 11
3
AUS4 aimee t Aimee Stanton
23, Melbourne, VIC
Plumber
Samatau 5th Voted Out
Day 13
5
AUS4 samantha t Samantha Gash
32, Melbourne, VIC
Endurance Athlete
Asaga 6th Voted Out
Day 16
9
AUS4 markw t Mark Wales
37, Perth, WA
Former Special Ops Commander
Asaga 7th Voted Out
Day 18
7
AUS4 jacqui t Jacqui Patterson
50, Byron Bay, NSW
Wedding Celebrant
Asaga 8th Voted Out
Day 22
9
AUS4 kent t Kent Nelson
51, Adelaide, SA
Chief Financial Officer
Asaga 9th Voted Out
Day 24
14
AUS4 ak t AK Knight
29, Adelaide, SA
Wedding DJ
Samatau Asaga 10th Voted Out
Day 28
9
AUS4 ben t Ben Morgan
20, Perth, WA
Fast Food Attendant
Asaga Samatau Samatau 11th Voted Out
Day 30
5
AUS4 odette t Odette Blacklock
32, Sydney, NSW
Podiatrist
Asaga Asaga 12th Voted Out
Day 34
5
AUS4 jarrad t Jarrad Seng
29, Perth, WA
Photographer
Samatau Samatau Asatoa 13th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 36
7
AUS4 anneliese t Anneliese Wilson
23, Melbourne, VIC
Student
Samatau Asaga Samatau 14th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 38
12
AUS4 henry t Henry Nicholson
26, Adelaide, SA
Labourer
Asaga Samatau Samatau 15th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 40
6
AUS4 tessa t Tessa O'Halloran
29, Melbourne, VIC
Doctor
Samatau Samatau 16th Voted Out
4th Jury Member
Day 42
13
AUS4 sarah t Sarah Tilleke
22, Perth, WA
Model
Asaga Asaga 17th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 44
13
AUS4 luke t Luke Toki
30, Perth, WA
Mining Technician
Asaga Asaga 18th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 46
10
AUS4 ziggy t Ziggy Zagame
26, Sydney, NSW
Olympian
Samatau Samatau 19th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 47
6
AUS4 locky t Locky Gilbert
27, Perth, WA
Adventure Guide
Samatau Samatau 20th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 49
9
AUS4 michelle t Michelle Dougan
33, Sydney, NSW
Nanny
Asaga Samatau Eliminated
9th Jury Member
Day 52
13
AUS4 peter t Peter Conte
22, Sydney, NSW
Digital Advertising Producer
Samatau Asaga Samatau 21st Voted Out
10th Jury Member
Day 54
8
AUS4 tara t Tara Pitt
32, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Barrel Racer
Samatau Asaga Asaga Runner-Up 6
AUS4 jericho t Jericho Malabonga
25, Melbourne, VIC
Flight Attendant
Asaga Asaga Sole Survivor 3

Season Summary[]

This season began with two tribes of twelve: Asaga and Samatau. Despite losing the first Immunity Challenge, Asaga got off to the stronger start winning four of the first five Immunity Challenges. During this time, AK overplayed his way to the bottom of the tribe, but managed to survive thanks to a new alliance that formed led by Locky to take out Adam and his allies. An idol from Mark H. saved Tessa, allowing her, AK, and the bottom members of Locky's alliance to shift the power and take out Aimee, leaving Samatau with 8 members.

At that point, Henry and Jacqui of Asaga led a charge to throw the next Immunity Challenge to take out a rival power couple in Samantha and Mark W. Those challenge losses closed the gap between the two tribes. A surprise Tribal Council in which Samatau voted out Tara and Anneliese turned out to be a tribe swap, sending the women to Asaga in exchange for two members of Samatau. To his alliance's surprise, Henry volunteered to swap, bringing his Hidden Immunity Idol and Ben along with him.

The swap led to Samatau winning more challenges, with Henry's allies being voted out from Asaga. After a spell of control, a swap put Michelle and AK in the minority of their new tribes. With Tara eager for revenge, Luke used her to his advantage to take out the strategic threats despite AK's attempts to survive. Michelle was also able to save herself by throwing Ben under the bus at the next Tribal Council. Sarah also found herself in a tough spot at Asaga, but her, Jericho, and Luke united to ensure they all made it to the merge.

Despite Asaga entering the merge down in numbers, the connections Henry made in Samatau along with Tara bringing Locky over to her adopted tribe meant that AK's former allies Jarrad and Tessa were the initial targets. Anneliese tried to challenge Locky's dominance with her idol, but Ziggy's Super Idol nullified it and sent Anneliese to the jury. A reward allowed Tessa and Luke to bond and make a move against Henry.

With Henry blindsided with an idol in his pocket, this would be the start of a chaotic merge period where new threats would emerge and allegiances would shift to take out various power players. This would leave a final three of Peter, Tara, and Jericho who benefited from having allies like Tessa, Locky, and Luke respectively as shields for a large part of the game. Jericho won the Final Immunity Challenge and took Tara with him to the final two.

At Final Tribal Council, Jericho argued that even though Luke appeared to be the flashier player, he was just as strategic and hard working. Tara had to defend her game as she was perceived as one of the biggest floaters, and she was lucky to be voted out on a night where it was a non-elimination twist. Ultimately Jericho's game was more respected by the jury, despite his decision to remove Tessa from the jury at final four, and he won the title of Sole Survivor by a 6-3 vote.

Episode Air Date Challenges Eliminated
(vote)
Finish Ratings13
Reward Immunity
1 July 30, 2017 Samatau1 Samatau Joan
(6-6;
7-3)2
1st Voted Out
Day 3
639,000[2]
Asaga1
2 July 31, 2017 Samatau Asaga Adam
(5-4-2-1)3
2nd Voted Out
Day 6
656,000[3]
3 August 1, 2017 Samatau Asaga Kate
(5-4-2)
3rd Voted Out
Day 9
600,000[4]
4 August 6, 2017 Samatau Asaga Mark H.
(3-1-0)3
4th Voted Out
Day 11
606,000[5]
5 August 7, 2017 None Asaga Aimee
(5-4)
5th Voted Out
Day 13
637,000[6]
6 August 13, 2017 Samatau Samatau Samantha
(9-2)
6th Voted Out
Day 16
622,000[7]
7 August 14, 2017 None Samatau Mark W.
(7-3)
7th Voted Out
Day 18
625,000[8]
8 August 20, 2017 Asaga Asaga Tara
(3-3-2;
5-1)2,4
Sent to Asaga
Day 20
633,000[9]
Anneliese
(3-3-1;
5-0)2,4
9 August 21, 2017 None Samatau Jacqui
(6-3)
8th Voted Out
Day 22
611,000[10]
10 August 27, 2017 Asaga Samatau Kent
(5-2-1)
9th Voted Out
Day 24
607,000[11]
11 August 28, 2017 Ziggy Samatau No elimination5 575,000[12]
12 September 3, 2017 Asaga Samatau AK
(4-2-1)
10th Voted Out
Day 28
574,000[13]
13 September 4, 2017 None Asaga Ben
(5-3)
11th Voted Out
Day 30
617,000[14]
14 September 10, 2017 Samatau Samatau Peter
(no vote)7
Mutinied to Samatau
Day 32
603,000[15]
[Peter,
Sarah]6
15 September 11, 2017 None Samatau Odette
(4-1)
12th Voted Out
Day 34
595,000[16]
16 September 17, 2017 Tessa
[All]
Ziggy Jarrad
(7-5)
13th Voted Out
1st Jury Member
Day 36
567,000[17]
17 September 18, 2017 None Henry Anneliese
(8-3)8
14th Voted Out
2nd Jury Member
Day 38
559,000[18]
18 September 19, 2017 Survivor
Auction
Tessa Henry
(6-4)
15th Voted Out
3rd Jury Member
Day 40
567,000[19]
19 September 24, 2017 None Ziggy Tessa
(3-2-2-2)
16th Voted Out
4th Jury Member10
Day 42
570,000[20]
20 September 25, 2017 Locky,
Luke,
Sarah,
Ziggy
Locky Sarah
(7-1)9
17th Voted Out
5th Jury Member
Day 44
625,000[21]
21 September 26, 2017 None Locky Luke
(5-2)
18th Voted Out
6th Jury Member
Day 46
625,000[22]
22 October 2, 2017 None Locky Ziggy
(4-2)
19th Voted Out
7th Jury Member
Day 47
617,000[23]
23 October 3, 2017 Michelle Locky
(3-2)
20th Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 49
595,000[24]
[Jericho,
Tara]
24 October 8, 2017 Jericho None Tessa
(1-0)10
Removed from Jury
Day 50
644,000[25]
25 October 9, 2017 None Peter Michelle
(2-2;
1-1;
tiebreaker)2,11
21st Voted Out
8th Jury Member
Day 52
669,000[26]
26 October 10, 201712 None Jericho Peter
(1-0)
22nd Voted Out
9th Jury Member
Day 54
720,000[27]
Jury Vote Tara
(6-3)
Runner-Up 787,000[27]
Jericho
(6-3)
Sole Survivor
Reunion 508,000[27]
Notes:
^1 There were two Reward Challenges that occurred during episode one. Samatau won the first reward challenge on Day 1, while Asaga won the reward challenge on Day 2.
^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Australian Survivor rules, a revote would commence.
^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user.
^4 In a surprise twist, instead of voting out players, the Samatau tribe unknowingly voted for two members to be swapped to Asaga. Tara and Anneliese were "voted out" and swapped to Asaga.
^5 The tribe that won the Day 26 Immunity Challenge was sent to Tribal Council to vote for someone to compete for a special reward. Ziggy was voted by Samatau to compete for the reward. Ziggy ultimately did find the reward, a Super Idol.
^6 Samatau were told to invite two castaways from Asaga on their reward. They chose Peter and Sarah to join them.
^7 Instead of voting out a member of the tribe, Asaga was offered the chance for one member to mutiny and join Samatau.
^8 Ziggy used the idol nullifier function of the Super Idol on Anneliese, canceling out Anneliese's idol.
^9 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user.
^10 For winning the Reward Challenge, Jericho earned the power to remove one jury member.
^11 Per Australian Survivor rules, in case of a deadlock tie at the final four, a fire-making challenge would be held between the tied players.
^12 The season finale was coded into two programs ("Grand Finale" and "Winner Announced"), thus two separate sets of ratings were produced.

Voting History[]

Original Tribes Post-Swap Tribes Switched Tribes Post-
Mutiny
Tribes
Merged Tribe
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26
Eliminated Tie AUS4 joan t
Joan
AUS4 adam t
Adam
AUS4 kate t
Kate
AUS4 markh t
Mark H.
AUS4 aimee t
Aimee
AUS4 samantha t
Samantha
AUS4 markw t
Mark W.
Tie Mock
Vote
Tie Mock
Vote
AUS4 jacqui t
Jacqui
AUS4 kent t
Kent
AUS4 ak t
AK
AUS4 ben t
Ben
AUS4 odette t
Odette
AUS4 jarrad t
Jarrad
AUS4 anneliese t
Anneliese
AUS4 henry t
Henry
AUS4 tessa t
Tessa
AUS4 sarah t
Sarah
AUS4 luke t
Luke
AUS4 ziggy t
Ziggy
AUS4 locky t
Locky
Tie Deadlock AUS4 michelle t
Michelle
AUS4 peter t
Peter
AUS4 tara t
Tara
AUS4 jericho t
Jericho
Vote 6-61 7-3 5-4-2-12 5-4-2 3-1-03 5-4 9-2 7-3 3-3-21,4 5-14 3-3-11,4 5-04 6-3 5-2-1 4-2-1 5-3 4-1 7-5 8-35 6-4 3-2-2-2 7-12 5-2 4-2 3-2 2-21 1-16 Tiebreaker 1-07 6-3
Jericho Kent Joan Samantha Jacqui Jacqui Kent AK Odette Jarrad Anneliese Henry Tessa Sarah Ziggy Ziggy Locky Michelle None Peter Jury Vote
Tara Kate Tessa Tessa AK AK None Jacqui Kent AK Odette Jarrad Anneliese Peter Sarah Sarah Luke Ziggy Locky Michelle Michelle None
Peter Adam Kate Mark H. Aimee Locky Tara Locky Anneliese Tara Luke Locky Henry Locky Sarah Luke Ziggy Locky Jericho Jericho None Tara
Michelle Kent Kent Samantha Mark W. Jacqui Kent Ben Jarrad Anneliese Henry Tara Sarah Luke Ziggy Peter Jericho None Eliminated Jericho
Locky Adam Kate Mark H. AK AK AK AK None Michelle Jarrad Anneliese Peter Sarah Sarah Luke Michelle Peter Tara
Ziggy Anneliese Tessa Tessa Aimee Tara Tara Anneliese Anneliese Ben Luke Anneliese Peter Locky Sarah Luke Michelle Jericho
Luke Kent Kent Samantha Jacqui Jacqui Odette AK Odette Jarrad Anneliese Henry Tessa Sarah Ziggy Jericho
Sarah Joan Joan Samantha Mark W. Jacqui Kent Peter Odette Jarrad Anneliese Henry Tessa Michelle Tara
Tessa Anneliese Tara Locky Aimee Tara Tara Anneliese Anneliese Michelle Luke Locky Henry Tara None8
Henry Joan Joan Samantha Mark W. Ben Jarrad Anneliese Peter Jericho
Anneliese Kate Tessa Tessa AK AK Tara Locky None Jacqui Kent Ben Luke Locky Jericho
Jarrad Adam Kate Mark H. Aimee Tara Tara Locky Anneliese Ben Luke Jericho
Odette Kent Kent Samantha Mark W. Sarah Michelle AK Sarah
Ben Kent Joan Samantha Mark W. Michelle
AK Adam Kate Tessa Aimee Locky None Anneliese Anneliese Tara
Kent Joan None Samantha Mark W. Sarah Michelle
Jacqui Joan Joan Samantha Mark W. Sarah
Mark W. Joan Joan Michelle Jacqui
Samantha Joan Joan Michelle
Aimee Adam Tessa Tessa AK
Mark H. Anneliese Kate Tessa
Kate AK Tara
Adam Anneliese
Joan Kent None
Notes:
^1 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Australian Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie.
^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user.
^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user.
^4 In a surprise twist, instead of a regular vote, the Samatau tribe unknowingly voted for two members to be swapped to Asaga. Tara and Anneliese were "voted out" and swapped to Asaga.
^5 Ziggy used the idol nullifier function of the Super Idol on Anneliese, canceling out Anneliese's idol.
^6 Per the rules of Australian Survivor, in the event of a deadlock tie at the final four, a fire-making challenge would be held between the tied castaways.
^7 Peter and Tara did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Jericho voted.
^8 For winning the Day 50 Reward Challenge, Jericho earned the power to remove a juror. He chose Tessa.

Reception[]

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Trivia[]

  • This is the first season to consist of two starting tribes with 12 people on each Tribe.
  • This is the first Australian Survivor season to include castaways with the same name: Mark Herlaar and Mark Wales.
    • Coincidentally, both were the third person voted out of their tribe.
  • This is the first Australian Survivor season to have someone mutiny.
  • This is the first Australian Survivor season to include the Juror Removal twist.
  • This is the first Australian Survivor season to have a live finale and Reunion Show.
  • This is the first Australian Survivor season to use the fire making tiebreaker.

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