Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains is the tenth season of Australian Survivor, which premiered on Network 10 on 30 January 2023 and is based on the international reality competition franchise Survivor. In this season, based on the twentieth American series and carrying the same sub-title, new and returning players were divided into two tribes of Heroes and Villains. Liz Parnov was named the winner of the season, defeating Gerry Geltch and Matt Sharp in a 7–0–0 vote.

The season was filmed in Upolu, Samoa, marking the third time Australian Survivor had filmed there (the first being in 2016 and the second being in 2017).

Contestants

The 24 contestants, which consist of 13 new contestants and 11 returnees from previous seasons, were divided into two tribes Heroes and Villains. The new contestants were divided based on how they see themselves playing the game, while the returnees were divided based on their previous style of game play. The cast includes news anchor Anjali Rao, author Benjamin Law, AFL footballer David Zaharakis, Olympic pole vaulter Liz Parnov and actress Sharni Vinson.

ContestantOriginal tribePost-Swap tribesOriginal tribe #2Shuffled tribesPost-mutiny tribesMerged tribeFinish Medically evacuatedDay 21st voted outDay 22nd voted outDay 53rd voted outDay 74th voted outDay 95th voted outDay 146th voted outDay 157th voted outDay 17 8th voted outDay 199th voted outDay 2110th voted outDay 2211th voted outDay 27rowspan="12" 12th voted outDay 2913th voted out 1st jury memberDay 3114th voted out 2nd jury memberDay 3315th voted out3rd jury memberDay 3516th voted out3rd jury memberDay 3717th voted out 4th jury memberDay 3918th voted out 5th jury memberDay 4219th voted out 6th jury memberDay 4420th voted out 7th jury memberDay 46Co runner-up Day 47Co runner-up Day 47Sole Survivor Day 47

Future appearances In 2025, George Mladenov and Shonee Bowtell competed on Australian Survivor: Australia V The World.

In 2026, Simon Mee competed on Australian Survivor: Redemption.

Outside of Survivor, George Mladenov appeared on Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly and competed on The Amazing Race Australian: Celebrity Edition in 2023 with his sister Pam. In 2024, Nina Twine competed on the USA Network show The Anonymous. In 2025, Mladenov competed on Deal or No Deal. Twine competed on the second season of Extracted in 2026.

Season summary

Thirteen new players and eleven returnees arrived in Samoa, where they were divided into two tribes based on their personality, occupation and/or past gameplay: “Heroes” and “Villains”. The Heroes dominated the early immunity challenges, with a hierarchy forming around the strong men like Shaun and Sam while social threats like Hayley and Flick kept the target focused on the weaker members. The Villains tribe was primarily run by the "Spice Girls" trio of George, Shonee and Liz, with Simon and Jordie winding up in the minority.

After a tribe swap, George and Shonee successfully took control of the new Heroes tribe while the “alpha males” dominated the new Villains tribe under Shaun's leadership. Both swapped tribes openly exchanged information and advantages during challenges, including immunity idols. Liz found herself at the bottom of her new tribe, but when given the opportunity to mutiny to the other tribe shortly before the merge, she accepted, rejoining Shonee and George.

At the merge, George and the other Villains pulled in former Heroes Hayley, Gerry and Matt to form a new majority called “the Vigilantes”. The alliance picked off the minority one by one, with George pre-empting several blindside attempts against him by betraying former allies like Shonee and Hayley. George planned to go to the end with Matt and Gerry, but was foiled when Liz won the final two immunity challenges, resulting in George being voted out in fourth place.

Liz, Matt and Gerry then faced the jury at the final tribal council, where all three were questioned on what moves they made outside of George's influence. Matt was criticised for his lack of independent strategy, while Gerry was criticised for failing to make strong social bonds with the jury. Liz took credit for taking revenge against George on behalf of Shonee, and the jury voted unanimously in her favour, awarding her the $500,000 and title of Sole Survivor.

+Tribal phase (Days 1–27)EpisodeChallenge winner(s)EliminatedFinishNo.Original air dateRewardImmunity130 January 2023rowspan="2" rowspan="2" JackieMedically evacuatedDay 2Anjali1st voted outDay 2231 January 2023VillainsMichael2nd voted outDay 531 February 2023VillainsMimi3rd voted outDay 745 February 2023Villains4th voted outDay 956 February 2023VillainsNo elimination on Day 12due to a tribe swap vote.67 February 2023Sarah5th voted outDay 14 712 February 2023NoneFraser6th voted outDay 15Simon813 February 2023NoneVillains7th voted outDay 17914 February 2023SurvivorAuctionVillains8th voted outDay 191019 February 2023VillainsJordie9th voted outDay 211120 February 2023NoneVillains10th voted outDay 221221 February 2023Villains1326 February 2023VillainsVillains11th voted outDay 27

+Merge phase (Days 28–47)EpisodeChallenge winner(s)EliminatedFinishNo.Original air dateRewardImmunity1427 February 2023None12th voted outDay 291528 February 2023None13th voted out1st jury memberDay 31165 March 202314th voted out2nd jury memberDay 33176 March 2023None15th voted out3rd jury memberDay 35187 March 202316th voted out4th jury memberDay 371912 March 202317th voted out5th jury memberDay 392013 March 2023None2119 March 202318th voted out6th jury memberDay 422220 March 202319th voted out7th jury memberDay 442326 March 202324None20th voted out8th jury memberDay 46Final voteCo-Runner-upDay 47Co-Runner-upDay 47Sole SurvivorDay 47

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Episodes

Voting history Tribal Phase (Day 1–27) Original TribesPost-SwapTribesOriginal TribesSwitched TribesMutinyPost-mutiny Episode #1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 12 13Day #2 5 7 9 12 14 15 17 1921 22 25 27Eliminated VotesVoterVote align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="2" align="left" colspan="3" align="left" colspan="3" colspan="4" align="left" colspan="5" align="left" colspan="5" align="left" colspan="5" align="left" colspan="5" align="left" colspan="5" align="left" Individual phase (Day 28–47)

Merged tribeEpisode # 14 15 16 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24Day # 29 31 33 35 37 39 4142 44 45 46EliminatedVotesVoterVote align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" align="left" 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" colspan="3" 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, Adelaide and Perth). WeekEpisode Airdate Timeslot Source Viewers Rank Viewers Rank Viewers Rank 1 1 Monday 7:30 pm 447,000 14 89,000 2 536,000 12 2 Tuesday 7:30 pm 410,000 12 83,000 2 493,000 10 3 Wednesday 7:30 pm 369,000 13 86,000 2 455,000 9 2 4 Sunday 7:30 pm 438,000 8 71,000 2 509,000 7 5 Monday 7:30 pm 449,000 13 92,000 2 541,000 116 Tuesday 7:30 pm 395,000 12 71,000 2 466,000 10 3 7 Sunday 7:30 pm 498,000 7 67,000 3 565,000 5 8 Monday 7:30 pm 469,000 11 72,000 3 541,000 89 Tuesday 7:30 pm 465,000 10 126,000 1 591,000 8 4 10 Sunday 7:30 pm 488,000 7 60,000 4 548,000 7 11 Monday 7:30 pm 492,000 9 60,000 3 552,000 912 Tuesday 7:30 pm 467,000 9 55,000 3 522,000 8 5 13 Sunday 7:30 pm 483,000 7 52,000 4 535,000 7 14 Monday 7:30 pm 474,000 10 65,000 3 539,000 8 15 Tuesday 7:30 pm 456,000 10 63,000 2 519,000 8 6 16 Sunday 7:30 pm 534,000 7 65,000 4 599,000 6 17 Monday 7:30 pm 540,000 8 51,000 3 591,000 8 18 Tuesday 7:30 pm 515,000 8 71,000 3 586,000 7 7 19 Sunday 7:30 pm 497,000 7 63,000 4 560,000 6 20 Monday 7:30 pm 536,000 8 52,000 4 588,000 8 8 21 Sunday 7:30 pm 549,000 5 57,000 3 605,000 4 22 Monday 7:30 pm 505,000 9 66,000 3 571,000 8 9 23 Sunday 7:30 pm 522,000 8 44,000 5 566,000 7 24 Monday 7:30 pm 592,000 8 52,000 4 644,000 9 650,000 7 49,000 5 699,000 6

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Critical response The seventh episode of Heroes V Villains was listed as one of the best television episodes of 2023 by The New York Times.

Awards The season won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Reality Program at the Logie Awards of 2023.

Controversy In 2024, Jackie Glazier filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Victoria against Endemol Shine Australia for the injuries that she sustained in the first Immunity Challenge due to alleged safety shortcomings.

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