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 competition franchise Survivor. 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.
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.
Contestants
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.
+ContestantOriginal tribePost-Swap tribesShuffled tribesPost-Kidnap tribesMerged tribeFinish49, Coolum Beach, QLDKate's brotherChampions V Contenders II1st voted outDay 226, Brisbane, QLDDavid's daughter2nd voted outDay 546, Noosa, QLDAndy's sister3rd voted outDay 726, Melbourne, VICJay's brother-in-lawQuitDay 1234, Melbourne, VICAlex's brother-in-law4th voted outDay 1447, Riverview, Florida, USANina's motherUS: Pearl Islands, US: Heroes V Villains, US: Game Changers & US: Winners at War 5th voted outDay 1631, Melbourne, VICKJ's sister 6th voted outDay 1824, Melbourne, VICKhanh's sister 7th voted outDay 2024, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USASandra's daughter Medically evacuatedDay 2241, Sunshine Coast, QLDChrissy's brother-in-law 8th voted outDay 2333, Sunshine Coast, QLDShay's boyfriendLost Fire DuelDay 2528, Melbourne, VICAmy's brother rowspan="13" 11th voted out1st jury memberDay 2733, Melbourne, VICMichelle's twin sister12th voted out2nd jury memberDay 2822, Canberra, ACTJordie's brother13th voted out3rd jury memberDay 30 33, Sydney, NSWMelissa's twin sister Lost Purgatory Challenge4th jury memberDay 3629, Melbourne, VICJosh's cousin18th voted out5th jury memberDay 3937, Melbourne, VICMark's wife201719th voted out6th jury memberDay 40 51, Morningside, QLDBriana's father20th voted out7th jury memberDay 4225, Melbourne, VICJesse's brother 21st voted out8th jury memberDay 4337, Melbourne, VICSophie's sister22nd voted out9th jury memberDay 4531, Melbourne, VICJordan's cousin23rd voted out10th jury memberDay 4642, Sunshine Coast, QLDCroc's sister-in-law31, Sunshine Coast, QLDBen's girlfriend41, Melbourne, VICSam's husband2017 Notes
Future appearances Jordie Hansen and Alanna "Nina" Twine competed on Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains, with Hansen as a villain and Twine as a hero.
Outside of Survivor, Sam and Mark appeared on The Dog House Australia in 2022. In 2024, Sandra Diaz-Twine competed on the second season of The Traitors US. Khanh Ong competed on the tenth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! In 2024, Nina Twine competed on the USA Network show The Anonymous. Diaz-Twine also competed on 99 to Beat. Diaz-Twine and Twine competed on the second season of Extracted in 2026.
Season summary
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.
+Tribal phase (Days 1–25)EpisodeChallenge winner(s)EliminatedFinishNo.Original air dateRewardImmunity131 January 20221st voted outDay 221 February 20222nd voted outDay 532 February 20223rd voted outDay 746 February 2022rowspan="2" No elimination on Day 9due to a fake tribal council57 February 2022Quit Day 1268 February 20224th voted out Day 14713 February 20225th voted out Day 16814 February 2022None6th voted out Day 18915 February 20227th voted outDay 201020 February 2022rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Medically evacuatedDay 22No elimination on Day 22due to a kidnap vote1121 February 2022None8th voted outDay 231222 February 2022None9th voted outDay 2510th voted outDay 25Lost Fire DuelDay 25
+Merge phase (Days 26–47)EpisodeChallenge winner(s)EliminatedFinishNo.Original air dateRewardImmunity1327 February 202211th voted out1st jury memberDay 271428 February 2022None12th voted out2nd jury memberDay 28156 March 202213th voted out3rd jury memberDay 30167 March 2022None14th voted outPurgatoryDay 321713 March 2022rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 15th voted outPurgatoryDay 3416th voted outPurgatoryDay 341814 March 2022Nonerowspan="2"17th voted outPurgatoryDay 35Lost Purgatory Challenge4th jury memberDay 361920 March 2022SurvivorAuction18th voted out5th jury memberDay 392021 March 2022None19th voted out6th jury memberDay 402127 March 202220th voted out7th jury memberDay 422228 March 2022NoneJoshJordie21st voted out8th jury memberDay 432322nd voted out9th jury memberDay 452423rd voted out10th jury memberDay 46Final voteCo-runner-upDay 47Co-runner-upDay 47Sole SurvivorDay 47
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Episodes
Voting history Tribal Phase (Days 1-24)
Original TribesPost-Swap TribesShuffled TribesPost-Kidnap TribesEpisode #123456789101112Day # 2 5 7 9 12 14 16 18 2022 2324Eliminated Votes VoterVotealign="left" KJalign="left" align="left" Benalign="left" KJalign="left" align="left" KJalign="left" KJalign="left" align="left" KJalign="left" align="left" align="left" KJalign="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" colspan="3" align="left" colspan="3" align="left" colspan="4" align="left" colspan="4" align="left" colspan="4" align="left"
Individual phase (Day 25–47)
Merged tribePurgatoryMerged tribeEpisode #131415161718192021222324Day # 27 28 30 3234 35 36 39 4042 4345 46EliminatedVoteVoterVotealign="left" align="left" align="left" colspan="3" align="left" align="left" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left"
Final voteEpisode #24Day #47FinalistVotecolspan="3" JurorVotealign="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left"
Notes
Reception Ratings Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide). WeekEpisode Airdate Timeslot Source Viewers Rank Viewers Rank Viewers Rank 1 1 Monday 7:30 pm 608,000 8 89,000 4 697,000 8 2 Tuesday 7:30 pm 492,000 11 99,000 2 591,000 10 3 Wednesday 7:30 pm 486,000 14 99,000 2 585,000 12 2 4 Sunday 7:30 pm 507,000 11 66,000 573,000 7 5 Monday 7:30 pm 500,000 13 69,000 569,000 11 6 Tuesday 7:30 pm 500,000 9 66,000 566,000 9 3 7 Sunday 7:30 pm 527,000 9 58,000 585,000 7 8 Monday 7:30 pm 496,000 12 51,000 547,000 11 9 Tuesday 7:30 pm 438,000 11 92,000 530,000 9 4 10 Sunday 7:30 pm 491,000 8 55,000 546,000 7 11 Monday 7:30 pm 479,000 12 54,000 533,000 12 12 Tuesday 7:30 pm 507,000 9 85,000 592,000 9 5 13 Sunday 7:30 pm 499,000 7 62,000 561,000 14 Monday 7:30 pm 463,000 14 75,000 538,000 6 15 Sunday 7:30 pm 480,000 7 66,000 546,000 16 Monday 7:30 pm 492,000 12 101,000 593,000 7 17 Sunday 7:30 pm 416,000 7 49,000 465,000 18 Monday 7:30 pm 502,000 13 84,000 586,000 8 19 Sunday 7:30 pm 466,000 7 70,000 536,000 20 Monday 7:30 pm 497,000 10 76,000 573,000 9 21 Sunday 7:30 pm 440,000 6 66,000 506,000 22 Monday 7:30 pm 451,000 11 98,000 549,000 10 23 Sunday 7:30 pm 465,000 6 56,000 521,000 24 Monday 7:30 pm 631,000 8 118,000 749,000
Controversies Allegations of sexism from contestants 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.
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