Survivor: Australia v The World

Post by Brian Smith
Paramount today announced what they will be showing in Australia/New
Zealand in 2025. We now have confirmation of Survivor: Australia v The
World. Would be nice if Paramount makes this available in North America.
________________________________________________________________________
Once we’ve crowned our jungle king or queen, it’s time to dust off those
buffs for not one but two strategy-stuffed seasons of Australian
Survivor. February sees a sequel of sorts to our most successful theme
show ever with Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn II. Once again, our
two tribes are separated by smarts and strength, before battling it out
on the beaches of Samoa for the title, the glory, and half a million
dollars.
When it comes to Survivor, we Aussies reckon we’re tough as nails. We
talk the talk but now the time has come to walk the walk when our local
Survivor legends take on players from Survivor franchises around the
world in the unsurprisingly titled Survivor: Australia v The World.
Cheer on some of Australia’s most celebrated players including George,
Shonee and Kirby as they face off against superstar players from
Survivor South Africa, Norway, New Zealand, and of course the U.S.,
which will be represented by Survivor legends Parvati, Tony and Cirie.
This is a world-first event you don’t want to miss!
https://www.paramountanz.com.au/news/2025-is-kicking-off-with-a-pang/

I'm not that big a fan of returning player seasons, but I have to admit
seeing Australia's George up against Tony from the US (two players as
wildly different as one can imagine), or Shonee against Parvati (a
player Shonee seemed to channel in a lot of ways) sounds really cool. I
hope they also include Hayley Leake from Survivor Oz, Dino, Rob and
Werner from Survivor South Africa and I guess Lisa and Avi from Survivor
NZ. I will definitely give it a watch.

Brian Smith

2024-09-16 20:05:00 UTC

Post by Brian Smith
Paramount today announced what they will be showing in Australia/New
Zealand in 2025. We now have confirmation of Survivor: Australia v The
World. Would be nice if Paramount makes this available in North America.
________________________________________________________________________
Once we’ve crowned our jungle king or queen, it’s time to dust off
those buffs for not one but two strategy-stuffed seasons of Australian
Survivor. February sees a sequel of sorts to our most successful theme
show ever with Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn II. Once again, our
two tribes are separated by smarts and strength, before battling it
out on the beaches of Samoa for the title, the glory, and half a
million dollars.
When it comes to Survivor, we Aussies reckon we’re tough as nails. We
talk the talk but now the time has come to walk the walk when our
local Survivor legends take on players from Survivor franchises around
the world in the unsurprisingly titled Survivor: Australia v The World.
Cheer on some of Australia’s most celebrated players including George,
Shonee and Kirby as they face off against superstar players from
Survivor South Africa, Norway, New Zealand, and of course the U.S.,
which will be represented by Survivor legends Parvati, Tony and Cirie.
This is a world-first event you don’t want to miss!
https://www.paramountanz.com.au/news/2025-is-kicking-off-with-a-pang/

Hopefully there's a way for us to watch. I imagine it's up to whoever
controls the overall Survivor empire.

I noticed no prize money amount was mentioned for this version. To
attract players like Parv you'd think it would be at least USD $1
million along with some nice upfront money. Cirie's been raking in the
money the last few years doing reality TV. If she can manage to get on
TAR she'll be the first to do all three big CBS reality shows.

--
Brian

Rick

2024-09-16 21:00:39 UTC

Post by Brian Smith
Paramount today announced what they will be showing in Australia/New
Zealand in 2025. We now have confirmation of Survivor: Australia v
The World. Would be nice if Paramount makes this available in North
America.
________________________________________________________________________
Once we’ve crowned our jungle king or queen, it’s time to dust off
those buffs for not one but two strategy-stuffed seasons of
Australian Survivor. February sees a sequel of sorts to our most
successful theme show ever with Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn
II. Once again, our two tribes are separated by smarts and strength,
before battling it out on the beaches of Samoa for the title, the
glory, and half a million dollars.
When it comes to Survivor, we Aussies reckon we’re tough as nails. We
talk the talk but now the time has come to walk the walk when our
local Survivor legends take on players from Survivor franchises
around the world in the unsurprisingly titled Survivor: Australia v
The World.
Cheer on some of Australia’s most celebrated players including
George, Shonee and Kirby as they face off against superstar players
from Survivor South Africa, Norway, New Zealand, and of course the
U.S., which will be represented by Survivor legends Parvati, Tony and
Cirie. This is a world-first event you don’t want to miss!
https://www.paramountanz.com.au/news/2025-is-kicking-off-with-a-pang/

I'm not that big a fan of returning player seasons, but I have to
admit seeing Australia's George up against Tony from the US (two
players as wildly different as one can imagine), or Shonee against
Parvati (a player Shonee seemed to channel in a lot of ways) sounds
really cool. I hope they also include Hayley Leake from Survivor Oz,
Dino, Rob and Werner from Survivor South Africa and I guess Lisa and
Avi from Survivor NZ. I will definitely give it a watch.

Hopefully there's a way for us to watch. I imagine it's up to whoever
controls the overall Survivor empire.

In the more than 20 years I've been watching international reality
shows, I've never had any problem finding international versions of
Survivor, the Amazing Race, and most versions of the Mole. They are on
the internet if you know how to look for them. The one exception is the
one New Zealand produced season of the Mole. I was able to find episode
one, but the others are just not out there. But Survivor and TAR are
all out there.

Post by Brian Smith
I noticed no prize money amount was mentioned for this version. To
attract players like Parv you'd think it would be at least USD $1
million along with some nice upfront money. Cirie's been raking in the
money the last few years doing reality TV. If she can manage to get on
TAR she'll be the first to do all three big CBS reality shows.

Brian Smith

2024-09-16 21:22:05 UTC

Post by Brian Smith
Paramount today announced what they will be showing in Australia/New
Zealand in 2025. We now have confirmation of Survivor: Australia v
The World. Would be nice if Paramount makes this available in North
America.
________________________________________________________________________
Once we’ve crowned our jungle king or queen, it’s time to dust off
those buffs for not one but two strategy-stuffed seasons of
Australian Survivor. February sees a sequel of sorts to our most
successful theme show ever with Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn
II. Once again, our two tribes are separated by smarts and strength,
before battling it out on the beaches of Samoa for the title, the
glory, and half a million dollars.
When it comes to Survivor, we Aussies reckon we’re tough as nails.
We talk the talk but now the time has come to walk the walk when our
local Survivor legends take on players from Survivor franchises
around the world in the unsurprisingly titled Survivor: Australia v
The World.
Cheer on some of Australia’s most celebrated players including
George, Shonee and Kirby as they face off against superstar players
from Survivor South Africa, Norway, New Zealand, and of course the
U.S., which will be represented by Survivor legends Parvati, Tony
and Cirie. This is a world-first event you don’t want to miss!
https://www.paramountanz.com.au/news/2025-is-kicking-off-with-a-pang/

I'm not that big a fan of returning player seasons, but I have to
admit seeing Australia's George up against Tony from the US (two
players as wildly different as one can imagine), or Shonee against
Parvati (a player Shonee seemed to channel in a lot of ways) sounds
really cool. I hope they also include Hayley Leake from Survivor Oz,
Dino, Rob and Werner from Survivor South Africa and I guess Lisa and
Avi from Survivor NZ. I will definitely give it a watch.

Hopefully there's a way for us to watch. I imagine it's up to whoever
controls the overall Survivor empire.

This article from Inside Survivor is worth reading. Sounds like the
season might be just 15 days long with 14 players. If that's the case,
I'm a lot less hyped to watch. 26 day long seasons are bad enough for
limiting strategic game play time. If this version is going to be
nothing but challenges and pregame alliances, it's going to be
disappointing. If Paramount streams the episodes I'll watch but I doubt
I'll hunt for them unless the show gets amazing buzz.

https://insidesurvivor.com/australian-survivor-vs-the-world-first-cast-revealed-57727

--
Brian

Rick

2024-09-16 21:36:43 UTC

Post by Brian Smith
Paramount today announced what they will be showing in
Australia/New Zealand in 2025. We now have confirmation of
Survivor: Australia v The World. Would be nice if Paramount makes
this available in North America.
________________________________________________________________________
Once we’ve crowned our jungle king or queen, it’s time to dust off
those buffs for not one but two strategy-stuffed seasons of
Australian Survivor. February sees a sequel of sorts to our most
successful theme show ever with Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn
II. Once again, our two tribes are separated by smarts and
strength, before battling it out on the beaches of Samoa for the
title, the glory, and half a million dollars.
When it comes to Survivor, we Aussies reckon we’re tough as nails.
We talk the talk but now the time has come to walk the walk when
our local Survivor legends take on players from Survivor franchises
around the world in the unsurprisingly titled Survivor: Australia v
The World.
Cheer on some of Australia’s most celebrated players including
George, Shonee and Kirby as they face off against superstar players
from Survivor South Africa, Norway, New Zealand, and of course the
U.S., which will be represented by Survivor legends Parvati, Tony
and Cirie. This is a world-first event you don’t want to miss!
https://www.paramountanz.com.au/news/2025-is-kicking-off-with-a-pang/

I'm not that big a fan of returning player seasons, but I have to
admit seeing Australia's George up against Tony from the US (two
players as wildly different as one can imagine), or Shonee against
Parvati (a player Shonee seemed to channel in a lot of ways) sounds
really cool. I hope they also include Hayley Leake from Survivor
Oz, Dino, Rob and Werner from Survivor South Africa and I guess Lisa
and Avi from Survivor NZ. I will definitely give it a watch.

Hopefully there's a way for us to watch. I imagine it's up to whoever
controls the overall Survivor empire.

In the more than 20 years I've been watching international reality
shows, I've never had any problem finding international versions of
Survivor, the Amazing Race, and most versions of the Mole. They are
on the internet if you know how to look for them. The one exception
is the one New Zealand produced season of the Mole. I was able to
find episode one, but the others are just not out there. But Survivor
and TAR are all out there.

This article from Inside Survivor is worth reading. Sounds like the
season might be just 15 days long with 14 players. If that's the case,
I'm a lot less hyped to watch. 26 day long seasons are bad enough for
limiting strategic game play time. If this version is going to be
nothing but challenges and pregame alliances, it's going to be
disappointing. If Paramount streams the episodes I'll watch but I doubt
I'll hunt for them unless the show gets amazing buzz.
https://insidesurvivor.com/australian-survivor-vs-the-world-first-cast-revealed-57727

I agree with you. This is very disappointing and makes it seem more
like an exhibition than an actual contest. This is more akin to I'm a
Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here than real Survivor.

Along those lines, this reminds me of when Jeff was once asked about
doing a celebrity Survivor season, and he said if they ever did it, it
would be much shorter than a regular season. He sort of implied that
most celebrities, who wouldn't need the money and would be doing it more
for show anyway, would never put up with the deprivation and stress of
an actual full season. Have we reached the point where Tony and Parv
and the others are now to be treated as pampered celebrities who can't
stand more than two weeks in the elements?

I may have to count myself on this one now.

Brian Smith

2024-09-17 02:53:53 UTC

Post by Brian Smith
Paramount today announced what they will be showing in
Australia/New Zealand in 2025. We now have confirmation of
Survivor: Australia v The World. Would be nice if Paramount makes
this available in North America.
________________________________________________________________________
Once we’ve crowned our jungle king or queen, it’s time to dust off
those buffs for not one but two strategy-stuffed seasons of
Australian Survivor. February sees a sequel of sorts to our most
successful theme show ever with Australian Survivor: Brains v
Brawn II. Once again, our two tribes are separated by smarts and
strength, before battling it out on the beaches of Samoa for the
title, the glory, and half a million dollars.
When it comes to Survivor, we Aussies reckon we’re tough as nails.
We talk the talk but now the time has come to walk the walk when
our local Survivor legends take on players from Survivor
Australia v The World.
Cheer on some of Australia’s most celebrated players including
George, Shonee and Kirby as they face off against superstar
players from Survivor South Africa, Norway, New Zealand, and of
course the U.S., which will be represented by Survivor legends
Parvati, Tony and Cirie. This is a world-first event you don’t
want to miss!
https://www.paramountanz.com.au/news/2025-is-kicking-off-with-a-pang/

I'm not that big a fan of returning player seasons, but I have to
admit seeing Australia's George up against Tony from the US (two
players as wildly different as one can imagine), or Shonee against
Parvati (a player Shonee seemed to channel in a lot of ways) sounds
really cool. I hope they also include Hayley Leake from Survivor
Oz, Dino, Rob and Werner from Survivor South Africa and I guess
Lisa and Avi from Survivor NZ. I will definitely give it a watch.

Hopefully there's a way for us to watch. I imagine it's up to
whoever controls the overall Survivor empire.

In the more than 20 years I've been watching international reality
shows, I've never had any problem finding international versions of
Survivor, the Amazing Race, and most versions of the Mole. They are
on the internet if you know how to look for them. The one exception
is the one New Zealand produced season of the Mole. I was able to
find episode one, but the others are just not out there. But
Survivor and TAR are all out there.

This article from Inside Survivor is worth reading. Sounds like the
season might be just 15 days long with 14 players. If that's the case,
I'm a lot less hyped to watch. 26 day long seasons are bad enough for
limiting strategic game play time. If this version is going to be
nothing but challenges and pregame alliances, it's going to be
disappointing. If Paramount streams the episodes I'll watch but I
doubt I'll hunt for them unless the show gets amazing buzz.
https://insidesurvivor.com/australian-survivor-vs-the-world-first-cast-revealed-57727

I agree with you. This is very disappointing and makes it seem more
like an exhibition than an actual contest. This is more akin to I'm a
Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here than real Survivor.
Along those lines, this reminds me of when Jeff was once asked about
doing a celebrity Survivor season, and he said if they ever did it, it
would be much shorter than a regular season. He sort of implied that
most celebrities, who wouldn't need the money and would be doing it more
for show anyway, would never put up with the deprivation and stress of
an actual full season. Have we reached the point where Tony and Parv
and the others are now to be treated as pampered celebrities who can't
stand more than two weeks in the elements?
I may have to count myself on this one now.

Players like Tony would need to be offered a lot of money to play a 26
or 39 day long season. Parv also has a young daughter she probably
wouldn't want to leave for too long. IIRC, when Cirie did BB25 last year
she said The Traitors was shot over about a two week period. That is
probably why they've been able get so many big names such as Boston Rob
and Parv to do that show. Cirie won $200K(?) which is good money for
what sounds like a two week vacation.

Yes, this version of Survivor does sound like an exhibition. They need
to do what The Challenge does and have full seasons when they have
people from all over the world.

--
Brian

Rick

2024-09-21 19:59:41 UTC

Post by Brian Smith
Paramount today announced what they will be showing in
Australia/New Zealand in 2025. We now have confirmation of
Survivor: Australia v The World. Would be nice if Paramount makes
this available in North America.
________________________________________________________________________
Once we’ve crowned our jungle king or queen, it’s time to dust
off those buffs for not one but two strategy-stuffed seasons of
Australian Survivor. February sees a sequel of sorts to our most
successful theme show ever with Australian Survivor: Brains v
Brawn II. Once again, our two tribes are separated by smarts and
strength, before battling it out on the beaches of Samoa for the
title, the glory, and half a million dollars.
When it comes to Survivor, we Aussies reckon we’re tough as
nails. We talk the talk but now the time has come to walk the
walk when our local Survivor legends take on players from
Survivor franchises around the world in the unsurprisingly titled
Survivor: Australia v The World.
Cheer on some of Australia’s most celebrated players including
George, Shonee and Kirby as they face off against superstar
players from Survivor South Africa, Norway, New Zealand, and of
course the U.S., which will be represented by Survivor legends
Parvati, Tony and Cirie. This is a world-first event you don’t
want to miss!
https://www.paramountanz.com.au/news/2025-is-kicking-off-with-a-pang/

I'm not that big a fan of returning player seasons, but I have to
admit seeing Australia's George up against Tony from the US (two
players as wildly different as one can imagine), or Shonee against
Parvati (a player Shonee seemed to channel in a lot of ways)
sounds really cool. I hope they also include Hayley Leake from
Survivor Oz, Dino, Rob and Werner from Survivor South Africa and I
guess Lisa and Avi from Survivor NZ. I will definitely give it a
watch.

Hopefully there's a way for us to watch. I imagine it's up to
whoever controls the overall Survivor empire.

In the more than 20 years I've been watching international reality
shows, I've never had any problem finding international versions of
Survivor, the Amazing Race, and most versions of the Mole. They are
on the internet if you know how to look for them. The one exception
is the one New Zealand produced season of the Mole. I was able to
find episode one, but the others are just not out there. But
Survivor and TAR are all out there.

This article from Inside Survivor is worth reading. Sounds like the
season might be just 15 days long with 14 players. If that's the
case, I'm a lot less hyped to watch. 26 day long seasons are bad
enough for limiting strategic game play time. If this version is
going to be nothing but challenges and pregame alliances, it's going
to be disappointing. If Paramount streams the episodes I'll watch but
I doubt I'll hunt for them unless the show gets amazing buzz.
https://insidesurvivor.com/australian-survivor-vs-the-world-first-cast-revealed-57727

I agree with you. This is very disappointing and makes it seem more
like an exhibition than an actual contest. This is more akin to I'm a
Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here than real Survivor.
Along those lines, this reminds me of when Jeff was once asked about
doing a celebrity Survivor season, and he said if they ever did it, it
would be much shorter than a regular season. He sort of implied that
most celebrities, who wouldn't need the money and would be doing it
more for show anyway, would never put up with the deprivation and
stress of an actual full season. Have we reached the point where
Tony and Parv and the others are now to be treated as pampered
celebrities who can't stand more than two weeks in the elements?
I may have to count myself on this one now.

Players like Tony would need to be offered a lot of money to play a 26
or 39 day long season. Parv also has a young daughter she probably
wouldn't want to leave for too long. IIRC, when Cirie did BB25 last year
she said The Traitors was shot over about a two week period. That is
probably why they've been able get so many big names such as Boston Rob
and Parv to do that show. Cirie won $200K(?) which is good money for
what sounds like a two week vacation.
Yes, this version of Survivor does sound like an exhibition. They need
to do what The Challenge does and have full seasons when they have
people from all over the world.

Here's a short podcast about this from Rob and Shannon. Nothing much
new here:

https://robhasawebsite.com/emergency-survivor-au-vs-the-world-casting-news/

Brian Smith

2024-09-16 20:17:54 UTC