Great little teaser and great to open the year with it. I think based on the colour scheme it looks like Blood V Water.
Hayley Leake Wins Australian Survivor.
George Mladenov Named Runner Up And Flick Palmateer Places Third.
After 48 gruelling days in the toughest conditions the game has seen, Hayley Leake successfully outwitted, outplayed and outlasted her rivals, and was tonight crowned Sole Survivor of Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn, taking home the $500,000 prize.
For the last Immunity Challenge, the final three Castaways, Flick, George and Hayley, stepped into a chamber complete with narrow pegs on the floor, and spikes on the ceiling. At intervals, the ceiling dropped, making it harder to stay in position. After four and a half hours, both the sunset and the precarious ceiling of spikes above them fell.
George was the first to step off, prompting a showdown between Hayley and Flick. At the five-hour mark, Flick was in unbearable pain and Hayleyâs body started to shake. Unable to hold any longer, Flick dropped at 5 hours and 17 minutes. Hayley won Immunity yet again, plus the advantage of deciding who she would be up against at the final Tribal Council.
Hayley believed Flick had secured more votes with the Jury, so George would be her safest bet. Hayley stuck to her guns and voted out Flick, leaving her to face George in the final Tribal Council.
At the final Tribal Council George was first up to face the Jury and made his case to win. He pitched that he was a minority from the outset, surrounded by a tribe set to pick off the physically weak, and that he had wanted to control the chaos. Changing the tone of the game, he moved from a phase of playing double agent to a dynasty reign in the last stretch of the game.
Next up was Hayley who was equally as proud of her gameplay. She explained that despite initially being in a majority alliance, she still knew what the minority were doing, having the power to swing the vote. Tribe Swap saw her in a minority, but then she found an Immunity Idol and played an Immunity Idol effectively over three Tribal Councils.
Each member of the Jury then asked their questions before the final votes were cast. With 7 votes for Hayley and 2 votes for George, Hayley was crowned Sole Survivor.
Thrilled with her win, Hayley said: âI survived 48 days, I made massive blindsides and I was a physical beast out here. Iâm proud of being able to come out here and play a really big strategic game. I didnât want to hide in the shadows, I wanted to make big moves from the start, and I did that.â
JLP said to TV Tonight that itâs definitely a US theme thatâs been done before so I think youâre 99% on the ball with it.
As always excellent move for this to headline 10 after Iâm a Celebrity. Will give them a chance to push Seven into 3rd place most nights if done right.
It was a great finale last night. Hayley was a well deserved winner as she played a much better game than George. Georgeâs pitch at the final tribal council and his revelation that he hid behind to hear other castawaysâ conversations clearly showed his arrogance and could not be trusted.
For the record, Hayley won the final vote 7-2. Only Cara and Laura voted for George.
I really enjoyed this season of Survivor, which was ruined by the numerous twists by the producers to keep George in the competition, and too many hidden immunity idols.
The Tribe Has Spoken. Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn Is A Hit.
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National total average audience: 1.08 million.
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Capital city total average audience: 897,000.
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#1 in timeslot in 16 to 39s.
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Up 7% year-on-year.
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Richest series in co-viewers of 2021.
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Biggest ever live stream audience.
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Biggest ever BVOD audience.
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Dominated social media.
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The Winner Announced: #1 show in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
The votes have been cast and the results are in. Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn engaged viewers across every platform - television, online and social - achieving an average national audience of 1.08 million viewers across the season, up 7% year on year, and ranking #1 in its timeslot in 16 to 39s.
Brilliant blindsides and sensational gameplay kept viewers entertained and enthralled all season and delivered the biggest ever live stream audience on 10 Play in the franchiseâs history, averaging 32,000 viewers, up 191% on the 2020 series. The captivating 2021 season also achieved its biggest ever broadcast video on-demand (BVOD) audience, with a massive increase of 21% year on year.
For the first time ever, Australian Survivor brought the Aussie Outback to Australian audiences. The formidable landscape tested the Castaways like never before, pushing them to their mental and physical limits as brains and brawn battled it out in the most gruelling conditions.
In 2021, the worldâs toughest game was a challenge champion across the season:
- 1.08 million national total audience (including 7-day television, broadcast video on-demand (BVOD) and live streams).
- Second biggest series total audience.
- 921,000 national TV viewers.
- 740,000 capital city TV viewers.
- #1 in its timeslot in 16 to 39s.
- BVOD audience on 10 Play: 125,000. Up 21% year-on-year. Biggest ever BVOD.
- Live stream audience on 10 Play: 32,000 biggest ever live stream audience, up 191%.
- Minutes viewed: Highest ever with over 270 million minutes viewed, up 25% compared with 2020.
- Richer in co-viewers than any other program so far this year, with 64% of the audience co-viewing with others.
- Facebook total reach: 3.6 million total reach.
- Instagram total impressions: 1.3 million.
- Twitter total impressions: 7.8 million.
- Total Facebook video views: 4.3 million, 2.3 million minutes viewed.
- Facebook engagements: 3.1 million, up 605% compared to 2019 Champions V Contenders.
- Biggest Facebook post: Where is Cloncurry? with 169,431 impressions, 12,229 engagements, 1,300 likes.
- Biggest Instagram post: Note from Georgia about her health scare after leaving the competition with 112,069 impressions, 10,494 likes, 1,555 shares.
- Biggest Tweet: Note from Georgia with 87,000 impressions.
- #SurvivorAU trended #1 in Australia 18 times across the season.
- Australia was captivated with the winner announcement video achieving 36,800 views on IGTV.
The tribe has spoken across social media too, with Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn , cementing its place as one of the most talked about and engaging entertainment shows during its season. There were 236,800 total social interactions on Facebook and 717,900 total interactions on Instagram.
The unmissable 2021 season reached 7.94 million people nationally across the season and posted strong commercial shares, including 28.3% in under 50s, 27.9% in 25 to 54s and 31.8% in 16 to 39s.
Daniel Monaghan, Senior Vice President Content and Programming, 10 ViacomCBS, said: âFilming in our own backyard, Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn proved to be the most entertaining season yet. The Castaways showed incredible resilience against the toughest conditions, jaw dropping challenges, bold blindsides and unexpected alliances.
âCongratulations to our sole survivor and 2021 winner, Hayley Leake, for outwitting, outplaying and outlasting some of the strongest and most strategic characters the competition has ever seen.
âIâd like to thank all of our formidable contestants, our fantastic production partners Endemol Shine Australia, our exceptional host Jonathan LaPaglia, the hosting town of Cloncurry and everyone at 10 who worked through challenging circumstances to deliver a truly unmissable season.â
Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn proved to be a challenge winner for brands and advertisers.
Lisa Squillace, National Sales Director, 10 ViacomCBS, said: â Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn delivered fantastic results for our sponsors. Iâd like to thank those clients who came on board for our first season filmed locally in Australia. We would not have been able to achieve such a successful season without you.
âItâs clear that Australian Survivor has the worldâs most engaged and passionate fans, and we are excited to share that commitment with our commercial partners.â
Kristi Woolrych, CMO at KFC, said: âIn this season of Australian Survivor , we were proud sponsors of Talking Tribal and created the first-ever KFC outback pub experience. Nothing hits the spot like our delicious Kentucky Fried Chicken, so what better way to treat Laura, Gerald, Wai, Flick and Dani to the Fried Side of Life for winning their reward challenge after eating rice and lentils for 30 days straight!
âIt wasnât just the contestants who wanted to get their hands on the Colonelâs finest, during the season we saw an uplift of more than 80% of new visitors to the KFC website with a peak of 300% in the episode where we delivered contestants our KFC feast.â
Executive General Manager â Marketing at Isuzu UTE Australia, Mike Conybeare, said: âIsuzu UTE Australia have thoroughly enjoyed partnering and working with Network 10 and Endemol Shine Australia on the production of Australian Survivor series six.
âThe attention to detail along the way, from reporting through to the integration planning and execution has been excellent, with the reliability and durability of the Isuzu D-MAX and MU-X seamlessly complementing the Brains V Brawn theme showcased throughout the season.â
I wonder why (despite the decent ratings) the timeshifted figures were lower this year
Early hit with the Olympics perhaps with more competition throughout the day so less time to watch recordings or on 10Play.
And three relatively strong franchises airing at once surely does them no favours. Watching one and recording another may be quite doable but gets more tricky when you have a third in the mix.
According to Sunday Herald Sun, the next season will feature loved ones â be it siblings, a parent and son or daughter, couples, or close relatives.
Sounds like Blood vs Water is confirmed.
That is Blood vs Water - the theme has been done twice in the US.
Iâm not a fan of this theme, especially in our local version. Aussie shows love to milk the family side of things. Iâm not sure how a whole season of it would go. It might just be overkill.
The US version had returning players and Redemption Island in the first BvW season and new players with duels in the second. These were designed to get a reaction when family members were voted off, or force them to go against each other 1on1. So I wonder if we will do the same sort of things.
There were two contestants Benji and annalise that are siblings and were in different seasons. I wonder if they would return for blood vs water.
Benji is also dating Jennah from season 1 so could do it with her. But it doesnât sound like it will have returning contestants.
Contrary to what you just said, many leaks among the survivor fanbase community suggest that it is likely the next season will involve returning players.
Oh good that article made it sound like it wasnât.
Have they started filming yet? Robbie from season 3 has just landed in Queensland. Could he possibly return?
What a confusing article
After the recent success of Australian Survivor Brains vs Brawn this weekend, production is now ready to commence on the next season of the popular reality franchise.
What do they mean by recent success this weekend? Am I missing something?