Link: | Australian Survivor | ||
Presented by: | Jonathan LaPaglia | ||
Name: | Australian Survivor | ||
Season: | 3 | ||
Filming Location: | {{{location}}} | ||
Season Run: | August 21, 2016 - October 25, 2016 | ||
Episodes: | 26 | ||
Days: | 55 | ||
Survivors: | 24 | ||
Winner: | Kristie Bennett | ||
Runner(s)-up: | Lee Carseldine | ||
Tribes: | Aganoa Saanapu Vavau Fia Fia | ||
Previous Season: | Celebrity Survivor Australia | ||
Next Season: | Australian Survivor (2017) |
Australian Survivor (2016) is the third season overall of Australian Survivor and first of the Network Ten incarnation.
The season was filmed in Samoa and features twenty-four new castaways competing for $500,000. Unlike the previous seasons this instalment features twists introduced from the American franchise including the Hidden Immunity Idol[1] and a new twist, the Tribal Council swap, where those eliminated from their tribe join the opposing side.
Production & Development[]
Conception[]
After Australian Celebrity Survivor was not renewed by the Seven Network, it appeared that the third season of Australian Survivor would be very unlikely. However, in August 2013, the creator of the Survivor format, Charlie Parsons revealed in an interview with fan website and podcast Survivor Oz that the rights to produce Australian Survivor had been licensed to an undisclosed production company who believed that there was an appetite for the program and would be approaching to Australian networks to commission the potential series. On 19 November 2015, Network Ten revealed at their upfronts that they would be commissioning a revival of Australian Survivor to air in mid-late 2016. It was also revealed that Endemol Shine Australia would be producing the series in association with Castaway Television.
Casting[]
With the announcement of the series in November 2015, a casting call was made for potential contestants. Applicants for the series were required to be 18 years of age or older, be Australian citizens or residents and be able to swim. More than 5,000 people applied within the first week of casting being opened, and 7,500 had applied before the year's end. Submissions eventually reached 15,000 before the 10 February deadline, making it the largest pool of applicants for a Network Ten reality program.
Filming and development[]
The season was rumored to be filmed in Samoa as early as March, and was officially confirmed on 9 May by LaPaglia in a radio interview on the Hamish & Andy show. The season was filmed on the island of Upolu, the same location used in four seasons of the American edition of Survivor: Samoa, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Survivor: South Pacific and Survivor: One World. In total, 250 Australians and at least 180 Samoan locals are working on the program, including Trent Pattison, who has previously worked as a challenge producer on the American edition as well as Ten's own I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Promotion[]
The primary sponsorships for the season include Hungry Jacks, AHM Health Insurance and Holden.
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 the Vavau tribemates to join Saanapu, and the Tribal Council ended with no elimination.
- Exile Beach: On Day 39, the four people eliminated during the first stage of the Immunity Challenge, were sent to "Exile Beach" where they will stay until Tribal Council. In addition, there was a Hidden Immunity Idol hidden at Exile Beach. This twist was used again after the Night 47 Reward Challenge, where the people who did not get to go on the reward were sent to Exile Beach.
Survivors[]
24 castaways were selected to compete, divided initially into three tribes.
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Voted Out | |||||
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Original Tribes | Swapped Tribes | Absorbed Tribes | Kidnapped Tribes | Merged Tribe | |||
Des Quilty 59, Brisbane, Queensland |
Aganoa | 1st Voted Out Day 2 | |||||
Bianca Anderson 36, Melbourne, Victoria |
Saanapu | 2nd Voted Out Day 5 | |||||
Evan Jones 30, Melbourne, Victoria |
Aganoa | 3rd Voted Out Day 8 | |||||
Peter Fiegehen 62, Canberra, Australian Capitol Territory |
Saanapu | Quit Day 10 | |||||
Barry Lea 43, Cairns, Queensland |
Vavau | Vavau | 4th Voted Out Day 14 | ||||
Tegan Haining 33, Sydney, New South Wales |
Vavau | Saanapu | 5th Voted Out Day 17 | ||||
Rohan MacLaren 27, Melbourne, Victoria |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Vavau | 6th Voted Out Day 21 | |||
Katherine Dumont 26, Perth, Western Australia |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Vavau | 7th Voted Out Day 23 | |||
Andrew Torrens 28, Brisbane, Queensland |
Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | 8th Voted Out Day 25 | |||
Craig I'Anson 31, Brisbane, Queensland |
Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | 9th Voted Out Day 27 | |||
Phoebe Timmins 27, Sydney, New South Wales |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Vavau | Vavau | 10th Voted Out Day 31 | ||
Conner Bethune 22, Canberra, Australian Capitol Territory |
Saanapu | Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | Fia Fia | 11th Voted Out Day 33 | |
Kate Campbell 28, Perth, Western Australia |
Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | 12th Voted Out Day 35 | ||
Nick Iadanza 27, Adelaide, South Australia |
Vavau | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 13th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 37 | ||
Kylie Evans 37, Melbourne, Victoria |
Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 14th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 39 | ||
Sue Clarke 59, Perth, Western Australia |
Vavau | Vavau | Vavau | Saanapu | 15th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 41 | ||
Jennah-Louise Salkeld 27, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Vavau | Vavau | Saanapu | Saanapu | 16th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 43 | ||
Brooke Jowett 23, Melbourne, Victoria |
Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 17th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 45 | ||
Sam Webb 27, Sydney, New South Wales |
Saanapu | Vavau | Saanapu | Saanapu | 18th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 49 | ||
Matt Tarrant 28, Adelaide, South Australia |
Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 19th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 51 | ||
Felicity Egginton 23, Gold Coast, Queensland |
Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | Saanapu | 20th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 53 | ||
Elena Rowland 33, Brisbane, Queensland |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Saanapu | Saanapu | 21st Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 54 | ||
Lee Carseldine 40, Brisbane, Queensland |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Saanapu | Saanapu | Runner-Up | ||
Kristie Bennett 24, Sydney, New South Wales |
Aganoa | Aganoa | Vavau | Vavau | Sole Survivor |
Season Summary[]
Episode Guide[]
Episode # | Original Air Date | Challenges | Eliminated | Finish | |
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Reward | Immunity | ||||
Episode 0301 | August 21, 2016 | Saanapu | Saanapu | Des | 1st Voted Out Day 2 |
Vavau | |||||
Episode 0302 | August 22, 2016 | Vavau | Bianca | 2nd Voted Out Day 5 | |
Aganoa | |||||
Episode 0303 | August 28, 2016 | Vavau | Vavau | Evan | 3rd Voted Out Day 8 |
Saanapu | Saanapu | ||||
Episode 0304 | August 29, 2016 | Saanapu | Peter | Quit Day 10 | |
Vavau | |||||
Episode 0305 | August 30, 2016 | Saanapu | Aganoa | Mock Tribal Council[2] | |
Aganoa | |||||
Episode 0306 | September 4, 2016 | Saanapu | Barry | 4th Voted Out Day 14 | |
Aganoa | |||||
Episode 0307 | September 5, 2016 | Saanapu | Vavau | Tegan | 5th Voted Out Day 17 |
Vavau | Aganoa | ||||
Episode 0308 | September 6, 2016 | Saanapu | No Vote[3] | ||
Episode 0309 | September 11, 2016 | Saanapu | Saanapu | Rohan | 6th Voted Out Day 21 |
Episode 0310 | September 12, 2016 | Saanapu | Kat | 7th Voted Out Day 23 | |
Episode 0311 | September 13, 2016 | Saanapu | Saanapu | Andrew | 8th Voted Out Day 25 |
Episode 0312 | September 18, 2016 | Saanapu | Craig | 9th Voted Out Day 27 | |
Episode 0313 | September 19, 2016 | Saanapu | Saanapu | Tribe Kidnap[4] | |
Episode 0314 | September 20, 2016 | Saanapu | Phoebe | 10th Voted Out Day 31 |
Episode # | Original Air Date | Challenges | Eliminated | Finish | ||
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Reward | Immunity | |||||
Episode 0315 | September 25, 2016 | Survivor Auction |
Brooke | Conner | 11th Voted Out Day 33 | |
Episode 0316 | September 26, 2016 | El | Kate | 12th Voted Out Day 35 | ||
Episode 0317 | September 27, 2016 | Lee, Nick, Sam (Flick, Matt) |
Kylie | Nick | 13th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 37 | |
Episode 0318 | October 3, 2016 | Jennah-Louise | Kylie | 14th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 39 | ||
Episode 0319 | October 4, 2016 | Brooke, El, Lee, Sam, Sue |
Jennah-Louise | Sue | 15th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 41 | |
Episode 0320 | October 9, 2016 | Brooke | Jennah-Louise | 16th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 43 | ||
Episode 0321 | October 10, 2016 | Sam [Lee] |
Lee | Brooke | 17th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 45 | |
Episode 0322 | October 16, 2016 | Matt | No Vote | |||
Flick | ||||||
[Kristie] | ||||||
Episode 0323 | October 17, 2016 | El, Lee, Sam | Lee | Sam | 18th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 49 | |
Episode 0324 | October 23, 2016 | Lee | Matt | 19th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 51 | ||
Episode 0325 | October 24, 2016 | El | Flick | 20th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 53 | ||
Episode 0326 | October 25, 2016 | Kristie | El | 21st Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 54 | ||
Jury Vote | Lee | Runner-Up | ||||
Kristie | Sole Survivor |
Voting History[]
Voting History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original Tribes | Swap Vote | Swapped Tribes | Absorbed Tribes | Tribe Kidnap |
Post Kidnap | ||||||||||||||||||
Vavau | Saanapu | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Episode #: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8/9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||
Eliminated: |
Nick |
Tie | Deadlock | Conner |
Tie | Sue |
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Result: |
7-1 | 5-2-1 | 5-2 | Quit | 5-3 | 3-3 | 2-2 | Consensus | 7-1 | 2-2-0 | 4-0 | 2-1-1-0 | 6-2 | 4-3 | 2-0 | None[5] | 3-1 | ||||||
◆◆◆ | Kristie | Des | — | Evan | — | — | — | — | Rohan | Andrew | Andrew | Craig | — | Phoebe | |||||||||
◆◆◆ | Lee | Des | — | Kat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
◆◆◆ | El | Des | — | Evan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
◆◆◆ | Flick | — | Bianca | — | — | — | Conner | None | None | — | Nick | Tegan | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
◆◆◆ | Matt | — | Bianca | — | — | — | Conner | Flick | Conner | — | Tegan | Tegan | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
◆◆◆ | Sam | — | Bianca | — | — | — | Flick | Flick | Conner | Barry | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
◆◆◆ | Brooke | — | Bianca | — | — | — | Conner | Conner | Conner | — | Nick | Tegan | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
◆◆◆ | Jennah-Louise | — | — | — | — | Nick | — | Barry | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
◆◆◆ | Sue | — | — | — | — | Nick | — | Barry | — | Kat | Kristie | Swap | — | ||||||||||
◆◆◆ | Kylie | — | Peter | — | — | — | Flick | Conner | Conner | — | Tegan | Tegan | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
◆◆◆ | Nick | — | — | — | — | Barry | — | — | None | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
◆◆◆ | Kate | — | — | — | — | Barry | — | Barry | — | Kat | Andrew | — | Phoebe | ||||||||||
◆◆◆ | Conner | — | Bianca | — | — | — | Flick | None | Swap | Barry | — | Kat | Kristie | — | Phoebe | ||||||||
◆◆◆ | Phoebe | Des | — | Evan | — | — | — | — | Sue | Kat | Andrew | Craig | — | Kristie | |||||||||
◆◆ | Craig | — | — | — | — | Nick | — | Barry | — | Kat | Andrew | ||||||||||||
◆◆ | Andrew | — | — | — | — | Nick | — | Barry | — | Kat | Kristie | ||||||||||||
◆◆ | Kat | Des | — | Evan | — | — | — | — | Rohan | Andrew | |||||||||||||
◆◆ | Rohan | Des | — | Evan | — | — | — | — | Kat | ||||||||||||||
◆ | Tegan | — | — | — | — | Barry | — | — | None | ||||||||||||||
◆ | Barry | — | — | — | — | Nick | — | Sue | |||||||||||||||
Peter | — | Kylie | — | Quit | |||||||||||||||||||
Evan | Des | — | Kat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bianca | — | Peter | |||||||||||||||||||||
Des | Kat |
Voting History | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Merged Tribe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Episode #: | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22/23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | ||||||||||||
Eliminated: |
Tie | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Result: |
6-4-1-1-1 | 6-2-0 | 8-3 | 7-3 | 5-4 | 5-3 | 4-3 | 2-2-1 | 4-0 | 3-1-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | |||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Kristie | Conner | Nick | Kylie | Sue | Jennah-Louise | Brooke | Matt | Sam | Matt | Flick | El | |||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Lee | Conner | Kate | Sue | Kylie | Kristie | Jennah-Louise | Brooke | Sam | Sam | Matt | Flick | None | ||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | El | Conner | Kate | Nick | Kylie | Sue | Kristie | Brooke | Matt | Sam | Flick | Flick | None | ||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Flick | Conner | Kate | Nick | Kylie | Sue | Jennah-Louise | Brooke | Sam | Sam | Matt | Lee | |||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Matt | Kate | Sue | Sue | Sue | Sue | Jennah-Louise | El | El | None | El | ||||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Sam | Conner | Nick | Sue | Kristie | Kristie | El | None | |||||||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Brooke | Kate | Kate | Nick | Kylie | Sue | Jennah-Louise | El | |||||||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Jennah-Louise | Kate | Kate | Nick | Kylie | Kristie | Kristie | ||||||||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Sue | Matt | Nick | Kylie | Kristie | ||||||||||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Kylie | Kate | Kate | Nick | Sue | ||||||||||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Nick | Conner | Sue | Sue | |||||||||||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Kate | Kylie | |||||||||||||||||||||
◆◆◆◆ | Conner | Nick |
Reception[]
The season was received very well, with the general consensus being that it was much better than the seasons aired by Channels Nine and Seven. The dynamic of the cast was praised, and the twists were also well received.
Trivia[]
- This season uses the Survivor: South Pacific rendition of "Ancient Voices."
- The font for this season is MondoBeyondo BB.
- 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.
- This is the first Australian Survivor season to not have anybody vote themselves off.
- This is the first Australian Survivor season to have the rule against voting for yourself.
- This is the first Australian Survivor season to have someone quit.
- This is the first Australian Survivor season to have a merge with 13 castaways
- The highest-ranking members of each original tribe were all women.
- In 2020, the host of the season Jonathan LaPaglia was inducted into the Australian Survivor Hall Of Fame.
Links[]
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Survivor_AU/status/768016484744306688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
- ↑ Before the votes were read, Jonathan announced the two people voted out would swap tribes instead of being eliminated. Nick and Conner were voted out by their tribe and could choose one additional person to join them. Nick chose Tegan and Conner chose Sam respectively.
- ↑ The three tribes competed in a special challenge for an advantage. Saanapu won the right to draft new tribes, dissolving Aganoa in the process leaving two tribes of nine.
- ↑ Vavau was told that they they would not be voting at Tribal Council but instead Brook, the chosen observer from Saanapu, was told to kidnap one member of Vavau and bring them to Saanapu. She choose Sue.
- ↑ Instead of being eliminated from the game, Sue was kidnapped by Brooke on behalf of Saanapu.