Celebrity Survivor Australia

Celebrity Survivor Australia (Celebrity Survivor Vanuatu) is the secons season of the Australian reality show, Australian Survivor, filmed in | Éfaté Island, Vanuatu. The premiere aired on Thursday, August 17, 2006.

This season featured 12 Australian celebrities vying for 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.

Production
After the failure of the first season of Australian Survivor in 2002, the Seven Network found a loophole in the Nine News contract and obtained the rights to produce Celebrity Survivor. The show was filmed on Éfaté Island in Vanuatu in the South Pacific. 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

 * 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, two voted out contestants returned to the game. The two eventual finalists, Guy and Justin, were the two to return.


 * Celebrity Special: This season featured 12 Australian celebrities, vying for the title of Sole Survivor.


 * Jury Elimination: In episode eleven a tie-breaker occurred between Justin and Nicolle. Whenthe 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.