Gerry Geltch

**Gerry Geltch** is a contestant from *Australian Survivor: Heroes v Villains*.

The oldest person to ever play *Australian Survivor*, Gerry's frailty and early ankle injury made him an easy target on the original Heroes 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, bar Matt Sharp. 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 foolish deference to George manifested in an obstinacy against eliminating the person he saw as his mentor, a major factor in the low quality of the season. 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."

## Australian Survivor

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* Challenge History
* Voting History

**^1** 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.
**^2** In "Episode 8", Benjamin used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Gerry's vote against him.
**^3** 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.
**^4** 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.

## Post-Survivor

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## Trivia

* Gerry is the oldest contestant to compete on *Heroes v Villains*.
	+ 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 *Blood v Water*.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/AirFraser/posts/pfbid02Arg7c4fPWj6wNNwyLbabs5Xqrymm4FpDAEYLc4t99kRftfHWQgX2fXRwNEzPvfMdl
2. ↑ https://10play.com.au/australian-survivor/participants/season-8-heroes-v-villains/gerry/pa221221tzxjl