Shane Elizabeth Gould is the Sole Survivor of Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders (2018). She later competed on Australian Survivor: All Stars.
Despite being the oldest contestant of the season and starting on the bottom of the Champions, Shane managed to play an aggressive, yet under-the-radar, game. In the course of the season, she found a Hidden Immunity Idol and led many blindsides, most notably of Lydia Lassila and Fenella McGowan. Her unassuming stance made her a favorable candidate to be taken to the Final Two, where she held her own against barrister Sharn Coombes at Final Tribal Council, earning the respect of the jury and winning the season.
Profile
Retrieved from 10play.com.au
Age: 61 An Australian legend in the swimming pool and the eldest competitor in Australian Survivor, Shane is sporting royalty and one of the world's greatest female swimmers. Between 1971 and 1973, she broke 11 world records in six different events. In the 1972 Olympics, Shane was, and still is, the only woman ever to win five individual medals: three gold in total, all in world record times, plus a silver and a bronze. In 1972, Shane held every Freestyle World Record: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and also the 200 individual medley, an achievement which has never been matched. "I'm not one to be proud of myself. I think being proud is a fashionable self-serving idea. I prefer to think about satisfying moments and those aren't necessarily my sporting accomplishments. Parenting four children to be independent adults. Learning how to train my horses. Those are moments I cherish." Splitting her time between Sydney and Bicheno, Tasmania, Shane may be the eldest to arrive on the island but she is not going to let the young ones throw her off. "I'm a realist and I know it's not going to be easy, especially when I don't know who my competition is yet but I have a one in 24 chance of winning. I'll be playing my hardest and I want to be there at the end. I've been researching, training and feel like I'm as prepared as I can be." "Just because I'm in the Champions tribe doesn't mean I am safe. I'm probably older than the rest but that won't stop me. I've been through tough times and lived to tell the tale. That's how I live my life and that's how I'm going to finish on Survivor."[1]
62, Olympic Gold Medallist — Season 3 Not only is Shane Gould an Australian Icon and Olympian but she’s also the oldest Australian Survivor winner and is ready to do it all again! After winning the first Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders in Season 3, Shane has finished her PhD and graduated in doctoral studies. With all her work away from the island, she’s excited to come back for All Stars and give it another chance. “I won my season, I was the oldest to win and I played a subtle game with some well-timed moves, very good luck and very good help from allies at the right times. “I have so much life experience in years that I played and will play again. In the last game, I realised I used my experience as a horse trainer and farm animal herder to read other player’s body language but will continue to do that without anyone knowing.” From her life in Tasmania where she likes to read, work on her garden and walk with her husband Milt, she wants to use her wisdom and experience to win over her fellow castaways. “I’m going to try my hardest to win by negotiation, reconciliation, political instinct, subterfuge, selfinterest and use every opportunity handed to me.”[2] |
Australian Survivor
Champions v Contenders
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Voting History
| Shane's Voting History | ||
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| Episode | Shane's Votes |
Voted Against Shane |
| 1 | Champions Tribe Immune | |
| 2 | Russell; Russell1 |
Jackie, Monika; - |
| 3 | Damien | Mat |
| 4 | Champions Tribe Immune | |
| 5 | Champions Tribe Immune | |
| 6 | Moana | Mat, Moana |
| 7 | Champions Tribe Immune | |
| 8 | Champions Tribe Immune | |
| 9 | Champions Tribe Immune | |
| 10 | Champions Tribe Immune | |
| 11 | Jackie | - |
| 12 | Tegan | - |
| 13 | Champions Tribe Immune | |
| 14 | Lydia | - |
| 15 | Benji | - |
| 16 | Samuel | - |
| 17 | Brian | - |
| 18 | Benji; Benji3 |
- |
| 19 | No Elimination4 | |
| 20 | Fenella; Fenella5 |
- |
| 21 | Fenella | Monika |
| 22 | Monika | Brian, Monika |
| 23 | Shonee | Shonee |
| 24 | Ineligible | - |
| Jury Votes for Shane |
Brian, Fenella, Mat, Monika, Shonee | |
| Sole Survivor, Day 50 | ||
^1 In Episode 2, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Jackie and Russell, forcing a revote. Shane did not change her vote on the revote.
^2 In Episode 6, Shane used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 3 votes against her.
^3 In Episode 18, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Benji and Sharn, forcing a revote. Shane did not change her vote on the revote.
^4 In Episode 19, rather than voting someone out, Koro Savu had to vote to give someone the status of Dead Man Walking.
^5 In Episode 20, the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between Fenella, Sharn, and Steve W., forcing a revote. Shane did not change her vote on the revote.
All Stars
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Voting History
| Shane's Voting History | ||
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| Episode | Shane's Votes |
Voted Against Shane |
| 1 | Harry | Abbey, Harry, John, Lydia, Michelle, Nick, Shonee, Zach |
| Voted Out, Day 2 | ||
Post-Survivor
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Trivia
- Shane is the oldest castaway on Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders (2018) and Australian Survivor: All Stars.
- Shane is the first woman to on Australian Survivor to be the oldest castaway of a season.
- Shane is the first Tasmanian to compete on Australian Survivor.
- Shane is the oldest castaway on Australian Survivor history to have played a Hidden Immunity Idol.
- At 61, Shane is the oldest castaway to make the Final Tribal Council and the oldest person to receive the title of Sole Survivor in any version of the Survivor franchise worldwide.
- She is the second winner to also be the first person voted out, after Tina Wesson.
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