Australian Survivor (2002)

Genre

reality television

Country

Australia

Length

12 seasons, 281 episodes

Rated

PG

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of contestants are stranded in a remote location where they must fend for themselves. They compete in challenges and vote each other out until one person remains to win a large cash prize.

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What happens

Australian Survivor (occasionally branded and marketed simply as Survivor) is an Australian adventure reality game show based on the international Survivor format. Following the premise of other versions of the Survivor format, the show features a group of contestants, referred to as "castaways" as they are marooned in an isolated location. The castaways must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in various challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted out of the game by their fellow castaways. The final castaway remaining is awarded the title of "Sole Survivor" and the grand prize of A$500,000. The series first aired in 2002 on the Nine Network, who as of 2023, also hold the first-run Australian broadcast rights to the American edition of Survivor. In 2006, a celebrity edition aired on the Seven Network. Both iterations of the series only lasted one season due to low ratings. In November 2015, Network Ten announced at its network upfronts that it would be reviving the series in 2016. The series commenced airing on 21 August 2016, with Jonathan LaPaglia hosting. Unlike its predecessors, Network Ten renewed the series for a 2017 season, and the series has continued successfully, with seasons airing yearly. Australian Survivor most recently aired its fourteenth and twelfth seasons on Network 10, titled Redemption, set on the island of Upolu in Samoa. It was the first season hosted by former contestant David Genat after Network 10 confirmed in June 2025 that Jonathan LaPaglia would depart as host after Australia V The World . Currently, casting is open for the fifteenth season, which is expected to have a "world-first" theme and is set to film in Malaysia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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