Australian Survivor (2017)

Australian Survivor (2017) is the second season of the Network Ten incarnation of the competitive reality TV show Australian Survivor.

After 55 days, Jericho Malabonga defeated Tara Pitt in a jury vote of 6-3 to become the Sole Survivor. To date, Australian Survivor (2017) has produced ten returning players (AK Knight, Henry Nicholson, Jacqui Patterson, Jericho Malabonga, Locky Gilbert, Luke Toki, Mark Herlaar, Mark Wales, Michelle Dougan and Samantha Gash) for future seasons.

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Twists/Changes[]

Hidden Immunity Idol: Hidden Immunity Idols will be once again available, and abide to the same standard rules from the American version. In addition to idols hidden at the tribes' camp, there is one also hidden at challenges, provided the clue for it has been found.
- Super Idol: Following the Day 26 Tribal Council, a super idol was hidden in a special location where one castaway would be sent to and be given until sunrise to find it. The super idol has two halves: one half was a regular Hidden Immunity Idol, and the other half can be played after the votes are revealed, as well as nullify a Hidden Immunity Idol played at the same Tribal Council this half is played.
Moral Dilemmas: After the Reward Challenge on Day 10, a jar of cookies and a bundle of firewood were hidden at the tribe's camps for anyone to find. The choice was to either keep the cookies hidden for the person who found it or to bring back the tribe the bundle of firewood. Jericho Malabonga found the choice on Asaga and chose the cookies, while Mark Herlaar found the choice on Samatau and chose the firewood. Another moral dilemma was found at the merged camp. The choice was either a bundle of quilts for the tribe, or a jar of lollies for the person who found it. Tara Pitt found the choice and chose the lollies.
Two Tribe Switches: At the Day 20 Tribal Council, the losing tribe would vote out two of their members without knowing both members will switch tribes. In addition, the winning tribe will then nominate two of its members to switch to the opposite tribe the following day. A second switch occurred on Day 27.
Exile Beach: Following the Day 20 Tribal Council, the two castaways who were sent to the opposing tribe were exiled until the following day, where they'll officially join their new tribe.
Mutiny: At the Day 32 Tribal Council, instead of voting out a member, the losing tribe had an opportunity to mutiny to the winning tribe. However, only one person could take the offer. Peter Conte took the offer and rejoined Samatau.
Juror Removal: At the final four, the castaways competed in a challenge to earn the right to remove one member of the jury.

Castaways[]

Contestant		Tribe Affiliation					Finish	Votes Against
Contestant		Original Tribe	Post-Swap Tribe	Switched Tribe	Post-Mutiny	Merged Tribe	Finish	Votes Against
	Joan Caballero 29, Sydney, NSW Escape Room Owner	Asaga					1st Voted Out Day 3	13
	Adam Parkin 40, Brisbane, QLD Pro Poker Player	Samatau					2nd Voted Out Day 6	5
	Kate Temby 47, Melbourne, VIC Financial Executive	Samatau					3rd Voted Out Day 9	7
	Mark Herlaar 51, Toowoomba, QLD Lime Farmer	Samatau					4th Voted Out Day 11	3
	Aimee Stanton 23, Melbourne, VIC Plumber	Samatau					5th Voted Out Day 13	5
	Samantha Gash 32, Melbourne, VIC Endurance Athlete	Asaga					6th Voted Out Day 16	9
	Mark Wales 37, Perth, WA Former Special Ops Commander	Asaga					7th Voted Out Day 18	7
	Jacqui Patterson 50, Byron Bay, NSW Wedding Celebrant	Asaga	Asaga				8th Voted Out Day 22	9
	Kent Nelson 51, Adelaide, SA Chief Financial Officer	Asaga	Asaga				9th Voted Out Day 24	14
	AK Knight 29, Adelaide, SA Wedding DJ	Samatau	Samatau	Asaga			10th Voted Out Day 28	9
	Ben Morgan 20, Perth, WA Fast Food Attendant	Asaga	Samatau	Samatau			11th Voted Out Day 30	5
	Odette Blacklock 32, Sydney, NSW Podiatrist	Asaga	Asaga	Asaga	Asaga		12th Voted Out Day 34	5
	Jarrad Seng 29, Perth, WA Photographer	Samatau	Samatau	Samatau	Samatau	Asatoa	13th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 36	7
	Anneliese Wilson 23, Melbourne, VIC Student	Samatau	Asaga	Samatau	Samatau		14th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 38	12
	Henry Nicholson 26, Adelaide, SA Labourer	Asaga	Samatau	Samatau	Samatau		15th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 40	6
	Tessa O'Halloran 29, Melbourne, VIC Doctor	Samatau	Samatau	Samatau	Samatau		16th Voted Out ~~4th Jury Member~~ Day 42	13
	Sarah Tilleke 22, Perth, WA Model	Asaga	Asaga	Asaga	Asaga		17th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 44	13
	Luke Toki 30, Perth, WA Mining Technician	Asaga	Asaga	Asaga	Asaga		18th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 46	10
	Ziggy Zagame 26, Sydney, NSW Olympian	Samatau	Samatau	Samatau	Samatau		19th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 47	6
	Locky Gilbert 27, Perth, WA Adventure Guide	Samatau	Samatau	Samatau	Samatau		20th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 49	9
	Michelle Dougan 33, Sydney, NSW Nanny	Asaga	Asaga	Samatau	Samatau		Eliminated 9th Jury Member Day 52	13
	Peter Conte 22, Sydney, NSW Digital Advertising Producer	Samatau	Samatau	Asaga	Samatau		21st Voted Out 10th Jury Member Day 54	8
	Tara Pitt 32, Sunshine Coast, QLD Barrel Racer	Samatau	Asaga	Asaga	Asaga		Runner-Up	6
	Jericho Malabonga 25, Melbourne, VIC Flight Attendant	Asaga	Asaga	Asaga	Asaga		Sole Survivor	3

Season Summary[]

This season began with two tribes of twelve: Asaga and Samatau. Despite losing the first Immunity Challenge, Asaga got off to the stronger start winning four of the first five Immunity Challenges. During this time, AK overplayed his way to the bottom of the tribe, but managed to survive thanks to a new alliance that formed led by Locky to take out Adam and his allies. An idol from Mark H. saved Tessa, allowing her, AK, and the bottom members of Locky's alliance to shift the power and take out Aimee, leaving Samatau with 8 members.

At that point, Henry and Jacqui of Asaga led a charge to throw the next Immunity Challenge to take out a rival power couple in Samantha and Mark W. Those challenge losses closed the gap between the two tribes. A surprise Tribal Council in which Samatau voted out Tara and Anneliese turned out to be a tribe swap, sending the women to Asaga in exchange for two members of Samatau. To his alliance's surprise, Henry volunteered to swap, bringing his Hidden Immunity Idol and Ben along with him.

The swap led to Samatau winning more challenges, with Henry's allies being voted out from Asaga. After a spell of control, a swap put Michelle and AK in the minority of their new tribes. With Tara eager for revenge, Luke used her to his advantage to take out the strategic threats despite AK's attempts to survive. Michelle was also able to save herself by throwing Ben under the bus at the next Tribal Council. Sarah also found herself in a tough spot at Asaga, but her, Jericho, and Luke united to ensure they all made it to the merge.

Despite Asaga entering the merge down in numbers, the connections Henry made in Samatau along with Tara bringing Locky over to her adopted tribe meant that AK's former allies Jarrad and Tessa were the initial targets. Anneliese tried to challenge Locky's dominance with her idol, but Ziggy's Super Idol nullified it and sent Anneliese to the jury. A reward allowed Tessa and Luke to bond and make a move against Henry.

With Henry blindsided with an idol in his pocket, this would be the start of a chaotic merge period where new threats would emerge and allegiances would shift to take out various power players. This would leave a final three of Peter, Tara, and Jericho who benefited from having allies like Tessa, Locky, and Luke respectively as shields for a large part of the game. Jericho won the Final Immunity Challenge and took Tara with him to the final two.

At Final Tribal Council, Jericho argued that even though Luke appeared to be the flashier player, he was just as strategic and hard working. Tara had to defend her game as she was perceived as one of the biggest floaters, and she was lucky to be voted out on a night where it was a non-elimination twist. Ultimately Jericho's game was more respected by the jury, despite his decision to remove Tessa from the jury at final four, and he won the title of Sole Survivor by a 6-3 vote.

Episode	Air Date	Challenges		Eliminated (vote)	Finish	Ratings¹³
Episode	Air Date	Reward	Immunity	Eliminated (vote)	Finish	Ratings¹³
1	July 30, 2017	Samatau¹	Samatau	Joan (6-6; 7-3)²	1st Voted Out Day 3	639,000^[2]
1	July 30, 2017	Asaga¹	Samatau	Joan (6-6; 7-3)²	1st Voted Out Day 3	639,000^[2]
2	July 31, 2017	Samatau	Asaga	Adam (5-4-2-1)³	2nd Voted Out Day 6	656,000^[3]
3	August 1, 2017	Samatau	Asaga	Kate (5-4-2)	3rd Voted Out Day 9	600,000^[4]
4	August 6, 2017	Samatau	Asaga	Mark H. (3-1-0)³	4th Voted Out Day 11	606,000^[5]
5	August 7, 2017	None	Asaga	Aimee (5-4)	5th Voted Out Day 13	637,000^[6]
6	August 13, 2017	Samatau	Samatau	Samantha (9-2)	6th Voted Out Day 16	622,000^[7]
7	August 14, 2017	None	Samatau	Mark W. (7-3)	7th Voted Out Day 18	625,000^[8]
8	August 20, 2017	Asaga	Asaga	Tara (3-3-2; 5-1)^2,4	Sent to Asaga Day 20	633,000^[9]
8	August 20, 2017	Asaga	Asaga	Anneliese (3-3-1; 5-0)^2,4	Sent to Asaga Day 20	633,000^[9]
9	August 21, 2017	None	Samatau	Jacqui (6-3)	8th Voted Out Day 22	611,000^[10]
10	August 27, 2017	Asaga	Samatau	Kent (5-2-1)	9th Voted Out Day 24	607,000^[11]
11	August 28, 2017	Ziggy	Samatau	No elimination⁵		575,000^[12]
12	September 3, 2017	Asaga	Samatau	AK (4-2-1)	10th Voted Out Day 28	574,000^[13]
13	September 4, 2017	None	Asaga	Ben (5-3)	11th Voted Out Day 30	617,000^[14]
14	September 10, 2017	Samatau	Samatau	Peter (no vote)⁷	Mutinied to Samatau Day 32	603,000^[15]
14	September 10, 2017	[Peter, Sarah]⁶	Samatau	Peter (no vote)⁷	Mutinied to Samatau Day 32	603,000^[15]
15	September 11, 2017	None	Samatau	Odette (4-1)	12th Voted Out Day 34	595,000^[16]
16	September 17, 2017	Tessa [All]	Ziggy	Jarrad (7-5)	13th Voted Out 1st Jury Member Day 36	567,000^[17]
17	September 18, 2017	None	Henry	Anneliese (8-3)⁸	14th Voted Out 2nd Jury Member Day 38	559,000^[18]
18	September 19, 2017	Survivor Auction	Tessa	Henry (6-4)	15th Voted Out 3rd Jury Member Day 40	567,000^[19]
19	September 24, 2017	None	Ziggy	Tessa (3-2-2-2)	16th Voted Out ~~4th Jury Member~~¹⁰ Day 42	570,000^[20]
20	September 25, 2017	Locky, Luke, Sarah, Ziggy	Locky	Sarah (7-1)⁹	17th Voted Out 5th Jury Member Day 44	625,000^[21]
21	September 26, 2017	None	Locky	Luke (5-2)	18th Voted Out 6th Jury Member Day 46	625,000^[22]
22	October 2, 2017	None	Locky	Ziggy (4-2)	19th Voted Out 7th Jury Member Day 47	617,000^[23]
23	October 3, 2017	Michelle		Locky (3-2)	20th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 49	595,000^[24]
23	October 3, 2017	[Jericho, Tara]		Locky (3-2)	20th Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 49	595,000^[24]
24	October 8, 2017	Jericho	None	Tessa (1-0)¹⁰	Removed from Jury Day 50	644,000^[25]
25	October 9, 2017	None	Peter	Michelle (2-2; 1-1; tiebreaker)^2,11	21st Voted Out 8th Jury Member Day 52	669,000^[26]
26	October 10, 2017¹²	None	Jericho	Peter (1-0)	22nd Voted Out 9th Jury Member Day 54	720,000^[27]
		Jury Vote		Tara (6-3)	Runner-Up	787,000^[27]
		Jury Vote		Jericho (6-3)	Sole Survivor	787,000^[27]
Reunion						508,000^[27]
Notes: ^1 There were two Reward Challenges that occurred during episode one. Samatau won the first reward challenge on Day 1, while Asaga won the reward challenge on Day 2. ^2 The vote resulted in a tie. Per Australian Survivor rules, a revote would commence. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^4 In a surprise twist, instead of voting out players, the Samatau tribe unknowingly voted for two members to be swapped to Asaga. Tara and Anneliese were "voted out" and swapped to Asaga. ^5 The tribe that won the Day 26 Immunity Challenge was sent to Tribal Council to vote for someone to compete for a special reward. Ziggy was voted by Samatau to compete for the reward. Ziggy ultimately did find the reward, a Super Idol. ^6 Samatau were told to invite two castaways from Asaga on their reward. They chose Peter and Sarah to join them. ^7 Instead of voting out a member of the tribe, Asaga was offered the chance for one member to mutiny and join Samatau. ^8 Ziggy used the idol nullifier function of the Super Idol on Anneliese, canceling out Anneliese's idol. ^9 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^10 For winning the Reward Challenge, Jericho earned the power to remove one jury member. ^11 Per Australian Survivor rules, in case of a deadlock tie at the final four, a fire-making challenge would be held between the tied players. ^12 The season finale was coded into two programs ("Grand Finale" and "Winner Announced"), thus two separate sets of ratings were produced.

Voting History[]

		Original Tribes												Post-Swap Tribes		Switched Tribes		Post- Mutiny Tribes	Merged Tribe
Episode		1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8				9	10	12	13	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	25			26
Eliminated		Tie	Joan	Adam	Kate	Mark H.	Aimee	Samantha	Mark W.	~~Tie~~	Mock Vote	~~Tie~~	Mock Vote	Jacqui	Kent	AK	Ben	Odette	Jarrad	Anneliese	Henry	Tessa	Sarah	Luke	Ziggy	Locky	Tie	Deadlock	Michelle	Peter	Tara	Jericho
Vote		6-6¹	7-3	5-4-2-1²	5-4-2	3-1-0³	5-4	9-2	7-3	3-3-2^1,4	5-1⁴	3-3-1^1,4	5-0⁴	6-3	5-2-1	4-2-1	5-3	4-1	7-5	8-3⁵	6-4	3-2-2-2	7-1²	5-2	4-2	3-2	2-2¹	1-1⁶	Tiebreaker	1-0⁷	6-3
►►►►	Jericho	Kent	Joan	—	—	—	—	Samantha	Jacqui	—				Jacqui	Kent	AK	—	Odette	Jarrad	Anneliese	Henry	Tessa	Sarah	Ziggy	Ziggy	Locky	Michelle	None	—	Peter	Jury Vote
►►►►	Tara	—		Kate	Tessa	~~Tessa~~	AK	—	—	AK	None			Jacqui	Kent	AK	—	Odette	Jarrad	Anneliese	Peter	Sarah	Sarah	Luke	Ziggy	Locky	Michelle	Michelle	—	None	Jury Vote
►►►►	Peter	—		Adam	Kate	Mark H.	Aimee	—	—	Locky	Tara	Locky	Anneliese	—	—	Tara	—	—	Luke	Locky	Henry	Locky	Sarah	Luke	Ziggy	Locky	Jericho	Jericho	—	None	Tara
►►►►	Michelle	Kent	Kent	—	—	—	—	Samantha	Mark W.	—				Jacqui	Kent	—	Ben	—	Jarrad	Anneliese	Henry	Tara	Sarah	Luke	Ziggy	Peter	Jericho	None	Eliminated			Jericho
►►►►	Locky	—		Adam	Kate	Mark H.	AK	—	—	AK	AK	AK	None	—	—	—	Michelle	—	Jarrad	Anneliese	Peter	Sarah	Sarah	Luke	Michelle	Peter					Tara
►►►►	Ziggy	—		Anneliese	Tessa	~~Tessa~~	Aimee	—	—	Tara	Tara	Anneliese	Anneliese	—	—	—	Ben	—	Luke	Anneliese	Peter	Locky	Sarah	Luke	Michelle							Jericho
►►►►	Luke	Kent	Kent	—	—	—	—	Samantha	Jacqui	—				Jacqui	Odette	AK	—	Odette	Jarrad	Anneliese	Henry	Tessa	Sarah	Ziggy								Jericho
►►►►	Sarah	Joan	Joan	—	—	—	—	Samantha	Mark W.	—				Jacqui	Kent	Peter	—	Odette	Jarrad	Anneliese	Henry	Tessa	Michelle								Tara
►►►►	Tessa	—		Anneliese	Tara	Locky	Aimee	—	—	Tara	Tara	Anneliese	Anneliese	—	—	—	Michelle	—	Luke	Locky	Henry	Tara									None⁸
►►►►	Henry	Joan	Joan	—	—	—	—	Samantha	Mark W.	—				—	—	—	Ben	—	Jarrad	Anneliese	Peter											Jericho
►►►►	Anneliese	—		Kate	Tessa	~~Tessa~~	AK	—	—	AK	Tara	Locky	None	Jacqui	Kent	—	Ben	—	Luke	Locky												Jericho
►►►►	Jarrad	—		Adam	Kate	Mark H.	Aimee	—	—	Tara	Tara	Locky	Anneliese	—	—	—	Ben	—	Luke													Jericho
►►►	Odette	Kent	Kent	—	—	—	—	Samantha	Mark W.	—				Sarah	Michelle	AK	—	Sarah
►►	Ben	Kent	Joan	—	—	—	—	Samantha	Mark W.	—				—	—	—	Michelle
►►	AK	—		Adam	Kate	~~Tessa~~	Aimee	—	—	Locky	None	Anneliese	Anneliese	—	—	Tara
►	Kent	Joan	None	—	—	—	—	Samantha	Mark W.	—				Sarah	Michelle
►	Jacqui	Joan	Joan	—	—	—	—	Samantha	Mark W.	—				Sarah
	Mark W.	Joan	Joan	—	—	—	—	Michelle	Jacqui
	Samantha	Joan	Joan	—	—	—	—	Michelle
	Aimee	—		Adam	Tessa	~~Tessa~~	AK
	Mark H.	—		Anneliese	Kate	~~Tessa~~
	Kate	—		AK	Tara
	Adam	—		Anneliese
	Joan	Kent	None
Notes: ^1 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. ^2 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played; however, no votes were cast against its user. ^3 A Hidden Immunity Idol was played, negating all votes against its user. ^4 In a surprise twist, instead of a regular vote, the Samatau tribe unknowingly voted for two members to be swapped to Asaga. Tara and Anneliese were "voted out" and swapped to Asaga. ^5 Ziggy used the idol nullifier function of the Super Idol on Anneliese, canceling out Anneliese's idol. ^6 Per the rules of Australian Survivor, in the event of a deadlock tie at the final four, a fire-making challenge would be held between the tied castaways. ^7 Peter and Tara did not vote as they could only vote for each other. By virtue of winning the Final Immunity Challenge, only Jericho voted. ^8 For winning the Day 50 Reward Challenge, Jericho earned the power to remove a juror. He chose Tessa.

Reception[]