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The third season of Australian Survivor is a reality game show that aired on Network Ten in 2016. It featured 24 non-celebrity castaways competing for A$ 500,000 in Samoa, with Kristie Bennett as the winner.
Aug 1, 2018 · Australian Survivor - S3 Ep. 1. Air Date: Wed 1 Aug 2018. In a world-first, Australian Survivor has pitted 12 giants of Australian society against 12 every day Aussies in order to create one epic battle: Champions Versus Contenders. Add to my Shows.
Jul 28, 2018 · Meet the 24 castaways divided into Champions and Contenders for the first themed edition of Australian Survivor. The show will be filmed in Fiji and air on Network Ten in August 2018.
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(2018) is the third season of the Network Ten incarnation of the competitive reality TV show Australian Survivor.
After 50 days, Shane Gould defeated Sharn Coombes in a jury vote of 5-4 to become the Sole Survivor. To date, Champions v Contenders (2018) has produced nine returning players (Jackie Glazier, Lydia Lassila, Mat Rogers, Moana Hope, Shane Gould, Sharn Coombes, Shonee Fairfax, Steve Khouw, Zach Kozyrski) for future seasons.
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•Champions v Contenders: The contestants are divided into two tribes based on their occupations and degree of success in life:
•The Champions tribe is made up of public figures from fields such as (but not limited to) sports and entertainment.
•The Contenders tribe is made up of everyday Australian contestants.
•Imported Castaway: Former American contestant Russell Hantz competes as a member of the Champions tribe.
•Shorter Game: This season lasted for 50 days, five days less than the previous two seasons.
•Meager Supplies: Tribes were not given any sort of food rations nor a source of water at their campsites and were only provided with a pot and machete.
This season began with two tribes of twelve: Champions and Contenders. The physically stronger Champions dominated most challenges despite losing three Immunity Challenges before the tribe switch. In those three losses, the tribe quickly dispatched of Survivor veteran Russell Hantz with an idol in his possession, and the former athletes plus Sharn and Sam formed a core majority alliance. The Contenders, despite voting out loose cannons Matt and Steve initially, featured various sub alliances such as the younger men, some of the women, and three of the parents in Tegan, Heath, and Jenna. Jenna's injury forced the tribe to vote her out, and the parents alliance suffered and were targeted shortly after. However, with Heath's idol and Tegan returning via a twist, the pair survived the swap. The Champions majority continued their dominance post swap as either Contenders or minority members of the Champions would be picked off.
The tribes merged at 12 with the Contenders in a vast 4-8 minority. Furthermore, Benji and Robbie jumped ship during the swap, leaving Fenella and Shonee as easy targets. Despite that, the Champions immediately turned on their own by blindsiding Lydia for being too big of a physical threat. Two of her allies Robbie and Sam soon followed, before Benji managed to orchestrate the blindside of Mat by both turning Brian and Monika against him and by convincing Sharn to not play her idol on Mat at Tribal Council. Benji's scheming and lying would eventually catch up with him, however, as Brian and Monika turned on him immediately afterwards and sent him to the jury despite Shonee playing her Vote Steal.
At the final seven, two firm voting blocs were in place: the remnants of the old Champions alliance (Shane, Sharn and Steve W.) vs the two pairs of Brian & Monika and Shonee & Fenella. Brian's alliance initially had the upper hand by voting out Steve W., but poor strategic play on Brian's part combined with Sharn finding a second idol saw Fenella eliminated next. Angered by this, Shonee flipped to the old Champions alliance and blindsided Monika in retaliation. After Brian won immunity at final four, the three women were forced to turn on each other, and Shonee found herself voted out after trying to orchestrate a failed 2-1-1 to avoid a firemaking challenge. This left an all-Champions final three of Brian, Shane and Sharn, with the latter winning the Final Immunity Challenge. Despite Brian's arguments to have 'one last showdown', Sharn ultimately took her ally Shane with her to the final two.
At Final Tribal Council, Sharn argued that she played a loyal and honest game, and survived despite being a big target towards the end of the game. Shane explained her under-the-radar strategy and the use of her social connections to her advantage. Sharn's argument, however, was derailed when Brian brought up her role in the Mat blindside as a sign of disloyalty. Shane was also able to demonstrate that she made genuine connections with the Contender women. Ultimately, Shane was able to defend her strategy more effectively and won the title of Sole Survivor in a close 5-4 vote.
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Learn about the third season of Australian Survivor, where public figures and everyday contestants competed for AU$500,000 in Fiji. Find out the cast, twists, challenges, votes, and winner of this edition.
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Aug 21, 2016 · Twenty-four Australians arrive on the tropical island of Samoa ready to outwit, outplay and outlast each other in order to win the half a million dollar prize and the title of soul survivor.
Australian Survivor (2016) is the third season overall of Australian Survivor and first of the Network Ten incarnation. The season was filmed in Samoa and features twenty-four new castaways competing for $500,000.
