Australian Survivor (2002)

Australian Survivor (2002) is the first season of the Nine Network incarnation of the Australian reality show, Australian Survivor. Filming took place in Eyre Peninsula, Australia. The premiere aired on Wednesday, February 13, 2002.
In the end, 37 year-old Rob Dickson from Victoria claimed the title of Sole Survivor. He defeated Sciona Browne by a 5-2 vote, winning the AUD$500,000 prize.
==Production==
Australian television network Nine, which had originally aired the flagship American version, made an agreement with CBS, the network that produces the latter, and Castaway Television Productions, the company the owns the international Survivor. 
Around 8,500 people applied for the show by sending audition tapes. The producers chose 16 contestants to participate between May 3-10, 2001. This season was hosted by Lincoln Howes. Filming took place locally in .https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/survival-of-the-fittest-20021015-gdfq58.html
==Format==
* Tribe Composition: The sixteen castaways were divided into two tribes of eight.
*Self-Vote: Unlike the American version of the show, castaways are able to vote against themselves.
*Camps with Pros and Cons: After the marooning, the host asked the youngest castaway to flip a coin to determine which camp the tribe would be living on. The tribe that won got the choice between a camp with a closer water source and a camp with a better food source.
* Merge: The merged tribe was composed of ten members.
* Verbal Vote: Immediately after the Final Immunity Challenge, the winner had to verbally eliminate someone.
* Final Tribal Council Format: Two finalists faced a jury of seven. The jurors individually addressed the finalists.
==Castaways==
Contestant	Contestant 	Tribe Affiliation	Tribe Affiliation	Finish	VotesAgainst
Contestant	Contestant 	Original Tribe 	Merged Tribe 	Finish	VotesAgainst
 	Lucinda Allen-Rhodes43, Byron Bay, NSWMother of Three 	 	rowspan="6" 	 	8
 	Tim Dugan51, Green Point, NSWContract Painter 	 	 	4 	
 	David Haas34, Sydney, NSWIT Consultant 	 	 	6 	
 	Jeff Brown52, Canberra, ACTFederal Police Superintendent	 	 	5 	
 	Deborah Peart26, Sydney, NSWMedia Professional 	 	 	4 	
 	Sylvan Dorney25, Sydney, NSWAuthor 	 	 	3 	
 	Caren Shaw28, Darwin, NTRadio Show Co-host 	 	rowspan=10 	 	10
 	Naomi Knight22, Melbourne, VICSchool Teacher 	 	 	8 	
 	Craig Abbot27, Point Lonsdale, VICElectrician 	 	 	8 	
 	Lance Brooks39, Sydney, NSWMarketing Consultant 	 	 	8 	
 	Jane Dalton18, Newcastle, NSWStudent 	 	 	9 	
 	Sophie Woods30, Sydney, NSWMother 	 	 	3 	
 	Katie Gold24, Melbourne, VICProfessional Athlete 	 	 	3 	
 	Joel Betts22, Sydney, NSWPersonal Trainer 	 	 	7 	
 	Sciona Browne49, Perth, WATest Pilot 	 	Runner-Up 	1 	
 	Rob Dickson37, Melbourne, VICEx-AFL Footballer 	 	Sole Survivor 	5 	
==Season Summary==
==Voting History==
==Trivia==
* This season features the first time in the franchise that a castaway has voted against themselves.
* This season aired on the Nine Network in place of , which was never shown on Australian television.
* The winner of this season, Rob Dickson, died on April 11, 2009. Rob and his two sons perished in a car accident while on a holiday in South Africa. Rob is the first Sole Survivor to pass away.
* Australian Survivor had no slogan because other foreign networks owned the phrases 'Outwit, Outplay, Outlast' (U.S.) and 'Trust No One' (UK)
*In 2021, the host of the season Lincoln Howes was inducted into the Australian Survivor Hall of Fame.
==References==
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