Australian Survivor (2016) Episode 1

Episode 1
Episode Information
Version	Australia
Season	Australian Survivor (2016)
Episode Number	1/26 (001)
Original Release	August 21, 2016
Viewership (in Millions)	0.783 ("Launch") 0.784 ("Tribal Council")
Episode Chronology
Next	Episode 2
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This is the season premiere of Australian Survivor (2016).

Challenges

• Reward
• Reward/Immunity

Challenge: Race for Fire
Tribe members will race at sea to a platform full of supplies ranging from food to survival items. The tribes then have to decide which items to take with them to camp and place them in their canoe. Once they have picked their items, the tribes will paddle their way to a farther platform where a torch is waiting. The dilemma is if whether or not tribes will stay at the first platform gathering as much items as they can or race to get fire. The first tribe to take hold of the torch wins it.
Reward: A lit torch to make fire with
Winner: Saanapu

Challenge: Throw One Over
Six members from each tribe would race across a series of three wooden A-frames and a series of stumps which they will have to use planks to traverse. At the end of the course, the six would use the rope to pull a heavy wooden crate containing puzzle pieces to a finish platform. The two remaining tribe members would collect the puzzle pieces to assemble it. The first two tribes to solve the puzzle ("Outwit, Outplay, Outlast") would win immunity and reward.
Reward: Flint
Winners (in order of finish): Saanapu and Vavau

Tribal Council

Tribal Council 1: Aganoa
Voted Against	Voter
Des (7 votes)	El, Evan, Kat, Kristie, Lee, Phoebe, Rohan
Kat (1 vote)	Des
VOTED OUT: Des Quilty

Voting Confessionals

	Kat	“	(voting against Des) Des, it's simply a case of a little too late.	”

	Des	“	(voting against Kat) (loudly) Kat, I'm voting for you. Don't like being told what to do, only my wife does that. Good luck.	”

Final Words

	Des	“	First to go, the worst possible outcome I'd say. I think my wife's gonna say my tribe made the right decision to get rid of me because I'm very hard to live with. The message I've got for my tribe is this: Whilst you're in smooth waters now, there's a temperous sea out there in front of you, so be prepared.	”

Still in the Running

Des 24th	Andrew Vavau	Barry Vavau	Bianca Saanapu	Brooke Saanapu	Connor Saanapu	Craig Vavau	El Aganoa
Evan Aganoa	Flick Saanapu	Jennah Vavau	Kat Aganoa	Kate Vavau	Kristie Aganoa	Kylie Saanapu	Lee Aganoa
Matt Saanapu	Nick Vavau	Peter Saanapu	Phoebe Aganoa	Rohan Aganoa	Sam Saanapu	Sue Vavau	Tegan Vavau

Trivia

Other

• In the Throw One Over challenge, unlike in the American series, tribe members dragged the crate across the field instead of across the A-frames.
• The premiere is 90 minutes long.