First episode of Survivor Australia is live

How to watch?

If you have a VPN connection, you can watch it free on Austrialian TV or you could just download the episode online if you know some sites.

And as usual this season of Australian Survivor is 10X better than the recent American Survivor seasons.

YUP!

what season is this, 9?

Australian Season 11

Got it. Looks like the first 2 seasons were on a different network so while it's season 11 overall, the last 9 were on "Network 10", so when you go to the latest season there (Jan 2024) it says Season 9.

Can't wait to watch it, it's soooo much better than the USA woke crap...

I can't understand why it's so hard to see AU survivor in the USA, I tried a VPN with 10Play and it says I can't watch with a VPN.

Were you Vpn'ing through Austrialia? You can't be going through the US.

Yes

I just tested it. It worked for me.

I VPN through Sydney and clicked on this link https://10play.com.au/australian-survivor

What happens when you do that?

How good is your vpn? is it a free one? Those can be garbage.
Nord works 100% but it’s like $40 for a year.

Just finished episode six.
This season is fantastic so far.

The last few seasons of America are barely watchable with the last season a liitle better. But still doesn't come close to Australian survivor in contestants, challenges and everything that we love about Survivor.

The only reason I subscribed to Paramount+ Jeff Probst (exec producer) probably had it yanked.

Thanks, I was using one called 'Private Internet VPN' and it didn't let me sign up for 10Play.

I just signed up for Nord and it works!!

For a phycologist, Kellie sure is stupid

Jeff might not want American audiences to see how good AU is compared to US. It’s like WNBA vs NBA.

For sure.

and ranks up there for most annoying amongst all survivors in all seasons.

Definitely want to sit next to her at final tribal though

Yes and why those annoyings last so long in the game. She double downed on that role in the last episode.

Anyone else having issues with DL or iptv on the Australian show? Past couple episodes not showing up

Never mind all showed tonight

Wow the new US season... just wow

This Australia season is fantastic
So many dangerous players

Trying to put my finger on why AU is so much better than US version. I think they show a lot more behind the scenes strategy and allow the players to shine with more candid interactions.

The US each episode must be edited down to the exact second so a lot of the nuances are missing.

Plus less woke contestants in AU you don’t see as much of “lets get all the xyz race or gender together and vote out the other gender or race groups”.

This is where US Survivor went to shit in my opinion.

It used to have genuine assholes interspersed. I loved watching the dickheads get their come- uppance when they got voted out.

Now it's all kumbaya with everyone strategizing in woke harmony.

Jeff now finds the word "guys"offensive.

US challenges have zero physical confrontations against other players which makes it duller

Seasons are also too short

Not enough hot people, just social media clowns

Also Jonathan is a better interviewer than Jeff now

Australia has solved all of USA problems, I’m loving this season…

These 2 for me - the cast is awful and it has nothing to do with race or skin color. They seem like they are straight out of the LA audition line. Jeff has become super lame...

I'll have to see if I can watch the down under version. I started watching the U.S. version mid 2000's, have since watched the earlier seasons. The past few years ~ post covid, it went down hill for the very reasons stated. I'm almost at the point to stop watching, makes me nauseous. I have been always disappointed at the end and the winner: even worse!

I just finished AU Survivor Blood v Water. It was very good although I could’ve cared less about all the family greeting and phone calls in the last episode which was dragging it out too long.

No spoilers:
I was surprised by the final vote because I didn’t think the winner had that good of a resume compared to the others but as well as myself the two losers two didn’t have a single clue about the outcome or they wouldn’t have brought the winner to the end.

Is this season of Survivor looking good so far? I've been taping episodes but haven't started--so many options these days

I only watched the first episode and a half so far, it's been a bit low priority for me too, but it seems about on par with the previous ones, so depending on what you thought of those will determine it.

depends. have you enjoyed the show since they changed the format and started casting only nerds and where all the challenges are basically kindergarten playground olympics? then you'll like it. if you like old school Survivor with grit and drama and jerks and hotties, you'll hate it. i hate it.

It's good in a shit show kind of way.

First season I have not been able to watch... just dont like the players

I haven’t seen the newest one but it seems like they’ve been shying away from the blue collar Joe Sixpack (like Boston Rob) or the jocks and more to the social justice warriors and pencil pushers. Last season I watched there were 3-4 lawyers while the adult population of the US is more like 1 out of 200 people are lawyers. Suppose there were 3-4 doctors on one season wouldn’t that seem odd?

I made it through 1.5 episodes with my wife. We absolutely loved the most recent Australian season.

I think I have seen half of the cast cry so far - my guess is at least 2 will drop out of the game without being voted. Really boring people look like most came from an audition line in LA.

Just had to look it up here’s what I’m talking about:

Survivor” Season 45 premiered on CBS on Sept. 27. This year's 18-person cast features competitors from ages 23 to 49, including three lawyers….

So one out of 6 people were lawyers (not sure if this counted a law student that I think was there).

Just by random odds you’d likely see one lawyer every 10 seasons and you’d see more construction workers or truck drivers etc. but maybe lawyers have more free time.

It shouldn't be surprising lawyers are severely overrepresented on Survivor.

The show casts people who are good talkers--likely to be good narrators in confessionals. That's a skill more prevalent in attorneys than the general population.

The show casts people who can strategize--a fundamental part of most attorneys' jobs.

The show casts people with lots of self-confidence, whether deserved or not--again, most attorneys do not lack for self-confidence.

Finally, the show ONLY casts people who can take five weeks off work. Lawyers tend to have this flexibility to a larger extent than most other professions.

Hey fairplay really enjoyed your interview with Tyson. How was the pinball garage?

This season heated up this week!