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Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains

Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains is the tenth season of Australian Survivor, which premiered on Network 10 on 30 January 2023 and is based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor. In this season, based on the twentieth American series and carrying the same sub-title, new and returning players were divided into two tribes of Heroes and Villains.[1] Liz Parnov was named the winner of the season, defeating Gerry Geltch and Matt Sharp in a 7–0–0 vote.

The season was filmed in Upolu, Samoa, marking the third time Australian Survivor had filmed there (the first being in 2016 and the second being in 2017).[2]

Contestants

From left to right: Anjali Rao, Shaun Hampson, Flick Palmateer, Sharni Vinson, and David Zaharakis

The 24 contestants, which consist of 13 new contestants and 11 returnees from previous seasons, were divided into two tribes Heroes and Villains. The new contestants were divided based on how they see themselves playing the game, while the returnees were divided based on their previous style of game play. The cast includes news anchor Anjali Rao, author Benjamin Law, AFL footballer David Zaharakis, Olympic pole vaulter Liz Parnov and actress Sharni Vinson.

Future appearances

In 2025, George Mladenov and Shonee Bowtell competed on Survivor: Australia v The World.[4]

Outside of Survivor, George Mladenov appeared on Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly and competed on The Amazing Race Australia 7 in 2023 with his sister Pam.[5][6] In 2024, Nina Twine competed on the USA Network show The Anonymous.[7]

Season summary

The season filmed in Upolu in Samoa.

Thirteen new players and eleven returnees arrived in Samoa, where they were divided into two tribes based on their personality, occupation and/or past gameplay: “Heroes” and “Villains”. The Heroes dominated the early immunity challenges, with a hierarchy forming around the strong men like Shaun and Sam while social threats like Hayley and Flick kept the target focused on the weaker members. The Villains tribe was primarily run by the "Spice Girls" trio of George, Shonee and Liz, with Simon and Jordie winding up in the minority.

After a tribe swap, George and Shonee successfully took control of the new Heroes tribe while the “alpha males” dominated the new Villains tribe under Shaun's leadership. Both swapped tribes openly exchanged information and advantages during challenges, including immunity idols. Liz found herself at the bottom of her new tribe, but when given the opportunity to mutiny to the other tribe shortly before the merge, she accepted, rejoining Shonee and George.

At the merge, George and the other Villains pulled in former Heroes Hayley, Gerry and Matt to form a new majority called “the Vigilantes”. The alliance picked off the minority one by one, with George pre-empting several blindside attempts against him by betraying former allies like Shonee and Hayley. George planned to go to the end with Matt and Gerry, but was foiled when Liz won the final two immunity challenges, resulting in George being voted out in fourth place.

Liz, Matt and Gerry then faced the jury at the final tribal council, where all three were questioned on what moves they made outside of George's influence. Matt was criticised for his lack of independent strategy, while Gerry was criticised for failing to make strong social bonds with the jury. Liz took credit for taking revenge against George on behalf of Shonee, and the jury voted unanimously in her favour, awarding her the $500,000 and title of Sole Survivor.

Challenge winners and eliminations by episode

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Jonathan informed the Heroes at Tribal Council of Day 12 that instead of voting someone out, they would vote someone to join the Villains tribe. If that same person would survive two days at the Villains, they would return to the Heroes. Gerry survived the Swap twist, therefore, he returned to the Heroes on day 15.
  2. ^ On Day 45, the Final 4 had to vote for a jury member to be removed, which the majority decided on Shonee.
  3. ^ At Day 15's Tribal Council, a special Individual Challenge was held. This challenge was won by Simon
  4. ^ Instead of voting out a member of the tribe, Villains were offered a chance to mutiny and join Heroes. Only One castaway could mutiny. Liz chose to mutiny.
  5. ^ No Reward Challenge, due to the Merge.
  6. ^ a b c On Day 45, the Final 4 had to vote for a jury member to be removed, which Matt earning an extra vote for winning the reward. The majority decided on Shonee.
  7. ^ Instead of voting out a member of the tribe, Fa'amolemole were informed after the vote that the two castaways to receive the most votes at this Tribal Council would be isolated from the tribe until the next Tribal Council. The two Isolated can only eat what is sent to them by the tribe, and cannot participate at the next Immunity Challenge. If they survive the next vote, they rejoin the tribe. Nina and Gerry received the most votes and were Isolated from the tribe.

Episodes

Voting history

Tribal Phase (Day 1–27)
Individual phase (Day 28–47)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Jonathan informed the Heroes at Tribal Council of Day 12 that instead of voting someone out, they would vote someone to join the Villains tribe. If that person survived two days at the Villains, they would return to the Heroes. Gerry survived the Swap twist, therefore, he returned to the Heroes on day 15.
  2. ^ On Day 25, instead of voting out someone at Tribal Council, Villains was given the offer to mutiny from their tribe and become a member of Heroes. Liz decided to leave Villains, becoming a full member of Heroes.
  3. ^ a b Due to medical intervention by production, Jackie did not attend Tribal Council. Before the vote was revealed, Jonathan revealed that Jackie fractured her collarbone and was deemed unable to continue with the game. With George still in an unknown medical state at this time, the remaining Villains were given the option on whether to reveal the vote (eliminating a tribemate), or stop the count (leaving the tribe intact) by unanimous decision, the Villains chose to reveal the vote.
  4. ^ a b The Tribal Council vote resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the castaways involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining castaways could only vote for those who tied.
  5. ^ George played a hidden immunity idol on himself, therefore two votes against him were negated.
  6. ^ Benjamin played a hidden immunity idol on himself, therefore six votes against him were negated.
  7. ^ Shonee played a hidden immunity idol on George, therefore four votes against him were negated.
  8. ^ Due to medical intervention by production, George did not attend Tribal Council but had not been deemed unable to continue with the game. As he could not attend Tribal Council, he could not vote, nor be voted out.
  9. ^ a b Jordie and Sam were ineligible to vote in the revote.
  10. ^ After the votes were cast, Jonathan informed the tribe that instead of being eliminated, the two people with the most votes would spend the next 24 hours in Survivor Isolation and not be able to compete for immunity.
  11. ^ a b c On Day 45, the Final 4 had to vote for a jury member to be removed, which Matt earning an extra vote for winning the reward. The majority decided on Shonee.
  12. ^ Liz played a hidden immunity idol on Shonee, therefore four votes against her were negated.
  13. ^ a b Nina and Simon were ineligible to vote in the revote.

Reception

Ratings

Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth).

Notes

  1. ^ The final episode was coded into two programs - the first titled "Grand Finale" and the second titled "Winner Announced". Because of this, two separate sets of ratings were produced.

Critical response

The seventh episode of Heroes V Villains was listed as one of the best television episodes of 2023 by The New York Times.[32]

Awards

The season won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Reality Program at the Logie Awards of 2023.[33]

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