Australian Survivor going back to Champions vs. Contenders once more

Considering the local and international success with Champions vs. Contenders this year, Australian Survivor is doubling down next season on the same theme.

If your name is not Brian Lake, Russell Hantz or Zach Kozyrski, it’s hard not to come out on the other end ofAustralian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenderslooking back positively. The season providedgreat underdog storiesmixed in with personal character growth and the underdog versus the expected winners editing excellence to weave a wonderful narrative over dozens of hours.

For Australian audiences, it also brought a ton of popular local celebrities of varying levels of fame together to compete with regular members of the public in a format that didn’t feel like a watered down game. The difference in physicality with a bunch of athletes taking out regular Joe Schmos one after another made the pre-merge a bit rote near the end, but it picked up well in the second half.

The Ten Network seems to really dig the audience feedback, both critically and with ratings, at the networkannounced on Twitter todaythatAustralian Survivorwill return next year with yet anotherChampions vs. Contenderskind of season. Considering this season brought a former player from the US show, I wonder if they’ll try to bring another back in 2019.

Additionally, Channel 10 announced that Australia will now have the option to subscribe to10 All Access; a digital streaming service that combines the Australian network’s programming with that ofparent company CBS. This means thatSurvivorseasons from the US will be available to those who live in Australia while also enjoying their country’s version of the game.

Due to internationalSurvivorrights restrictions, CBS All Access will likely never get the opposite treatment stateside. Banijay Group purchased the rights to Castaway Television Productionslast year,although at least forCanadians they can apply to the US showstarting this year.

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