Australian Survivor (2002)

Australian Survivor (2002) is the first season of the 'Nine Network' incarnation of the Australian reality show, Australian Survivor. Filming took place in Eyre Peninsula, Australia. The premiere aired on Wednesday, February 13, 2002.

37 year-old Robert Dickson, a film director from Victoria, Australia ended up winning. He defeated Sciona Browne by a 5-2 vote, winning a AUD$500,000 prize.

Production

After the filming of Survivor: The Australian Outback, Australian television network Channel Nine decided to make their own version of Survivor. The producers chose 16 contestants to participate between May 3, 2001 - May 10, 2001. The season took place in Port Lincoln, South Australia. After 39 days of competing Robert Dickson was crowned the Sole Survivor by a 5-2 vote.

Twists

• Self-Vote: After three days of competing, Lucinda Allen-Rhodes asked her tribe to vote her out. At the first Tribal Council of the season Lucinda voted against herself. This is against the rules in the American version of the show.

Castaways

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation		Finish	Votes Against
		Original Tribe	Merged Tribe
	Lucinda Allen-Rhodes 43, Byron Bay, NSW	Kadina		1st Voted Out Day 3	8
	Tim Dugan 51, Green Point, NSW	Kadina		2nd Voted Out Day 6	4
	David Haas 34, Sydney, NSW	Kadina		3rd Voted Out Day 9	6
	Jeff Brown 52, Canberra, ACT	Tipara		4th Voted Out Day 12	5
	Deborah Peart 26, Sydney, NSW	Kadina		5th Voted Out Day 15	4
	Sylvan Dorney 25, Sydney, NSW	Kadina		6th Voted Out Day 18	3
	Caren Shaw 28, Darwin, NT	Kadina	Aurora	7th Voted Out Day 21	10
	Naomi Knight 22, Melbourne, VIC	Kadina		8th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 24	8
	Craig Abbot 27, Point Lonsdale, VIC	Kadina		9th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 27	8
	Lance Brooks 39, Sydney, NSW	Tipara		10th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 30	8
	Jane Dalton 18, Newcastle, NSW	Tipara		11th Voted Out 4th Jury Member Day 33	9
	Sophie Woods 30, Sydney, NSW	Tipara		12th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 35	3
	Katie Gold 24, Melbourne, VIC	Tipara		13th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 37	3
	Joel Betts 22, Sydney, NSW	Tipara		14th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 38	7
	Sciona Browne 49, Perth, WA	Tipara		Runner-Up	1
	Robert Dickson 37, Melbourne, VIC	Tipara		Sole Survivor	5

Season Sumary

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Episode Guide

Voting History

Australian Survivor (2002) Voting History
		Original Tribes						Merged Tribe
Episode #:		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11			12	13
Eliminated:		Lucinda	Tim	David	Jeff	Deborah	Sylvan	Caren	Naomi	Craig	Lance	Tie	Deadlock	Jane	Sophie	Katie	Joel	Sciona	Robert
Vote:		8-0	4-1-1-1	5-1	5-3	3-2	3-1	7-2-1	7-1-1	7-1	5-1-1	3-31	2-22	Past votes3	3-2	3-1	1-04	5-2
►	Robert	—	—	—	Jeff	—	—	Caren	Naomi	Craig	Lance	Jane	Jane	—	Sophie	Katie	Joel	Jury Vote
►	Sciona	—	—	—	Jane	—	—	Caren	Naomi	Craig	Lance	Jane	Jane	—	Sophie	Katie	None
►	Joel	—	—	—	Jeff	—	—	Caren	Naomi	Craig	Jane	Jane	None	—	Sophie	Katie	None		Robert
►	Katie	—	—	—	Jane	—	—	Caren	Naomi	Craig	Lance	Joel	Joel	—	Robert	Joel		Sciona
►	Sophie	—	—	—	Jeff	—	—	Caren	Naomi	Craig	Lance	Joel	Joel	—	Robert				Robert
►	Jane	—	—	—	Jeff	—	—	Caren	Naomi	Craig	Lance	Joel	None	Eliminated					Robert
►	Lance	—	—	—	Jeff	—	—	Caren	Naomi	Craig	Sciona								Robert
►	Craig	Lucinda	David	David	—	Deborah	Sylvan	Robert	Robert	Robert								Sciona
►	Naomi	Lucinda	Tim	David	—	Deborah	Sylvan	Lance	Lance										Robert
►	Caren	Lucinda	Tim	David	—	Deborah	Sylvan	Lance
	Sylvan	Lucinda	Tim	David	—	Caren	Naomi
	Deborah	Lucinda	Tim	David	—	Caren
	Jeff	—	—	—	Jane
	David	Lucinda	Caren	Craig
	Tim	Lucinda	Deborah
	Lucinda	Lucinda
Notes: ^1 Tribal Council resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote 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. ^2 Per the rules at the time, in case of a deadlock tie, past votes were taken into account. The player with more past votes got eliminated. ^3 Jane had more past votes than Joel, eliminating her from the game. ^4 Joel and Sciona did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the final Immunity Challenge, only Robert voted.

Trivia

• This season features the first time in the Survivor franchise that a castaway has voted against themselves.
  • This would happen again in the second season of Australian Survivor.
• This season aired on the Nine Network in place of Survivor: Marquesas, which was never shown on Australian television 
• The winner of this season, Robert Dickson, died on April 11, 2009. Robert and his two sons perished in a car accident while on a holiday in South Africa.
• The second boot of this season Tim Dugan died in 2016 after a battle with cancer.
• Third place of this season Joel Betts was convicted in 2010 of attempted murder of his then girlfriend and is currently serving time in prison.
• Australian Survivor had no slogan because other foreign networks owned the phrases 'Outwit Outplay Outlast' (U.S.) and 'Trust No One' (UK).