A great final and a good winner. Some very poor closing arguments and responses though. I wasn’t expecting Liz to be so dominant in her arguments; it did make a compelling narrative - I thought she went a bit hard at the start but it seemed to work. Surprised that Matt couldn’t come up with better answers. George, even from the jury was influential and seemed to destroy Matt’s chances. Never thought that Gerry had a chance of one vote when the jury was all retuning players - no sympathy there.
It was disappointing that Matt seemed to let Liz take all the credit for eliminating George. from what we saw, he was always planning to go to the top 2 with gerry, so he was always going to vote out George at some stage towards the end. Liz was just more articulate and dominant in front of the Jury.
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I thought of that argument but I think it tends to elevate Gerry as well and it seems more like something he thought about doing rather than an action.
Probably should have mentioned that Liz didn’t consult or plan with others about the George vote and there was no blindside without others voting for George as well, so she wasn’t the only one with the thought. I really thought Liz’s argument was logically weak but she delivered it so well it seemed like she was a mastermind 
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IMO George “carried” all three through. I would have liked to see him win even though, at times, his chatter drove me crazy and I said to my TV many times “shut up George”. 
He was and is probably the best player Australian Survivor has produced. I also think he is the main reason this season was so good. Being an oldie I wanted old Gerry to win (when George wasn’t there) but he put up a very poor argument and didn’t deserve the win.
https://twitter.com/theprojecttv/status/1640633146222804992
“We went on The Project yesterday and then the three of us (Liz, George and Gerry) that were in Melbourne all watched it together. I was such an emotional mess watching it, I think I cried through the whole episode.”
When asked about how they filmed alternate finales, Liz says the show’s host Johnathan LaPaglia read “fake votes”.
“They can bring in fake votes and read them out and then they don’t show the real votes,” she details. “It’s wild.”
Liz went on to say that there were plenty of moments from the finale that viewers didn’t get to see on TV, including multiple jury members’ questions.
“There were a bunch more questions, but obviously for editing reasons they only left those ones in,” she shares.
I thought Matt actually outshined Liz in the opening speeches but Liz performed really well on the questions whilst Matt crumbled - largely because Matt and Gerry had been such a closed book to making moves and therefore a closed book to those on the jury too. Liz had at least been open to working with most of them at some point.
Matt’s answers though were all about moves he nearly made but didn’t - whether he’d have got to final three had he turned earlier when it looked like he might work with Simon who knows, but at least he’d have done something. The only move he really had but didn’t own as much as he should have was joining that alliance at the merge stage rather than returning to the heroes.
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Australian Survivor Audiences Play The Long Game.
Loyal To The End, Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains - The Winner Announced Audience Soars 29% To 1.1 Million Total Viewers.
Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains Grand Finale grew 32% to 1.01 million total national viewers, while the Winner Announced lifted 29% to 1.1 million total national viewers.
Season 8 of Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains averaged 894,000 total national viewers and was up 2% on its 2022 series.
Chief Sales Officer, Paramount Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), Rod Prosser, said: “We’re thrilled with the performance of Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains and have seen it go from strength to strength building its audience and fans each week.
“This season we’ve seen unprecedented growth in live stream and BVOD viewers with national total audiences lifting 45% with 7-day viewing. And the finale episode confirmed this 7-day strength soaring 32% to a total national audience of 1.01 million.”
Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains Season:
- 894,000 total national viewers.
- #1 commercial show on BVOD during its run with 245 million minutes viewed.
- Biggest BVOD audiences ever.
- 189,000 BVOD viewers, up 24% on last season.
- Reached 5.32 million Australians across the series, or 40% of the population.
- #2 entertainment program during its run in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- 83% bigger audience than its closest competition in 25 to 54s.
- Launch: 879,000 7-day total national viewers.
- Grand Finale: 1.01 million 7-day total national viewers. Biggest audience of the season.
- The Winner Announced: 1.1 million 7-day total national viewers.
Source: OzTAM, Regional TAM, OzTAM National VPM, Commercial BVOD rank is January 30 to March 27 2023, On demand minutes viewed, total minutes include live streaming. On demand growth based on 7 Day BVOD + Live stream audiences. Reach based on first runs only, Consolidated 7.
Simon picking up his car.
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Applications open for the next season
What We Are Looking For:
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Men and Women of all backgrounds and locations around Australia.
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You need to be physically and mentally strong enough to survive in some of the toughest conditions ever experienced.
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You must be able to engage with others, be confident and be comfortable living in close quarters with strangers.
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You need to be ready to play the game!
Applications close on the 7th of May 2023 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard time.
What are you waiting for!
Rules:
You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident. You must be 18 years of age or over by 1 March 2023. You must be able to swim. You must be available for shoot dates from late July through to mid September 2023.
I’ve already forgfotten her name.
Jonathan confirmed on his Logies acceptance speech that he is currently filming the new season in Samoa.
The next season will be known as Titans vs Rebels.
Hosted by Jonathan LaPaglia, the Titans are both physically intimidating and utterly ruthless, but they’ll need to be at their absolute best to take on the Rebels – a group of individuals who live life by a different set of rules.
(10’s upfronts press release)
It will also see the launch of a new shoppable TV initiative.
This title sounds really lame. Basically, let’s do Heroes vs Villains again but under a new name.
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What sort of things would people want to buy off this show? Cans of beans?
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A cologne which makes you smell like a Survivor contestant who hasn’t had a shower in 39 days.
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KFC?
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KFC, utes and Set for Life tickets.
is it new players or returning? there was an interesting mix of past-contestants that were the first to comment on the instagram post.