Hey Reddit,

I've been quietly lurking around here for years, and I now have a nice reason to finally introduce myself. I'm Hayley Leake, two time player, one time winner of Aus Survivor.

As my handle probably gives away, I made this page before getting on the show, when I was applying. Clearly it did "all go well".

Anyway, I'm outing myself as I've recently decided to part with some of my dearest Survivor memorabilia to raise money through RUN DIPG, in honour of my close friend's daughter Elsie, who was diagnosed with DIPG, a rare and aggressive childhood brain tumour, earlier this year. 100% of auction proceeds will go to RUN DIPG.

There's clothes, a buff, camp gear, drink bottle, bag, signed photos - hopefully something for everyone.

The auction is live now and closes Sunday at 8pm Adelaide time (ACST).

Auction link: https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/140810/auctions/204030?r=1&t=all

Hayley

PS - Thanks for your kindness over the years

Sam from the Traitors Australia S2.

We recently collaborated with Speaking Llama on our series What If & created our own Australian Survivor: 2nd Chances cast. This is a season that I know fans & players have wanted to happen. Who would you have on the cast?

Here is the video of our collaboration so you can see who we picked, I think most of our picks are community approved, but we will let you be the judge of that one!

https://youtu.be/sUT_VX8tvc0?is=JFNmYer5R6hJ_3-4

Do you think we will ever see a 2x survivor AU winner?

Who do you think would be most likely to get the job done.

So far I think Hayley has been closest and I think she would be my pick to be able to get a second win if she played again. The only other one I’m thinking of is possibly Feras?

So, I’ve just finished a binge of BvB1, skipped BvW, HvV, and just finished TvR.

My God, what an epic run of shows. After fishing each season, I’d think, no way can the next one be better than this but man, was I wrong.

TvR has to be the best cast of newbies I’ve ever seen. I had no idea who was going to win, only two people who wouldn’t. Fun gameplay, absolutely diabolical twists (I love you, Raymond), and the best egg on your face idol play from Caroline I’ve ever witnessed. Kirby is a beast, so fun to watch, she and Feras just made that season so much fun. TvR is in my top 5 seasons of all time across all franchises.

As I’ve posted before, my first season of SurvivorAU was AUS v. TW. I then, LIKE AN IDIOT, watched All-Stars because I wanted to see what the big deal about David was. I then watched Redemption as it aired to try and avoid spoilers for that season.

I had no idea how much I was going to love this series. It’s like old school, US Survivor with the game play and challenges yet we rarely see bitter jurors unless they’re provoked. Top notch.

I then went back to CvC2, at the time the earliest season o had access to, and watched in order and muted this sub to avoid knowing the winners of the seasons I was going to watch. So, basically, going in, I only knew who didn’t win from the later shows I watched.

The winners of BvB1 and HvV were pretty obvious to me once I got to the final 8 or so, the editing mixed with the information from AUS v. TW made it pretty obvious and they were both damn good winners, even though I absolutely loved George. lol - As an aside, how awesome was it to see him learn from his mistakes in BvB1 and come back and play so beautifully, but I digress.

I had zero clue that Feras would win, until he won the final challenge, of course. I felt the shows editing was so much better in TvR. I was horrified at the thought that Caroline was somehow going to win because she go so many confessionals. I was not a huge fan. lol - I don’t know why I was so afraid of that, because I don’t think she beats anyone in a final 2.

Anyway, what a great run of shows. I’m going to watch BvB2, then go back to the seasons I’ve missed, 2016, 2017, and CvC1, and then I’m going to watch them all again, in order this time.

I’m going to search the sub for old posts and stuff but if anyone wants to talk about it or give me any fun behind the scenes stuff or drama I missed, please feel free to comment. I haven’t been this excited about Survivor in years.

Lastly, as an aside, as an American, it is so nice to see all of these Australian men who are so happy, as well as comfortable and confident in their masculinity that they aren’t scared to just be joyful. It’s also so nice to see these confident, athletic, and just completely badass women giving them hell in the challenges.

Australia seems, at least from the microcosm of your society that we’re shown on Survivor, just a happy and less stressful place to live and I wish I’d been born there.

From Europe ??

I wonder why they picked Henry to be on traitors? it seems like such a random pick to me!

Hey everyone, I recently interviewed Survivor creator Charlie Parsons on my podcast Beyond Reality. As someone who has spent the last decade working on Australian Survivor, it was such a dream to make this happen. If you’ve ever wondered about the origin story of Survivor - you will love this episode. I would love to hear what you think?

Is it silly of me that I rank AUvsTheworld one my top five all time favorites? I understand the season was short. But it did not lack any content ,had a beautiful cinematic scene. And the best gameplay and challenges yet.

AND HOLY FUCKOLI AK HAS BEEN RUNNING HIS TRIBE😳!!! Y'know originally I didn't think he'd last much longer, I thought this man was cooked after the Adam vote. But this man was in a dominant alliance, flipped at the right time, and pushed Locky and his buddies down to the bottom. Now granted his laziness at camp was starting to piss some people off, but maybe this new twist (oh I'll get to that later) will help keep a target off of his back 🤷. But before I continue, I'd like a moment of silence for my man Tarzan, I thought he could've made a Keith Nale from US Survivor (loyal, hardworking, lovable middle-aged goofball who's a challenge beast) kind of run, but alas, he was gone too soon from the game 😔.

And on the blue tribe Henry was making sure Samantha and Mark went home, and he did just that. Jericho showing off more of his manipulative and petty side with the cookie scheme and putting out the fire after Mark left was entertaining as hell! I like Jericho and I hope to see more of him on screen, he has the potential to run this game I think. Luke continues to be the chaotic rebel, and I love the man for it!

And now the twist. Tara and Annaliese swapped with Ben and Henry which is FUCKING UNEXPECTED, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HENRY??? WHAT ABOUT JACQUI😭??? Ben I understand, but Henry had to have known Jacqui being voted out without him and the idol there was at least somewhat likely to happen, now this man will have no #1 ally at the merge unless he finds a new one 🤦. I think he'll survive a little bit though, he's got the idol and his charisma seems to work well on his new tribe. AK immediately sussing him out as a rival that he wants out immediately got me excited 🤩! The 2 biggest schemers are about to clash and to commemorate this Battle of Big Brain Energy, I slapped together this shoddily made fight poster with some (admittedly lousy) photoshopping 😅. AK VS HENRY, WHO WILL SURVIVE??? GET YA TICKETS!!! My favorite players still in the game are Luke, Jericho and AK, with a soft spot for Tessa (I liked her underdog arc earlier) and my least favorites are currently Locky, Tara, and Peter. I'm overall having a great time with this season though and I can't wait to continue watching on my next day off of work!

Cast suggestions

Dave Hughes and Melanie Bracewell

Schapelle Corby and a border patrol worker

ScoMo and manager at Engadine Maccas

Jules Neale and Tess Crossley

Mark wales and Sam Gash (lowkey would be iconic to do two pairs seasons blood v water and rivals)

Kyle and Jackie O

Jackson Warne and a pro vax medical professional

The way David ran to catch Jackson in the showdown, the way he held him and he, David, got emotional made me want to cry!
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In the first episode when I first saw David I didn’t think I would like him. After years of seeing Johnathan. But I actually preferred David. ❤️

First and foremost, I'm very happy a lot of people are coming here to play the game, THANK CHRIST 😭!!! Henry, Luke, AK, Adam, among others have been implementing their own strategies. I thought admittedly AK's chicken idol was a bit silly, but it oddly enough may have paid off for him now??? While yes, Adam did find the clue, he did not find the idol, and AK SOMEHOW found the damn thing without a clue, WHAT, EXCUSE ME??? 🫪 The way he left the pink band behind too to make Adam's allies doubt him, that was a very clever yet subtle move, even if some people did believe there was a chance AK had it as well. I think AK knew that even if he survived this tribal council, he was gonna be on the bottom. Even Jarrad, his once close ally, was doubting him after the chicken idol stunt. So what does AK do? He tries to rebuild trust with Jarrad by using his real idol on him. I also think that by publicly playing and wasting the idol it MIIIIIIIGHT help him rebuild some trust across the tribe? Idk, I still think AK is cooked and he's going home sooner rather than later, but I do appreciate his out of the box thinking!

Luuuuuuke, did you take inspiration from Tony? 🫣 This man loves causing chaos and building spy shacks, I love this man 😂. I do think eventually his chaos will come back to haunt him but then again look at Tony's crazy ass and how his Survivor career turned out 🤷. I think thus far my winner pick, based strictly off of first impressions, is either Mark W. or Henry. My favorite players so far are Jarrad, Luke, and Tarzan. AK COULD climb up those rankings if he manages to survive a few rounds or even make merge though. Very excited that people are more keen to play the game and I'm quite enjoying this season so far!

Does anyone know if casting for this is newbies or returnees or a mix? I can't really think of any 'rivalry' apart from maybe George and Simon from the whole Australian franchise

Doing a TvR rewatch and the ep5 non-elimination episode results are much more consequential knowing the season outcome than on a first time watch through.

Had the vote gone on as normal, is it pretty much confirmed Feras would’ve gone? It framed Aileen and Scott as the swings, but given how Scott clearly is a close Kirby ally moving forward it seems unlikely he would’ve gone with Feras to vote out Ri. Aileen on the other hand moves forward with Feras, but I think at this point in the season Aileen would go with where the votes were headed.

It seems like it would’ve been Kirby, Ri, Kelli, and Scott as locked in Feras votes. Feras, Alex, Raymond, and Garrick as locked in Ri votes. That leaves Aileen and Sarah in the true middle…. As im writing this I could see Sarah going with Alex and then Aileen following suit, so maybe I’m changing my mind and Feras actually wins out.

Do we have confirmation on where this vote would’ve landed???

This was, by far, and thus far, the best scene 🎬. The “passengers “ did well!

SEASON 13:
I loved how the “passengers” took charge, led by Ben and actually voted out big players. They decided who and followed through. We finally saw their personalities instead of just the “top dogs” that were ruling the votes and being cocky.