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Gerry Geltch is a contestant from Australian Survivor: Heroes v Villains.

The oldest person to ever play Australian Survivor, Gerry's frailty and early ankle injury made him an easy target on the original Heroes tribe. After the Heroes threw him aside on Day 12, Gerry swore revenge on his tribe. His revenge tour came to fruition as he joined with the "Spice Girls" George Mladenov, Liz Parnov, and Shonee Bowtell to knock out every one of his former tribemates. Gerry also formed a tight Final Three pact with George and fellow Hero Matt Sharp, which carried him to the Final Tribal Council. However, Gerry's deference to George manifested in an obstinacy against eliminating the person he saw as his mentor; eventually, his move against George at the final four came too late to regain the jury's respect, as he finished the game with no jury votes.

Profile[]

Retrieved 10play.com.au

Gerry has been a pilot on Fraser Island for thirty-five years and does over 40,000 beach landings a year. During that time, he's survived plane crashes, rescued passengers, and saved people from beach dangers.

As someone who naturally thinks of others before himself in an emergency, Gerry says a flick gets switched and the safety of other people comes first. He also admits his good nature and kindness could be used as a weakness in a game like Survivor and says his favourite previous player is Tarzan.

A free climber, free diver, spear fisher and Latin dancer, Gerry is used to the beach life so isn't fazed by the Samoan elements that will be thrown at him. He says, "I'm as fit as I can be at my age, I'm a very social person but I'm also strategic. I'm going to be checking out all my opponents in the game, seeing which ones I can work and align with, who I can't and as the game progresses, I'll start playing the game bigger and bigger and bigger.

"The reason why I'm here to play is to prove to myself at my age I can do this. Number two, show other people around my age, don't give it away. You can go and do new different things. This is all new to me as well."[2]

Australian Survivor[]

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Episode Tribe
Affiliation
Challenge Challenge Type Sit-Out? Result
1 Heroes (No title) Reward No Won
Hammer Time Immunity No Won
2 Push Comes to Shove Reward No Lost
(No title) Immunity Yes Won
3 Water Slaughter Reward No Lost
Log Handler Immunity Yes Won
4 Footbrawl Reward No Won
Vampire Bats Immunity No Lost
5 (No title) Reward No Won
Fire Starter Immunity Yes Lost
Switched Tribes, Day 12
6 Villains Idol Hands Reward No Lost
(No title) Immunity No Lost
Switched Tribes, Day 15
7 Heroes Boulder Smash Immunity Yes Won
8 Legs Eleven Reward/Immunity No Lost
9 Survivor Auction
Buried Alive Immunity No Lost
10 Hot Pursuit Reward No Lost
Losing Face Immunity No Won
11 A Crate Idea Immunity No Lost
12 (No title) Reward No Lost
Box Your Mind Immunity No Won
13 Chariots of Mire Reward No Lost
Shower Caddies Immunity Yes Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 28
14 Fa'amolemole Last Gasp Immunity Lost
15 On the Pull Immunity Lost
16 Get a Grip Reward Invited
A Bit Tipsy Immunity Lost
17 Get Barreled Immunity Lost
18 The Game Is Afoot Reward Lost
Squatty Probst Immunity Lost
19 Stacked Up Reward Lost
Fire and Rain Immunity Lost
20 Hands on a Hard Idol Immunity Lost
21 Domino Effect Immunity Yes1 Lost
22 Unchained Medley Immunity Lost
23 The Obstacle Course Reward Lost
24 Uncomfortably Numb Immunity Lost
Co-Runner-Up, Day 47
Notes:
^1 After being sent to live in isolation, Gerry was not eligible to compete in the Immunity Challenge.

Episode Gerry's
Votes
Voted Against
Gerry
1 Heroes Tribe Immune
2 Heroes Tribe Immune
3 Heroes Tribe Immune
4 Rogue David, Matt,
Sam, Shaun
5 Mock Vote1
6 Sarah -
7 Heroes Tribe Immune
8 Benjamin2 -
9 Paige -
10 Heroes Tribe Immune
11 Benjamin Benjamin,
Flick, Matt
12 Heroes Tribe Immune
13 Stevie -
14 David -
15 Flick -
16 Sam -
17 Shonee -
18 Shaun -
19 Hayley -
20 Mock Vote3
21 Nina;
Simon4
-
22 Nina -
24 George George
Jury Votes
for Gerry
-
Co-Runner-Up, Day 47

^1 In "Episode 5", the Heroes were subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player they voted out was switched to the other tribe. Gerry ultimately received enough votes to be swapped to the other tribe.
^2 In "Episode 8", Benjamin used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Gerry's vote against him.
^3 In "Episode 20", Fa'amolemole was subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the two players who received the most votes would be sent to live in isolation. Gerry ultimately received enough votes to be sent to isolation.
^4 In "Episode 21", the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Nina and Simon, forcing a revote. Gerry changed his vote to Simon on the revote.

Post-Survivor[]

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Trivia[]

  • Gerry is the oldest member of the original Heroes tribe and the oldest first-time player to compete on Heroes v Villains.
    • Being 61 years, 11 months, 7 days old on Day 47 of Heroes v Villains, Gerry is the oldest finalist in franchise history.
  • Gerry is the first person to be the victim of multiple mock votes.
  • Gerry and Matt Sharp are the first pair of contestants in Australian Survivor to tie as the highest-ranking members of a tribe.

References[]

Australian Survivor: Heroes v Villains Castaways
 Anjali
Villains
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 Benjamin
Heroes
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 David
Heroes
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 Flick
Heroes
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 Fraser
Villains
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 George
Villains
AUS10 george t
 Gerry
Heroes
AUS10 gerry t
 Hayley
Heroes
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 Jackie
Villains
AUS10 jackie t
 Jordie
Villains
AUS10 jordie t
 Liz
Villains
AUS10 liz t
 Matt
Heroes
AUS10 matt t
 Michael
Villains
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 Mimi
Villains
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 Nina
Heroes
AUS10 nina t
 Paige
Heroes
AUS10 paige t
 Rogue
Heroes
AUS10 rogue t
 Sam
Heroes
AUS10 sam t
 Sarah
Villains
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 Sharni
Heroes
AUS10 sharni t
 Shaun
Heroes
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 Shonee
Villains
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 Simon
Villains
AUS10 simon t
 Stevie
Villains
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