Gerry Geltch

Gerry Geltch is a contestant from .
The oldest person to ever play Australian Survivor, Gerry's frailty and early ankle injury made him an easy target on the original tribe. After the Heroes threw him aside on Day 12, Gerry swore revenge on his tribe. His revenge tour came to fruition as he joined with the "Spice Girls" George Mladenov, Liz Parnov, and Shonee Bowtell to knock out every one of his former tribemates. Gerry also formed a tight Final Three pact with George and fellow Hero Matt Sharp, which carried him to the Final Tribal Council. However, Gerry's deference to George manifested in an obstinacy against eliminating the person he saw as his mentor; eventually, his move against George at the final four came too late to regain the jury's respect, as he finished the game with no jury votes.
==Profile==
Retrieved 10play.com.au
Gerry has been a pilot on Fraser Island for thirty-five years and does over 40,000 beach landings a year. During that time, he's survived plane crashes, rescued passengers, and saved people from beach dangers.
As someone who naturally thinks of others before himself in an emergency, Gerry says a flick gets switched and the safety of other people comes first. He also admits his good nature and kindness could be used as a weakness in a game like Survivor and says his favourite previous player is Tarzan.
A free climber, free diver, spear fisher and Latin dancer, Gerry is used to the beach life so isn't fazed by the Samoan elements that will be thrown at him. He says, "I'm as fit as I can be at my age, I'm a very social person but I'm also strategic. I'm going to be checking out all my opponents in the game, seeing which ones I can work and align with, who I can't and as the game progresses, I'll start playing the game bigger and bigger and bigger.
"The reason why I'm here to play is to prove to myself at my age I can do this. Number two, show other people around my age, don’t give it away. You can go and do new different things. This is all new to me as well."https://10play.com.au/australian-survivor/participants/season-8-heroes-v-villains/gerry/pa221221tzxjl
==Australian Survivor==
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Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=10 	(No title) 	Reward 	No 	
1 	Hammer Time 	Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	Push Comes to Shove 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	(No title) 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
3 	Water Slaughter 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Log Handler 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
4 	Footbrawl 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Vampire Bats 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	(No title) 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Fire Starter 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
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6 	rowspan=2 	Idol Hands 	Reward 	No 	
6 	(No title) 	Immunity 	No 	 	
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7 	rowspan=11 	Boulder Smash 	Immunity 	Yes 	
8 	Legs Eleven 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
9 	Survivor Auction 	Survivor Auction 	Survivor Auction 	Survivor Auction 	Survivor Auction
9 	Buried Alive 	Immunity 	No 	 	
10 	Hot Pursuit 	Reward 	No 	 	
10 	Losing Face 	Immunity 	No 	 	
11 	A Crate Idea 	Immunity 	No 	 	
12 	(No title) 	Reward 	No 	 	
12 	Box Your Mind 	Immunity 	No 	 	
13 	Chariots of Mire 	Reward 	No 	 	
13 	Shower Caddies 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
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14 	rowspan="14" 	Last Gasp 	Immunity 	 	
15 	On the Pull 	Immunity 	 	 	
16 	Get a Grip 	Reward 	 	 	
16 	A Bit Tipsy 	Immunity 	 	 	
17 	Get Barreled 	Immunity 	 	 	
18 	The Game Is Afoot 	Reward 	 	 	
18 	Squatty Probst 	Immunity 	 	 	
19 	Stacked Up 	Reward 	 	 	
19 	Fire and Rain 	Immunity 	 	 	
20 	Hands on a Hard Idol 	Immunity 	 	 	
21 	Domino Effect 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
22 	Unchained Medley 	Immunity 	 	 	
23 	The Obstacle Course 	Reward 	 	 	
24 	Uncomfortably Numb 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: After being sent to live in isolation, Gerry was not eligible to compete in the Immunity Challenge.	Notes: After being sent to live in isolation, Gerry was not eligible to compete in the Immunity Challenge.	Notes: After being sent to live in isolation, Gerry was not eligible to compete in the Immunity Challenge.	Notes: After being sent to live in isolation, Gerry was not eligible to compete in the Immunity Challenge.	Notes: After being sent to live in isolation, Gerry was not eligible to compete in the Immunity Challenge.	Notes: After being sent to live in isolation, Gerry was not eligible to compete in the Immunity Challenge.
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Jury Votes for Gerry	colspan="2" 	
 	 	
 In Episode 5, the Heroes were subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player they voted out was switched to the other tribe. Gerry ultimately received enough votes to be swapped to the other tribe. In Episode 8, Benjamin used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Gerry's vote against him. In Episode 20, Fa'amolemole was subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the two players who received the most votes would be sent to live in isolation. Gerry ultimately received enough votes to be sent to isolation. In Episode 21, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Nina and Simon, forcing a revote. Gerry changed his vote to Simon on the revote.
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==Post-Survivor==
==Trivia==
* Gerry is the oldest contestant to compete on .
**Being 61 years, 11 months, 7 days old on Day 47 of Heroes v Villains, Gerry is the oldest finalist in franchise history.
* Gerry is the first person to be the victim of multiple mock votes.
* Gerry and Matt Sharp are the first pair of contestants in Australian Survivor to tie as the highest-ranking members of a tribe.
** They are the second pair to tie as co-runners-up at the Final Tribal Council, after Chrissy Zaremba and Shay Lajoie in .
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Oldest Contestants
Category:Male Contestants
Category:Australian Survivor
Category:Australian Survivor Contestants
Category:Australian Survivor: Heroes v Villains
Category:Heroes v Villains Contestants
Category:Heroes Tribe (Australia)
Category:Fa'amolemole Tribe
Category:Finalists
Category:2nd Place