Australian Survivor

Australian Survivor

Title Card used in the 2016 edition
Genre Reality competition
Created by Charlie Parsons
Presented by
Starring List of Australian Survivor contestants
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 51 (and 2 specials)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Stephen Peters (2002)[1]
  • David Mason (2006)[2]
  • Amelia Fisk (2016-present)
  • Tim Toni (2006-present)[3]
Running time 60 minutes (inc. adverts)
(2002, 2006)
70-90 minutes (inc. adverts)
(2016-present)
Production company(s) Castaway Television
(2002-present)
Endermol Shine Australia
(2016-present)
Release
Original network
Picture format 576i (SDTV) (2002,2006)
1080i (HDTV) (2016-present)
Original release Original series:
13 February 2002 –
15 May 2002
First revived series:
17 August 2006 —
2 November 2006
Second revived series:
21 August 2016 – present
Chronology
Related shows International versions
External links
Website
This article is about the Australian version of Survivor. For the second season of the American edition set in Australia, see Survivor: The Australian Outback.

Australian Survivor (also known as Australian Celebrity Survivor during season two) is an Australian reality game show based on the popular international Survivor format.

Following the basic premise of other international versions of the format, it features a group of contestants who are marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted out by their fellow contestants until only one remains and is awarded the title of "Sole Australian Survivor" and the grand prize of A$500,000.

The series first aired in 2002 on the Nine Network, who hold the Australian broadcast rights to the American edition. In 2006, a celebrity edition aired on the Seven Network. Both incarnations of the series only lasted one season due to low ratings.[4]

In November 2015, the Network Ten, at its network upfronts, announced that it would be reviving the series in 2016.[5] The series commenced airing on August 21, 2016. Unlike its predecessors, the series was successful, enough so for Australian Survivor to be renewed by Network Ten for another season to air in 2017.[6]

Format

Further information: Survivor (TV series) § Format

The show follows the same general format as the other editions of the show. The players are split into two or three "tribes", are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meagre supplies for a period of several weeks. Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the teams against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for "immunity", forcing the other tribe to attend "Tribal Council", where they must vote one of their players out of the game.

Once about half the players are remaining, the tribes are "merged" into a single tribe, and competitions are on an individual basis; winning immunity prevents that player from being voted out. Most players that are voted out during this stage become members of the "Tribal Council Jury". Once only two people remain, the "Final Tribal Council" is held where the remaining players plead their case to the members of the Jury as to why they should win the game. The jury then votes for which finalist should be awarded the title of "Sole Australian Survivor" and be awarded the grand prize of A$500,000 (or a A$100,000 charity prize in the celebrity season).

Like other editions of the show, the Australian edition has introduced numerous modifications, or "twists", on the core rules in order to keep the players on their toes and to prevent players from relying on strategies that succeeded in prior seasons or other editions of the show. These changes have included tribal switches, seasons starting with more than two tribes, players being exiled from their tribe for a short time, hidden immunity idols that players can use to save themselves at Tribal Council from being voted off, special voting powers which can be used to influence the result at Tribal Council and players being given a chance to return following their elimination.

History

The first Australian version of the Survivor format was filmed in 2001, and aired in 2002 on the Nine Network. The program was a contractual obligation if the network were to be allowed to continue to broadcast American Survivor. [7] The program was criticised by fans and critics for poor casting and lower production value to the popular American edition and it was not renewed due to low ratings. The Nine Network continued to broadcast the American edition of the program ever since.[4] Since 2013, recent seasons air on Nine's secondary channel; 9GO! within hours of the original American airing.[8][9]

In 2006, the Seven Network found a loophole in the contract between the Nine Network and Castaway Television, which allowed them to produce a celebrity version of the series, due to a celebrity format being viewed as different from the original format. The Seven Network did not renew the series.[10]

In November 2015, Network Ten revealed at its upfronts event that it would air a new season featuring regular contestants to air in the last quarter of 2016.[11] This new season gives Australian Survivor the distinction of being one of the few Australian programs to have aired across all three major commercial networks in Australia.

Series overview

List of Australian Survivor seasons
Season Location Days Castaways Initial Tribes Winner Runner-up Final Vote Grand Prize
1 Whaler's Way,
Eyre Peninsula,
South Australia
39 16 Two tribes of eight Rob Dickson Sciona Browne 5-2 $500,000 and
a Ford V6 Escape.
Celebrity Survivor Efate, Shefa,
Vanuatu
25 12 Two tribes of six celebrities, divided by gender with the exception of one contestant Guy Leech Justin Melvey 3-2 $100,000
(for Charity)
3 Upolu,
Samoa
55 24 Three tribes of eight Kristie Bennett Lee Carseldine 8-1 $500,000
4 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Broadcast information

Season Network Episodes Timeslot Season Premiere Season Finale
1 Nine Network 13[lower-alpha 1] Wednesday 8:30 pm 13 February, 2002 15 May, 2002
Celebrity Survivor Seven Network 12 Thursday 8:30 pm 17 August, 2006 2 November, 2006
3 Network Ten 26 Sunday, Monday
& Tuesday 7:30pm
21 August, 2016 25 October, 2016
4 TBA TBA TBA TBA
Notes
  1. In addition to the 13 regular episodes, two specials for the season were produced.

Logo history

Australian Survivor logos
Season 1 logo
Season 1 logo 
Season 2 logo
Australian Celebrity Survivor 
Season 3 logo
Season 3 title card 
Season 3 alternative logo
Season 3 logo 

See also

References

  1. "Production Credits - Kalgoorie Cops". CI. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. "Celebrity Survivor joins Seven's new mid-year line-up" (PDF). Seven Network. 30 May 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/australian-survivor/credits
  4. 1 2 Knox, David (7 August 2015). "Could Survivor Australia's torch be lit once more?". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  5. "Seanna Cronin, "Channel 10 adds Survivor Australia to 2016 reality line-up"". The Northern Star. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  6. "Renewed: Australian Survivor". TV Tonight. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  7. "Survival of the fittest - smh.com.au". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  8. "Airdate: Survivor: Caramoan: Fans v Favourites". 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  9. "Returning: Survivor". 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  10. "Celebs to survive on 7". Herald Sun. 29 May 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 2006-08-31..
  11. Knox, David (19 November 2015). "TEN Upfronts 2016: Survivor, Jessica Marais, Anh Do -and Nigella!". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

External links

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