Already, Australian Survivor: Redemption is shaping up to be one of the best seasons of the show so far.
With a new host in David “Golden God” Genat, exciting new challenges and a host of castaways made up of new and returning players all seeking redemption of some kind, there’s plenty to keep us glued to our screens.
Torches have already been snuffed out between the Bounty and Barren tribes, with alliances formed – and broken – and gameplay strong. And there’s plenty more to come!
With a cool $500,000 prize and the title of Sole Survivor on the line, things are only going to get more ruthless.
So who has been booted from Samoa so far? Read on to find out. Warning: Spoilers ahead!
Who has been eliminated from Australian Survivor: Redemption
Episode 23, April 13
In a shocking twist, Caleb sent his closest friend, Loz, to the jury – despite their alliance – leaving the entire Tribal Council gasping in disbelief at the betrayal.
That means Caleb and his arch-enemy Jackson will head into the finale, where they’ll battle it out for the $500,000 prize, airing tonight on 10.
Episode 22, April 12
With Caleb, Loz, Jackson and Sally in the final four, it meant that the underdogs had to send one of their own home. Sadly, for Sally, she was the one sent packing.
That means that Caleb, Loz and Jackson will fight it out in the final immunity challenge, before heading to the final two and meeting before the Jury.
Episode 21, April 7
For a minute there, it looked like Keeley might pull off another incredible move and save herself one more time. But it wasn’t to be.
After Jackson won his first individual immunity, Keeley’s head was on the chopping block. Then Loz started talking about a female alliance, and Sally said she’d love to see three women in the final three. Could this be happening?
Tribal council was live. Caleb was whispering to Sally, and Loz joined in, making Keeley feel paranoid. Then Sally pulled out her half an idol, and Keeley pulled out her half, handing it to Sally. Would Sally hand both halves back to Keeley?
No. She handed Keeley back her half as a “best friend charm”.
Keeley went home. No messages for Sally.
Episode 20, April 6
All hail the queen. Brooke is out of Survivor.
With Cameron having been sent home for talking too much, the two alliances were back to being even in number – Sally, Loz and Caleb up against Brooke, Keeley and Jackson.
Keeley won individual immunity and Brooke knew she was gone.
“Oh my God, I can’t believe David is going to snuff me,” she said.
Over in the jury, Simon was in tears again, as Brooke walked out, after 132 days playing Survivor.
Episode 19, April 5
Poor Cameron. From the moment the edit of this episode showed him saying things like, “The power sits with me,” it was obvious he was going to go home.
He shouldn’t have gone. His alliance with Sally, Loz and Caleb should have stayed strong, especially after he won the individual reward challenge. But he chose the wrong people to take on the reward (Keeley instead of Loz, because he forgot Keeley had already been on a reward) and he talked way too much.
“He’s Donkey from Shrek and I just need it to stop,” Jackson said.
Cameron became the 18th person voted out and, as kind-hearted as ever, gave Sally his coat on the way out.
Episode 18, April 1
Simon’s gone, but we can agree on one thing. He is no longer the most hapless player in Survivor history.
This episode, the battlelines were drawn, and it looked like no one was going to cross them. Jackson, Simon, Brooke and Keeley up against Caleb, Loz, Sally and Cameron. Four against four. Simon felt sure that the newbies on the other side wouldn’t want to go to rocks. In fact, they couldn’t wait.
At tribal council, David read out the votes. Four for Loz, four for Simon. Time for a revote, and if no one flipped, they would go to rocks. And then someone did flip: Brooke. She voted for Simon, and he made one final tearful but grateful speech. Redemption!
Episode 17, March 30
Medic! We need a medic! Ben has a knife stuck in his back!
Jackson and Ben had such a beautiful bromance happening in Samoa. Ben, with Jackson as his right-hand man, was determined to take out the returnees, getting just a little carried away with the army metaphors. Simon, meanwhile, had an endless supply of professional wrestling metaphors that he was throwing at Jackson, to try to get him to turn on Ben. Of course, Jackson would never turn on his good buddy… would he?
He would. But Ben took it unbelievably well.
“If anyone voted me out, if anyone can do it and not make me salty, Jackson’s my boy,” he said. “He can go all the way.”
What a guy!
Episode 16, March 29
Australian Survivor is really delivering this season. That tribal council was WILD!
After the last tribal, where Mark went home, Keeley and Brooke knew they were in danger. So what did they do? Come up with a new alliance name (the Kaput Alliance) and hold an “arts and crafts” session to make a very impressive fake idol. Meanwhile, Simon did his best to talk someone from the other side into flipping, promising that if they went to rocks at the next tribal council, he would draw a rock not only for himself but also one for whoever flipped. (Nice try, Simon, but nobody trusts you anymore.)
In the end, Simon won immunity and cried (SO nice to see men showing their emotions) which meant he was the only person who could relax and enjoy tribal. Brooke pulled out a fake immunity idol, Keeley pulled out a real one, and after they played their idols for each other, votes were read and Blanche went home. (Cameron voted for Blanche? Simon voted for Brooke? What the hell?)
Bye-bye Blanche, and enjoy your vanilla slice, warm bed and espresso martini.
Episode 15, March 24
And finally, Mark is gone – receiving a standing ovation as he walked away.
Ben was feeling pretty confident after the last tribal council that he was in control of the game. That was hard for Mark to take. He came away from a chat with Ben telling Keeley he was “vomiting on the inside”. Meanwhile, Caleb was getting sick of being told who to vote for and had his own chat with Mark, putting himself in a position of power.
Mark was convinced Caleb was going along with him. At tribal council, David read out the votes, and with one vote left to read, Mark was sure he was safe, whispering to Keeley, “I think we’ve done it.”
And then he saw his name come up again.
“Sorry, Mark,” Caleb said, not looking particularly sorry.
Episode 14, March 23
“What just happened?” Everyone was asking that question at the end of tribal council when, out of nowhere, Rich was sent home.
The returnees have been dominating the season, and this episode, Ben finally decided he’d had enough. It was time for him to take down Mark and “lead these people to their freedom”. But too many people found out about the plan, with Rich telling Simon, Simon telling Brooke and Brooke giving Mark a look just before tribal council. That look was enough for Mark to pull out his immunity idol.
Suddenly everyone found themselves in the livest of live tribals. Mark quickly hatched a plan to vote out Rich, who he told Caleb was “the weakest ******* ally of all time” (harsh!) and the CEO was gone.
Episode 13, March 22
The leader of the resistance has been eliminated. Lottie has become the 12th person voted out of Australian Survivor: Redemption, and the first voted out post-merge.
After an emotional beginning to the episode – with Barren and Bounty merging, and then Sally winning a 4WD – Lottie got straight into the strategising, deciding that Jackson had to go because she didn’t trust him. Meanwhile, Keeley decided that Lottie had to go because she was so smart. Simon agreed, dubbing Lottie the “leader of the resistance”.
“I feel good about tonight,” Lottie said as tribal council approached.
No, Lottie, don’t say that!
There were 13 people voting, and it turned out to be an unlucky number for Lottie (Lotte? Lotti?). But she took it well, laughing at the “dirty dogs” who had sent her home.
Episode 12, March 18
You’ve gotta have Faith… oh wait, you don’t.
This episode saw Caleb win his way back into the game by balancing on a seesaw in the rain (“My t-shirt, clinging on for dear life,” a sodden David announced). That meant that Sally and Keeley would have to join whichever tribe lost at the next immunity challenge, and they wouldn’t have a vote at tribal council.
Suddenly, losing the immunity challenge started looking good to Barren if it meant a chance to get rid of Keeley. Meanwhile, over at Bounty, Mark had a conversation with Faith that made him start to seriously doubt her loyalty.
Bounty lost the challenge, and gained Sally and Keeley back. Sally tried to convince Faith to vote out Mark, but Faith told her it was a “dumb” play.
With only four people able to vote at tribal, the voting was two for Sally, two for Faith. It was time for a revote, with only Caleb, Richard and Mark voting this time. Faith told Caleb not to vote her out, and he ran his finger across his neck. Too late, Faith!
“You should have voted me out,” Faith told Mark as they hugged goodbye.
“I did,” he told her.
Yeeeooowww!
Episode 11, March 16
And the 11th person voted out of Australian Survivor: Redemption is… not going to be voted out this episode.
Yep, there was a twist at tribal council. The six members of Bounty tribe turned up, and David told them that instead of voting someone out, they would be voting to send three people to Redemption Beach. Those people would have one foot out of the game and would have to fight their way back in.
There was some furious whispering, and when Mark found out his name had come up, he was not impressed, telling his close ally Keeley, “Don’t throw my name out there, you mole.”
In the end, Sally got three votes, Caleb two and Keeley one.
Episode 10, March 15
It’s bad enough to be sent home from Survivor with an immunity idol in your pocket. But to be sent home from Survivor with someone else’s immunity idol in your pocket? Oh, Aisha!
Aisha thought things were going so well for her in the game. After Blanche found a clue to an idol in her sandwich, she shared it with Aisha, who spotted the idol hidden in the shelter. Blanche said it was for both of them, and Aisha held onto it.
Determined to get out Brooke – the returning player and challenge beast – Aisha threw the immunity challenge. What she didn’t realise was that there was a new and powerful alliance in the tribe, Beauty and the Beasts, and on top of that, Brooke had an idol.
There were a lot of dropped jaws at tribal council when Brooke pulled out her idol and Aisha was sent home. Aisha took it well – although she did feel bad for her buddy Blanche when she realised what she’d taken home with her.
Episode 9, March 11
Tez is tired of being overlooked in life – but no one was overlooking him at tribal council.
When Simon and Faith won immunity, in an unexpected double individual immunity challenge, Tez knew his head was on the chopping block. Caleb tried to give Tez advice, suggesting he go around to the other tribemates and convince them to vote out Richard instead, but Tez thought that was the “boring” move. Having just finished his Masters in criminal law, he decided to use his legal skills to keep himself in the game.
Tez became the ninth person voted out of Australian Survivor: Redemption.
Episode 8, March 10
Lyndl was having a great time in the new Bounty tribe – until she got sent home with an idol in her pocket.
When Bounty lost the immunity challenge, Mark, Keeley and Faith decided to vote out Lyndl. It looked for a minute there like Tez was going to blow things up, after he told Lyndl and Richard he’d like to send Faith home, but that plan didn’t go anywhere.
At tribal council, Lyndl was raving about the connections she’d formed with her new tribemates, saying there was “a lot of love, a lot of laughs, a lot of livin’”. She just didn’t see the three votes coming her way.
Episode 7, March 9
Don really didn’t like seeing his name written down at tribal council. But in Monday night’s episode he saw it, over and over.
The episode started with a meat pie reward challenge and a tribe swap. Don found himself on the new Bounty tribe with most of his old Barren tribemates. He should have been safe – he still had his Corn Chip Cartel with Mark and Caleb – and he headed off to tribal council feeling okay. But at tribal, Keeley started whispering about a new plan: vote out Don.
Don was sent home, and Mark was not happy about it.
Episode 6, March 4
Johnson didn’t quite win Big Brother – and sadly, he didn’t quite win Survivor either.
At Barren tribe, Mark was making the big decisions, and when Barren lost the immunity challenge, Mark decided to send home Johnson.
Faith and Keeley had different ideas, discussing making a move on either Tez or Caleb, and deciding on Caleb. With all the strategy chat flying around, it was hard to know who was going to get their torch snuffed.
Brooke felt nervous and played her idol, but she didn’t need to. All the votes landed on Johnson and Don, with Johnson getting the most.
Episode 5, March 3
Harry’s elimination will go down in Australian Survivor history.
Things just weren’t going right for the returning player. First, the Bounty tribe lost the immunity challenge, and then Harry lost his chance at individual immunity when Lyndl managed to balance on pegs for longer than him. Then Loz went off to the Barren Tribe, thanks to Aisha’s advantage.
That left Harry at Bounty, knowing that either he or Jackson would be voted out at tribal council. Harry went into Dirty Harry mode, coming up with a cunning plan. He and Jackson would steal the flint, with one of them putting it in their pocket. Then, at tribal, they would tell their tribemates that if they sent one of them home, they had a 50 per cent chance of losing their flint, so they should send home Richard instead.
The plan might have worked, except that Jackson pulled the flint from his pocket and delivered an emotional speech, saying he would never leave his tribemates unable to make fire.
Harry knew he was done for, and he was.
Episode 4, March 2
Paula, we hardly knew you!
The croupier-turned-vet nurse was buddies with Harry, and the two of were plotting to take out Lyndl. But after Lottie was brought in on the plan, she pointed out to Aisha that Paula was controlling Harry and needed to go home first.
Lyndl heard her name mentioned and started getting nervous, wondering if she should pull out her idol at tribal council. But in the end it was Paula who was sent home, leaving Harry in shock. Will we see Dirty Harry come out?
Episode 3, February 25
Eliza’s elimination from the Bounty tribe was a blindside in every sense of the word.
Despite having a solid alliance with her “twin flame” Jackson, she was left on the outer when eight castaways formed an alliance. But she soon caught wind of her place at the bottom of the totem pole.
Her decision to share that information with Lyndl late at night, resulting in her not sleeping, ultimately sealed her fate.
Furious, Lyndl put the target firmly on Eliza’s back with the group. They subsequently split the vote between her and Loz. And Eliza never saw it coming.
Episode 2, February 24
Having previously got to the final three of The Traitors NZ, you would think that Cat would have a leg up on her Survivor competitors. But that wasn’t the case.
With returning player Mark a fan of the show, her cover was blown. Bound for Tribal Council, Cat decided to stir up trouble.
Revealing voting strategies to her unsuspecting Barren tribemates, she made a desperate bid to eliminate Faith.
Come Tribal, Cat couldn’t resist throwing Johnson under the bus for targeting Tez. The two became embroiled in a war of words.
Seeing an opportunity, Mark took Keeley aside. She then took Brooke and Faith for a chat while Mark filled Don, Caleb and Tez in on the new plan: they were voting for Cat now.
Though she appeared blindsided by the seven votes against her, Cat really should have seen this one coming!
Episode 1, February 23
Poor old pastor Daniel put himself in the firing line, thanks to his messy gameplay.
Constantly getting people’s names wrong as he openly discussed the vote, he riled up his fellow tribemates. They understandably saw him as a liability.
If you don’t have trust in this game, you have nothing.
Sadly, after Bounty lost the Immunity Challenge and wound up at Tribal Council, Daniel was the first on the chopping block.
Where can I watch Australian Survivor: Redemption?
Australian Survivor: Redemption returns Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 7.30pm on Network Ten.
Catch up on all the action on 10Play.
