Aaron "A.K." Knight is a contestant from Australian Survivor (2017) and Australian Survivor: All Stars.
A.K. started the game off playing aggressively, however, this only isolated himself from his tribe. However, he quickly realized this, and managed to use his position as a swing vote to dismantle the original majority alliance, and quickly taking control of the Samatau tribe. Despite leading Tara Pitt's "elimination", A.K. was reunited with her once he was swapped over to the Asaga tribe. With only Peter Conte left as an ally, and Tara having already exposed A.K. as a threat, A.K. was eliminated in a near-unanimous vote.
Profile
Retrieved from 10play.com.au
Age: 29
Occupation: Wedding DJ
State: South Australia
Tribe: Samatau
Wedding DJ and self-confessed reality television devotee, Aaron is ready to take on Australian Survivor and knows that sitting around idly is not the way to play. "I want to win and you can't win unless you make big moves.
I want to put into action some of the plays that I have been a fan of for years from watching the show, at least I hope to.
"I love how complex the game is and how many different layers of strategy there are to get to the end. I love that when you get to the end, you have to convince the people you voted out to vote for you to win," he said.
A mad sports fan, Aaron has been with his partner Bec for three years and tears up when thinking about their relationship. Aaron wants to make Bec and his parents proud and hopes to win so that he can buy them some luxuries and put money towards setting up his future family life.
After applying for series one of Australian Survivor, Aaron knew he had to try again for the second season.
"Ever since I started watching the US version, I have wanted to be on it. The minute the Aussie version started, I knew I needed to get on it. Last year was great and I was gunning for Evan, Nick and Phoebe as I thought they were real players and people I wanted to see do well."
Aaron used to be a fence installer and he believes his experience working in the heat and lifting heavy objects for up to 12 hours a day will prepare him well for island life. He has been training daily including weights, core training, balance and lots of swimming, which he admits is his physical weakness.
Using some "loose" morals to play the game, his biggest fear is coming second.
"I don't want to be here for the experience, I want to win."[2]
Australian Survivor
2017
A superfan of the show, A.K. started the game with too much enthusiasm. He had individual and group discussions with everyone on Samatau. Though he developed a quick friendship with Jarrad, he began his awkward relationship with Tara when he tried to talk strategy with her while she was puking. A.K .also developed a rivalry with Adam when they both went looking for the Hidden Immunity Idol. A.K. secured the idol, and because Adam was also suspected of finding the idol, the tribe began to worry about him as well. A.K. would become a part of the new majority alliance that formed to take out Adam, leaving Kate, Tessa, and Tarzan. Though A.K. was initially happy to "Pagong" the outsiders, he knew he was on the bottom of the alliance led by Locky who was close to Aimee and Tara. Despite a strong effort against powerhouses Henry and Mark in an endurance challenge, A.K. could not prevent a fourth consecutive Immunity Challenge loss for Asaga. Tara and Locky decided now was the time to strike against A.K., but likewise A.K. was prepared to make a move. With the help of A.K.'s first attempted alliance of Jarrad and Ziggy, outsider Tessa, and swing vote Peter, he succeeded in blindsiding Aimee on Day 13.
This move saw A.K. complete a roller coaster first two weeks ending up back in power, which made Tara furious and escalated the conflict between the two players. After a brief immunity win streak following four loses in a row, another Tribal Council loss appeared to give A.K. the opportunity to take out Tara once and for all. Not only was the Day 20 Tribal Council a surprise Double Elimination, but instead of Tara and Anneliese being voted out, they were swapped onto Asaga.
A second swap put A.K. and Peter into a 5-2 minority on Asaga, where he was reunited with his archenemy Tara. A.K. knew the situation was dire but did everything in his power to get Tara voted out before himself. Unfortunately for A.K., fellow strategist Luke knew how dangerous he was and held control with his allies Jericho, Sarah, and Odette. Tara joined them in voting out A.K. 5-2 on Day 28. Despite not making the merge, Jonathan praised A.K. at the reunion show for his gameplay.
Voting History
| A.K.'s Voting History | ||
|---|---|---|
| Episode | A.K.'s Votes |
Voted Against A.K. |
| 1 | Samatau Tribe Immune | |
| 2 | Adam | Kate |
| 3 | Kate | - |
| 4 | - | |
| 5 | Aimee | Aimee, Anneliese, Locky, Tara |
| 6 | Samatau Tribe Immune | |
| 7 | Samatau Tribe Immune | |
| 8 | Mock Vote2 | |
| 9 | Samatau Tribe Immune | |
| 10 | Samatau Tribe Immune | |
| 11 | No Elimination3 | |
| 12 | Tara | Jericho, Luke, Odette, Tara |
| Voted Out, Day 28 | ||
^1In Episode 4, Tessa used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating A.K.'s vote against her.
^2In Episode 8, Samatau was subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the players they voted out (Tara and Anneliese) were merely switched to the other tribe.
^3In Episode 11, after winning the Immunity Challenge on Day 26, Samatau was subjected to a Tribal Council where they would vote for one person to compete for a special reward.
All-Stars
Voting History
| A.K.'s Voting History | ||
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| Episode | A.K.'s Votes |
Voted Against A.K. |
| 1 | ||
Post-Survivor
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Trivia
- A.K. is the first castaway in Australian Survivor to use a Hidden Immunity Idol but not negate any votes.
- A.K. is the first man on Australian Survivor to find a Hidden Immunity Idol without any clues.
- A.K. is the first castaway to use a Hidden Immunity Idol for someone else. He used his Hidden Immunity Idol on Jarrad Seng.
- A.K.'s Hidden Immunity Idol usage on Day 6 marks the earliest time a Hidden Immunity Idol has been used on Australian Survivor.
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