After a season of challenges, betrayals and alliances, the final three have been confirmed, with the winner to be crowned on the Grand Finale of Australian Survivor.
The Australian Survivor Grand Finale premieres Tuesday, 19 March at 7:30 pm on 10 and 10 Play.
On the second last episode of the season, Raymond missed his chance to be crowned winner as he was eliminated by losing a fire-making challenge.
Old alliances were tested as Raymond and Feras proved loyal to the end while Mark and Caroline continued their saga of on-again, off-again allies. Caroline ended up beating Raymond in the fire-making challenge. This leaves Feras, Mark and Caroline making up the final three.
Earlier in the season, fan favourite Valeria Sizova was sent packing after Raymond put an advantage into action which saw him cast the only valid vote.
After finding an advantage in a bucket of popcorn he bought at a Survivor auction, Raymond was left with the power play that meant if he had unanimous votes placed on him, he would be able to cast the sole valid vote and decide who was leaving.
After faking mental health issues and begging all of his fellow contestants to place their votes on him to leave, he used his advantage on Valeria, who ended up being eliminated.
In a post-elimination interview with Chattr, Valeria said that the twist wasn’t fair, and believes that Raymond’s strategy was morally wrong. Referring to her former tribe mate Scott Butler, who self-eliminated straight after Merge when he felt his mental health declining, Valeria commented that it could be considered as a mockery of what he went through.
“You do this to people and you make them believe in something that is not right.
“This happened because I felt genuinely sorry for the guy. Is it fair? No, but is Survivor a fair game? No.”
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The second last episode of the season saw Australian Survivor record a total TV national reach of 1,098,000, a total TV national audience of 670,000, and a BVOD audience of 98,000.
Australian Survivor is produced by Endemol Shine Australia.
The Australian Survivor Grand Finale premieres Tuesday, 19 March at 7:30 pm on 10 and 10 Play.