Former Australian Survivor contestant Luke Toki has revealed exactly what it was like on the island with the other contestants.
Pia Miranda took home the title of Sole Survivor last night in a unanimous vote, after casting the deciding vote that saw Luke booted from the game on Monday.
Despite this, Luke told 10 Daily that he went into Tribal with an open mind and made his decision based on Pia and Baden Gilbert’s final arguments.
“First I heard Baden start speaking and I thought ‘Ooh, Pia’s gonna get done here’, but then he just dropped the ball on some things that Simon asked him, he stumbled his words,” Luke told the publication.
Pia’s win was ultimately determined by the King of the Jungle calling on the two to fight for the title of Sole Survivor.
“I said, ‘One of youse has come here to lose so show us who wants it!” Luke said.
“And Pia just came out like, bang, bang, bang! Next minute there was blood and guts on the floor and Baden was dead.”
WATCH: The moment Pia Miranda wins Survivor Australia
The father-of-three explained that he had become close to Baden since the tribes merged and that they had “done a lot together,” which insinuated that he should’ve had a bias towards the 23-year-old.
“So if anyone was going to vote for Baden it was gonna be me,” Luke said.
“Unfortunately, he just cooked his game, his speech wasn’t as emotional. It was quite… like he’d written it down on a piece of paper and said it.”
According to Luke, Pia out-maneuvered Baden’s speech through exposing his flaws.
“Pia’s speech definitely nailed it, she went for the jugular. She said, ‘everyone wants to sit next to you, you’re the shi**est,’” he said.
The People’s Champ also said Baden’s reluctance to work with Luke after Harry’s first immunity win played a huge part in his decision to return to Jury Villa and spill a few secrets.
“I was like, ‘Alright well I’m going to spill the beans that you stole the rice with me’, and then he was carrying on at other tribemates about eating more rice than others,” he told 10 Daily.
“His social game was a little bit off. It’s not his character, it’s just at times his social game was off,” Luke said of Baden’s last two weeks or so in the game.
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