| Season Number: | 9 | ||||||||
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| Num Episodes: | 24 | ||||||||
| Network: | Network 10 | ||||||||
| Film End: | [1] | ||||||||
| Prev Season: | Brains V Brawn |
Australian Survivor: Blood V Water is the ninth season of Australian Survivor, which premiered on Network 10 on 31 January 2022 and is based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor.[2] [3] In this season, based on the twenty-seventh and twenty-ninth American series and carrying the same sub-title, new and returning players and their loved ones will be competing against each other.[4]
The season was filmed in Charters Towers, Queensland, and it will be the third season filmed in Australia, second consecutively due to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact of Australian borders which have been closed since March 2020.
The show concluded on 4 April 2022 with Mark Wales being named Sole Survivor, defeating Shay Lajoie and Chrissy Zaremba, receiving a unanimous jury vote of 10-0-0.
The cast includes two-time American Survivor winner Sandra Diaz-Twine, former NRL player Michael Crocker, former MasterChef Australia contestant Khanh Ong and former Australian Survivor contestants Andy Meldrum, Mark Wales and Samantha Gash.[5] [6] [7]
49, Coolum Beach, QLD Kate's brother Champions vs Contenders (2019) | 1st voted out Day 2 | |||||
26, Brisbane, QLD David's daughter | 2nd voted out Day 5 | |||||
46, Noosa, QLD Andy's sister | 3rd voted out Day 7 | |||||
26, Melbourne, VIC Jay's brother-in-law | Quit Day 12 | |||||
34, Melbourne, VIC Alex's brother-in-law | 5th voted out Day 14 | |||||
47, Riverview, Florida, USA Nina's mother US: Pearl Islands, US: Heroes vs. Villains, US: Game Changers & US: Winners at War | 6th voted out Day 16 | |||||
31, Melbourne, VIC KJ's sister | 7th voted out Day 18 | |||||
24, Melbourne, VIC Khanh's sister | 8th voted out Day 20 | |||||
24, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA Sandra's daughter | Medically evacuated Day 22 | |||||
41, Sunshine Coast, QLD Chrissy's brother-in-law | 9th voted out Day 23 | |||||
33, Sunshine Coast, QLD Shay's partner | Lost Fire Duel Day 25 | |||||
28, Melbourne, VIC Amy's brother | 11th voted out 1st jury member Day 27 | |||||
33, Melbourne, VIC Michelle's twin sister | 12th voted out 2nd jury member Day 28 | |||||
22, Canberra, ACT Jordie's brother | 13th voted out 3rd jury member Day 30 | |||||
33, Sydney, NSW Melissa's twin sister | Lost Purgatory Challenge 4th jury member Day 36 | |||||
29, Melbourne, VIC Josh's cousin | 15th voted out 5th jury member Day 39 | |||||
37, Melbourne, VIC Mark's wife Australian Survivor (2017) | 16th voted out 6th jury member Day 40 | |||||
51, Morningside, QLD Briana's father | 17th voted out 7th jury member Day 42 | |||||
25, Melbourne, VIC Jesse's brother | 18th voted out 8th jury member Day 43 | |||||
37, Melbourne, VIC Sophie's sister | 19th voted out 9th jury member Day 45 | |||||
31, Melbourne, VIC Jordan's cousin | 20th voted out 10th jury member Day 46 | |||||
42, Sunshine Coast, QLD Croc's sister-in-law | ||||||
31, Sunshine Coast, QLD Ben's partner | ||||||
41, Melbourne, VIC Sam's husband Australian Survivor (2017) | ||||||
Jordie Hansen and Alanna "Nina" Twine competed on , with Hansen as a villain and Twine as a hero.
Outside of Survivor, Sam and Mark appeared on The Dog House Australia in 2022.[8] In 2024, Sandra Diaz-Twine competed on the second season of the American version of The Traitors.[9] Khanh Ong competed on the tenth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here![10]
Twelve pairs of loved ones were separated into two tribes, Blood and Water. On the Blood tribe, two-time U.S. Survivor champion Sandra sought to blend into the background and work with the strong men to keep herself safe. On the Water tribe, Sandra’s daughter Nina allied with Mark, Josh and Jordie to keep a comfortable majority. However, after a tribe swap left the two of them on the same tribe, Sandra was voted out as a big threat while Nina injured her ankle in a challenge and was removed from the game.
Married couple Mark and Sam took control of their respective swapped tribes. After declining to join his wife on the new Water tribe, Mark formed an alliance with the other strong males and found an idol to cement his power position in the tribe. On the new Water tribe, Sam formed a tight bond with Jesse and worked with him to eliminate dangerous threats like Croc and Ben.
At the merge, the four remaining intact couples formed a new majority alliance against the five single players. However, after Jordie attempted to rally votes against Mark, the alliance targeted his brother Jesse, with Sam conning him into giving her his idol before he was voted out. Jordie vowed revenge and tried to convince the tribe that Sam and Mark were too powerful with two idols. After a Purgatory twist forced Jordie, Shay and KJ to fight their way back into the game, Jordie finally succeeded in voting out Sam.
The trio of Mark, Josh and Chrissy dictated the majority of the late votes, with the two men surviving through idol plays and immunity wins. They were forced to turn on each other when Shay won the final two immunity challenges, with Josh being voted out just before the final 3. At the final Tribal Council, Mark emphasized his strong strategic play, while Shay highlighted her physical prowess to stay alive and Chrissy argued that her social bonds kept her safe. The jury unanimously voted for Mark in a 10-0-0 vote, awarding him the $500,000 and the title of Sole Survivor.
| Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | Finish | |||
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| No. | Original air date | Reward | Immunity | ||
| 1 | 31 January 2022 | 1st voted out Day 2 | |||
| 2 | 1 February 2022 | 2nd voted out Day 5 | |||
| 3 | 2 February 2022 | 3rd voted out Day 7 | |||
| 4 | 6 February 2022 | No elimination on Day 9 due to a fake tribal council | |||
| 5 | 7 February 2022 | Quit Day 12 | |||
| 6 | 8 February 2022 | 4th voted out Day 14 | |||
| 7 | 13 February 2022 | 5th voted out Day 16 | |||
| 8 | 14 February 2022 | None | 6th voted out Day 18 | ||
| 9 | 15 February 2022 | 7th voted out Day 20 | |||
| 10 | 20 February 2022 | Medically evacuated Day 22 | |||
| No elimination on Day 22 due to a kidnap vote | |||||
| 11 | 21 February 2022 | None | 8th voted out Day 23 | ||
| 12 | 22 February 2022 | None | 9th voted out Day 25 | ||
| 10th voted out Day 25 | |||||
| Lost Fire Duel Day 25 | |||||
| Challenge winner(s) | Eliminated | Finish | |||
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| No. | Original air date | Reward | Immunity | ||
| 13 | 27 February 2022 | 11th voted out 1st jury member Day 27 | |||
| 14 | 28 February 2022 | None | 12th voted out 2nd jury member Day 28 | ||
| 15 | 6 March 2022 | 13th voted out 3rd jury member Day 30 | |||
| 16 | 7 March 2022 | None | 14th voted out Purgatory Day 32 | ||
| 17 | 13 March 2022 | 15th voted out Purgatory Day 34 | |||
| 16th voted out Purgatory Day 34 | |||||
| 18 | 14 March 2022 | None | 17th voted out Purgatory Day 35 | ||
| Lost Purgatory Challenge 4th jury member Day 36 | |||||
| 19 | 20 March 2022 | Survivor Auction | 18th voted out 5th jury member Day 39 | ||
| 20 | 21 March 2022 | None | 19th voted out 6th jury member Day 40 | ||
| 21 | 27 March 2022 | 20th voted out 7th jury member Day 42 | |||
| 22 | 28 March 2022 | None | Josh | Jordie | 21st voted out 8th jury member Day 43 |
| 23 | 22nd voted out 9th jury member Day 45 | ||||
| 24 | 23rd voted out 10th jury member Day 46 | ||||
| Final vote | |||||
| Co-runner-up Day 47 | |||||
| Co-runner-up Day 47 | |||||
| Sole Survivor Day 47 | |||||
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| Final vote | |||
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| Episode # | 24 | ||
| Day # | 47 | ||
| Finalist | |||
| Vote | colspan="3" | ||
| Juror | Vote | ||
Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).
| Week | Episode | Airdate | Timeslot | Source | ||||||
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| Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Monday 7:30 pm | 608,000 | 8 | 89,000 | 4 | 697,000 | 8 | [11] | |
| 2 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 492,000 | 11 | 99,000 | 2 | 591,000 | 10 | [12] | ||
| 3 | Wednesday 7:30 pm | 486,000 | 14 | 99,000 | 2 | 585,000 | 12 | [13] | ||
| 2 | 4 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 507,000 | 11 | 66,000 | 573,000 | 7 | [14] | ||
| 5 | Monday 7:30 pm | 500,000 | 13 | 69,000 | 569,000 | 11 | [15] | |||
| 6 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 500,000 | 9 | 66,000 | 566,000 | 9 | [16] | |||
| 3 | 7 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 527,000 | 9 | 58,000 | 585,000 | 7 | [17] | ||
| 8 | Monday 7:30 pm | 496,000 | 12 | 51,000 | 547,000 | 11 | [18] | |||
| 9 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 438,000 | 11 | 92,000 | 530,000 | 9 | [19] | |||
| 4 | 10 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 491,000 | 8 | 55,000 | 546,000 | 7 | [20] | ||
| 11 | Monday 7:30 pm | 479,000 | 12 | 54,000 | 533,000 | 12 | [21] | |||
| 12 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 507,000 | 9 | 85,000 | 592,000 | 9 | [22] | |||
| 5 | 13 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 499,000 | 7 | 62,000 | 561,000 | [23] | |||
| 14 | Monday 7:30 pm | 463,000 | 14 | 75,000 | 538,000 | [24] | ||||
| 6 | 15 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 480,000 | 7 | 66,000 | 546,000 | [25] | |||
| 16 | Monday 7:30 pm | 492,000 | 12 | 101,000 | 593,000 | [26] | ||||
| 7 | 17 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 416,000 | 7 | 49,000 | 465,000 | [27] | |||
| 18 | Monday 7:30 pm | 502,000 | 13 | 84,000 | 586,000 | [28] | ||||
| 8 | 19 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 466,000 | 7 | 70,000 | 536,000 | [29] | |||
| 20 | Monday 7:30 pm | 497,000 | 10 | 76,000 | 573,000 | [30] | ||||
| 9 | 21 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 440,000 | 6 | 66,000 | 506,000 | [31] | |||
| 22 | Monday 7:30 pm | 451,000 | 11 | 98,000 | 549,000 | [32] | ||||
| 10 | 23 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 465,000 | 6 | 56,000 | 521,000 | [33] | |||
| 24 | Monday 7:30 pm | 631,000 | 8 | 118,000 | 749,000 | |||||
Following the airing of the final episode, runner-up Shayelle Lajoie recounted a notable incident during the Final Tribal Council in which her answers to the Jury questioning were met with constant interrupting from the male members of the Jury, particularly led by the 8th member of the Jury, Jordie Hansen. This "brutal" questioning did not air during the edited program. In addition to this, viewers have criticised and commented on the editing of the finale for not showing these moments, as well as criticised the season overall.[34] [35]