Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders (2019)

Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders (2019) is the fourth season of the Network Ten incarnation of the competitive reality TV show Australian Survivor.
After 50 days, Pia Miranda defeated Baden Gilbert in a 9-0 jury vote to become the Sole Survivor. To date, Champions v Contenders (2019) has produced seven returning players (Abbey Holmes, Andy Meldrum, Daisy Richardson, David Genat, Harry Hills, John Eastoe, and Shaun Hampson) for future seasons.
==Production==
To date, Champions v Contenders (2019) has the highest viewership of any season of the Network Ten incarnation of Australian Survivor, with an average of 840,000 viewers per episode.
==Twists/Changes==
* Champions v Contenders: The contestants are divided into two tribes based on their occupations and degree of success in life:
** The tribe is made up of public figures from fields such as (but not limited to) sports and entertainment.
** The ​​​ tribe is made up of everyday Australian contestants.
* Returning Player: Former Australian Survivor contestant Luke Toki competes as a member of the Champions tribe.
* Hidden Immunity Idol: A Hidden Immunity Idol for each tribe is hidden at the tribes' campsite.
* Tribe Switch: On Day 15, a tribe switch occurred.
* Kidnapping: On Day 20, the winner of the Immunity Challenge would get the opportunity to vote to kidnap one member of the losing tribe.
*Exile Beach: On Day 38 and 40 the person voted out will not be sent home but will be sent to Exile Beach to face each other to earn their spot back into the game.
==Castaways==
Contestant	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Finish	VotesAgainst
Contestant	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Switched Tribe 	Post-KidnapTribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish	VotesAgainst
 	Anastasia Woolmer42, Brisbane, QLDMemory Champion 	 	rowspan="6" 	rowspan="8" 	rowspan="12" 	 	9
 	Laura Choong31, Sydney, NSWDigital Marketing Manager 	 	 	8 	 	 	
 	Susie Maroney44, Cronulla, NSWMarathon Swimmer 	 	 	6 	 	 	
 	Nova Peris48, Darwin, NTFormer Politician/Olympian 	 	 	6 	 	 	
 	Steven Bradbury45, Camden, NSWOlympic Gold Medalist 	 	 	10 	 	 	
 	ET Ettingshausen53, Sutherland, NSWNRL Legend 	 	 	5 	 	 	
 	Sam Schoers30, Perth, WAVIP Gaming Manager 	 	 	 	5 	 	
 	Sarah Ayles45, Adelaide, SACleaner 	 	 	 	6 	 	
 	Hannah Pentreath27, Bendigo, VICPolice Officer 	 	colspan="2" 	 	6 	 	
 	Casey Hawkins31, Adelaide, SAEducator 	 	colspan="2" 	 	4 	 	
 	Matt Farrelly29, Sydney, NSWHighschool Teacher/Pro Wrestler	 	colspan="2" 	 	6 	 	
 	Ross Clarke-Jones53, Bells Beach, VICBig Wave Surfer 	 	colspan="2" 	 	0 	 	
 	Andy Meldrum47, Noosa, QLDMarketing Executive 	 	colspan="2" 	rowspan="12" 	 	13 	
 	Shaun Hampson31, Moonee Ponds, VICRetired AFL Player 	 	 	 	 	11 	
 	David Genat39, New York City, NYInternational Model 	 	colspan="2" 	 	13 	 	
 	John Eastoe28, Kalgoorlie, WAGold Miner 	 	colspan="2" 	 	8 	 	
 	Daisy Richardson24, Brisbane, QLDTravel Agent 	 	colspan="2" 	 	10 	 	
 	Simon Black39, Brisbane, QLDAFL Superstar 	 	colspan="2" 	 	13 	 	
 	Janine Allis53, Melbourne, VICCEO Powerhouse 	 	colspan="2" 	 	9 	 	
 	Abbey Holmes28, Melbourne, VICAFL Premiership Winner 	 	colspan="2" 	 	12 	 	
 	Luke Toki33, Perth, WA 	 	colspan="2" 	 	7 	 	
 	Harry Hills30, Perth, WAIce Cream Maker 	 	colspan="2" 	 	15 	 	
 	Baden Gilbert23, Adelaide, SAStudent 	 	colspan="2" 	Runner-Up 	9 	 	
 	Pia Miranda45, Melbourne, VICLeading Actor 	 	colspan="2" 	Sole Survivor 	8 	 	
==Season Summary==
This season began with two tribes of twelve: and . Unlike the previous Champions vs. Contenders themed season, the Champions tribe started off the game losing five of the first six Immunity Challenges. Along with losing nearly every Immunity Challenge, an alliance war between athletes and non-athletes divided the tribe with David, returning player Luke, Pia, and Janine taking control after flipping Abbey and Ross from the athlete side. 
After the Tribe Switch, and despite David and Luke finding themselves in the minority on the new Champions tribe, they managed to find cracks in the Contender majority causing their members to turn on each other. On the new Contenders tribe, Harry caused the Champions majority some trouble by playing consecutive Hidden Immunity Idols as he and Janine formed a rivalry, nicknaming each other "Dirty Harry" and "The Godmother" respectively. 
Another major rivalry broke out between David and Shaun after Shaun discovered that the Hidden Immunity Idol David gave to him as part of a tribe idol exchange was a fake, with the rivalry coming to a head after the new Champions tribe chose to kidnap Shaun on Day 20. Just before the merge, Ross was medically evacuated from the game after he broke his ankle during an Immunity Challenge.
The tribes merged at 12 with the numbers even between the original Champions and Contenders at 6-6. Despite the original Contenders wanting to stay tribe strong, a combination of them being too fractured to come together, the original Champions being stronger strategically, and Andy's overall shadiness resulted in Andy being voted out first. The Contenders would subsequently be Pagonged despite David being blindsided in the meantime. 
Eventually, the Champions alliance started showing signs of cracks, with Abbey and Luke sending Simon to Exile Beach before blindsiding Janine, leaving her closest ally Pia in the minority. Despite this, Pia managed to convince Luke to blindside Abbey instead, and he executed this via an advantage where he sent Baden back to camp without voting and caused mass confusion at Tribal Council. Luke, however, was voted out next after losing immunity due to his impressive "Survivor resume" and threat level being too high to ignore any further. After a hard-fought Final Immunity Challenge, Baden won and chose to take Pia to the Final Two with him over Harry, thinking Harry would take credit for his moves if they were in the Final Two together.
At Final Tribal Council, Baden argued that despite playing a quiet game, he put himself as a flow of information between the various alliances and used that role to his advantage. Pia explained her strategy of quietly steering the direction of the votes without being seen as the leader, and playing a social-based game. After a strong pitch, the jury unanimously voted for Pia to win the title of Sole Survivor.
==Voting History==
==Trivia==
*The first four players voted out were women. This marks the most Tribal Councils to occur in a single season before a man was voted out.
*The winner and runner-up of this season both received the second-highest number of votes in their respective first Tribal Councils.
*This is the first season in the Australian series to have a unanimous jury vote.
==References==
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