Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders (2019) is the fourth season of the Network Ten incarnation of the competitive reality TV show Australian Survivor.
After 50 days, Pia Miranda defeated Baden Gilbert in a 9-0 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor. To date, Champions v Contenders (2019) has produced seven returning players (Abbey Holmes, Andy Meldrum, Daisy Richardson, David Genat, Harry Hills, John Eastoe, and Shaun Hampson) for future seasons.
Production[]
To date, Champions v Contenders (2019) has the highest viewership of any season of the Network Ten incarnation of Australian Survivor, with an average of 840,000 viewers per episode.
Twists/Changes[]
- Champions v Contenders: The contestants are divided into two tribes based on their occupations and degree of success in life:
- The Champions tribe is made up of public figures from fields such as (but not limited to) sports and entertainment.
- The Contenders tribe is made up of everyday Australian contestants.
- Returning Player: Former Australian Survivor contestant Luke Toki competes as a member of the Champions tribe.
- Hidden Immunity Idol: A Hidden Immunity Idol for each tribe is hidden at the tribes' campsite.
- Tribe Switch: On Day 15, a tribe switch occurred.
- Kidnapping: On Day 20, the winner of the Immunity Challenge would get the opportunity to vote to kidnap one member of the losing tribe.
- Exile Beach: On Day 38 and 40 the person voted out will not be sent home but will be sent to Exile Beach to face each other to earn their spot back into the game.
Castaways[]
Contestant | Tribe Affiliation | Finish | Votes Against | ||||
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Original Tribe | Switched Tribe | Post-Kidnap Tribe |
Merged Tribe | ||||
Anastasia Woolmer 42, Brisbane, QLD Memory Champion |
Champions | 1st Voted Out Day 2 |
9 | ||||
Laura Choong 31, Sydney, NSW Digital Marketing Manager |
Contenders | 2nd Voted Out Day 5 |
8 | ||||
Susie Maroney 44, Cronulla, NSW Marathon Swimmer |
Champions | 3rd Voted Out Day 7 |
6 | ||||
Nova Peris 48, Darwin, NT Former Politician/Olympian |
Champions | 4th Voted Out Day 10 |
6 | ||||
Steven Bradbury 45, Camden, NSW Olympic Gold Medalist |
Champions | 5th Voted Out Day 12 |
10 | ||||
ET Ettingshausen 53, Sutherland, NSW NRL Legend |
Champions | 6th Voted Out Day 14 |
5 | ||||
Sam Schoers 30, Perth, WA VIP Gaming Manager |
Contenders | Champions | 7th Voted Out Day 16 |
5 | |||
Sarah Ayles 45, Adelaide, SA Cleaner |
Contenders | Champions | 8th Voted Out Day 18 |
6 | |||
Hannah Pentreath 27, Bendigo, VIC Police Officer |
Contenders | Champions | Champions | 9th Voted Out Day 22 |
6 | ||
Casey Hawkins 31, Adelaide, SA Educator |
Contenders | Contenders | Contenders | 10th Voted Out Day 24 |
4 | ||
Matt Farrelly 29, Sydney, NSW Highschool Teacher/Pro Wrestler |
Contenders | Contenders | Contenders | 11th Voted Out Day 26 |
6 | ||
Ross Clarke-Jones 53, Bells Beach, VIC Big Wave Surfer |
Champions | Contenders | Contenders | Evacuated Day 28 |
0 | ||
Andy Meldrum 47, Noosa, QLD Marketing Executive |
Contenders | Champions | Champions | Soli Bula | 12th Voted Out Day 30 |
13 | |
Shaun Hampson 31, Moonee Ponds, VIC Retired AFL Player |
Contenders | Contenders | Champions | 13th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 32 |
11 | ||
David Genat 39, New York City, NY International Model |
Champions | Champions | Champions | 14th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 34 |
13 | ||
John Eastoe 28, Kalgoorlie, WA Gold Miner |
Contenders | Champions | Champions | 15th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 36 |
8 | ||
Daisy Richardson 24, Brisbane, QLD Travel Agent |
Contenders | Champions | Champions | Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 38 |
10 | ||
Simon Black 39, Brisbane, QLD AFL Superstar |
Champions | Contenders | Contenders | 16th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 42 |
13 | ||
Janine Allis 53, Melbourne, VIC CEO Powerhouse |
Champions | Contenders | Contenders | 17th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 44 |
9 | ||
Abbey Holmes 28, Melbourne, VIC AFL Premiership Winner |
Champions | Contenders | Contenders | 18th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 46 |
12 | ||
Luke Toki 33, Perth, WA Australian Survivor (2017) |
Champions | Champions | Champions | 19th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 47 |
7 | ||
Harry Hills 30, Perth, WA Ice Cream Maker |
Contenders | Contenders | Contenders | 20th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 49 |
15 | ||
Baden Gilbert 23, Adelaide, SA Student |
Contenders | Champions | Champions | Runner-Up | 9 | ||
Pia Miranda 45, Melbourne, VIC Leading Actor |
Champions | Contenders | Contenders | Sole Survivor | 8 |
Season Summary[]
This season began with two tribes of twelve: Champions and Contenders. Unlike the previous Champions vs. Contenders themed season, the Champions tribe started off the game losing five of the first six Immunity Challenges. Along with losing nearly every Immunity Challenge, an alliance war between athletes and non-athletes divided the tribe with David, returning player Luke, Pia, and Janine taking control after flipping Abbey and Ross from the athlete side.
After the Tribe Switch, and despite David and Luke finding themselves in the minority on the new Champions tribe, they managed to find cracks in the Contender majority causing their members to turn on each other. On the new Contenders tribe, Harry caused the Champions majority some trouble by playing consecutive Hidden Immunity Idols as he and Janine formed a rivalry, nicknaming each other "Dirty Harry" and "The Godmother" respectively.
Another major rivalry broke out between David and Shaun after Shaun discovered that the Hidden Immunity Idol David gave to him as part of a tribe idol exchange was a fake, with the rivalry coming to a head after the new Champions tribe chose to kidnap Shaun on Day 20. Just before the merge, Ross was medically evacuated from the game after he broke his ankle during an Immunity Challenge.
The tribes merged at 12 with the numbers even between the original Champions and Contenders at 6-6. Despite the original Contenders wanting to stay tribe strong, a combination of them being too fractured to come together, the original Champions being stronger strategically, and Andy's overall shadiness resulted in Andy being voted out first. The Contenders would subsequently be Pagonged despite David being blindsided in the meantime.
Eventually, the Champions alliance started showing signs of cracks, with Abbey and Luke sending Simon to Exile Beach before blindsiding Janine, leaving her closest ally Pia in the minority. Despite this, Pia managed to convince Luke to blindside Abbey instead, and he executed this via an advantage where he sent Baden back to camp without voting and caused mass confusion at Tribal Council. Luke, however, was voted out next after losing immunity due to his impressive "Survivor resume" and threat level being too high to ignore any further. After a hard-fought Final Immunity Challenge, Baden won and chose to take Pia to the Final Two with him over Harry, thinking Harry would take credit for his moves if they were in the Final Two together.
At Final Tribal Council, Baden argued that despite playing a quiet game, he put himself as a flow of information between the various alliances and used that role to his advantage. Pia explained her strategy of quietly steering the direction of the votes without being seen as the leader, and playing a social-based game. After a strong pitch, the jury unanimously voted for Pia to win the title of Sole Survivor.
Episode | Air Date | Challenges | Eliminated (vote) |
Finish | Ratings | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reward | Immunity | |||||
1 | July 24, 2019 | Champions | Contenders | Anastasia (9-3) |
1st Voted Out Day 2 |
807,000[2] |
2 | July 25, 2019 | Champions | Champions | Laura (8-4) |
2nd Voted Out Day 5 |
712,000[3] |
3 | July 28, 2019 | Contenders | Contenders | Susie (6-5) |
3rd Voted Out Day 7 |
562,000[4] |
4 | July 29, 2019 | Champions | Contenders | Nova (6-2-2) |
4th Voted Out Day 10 |
655,000[5] |
[John]1 | ||||||
5 | July 30, 2019 | Champions | Contenders | Steven (8-1) |
5th Voted Out Day 12 |
641,000[6] |
6 | August 4, 2019 | Champions | Contenders | ET (5-3) |
6th Voted Out Day 14 |
630,000[7] |
[Baden, Shaun]1 | ||||||
7 | August 5, 2019 | None | Contenders | Sam (5-2-2) |
7th Voted Out Day 16 |
713,000[8] |
8 | August 6, 2019 | Contenders | Contenders | Sarah (6-2) |
8th Voted Out Day 18 |
723,000[9] |
9 | August 11, 2019 | Champions | Champions | Shaun (6-1)2 |
Kidnapped by Champions Day 20 |
693,000[10] |
10 | August 12, 2019 | None | Contenders | Hannah (2-2-1-0; 4-2)3,4,5 |
9th Voted Out Day 22 |
711,000[11] |
11 | August 13, 2019 | Champions | Champions | Casey (4-0)3 |
10th Voted Out Day 24 |
739,000[12] |
12 | August 18, 2019 | Champions | Champions | Matt (2-2-0; 4-1)3,4,5 |
11th Voted Out Day 26 |
650,000[13] |
[Harry]1 | ||||||
13 | August 19, 2019 | None | Champions | Ross (no vote) |
Evacuated Day 28 |
|
14 | August 20, 2019 | Daisy | Shaun | Andy (11-0)3 |
12th Voted Out Day 30 |
|
15 | August 25, 2019 | Abbey [David, John] |
David | Shaun (7-2-2) |
13th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 32 |
|
16 | August 26, 2019 | None | Luke | David (8-2) |
14th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 34 |
|
17 | August 27, 2019 | Abbey, Janine [Harry, Simon] |
Simon | John (4-4-1; 4-3)4,5 |
15th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 36 |
|
18 | September 1, 2019 | Janine, Simon [Daisy, Pia] |
Janine | Daisy (6-2)6 |
Sent to Exile Beach Day 38 |
|
19 | September 2, 2019 | None | Pia | Simon (4-2-1)6 |
Sent to Exile Beach Day 40 |
|
20 | September 3, 2019 | None | Luke | Daisy (no vote) |
Eliminated 4th Jury Member Day 41 |
|
Simon (6-1) |
16th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 42 | |||||
21 | September 9, 2019 | None | Luke | Janine (4-2) |
17th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 44 |
|
22 | September 10, 2019 | None | Luke | Abbey (2-1-1) |
18th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 46 |
|
23 | September 16, 2019 | None | Harry | Luke (3-1) |
19th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 47 |
|
24 | September 17, 2019 | None | Baden | Harry (1-0) |
20th Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 49 |
|
Jury Vote | Baden (9-0) |
Runner-Up | ||||
Pia (9-0) |
Sole Survivor | |||||
Notes:
^1 As part of the reward, the winning tribe were told to pick a member(s) of the losing tribe to join them. |
Voting History[]
Original Tribes | Switched Tribes | Post-Kidnap Tribes | Merged Tribe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||||||
Voted Out | Anastasia |
Laura |
Susie |
Nova |
Steven |
ET |
Sam |
Sarah |
Tie | Hannah |
Casey |
Tie | Matt |
Ross |
Andy |
Shaun |
David |
Tie | John |
Daisy |
Simon |
Simon |
Janine |
Abbey |
Luke |
Harry |
Baden |
Pia | |
Vote | 9-3 | 8-4 | 6-5 | 6-2-2 | 8-1 | 5-3 | 5-2-2 | 6-2 | 2-2-1-01,2,3 | 4-2 | 4-01 | 2-2-01,2,3 | 4-1 | No vote4 | 11-01 | 7-2-2 | 8-2 | 4-4-12,3 | 4-3 | 6-2 | 4-2-1 | 6-1 | 4-2 | 2-1-15 | 3-1 | 1-06 | 9-0 | ||
►►► | Pia | Anastasia | — | Susie | Nova | Steven | Simon | — | — | — | Casey | None | — | Andy | Shaun | David | John | John | Harry | Baden | Simon | Baden | Abbey | Luke | None | Jury Vote | |||
►►► | Baden | — | Laura | — | — | — | — | Sam | Sarah | Hannah | Hannah | — | — | — | Andy | Daisy | David | Abbey | Abbey | Daisy | Simon | Simon | Janine | None | Luke | Harry | |||
►►► | Harry | — | Baden | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Casey | Pia | Pia | — | Andy | Luke | David | Abbey | Abbey | Daisy | Simon | Simon | Janine | Pia | Luke | None | Pia | ||
►►► | Luke | Pia | — | Susie | Nova | Steven | ET | Sam | Sarah | Shaun | Shaun | — | — | — | Andy | Shaun | Harry | Harry | John | Daisy | Simon | Simon | Janine | Abbey | Baden | Pia | |||
►►► | Abbey | Anastasia | — | Susie | Nova | Steven | ET | — | — | — | Casey | Matt | — | Andy | Shaun | David | John | None | Daisy | Simon | Simon | Janine | Harry | Pia | |||||
►►► | Janine | Pia | — | Susie | Nova | Steven | ET | — | — | — | Casey | Matt | Matt | — | Andy | Shaun | David | John | John | Daisy | Baden | Simon | Baden | Pia | |||||
►►► | Simon | Anastasia | — | Janine | Steven | Steven | ET | — | — | — | Matt | Matt | — | Andy | Daisy | David | John | John | Daisy | Abbey | Harry | Pia | |||||||
►►► | Daisy | — | Baden | — | — | — | — | Sam | Sarah | Hannah | — | — | — | Andy | Shaun | David | Abbey | Abbey | Harry | Eliminated | Pia | ||||||||
►►► | John | — | Laura | — | — | — | — | Sam | Sarah | Hannah | Hannah | — | — | — | Andy | Shaun | David | Abbey | None | Pia | |||||||||
►►► | David | Anastasia | — | Susie | Nova | Steven | Simon | Sam | Sarah | Shaun | Shaun | — | — | — | Andy | Shaun | Harry | Pia | |||||||||||
►►► | Shaun | — | Laura | — | — | — | — | — | — | None | — | — | — | Andy | Luke | Pia | |||||||||||||
►►► | Andy | — | Baden | — | — | — | — | Luke | Sarah | Daisy | Hannah | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
►► | Ross | Anastasia | — | Susie | Nova | Steven | ET | — | — | — | Matt | Evacuated | |||||||||||||||||
►► | Matt | — | Laura | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pia | None | |||||||||||||||||
►► | Casey | — | Laura | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
►► | Hannah | — | Laura | — | — | — | — | Luke | Andy | None | |||||||||||||||||||
► | Sarah | — | Laura | — | — | — | — | David | Andy | ||||||||||||||||||||
► | Sam | — | Laura | — | — | — | — | David | |||||||||||||||||||||
ET | Anastasia | — | Janine | Steven | Steven | Simon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Steven | Anastasia | — | Janine | Abbey | Pia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nova | Anastasia | — | Janine | Abbey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Susie | Anastasia | — | Janine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laura | — | Baden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anastasia | Pia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: ^1 A Hidden Immunity Idol was used, negating all votes against its user.
^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^3 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Australian Survivor rules, a revote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those involved in the tie. ^4 Ross was evacuated due to breaking his ankle. No vote occurred for his removal. ^5 Luke played the "Send Away" advantage, allowing him to send one castaway back to camp without voting. ^6 Harry and Pia did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Baden voted. |
Trivia[]
- The first four players voted out were women. This marks the most Tribal Councils to occur in a single season before a man was voted out.
- The winner and runner-up of this season both received the second-highest number of votes in their respective first Tribal Councils.
- This is the first season in the Australian series to have a unanimous jury vote.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.truedorktimes.com/sau4/calendar.htm
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/07/wednesday-24-july-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/07/thursday-25-july-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/07/sunday-28-july-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/07/monday-29-july-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/07/tuesday-30-july-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/08/sunday-4-august-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/08/monday-5-august-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/08/tuesday-6-august-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/08/sunday-11-august-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/08/monday-12-august-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/08/tuesday-13-august-2019.html
- ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/08/sunday-18-august-2019.html
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