Celebrity Survivor Australia | |
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Season Information | |
Version: | Australia |
Season No.: | 1 |
Filming Location: | Éfaté Island, Vanuatu |
Filming Dates: | May 14, 2006 - June 18, 2006 |
Season Run: | August 17, 2006 – November 2, 2006 |
No. of Episodes: | 12 |
No. of Days: | 25 |
No. of Survivors: | 12 |
Winner: | Guy Leech |
Runner(s)-Up: | Justin Melvey |
Tribes: | Kakula Moso Tanna |
Cast | |
Opening Sequence | |
Australian Celebrity Survivor intro (Version 2) Cast plus Ben | |
Season Chronology |
Celebrity Survivor Australia (Celebrity Survivor Vanuatu) is the first season of the 'Seven Network' incarnation of the Australian reality show, Australian Survivor It was filmed in Éfaté Island, Vanuatu. The premiere aired on Thursday, August 17, 2006.
This season featured 12 Australian celebrities vying for a prize of AUD$100,000. 41 year-old Guy Leech, a surf lifesaving champion from Sydney, Australia emerged victorious. He defeated Justin Melvey by a 3-2 vote, becoming Australia's second Sole Survivor.
This season shares many similarities with the ninth season of the American version of Survivor.
Production
After the failure of the first season of Australian Survivor in 2002, the Seven Network found a loophole in the Channel Nine contract and obtained the rights to produce Celebrity Survivor. The show was filmed on Éfaté Island in Vanuatu. The series was filmed over twenty-five days, from late May to early June 2006. Guy Leech won the game after returning to the game through on of the season's twist's, winning AUD$100,000.
Twists
- Extra Tribe Member: For the combined Reward/Immunity Challenge in the first episode, it was revealed that not only would the winning tribe receive Immunity, but also the reward of an extra tribe member in the form of Ben Wynn, an ex-S.A.S. soldier and survival expert. As a result, Ben became the only castaway this season to not be a celebrity nor be competing for charity.
- Self Vote: After three days of competing, Kym Johnson couldn't stand the harsh conditions, and asked to be voted out. She then voted against herself at Tribal Council, becoming only the second person in Survivor history to do so.
- Re-entering The Game: During the tenth episode of the series, the three remaining contestants watched on as the five players voted out after the merge then competed for two places back in the game, with those who did not return taking three of the five seats on the jury. The two players who won their places back in the game, Guy and Justin, would go on to be the eventual finalists.
- Celebrity Special: This season featured 12 Australian celebrities, vying for the title of Sole Survivor.
- Jury Tiebreaker: In episode eleven a tiebreaker occurred between Justin Melvey and Nicolle Dickson. When the re-vote ended in a tie past votes came into account. Both castaways had the same amount of past votes so the jury had to decide who would be eliminated. The Jury unanimously eliminated Nicolle.
Castaways
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | |||
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Original Tribe | Switched Tribe | Merged Tribe | ||||
![]() | Kym Johnson Professional Dancer | Moso | 1st Voted Out Day 3 | 6 | ||
![]() | Ben Wynn Ex-S.A.S. Soldier | Kakula | 2nd Voted Out Day 5 | 5 | ||
![]() | Fiona Horne Singer | Moso | Moso | 3rd Voted Out Day 7 | 3 | |
![]() | Amber Petty Musician | Moso | Moso | 4th Voted Out Day 9 | 3 | |
![]() | Wayne Gardner Professional Racer | Kakula | Kakula | 5th Voted Out Day 11 | 3 | |
![]() | Elton Flatley Rugby Union Footballer | Kakula | Moso | Tanna | 7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 15 | 4 |
![]() | Gabrielle Richens TV Presenter | Kakula | Kakula | 9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 19 | 4 | |
![]() | David Oldfield Politician | Kakula | Moso | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 21 | 7 | |
![]() | Nicolle Dickson Actress | Moso | Kakula | 11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 23 | 9 | |
![]() | Imogen Bailey Model | Moso | Kakula | 12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 24 | 4 | |
![]() | Justin Melvey Actor | Moso | Moso | 8th Voted Out Day 17 | 6 | |
Runner-Up | ||||||
![]() | Guy Leech Surf Lifesaving Champion | Kakula | Kakula | 6th Voted Out Day 13 | 6 | |
Sole Survivor |
Season Summary
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Episode Guide
Episode | Air Date | Challenges | Eliminated | Vote | Finish | ||||
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Reward | Immunity | ||||||||
1 | August 17, 2006 | Kakula | Kym | 6-0 | 1st Voted Out Day 3 | ||||
Kakula1 | |||||||||
2 | August 24, 2006 | Kakula | Moso | Ben | 5-1 | 2nd Voted Out Day 5 | |||
3 | August 31, 2006 | Moso | Kakula | Fiona | 3-2 | 3rd Voted Out Day 7 | |||
4 | September 7, 2006 | Kakula | Kakula | Amber | 3-1 | 4th Voted Out Day 9 | |||
5 | September 14, 2006 | Moso | Moso | Wayne | 3-2 | 5th Voted Out Day 11 | |||
6 | September 21, 2006 | Guy [Elton, Gabrielle] | David | Guy | 5-2 | 6th Voted Out Day 13 | |||
7 | September 28, 2006 | David, Gabrielle, Imogen | David | Elton | 4-1-1 | 7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 15 | |||
8 | October 5, 2006 | Nicolle [Imogen] | (Nicolle)2 | Justin | 4-1 | 8th Voted Out Day 17 | |||
9 | October 12, 2006 | Nicolle | David | Gabrielle | 3-1 | 9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 19 | |||
10 | October 19, 2006 | Guy, Justin3 | Imogen | David | 4-1 | 10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 21 | |||
11 | October 26, 2006 | Guy [Imogen, Justin] | Guy | Nicolle | 2-2; 3-04 | 11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 23 | |||
12 | November 2, 2006 | None | Justin | Imogen | 1-0 | 12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 24 | |||
Jury Vote | Justin | 3-2 | Runner-Up | ||||||
Guy | Sole Survivor | ||||||||
Notes:
^1 Combined Reward and Immunity Challenge. |
Voting History
Celebrity Survivor Australia Voting History | ||||||||||||||||
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Original Tribes | Switched Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||
Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Eliminated: | ![]() Kym | ![]() Ben | ![]() Fiona | ![]() Amber | ![]() Wayne | ![]() Guy | ![]() Elton | ![]() Justin | ![]() Gabrielle | ![]() David | Tie | ![]() Nicolle | ![]() Imogen | ![]() Justin | ![]() Guy | |
Vote: | 6-0 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 5-2 | 4-1-1 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 2-21 | 3-02 | 1-03 | 3-2 | ||
►► | Guy | — | Ben | — | — | Imogen | Nicolle | Returned | David | Nicolle | None | None | Jury Vote | |||
►► | Justin | Kym | — | David | Amber | — | Guy | Elton | Imogen | Returned | David | Nicolle | None | Imogen | ||
►► | Imogen | Kym | — | — | — | Wayne | Guy | Elton | Justin | Gabrielle | David | Justin | None | None | Justin | |
►► | Nicolle | Kym | — | — | — | Wayne | Guy | Elton | Justin | Gabrielle | David | Justin | None | Justin | ||
►► | David | — | Ben | Fiona | Amber | — | Guy | Gabrielle | Justin | Gabrielle | Guy |
Nicolle | Guy | |||
►► | Gabrielle | — | Ben | — | — | Wayne | Guy | Elton | Justin | Nicolle |
Nicolle | Guy | ||||
►► | Elton | — | Ben | Fiona | Amber | — | Nicolle | Nicolle |
Nicolle | Guy | ||||||
► | Wayne | — | Ben | — | — | Imogen | ||||||||||
► | Amber | Kym | — | Fiona | David | |||||||||||
► | Fiona | Kym | — | David | ||||||||||||
Ben | — | Wayne | ||||||||||||||
Kym | Kym | |||||||||||||||
Notes:
^1 Per the rules at the time, in case of a deadlock tie, past votes were taken into account. The player with more past votes got eliminated. |
Trivia
- Every castaway in Celebrity Survivor Australia got voted off at some point in the season.
- This is the first Australian Survivor season not to include a reunion.
Australian Survivor Seasons |
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Nine Network |
2002 |
Seven Network |
Celebrity Survivor Australia |
Network Ten |
2016 • 2017 • Champions v Contenders |