Australian Survivor
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Title Card used in the 2016 edition
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | Charlie Parsons |
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| Starring | List of Australian Survivor contestants |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 51 (and 2 specials) |
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| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) (2002, 2006) 70-90 minutes (inc. adverts) (2016-present) |
| Production company(s) | Castaway Television (2002-present) Endemol Shine Australia (2016-present) |
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576i (SDTV) (2002,2006) 1080i (HDTV) (2016-present) |
| Original release |
Original series: 13 February 2002 – 15 May 2002 First revived series: 17 August 2006 — 2 November 2006 Second revived series: 21 August 2016 – present |
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| Related shows | International versions |
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Australian Survivor (also known as Australian Celebrity Survivor during season two) is an Australian reality game show based on the popular international Survivor format.
Following the basic premise of other international versions of the format, it features a group of contestants who are marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination. The contestants are progressively eliminated from the game as they are voted out by their fellow contestants until only one remains and is awarded the title of "Sole Australian Survivor" and the grand prize of A$500,000.
The series first aired in 2002 on the Nine Network, who hold the Australian broadcast rights to the American edition. In 2006, a celebrity edition aired on the Seven Network. Both incarnations of the series only lasted one season due to low ratings.
In November 2015, the Network Ten, at its network upfronts, announced that it would be reviving the series in 2016. The series commenced airing on August 21, 2016. Unlike its predecessors, the series was successful, enough so for Australian Survivor to be renewed by Network Ten for another season to air in 2017.
The show follows the same general format as the other editions of the show. The players are split into two or three "tribes", are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meagre supplies for a period of several weeks. Frequent physical and mental challenges are used to pit the teams against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for "immunity", forcing the other tribe to attend "Tribal Council", where they must vote one of their players out of the game.
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