El Rowland

El Rowland
Contestant Profile
Hometown	Brisbane, Queensland
Occupation	Army Corporal
Survivor Career
Version	Australia
Tribe(s)	Aganoa ► Saanapu Fia Fia
Finish	3/24
Alliance(s)	Aganoa Alliance Saanapu Alliance
Challenge Wins	19
Votes Against	6
Days Lasted	54/55

Elena "El" Rowland is a contestant from Australian Survivor (2016).

Wishing to play a heroic game, El quickly found herself in the majority on the Aganoa tribe, becoming the main ally of Phoebe Timmins. After the tribe dissolve, she would eventually form a power trio with Flick Egginton and Brooke Jowett whilst also developing a strong bond with Lee Carseldine; these four, as well as Sam Webb and Matt Tarrant, would wind up taking control of the Fia Fia tribe. However, it became clear that Lee was her sole true ally; the pairing made it to the final three with the assistance of Kristie Bennett, but a shocking win by Kristie at the Final Immunity Challenge proved her undoing; due to Kristie's stronger bond with Lee, she became the final member of the jury.

Profile

Retrieved from 10play.com.au

Age: 33
Occupation: Army Corporal & Charity Worker
State: QLD

A corporal in the Australian army, El is also the founder of two charity organisations supporting homeless veterans and women in the Defence Force.

A dental nurse by trade, El has been deployed to some dangerous places around the world and spent three months in Thailand after a tsunami. She says: "We lived in collapsed buildings, ate nothing but rations, felt earthquakes, had tsunami scares, didn't sleep for days and didn't shower for the duration."

El has represented the Australian Armed Forces to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and has made it her mission to make a difference for women in the Defence Force.

Mum to four-year-old Darcey, El says she finds humour in every situation and this is her coping mechanism. While physically fit from her love of playing sports like volleyball and netball, she also has a softer side and enjoys writing poems in her journal.

Deciding to apply for Australian Survivor was an easy decision for El. "I love adventures, challenges and meeting new people but deep down I applied because I want to inspire people to live the life they were born to live. I want to show people to trust their journey and that nothing is impossible."

El has already planned how she would split her winnings and says: "I'm going to give 10% to five of my favourite charities – Wounded Heroes, Cams Cause, Young Veterans, Ex Stone Pillow and Veteran's Health – and another 10% to a charity I have to decide on. Then I will put some away for my son and perhaps throw a bash to celebrate. I will go on a crazy holiday then probably invest the two dollars that are left."

Australian Survivor

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• Challenge History
• Voting History

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Aganoa	Race for Fire	Reward	No	Lost
		Throw One Over	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
2		Sacrificial Lamb	Reward/Immunity	No	2nd
3		Supply Ships	Reward	No	Lost
		Caught in the Web	Immunity	No	Lost
4		Crab Pots	Immunity	No	Lost
5		Build It Up, Break It Down	Reward	No	2nd
		Nutslinger	Immunity	No	Won
6		Breakout	Immunity	No	2nd
7		Barrel Bridge	Reward	No	Lost
		Pull Your Weight	Immunity	No	Won
8		United We Stand	Reward	No	Lost
Switched Tribes, Day 19
9	Saanapu	Up Close and Muddy	Reward	No	Won
		Basketbrawl	Immunity	No	Won
10		Log Handler	Immunity	No	Won
11		Hot Pursuit	Reward	No	Won
		Sack Attack	Immunity	Yes	Won
12		Coconut	Immunity	No	Won
13		Shut Your Trap	Reward	Yes	Won
		Boats Tug of War	Immunity	No	Won
14		Spinning Stars	Reward/Immunity	Yes	Won
Tribes Merged, Day 32
15	Fia Fia	Survivor Auction
		Vampire Bats	Immunity		Lost
16		Centrifuge	Immunity		Won
17		Wound Out	Reward	No	Won1
		Get a Grip	Immunity		Lost
18		Unhook the Chook	Immunity		Lost
19		Wicker Flicker	Reward	No	Won
		Keep on Your Toes	Immunity		Lost
20		Memory Lane	Immunity		Lost
21		Backsplash	Reward		Lost
		House of Cards	Immunity		Lost
22		Out of Line	Reward		Lost
		Touchy Subjects	Reward		Lost
23		Split, Trip and Spit	Reward		Won
		Bermuda Triangles	Immunity		Lost
24		Roller Ball	Immunity		Lost
25		Second Chance	Immunity		Won
26		Hand on an Idol	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 54
Notes: ^1 El gave up her reward to Flick.

Episode	El's Votes	Voted Against El
1	Des	-
2	Aganoa Tribe Immune
3	Evan	-
4	No Vote
5	Aganoa Tribe Immune
6	Aganoa Tribe Immune
7	Aganoa Tribe Immune
9	Saanapu Tribe Immune
10	Saanapu Tribe Immune
11	Saanapu Tribe Immune
12	Saanapu Tribe Immune
13	Saanapu Tribe Immune
14	Saanapu Tribe Immune
15	Conner	-
16	Kate	Individual Immunity
17	Nick	-
18	Kylie	-
19	Sue	-
20	Kristie	-
21	Brooke	Brooke, Matt, Sam
22	No Vote
23	Matt; Sam1	Matt
24	Flick	Matt
25	Flick	Individual Immunity
26	Ineligible	Kristie
Voted Out, Day 54
Voted for Sole Survivor	Lee

^1 In "Episode 23", the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between Matt and Sam, forcing a revote. El changed her vote to Sam on the revote.

Post-Survivor

• El dated Australian Survivor (2016) castmate and runner-up Lee Carseldine. The couple broke up in 2019.
• She started a program called Belle of the Ashes to help and empower women.

Trivia

• El is the only member of Aganoa to be voted out after the merge and the only member of Aganoa to be a member of the jury.
• El is the first person in Australian Survivor to be only juror to vote for a certain finalist while all other jurors vote for the other finalist.