Australian Survivor (season 1)
| Australian Survivor | |
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| Presented by | Lincoln Howes |
| No. of episodes | 13 (plus 2 specials) |
| No. of days | 39 |
| No. of castaways | 16 |
| Winner | Rob Dickson |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Whaler's Way, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia |
| Filming dates | November – December 2001 |
| Release | |
| Original release | 13 February – 15 May 2002 (Audition Special: 12 February 2002) (Surviving Survivor: 29 May 2002) |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by |
Australian Celebrity Survivor (on the Seven Network) |
The first season of Australian Survivor is the inaugural Australian adaptation of the popular reality game show Survivor. The season was filmed in Whaler's Way, an Eyre Peninsula coastal nature reserve near Port Lincoln, South Australia in the Great Australian Bight, where numerous ships had sunk off the coast in the past, setting up the season's nautical theme. Hosted by 60 Minutes journalist Lincoln Howes, the program consisted of 16 Australian castaways competing for 39 days for a grand prize was A$500,000 and a Ford V6 Escape. The series was filmed in November and December 2001 and aired weekly between February and May 2002 on the Nine Network, culminating in a live finale on 15 May 2001, where former Victorian Football League player Robert "Rob" Dickson was crowned the "Sole Australian Survivor" over former test pilot Sciona Browne in a jury vote of 5–2.
The program was criticised by fans and critics for poor casting and lower production values than the popular American edition (which also aired on Nine) and was not renewed due to low ratings. However the series did return (albeit on a different network) in 2006 with a celebrity edition.
In 2000, Nine began airing Survivor: Borneo (the first season of the American Survivor series). The agreement for Nine to air the American series included the condition that they must produce their own local Australian edition of Survivor. The local edition was announced publicly during the night of the local airing of the finale of Survivor: The Australian Outback in early May 2001. This announcement also began the casting call for Australians willing to compete on the show.
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