Celebrity Survivor Australia

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.
• Tribe Switch: On Day 6, a tribe switch occurred, mixing the Final 10 into two tribes of five.
• 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
		Original Tribe	Switched Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Kym Johnson 29, Sydney, NSW Merry Makers Australia	Moso			1st Voted Out Day 3	6
	Ben Wynn 32, Perth, WA	Kakula			2nd Voted Out Day 5	5
	Fiona Horne 39, Sydney, NSW Project Aware	Moso	Moso		3rd Voted Out Day 7	3
	Amber Petty 35, Melbourne, VIC Australian Red Cross	Moso	Moso		4th Voted Out Day 9	3
	Wayne Gardner 46, Wollongong, NSW Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children	Kakula	Kakula		5th Voted Out Day 11	3
	Elton Flatley 28, Tamworth, NSW Royal Children's Hospital Foundation	Kakula	Moso	Tanna	7th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 15	4
	Gabrielle Richens 31, Kent, ENG The Wayside Chapel Foundation	Kakula	Kakula		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 19	4
	David Oldfield 47, Manly, NSW Legacy Foundation	Kakula	Moso		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 21	7
	Nicolle Dickson 37, Sydney, NSW Starlight Children's Foundation	Moso	Kakula		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 23	9
	Imogen Bailey 28, Canberra, ACT Cambodia Foundation	Moso	Kakula		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 24	4
	Justin Melvey 37, Sydney, NSW Diabetes Australia	Moso	Moso		8th Voted Out Day 17	6
					Runner-Up
	Guy Leech 42, Sydney, NSW Ride Aide Inc	Kakula	Kakula		6th Voted Out Day 13	6
					Sole Survivor

Season Summary

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Episode Guide

Voting History

Celebrity Survivor Australia Voting History
		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. ^2 As Justin and Nicole both had 4 previous votes against them, the Jury (Elton, Gabrielle and David) voted in order to break the deadlock. ^3 Guy and Imogen did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only Justin voted.

Trivia

• This is the only season in the entire Survivor franchise in which every castaway was voted out at least once.^{[citation needed]}
• This is the first Australian Survivor season not to include a reunion.