I still have the first 10 season as the one I enjoyed the most, including it’s final couple of episodes lead by Kristie’s astonishing leap to the finish and her plot twist ‘how she did it’ pitch (even her pleas during that final gruelling challenge). Followed by a close battle between this and the second. Last year’s was my least favourite (although that was contrary to most people). It’s been my favourite show just about since it came back. I hope this “All Stars” doesn’t have an adverse effect.
Pia is the first person to win Australian Survivor from an unanimous jury vote.
Interesting to note that after Pia’s victory, her profile on iMDB was edited to include the result and some of her quotes from Survivor, or her interviews about her participation in the show.
I’d say celebrity would stay put. Survivor would be replacing changing rooms.
I believe Celebrity would have to stay where it is in the schedule because other countries film there at other times. I remember this year there was another countries version taking place there just a few weeks after our version ended. So yeah it makes sense Survivor comes off the back of that.
Season 1 was horrible. Every single twist just kept favouring the same strong tribe and people who were all about mateship and loyalty. I’m glad the show found it’s groove a bit more since then. Season 3 for me was the best. This season albeit predictable most of the way for me was still better casted and more enjoyable than the first 2 seasons.
I think All Stars could possibly have an adverse effect. Not only airing a few months after this season but it also sounds like its air time could clash with Survivor: Winners At War, the most anticipated US season ever with 20 Winners competing against each other for a $2 Million prize. Too much Survivor for the big Survivor fans? Also a lot of the casual viewers could already be hooked on MAFS. I guess 10 need to try something though as it never seems to recover once Celeb ends so it’s worth a shot.
What about this then?
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Australian Survivor 2019
The season that outwitted, outplayed and outlasted them all
The votes have been tallied and this season of Australian Survivor broke audience records across all platforms – television, online and social - outperforming 2018’s record breaking season.
Alliances were broken in the game and outside of the game, these were records that were broken this season:
- National total average audience (including 7 day television and broadcast video on-demand (BVOD)): UP six per cent year on year.
- Capital city total average audience: 912,000. UP 10 per cent year on year.
- Capital city television average audience : 823,000. UP seven per cent year on year.
- 10 Play (7 day BVOD) average audience : 82,000. UP 37 per cent year on year.
Across social, it was the most talked about entertainment show during its run. Total social interactions on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter soared 82 per cent year on year according to Nielsen Social Content Ratings.
Australian Survivor’s 10 Play companion show, The Jury Villa , which followed the journey of jury members after they are eliminated from the game, achieved an average BVOD audience of 52,000, UP 64 per cent year on year.
In the important advertising demographics, Australian Survivor was a challenge beast and across its run was the #1 show in under 50s and all key demos (16 to 39s, 18 to 49s and 25 to 54s).
Its average capital city commercial shares gave 10 an advantage:
- Under 50s: (Up 4 points on 2018)
- 16 to 39s: (Up 6.2 points on 2018)
- 18 to 49s: (Up 4.2 points on 2018)
- 25 to 54s: (Up 3.7 points on 2018)
Network 10’s chief content officer Beverley McGarvey said: “From the gameplay to the blindsides, the contestants to the challenges, we’ve really enjoyed bringing this season to audiences.
“The contestants gave it their all, right until the end. The final endurance challenge was the longest we’ve had across all seasons – six hours and 40 minutes. Congratulations to Baden Gilbert who secured his place in the final two after winning the challenge. And congratulations to our 2019 winner, Pia Miranda, for outwitting, outplaying and outlasting our phenomenal group of contestants.
“Pia played an incredible and understated game which ultimately won her the title of sole survivor in a unanimous vote. A very deserving winner.
“I’d like to extend thanks to our contestants who put everything on the line during the game, our brilliant production partners Endemol Shine Australia, excellent host Jonathan LaPaglia and everyone at 10 who worked tirelessly on sharing the Survivor story with the rest of Australia.
The penultimate episode of the season, which broke hearts across Australia as fan favourite and people’s champ Luke Toki was eliminated, was the highest rating episode of the season (excluding the finale) attracting an average metro audience of 927,000, 1.09 million nationally.
The most-watched episode on 10 Play was episode 22 which saw Luke Toki play a tribal advantage to blindside Abbey Holmes. The episode was watched by 98,000 across 7 days on BVOD.
The most popular episode of The Jury Villa was the episode that saw old rivals contender Shaun Hampson and David Genat reunited out of the game after their respective blindsides. This was watched by 58,000 across 7 days on 10 Play.
Network 10’s chief sales officer Rod Prosser said: “This season, Australian Survivor delivered game changing results for our sponsors. I’d like to thank those who have supported us through our biggest season ever. We would not have been able to achieve such a successful season without you.
“Six seasons in and it’s fantastic to see the show continuing to break creative boundaries for brands and advertisers. Bring on season seven!”
As to whether next year’s All-Stars season can beat this one? Well, this challenge is on.
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Apparently there is only 1 season of Survivor on the cards next year.
How do you know?
Listening to a podcast. The guy has some insider knowledge on survivor
So they’re shifting it to opening the year and then will have some other strategy for July/August/September next year. All will be revealed at the upfronts.
That is my assumption.
Which podcast out of curiousity?
Brink of Reality
So there should be otherwise it risks overkill. I know there are two US seasons a year, but each season is 14-15 episodes. Aus Survivor has 24 episodes per season and they are often double as long!
Ryan who runs this is a very reliable source. I’ve known him for quite some time. He’s always in the know, even with the US seasons, and has interviewed almost every big player that has played.
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Agree, although I don’t think 10 should expect figures like this season.
@Chris do you have a link for the cast for next season? I found one but I am hoping that it isn’t the cast.
The show is at it’s peak right now but we know how quickly that can change with Aussie shows. I think a lot of the success this season has to do with Luke, who the casual viewers really seemed to love. He is definitely not playing next season. Neither is Baden. If anyone from this seasons cast has done interviews or live feeds in the past few weeks they are either not participating or have been voted out…
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Yes. This is the rumoured cast. It is apparently 90% accuarate, a couple of them are guesses but more likely.
It is currently filming and many of these people are already back home, doing interviews and on social media. So the pre-merge boots have already been pretty much worked out for most.
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Thanks, yes that makes it obvious of a few who have been eliminated already.