All the players who had their torch snuffed on Australian Survivor: Australia V The World

After an hour and 48 minutes of pain, Luke was unable to outlast eventual winner Parvati in the last individual immunity challenge of the season, thus leaving him vulnerable to being sent home just short of the final tribal council.

While Cirie and Parvati had hopes Janine would vote with them against Luke, ultimately Janine voted to protect Luke, leaving his fate to a fire challenge, which he won.

Luke was then able to secure several votes from the jury, but ultimately, the crown of Sole Survivor was awarded to Parvati.

“I’m getting pretty good at losing this game,” he jokingly shared to Instagram shortly after the finale aired.

Boost Juice entrepreneur Janine Allis was able to make it to the final three, but sadly didn’t receive any votes from the jury after her pitch to win.

Speaking exclusively with New Idea, the 60-year-old said that despite not being the sole Survivor, she was still “really wrapped” to be in the final three.

“If I was going to lose to someone, I was happy I lost to Parvati. I feel really happy with my game [but] Parvati had a better holistic game.”

While the reality star says she has “no intention” of playing Survivor again, surprisingly, the door isn’t completely closed.

“I’d like to say no [to playing Survivor again], but you just don’t know. Life is a really funny thing….”

After being the first contestant to bow out of the final individual immunity challenge, Cirie’s fate was left up to a fire challenge after a majority vote at tribal council was unable to be reached.

While she was able to start an impressive fire, sadly, her dreams of being crowned sole Survivor were ended as Luke’s flame roared faster and higher.

Despite her time in the game coming to an end, Cirie had only positive things to say about her experience.

“I leave with my head held high. I hate the title of being the best Survivor player to never win, but I’ll take it.”

“Don’t feel bad for me at all. This ride has amazed me,” she also shared on Instagram shortly after the finale aired, also paying homage to her Survivor BFF Parvati.

“Together we laughed, we schemed, we dreamed. Two queens of battles unforeseen. And though I fell in place of four, my spirit soared; I wanted more. For victory lives not in the prize, but in the fire behind the eyes – grateful for the journey here.”

While fans were hopeful Shonee would at least make it to the final tribal council, her dreams of Sole Survivor were cut short after both Luke and Parvati played their individual immunity idols for each other.

With both Cirie and Janine’s alliances lying elsewhere, Shonee then became the unlucky target of votes and was sent home with a majority of three.

“There were idols going left, right and centre, I could hardly keep up,” the veteran player shared with the cameras shortly after her torch was snuffed.

She then joked, “It’s time to hang up the little red dress forever, I’m coming for Jonathan’s job!”

In an exclusive interview with New Idea the following morning, the reality star admitted that while she was naturally disappointed, she felt “at peace” with her time in the game coming to an end when it did.

“I did try every single avenue [to stay in the game]”, she reflected.

While fans would undoubtedly be ecstatic for Shonee to play for a fifth time, the soon-to-be mum of two says a return to Survivor isn’t on the cards….at least for now.

“It would be very hard. My heart physically wouldn’t be able to cope with missing everyone. I’ll soon have two kids under two, but who knows, maybe in five years….Parvati had a [huge] gap [between her seasons].”

After her dramatic attempt to quit in order to save alliance member Tommi at the previous tribal council went awry, it was no surprise that the following evening, Lisa was sent home in a unanimous vote from her tribe.

Describing her time in Samoa as “mega fun”, the former Survivor: New Zealand winner said it was “amazing” to have her torch snuffed.

“It’s such a privilege to be a fan of Survivor and be able to play in this season. I can’t believe I got to do it.”

Lisa added that it was a highlight of her “life” to be able to play alongside Cirie Fields.

“It was such a privilege to play with Cirie,” she later told New Idea.

Lisa also confirmed that while she had stayed in touch with her alliance members, Kass and Tommi, the trio had yet to reunite in person.

“I was planning on doing a Finland and Quebec trip, but Tommi has had a baby, and Kass is going to have a baby, so they’ve been pretty busy. It’s going to have to be delayed a little bit until their kids are a reasonable age.”

She also revealed that she had no regrets over her attempt to quit the show, as she had reached the conclusion that she “couldn’t win.”

“There was no path for me. I’ve always said, don’t go to the end of Survivor if you can’t win. I don’t think it’s an achievement to get to the end and get no votes.”

As for whether or not she would ever play Survivor again, Lisa is unsure: “It’s a miracle that I was able to play twice. I still don’t know why I [was cast] on this season,” she jokes.

In a shock twist, Tommi had his torch snuffed at tribal council, despite having won individual immunity, which protected him from the original vote that sent home Kassandre.

As his alliance member was eliminated, the Finnish wolf thought he would be returning to camp; however, it was soon revealed that a second vote would be taking place, and he would need to recompete for individual immunity to protect himself.

After not winning, the tribal council took yet another turn as Lisa offered to quit if it meant that Tommi would be safe.

“I want an international to have the best chance, and I don’t think it’s me; it’s Tommi,” she declared, much to the shock of her tribe and Jonathan.

But upon hearing that there would still be a vote even if she quit, Lisa quickly took back her offer, and Tommi was consequently sent home with a majority vote of four.

“If it takes two tribals in one night to take me out of this game, I can live with that,” he joked to the camera shortly after.

Despite planning on staying world tribe strong, as news travelled to Parvati that Kassandre and Tommi were planning to blindside her, a tentative alliance was struck with the Aussies to send Kassandre home instead.

While Kassandre had an idol, and Parvati had an advantage to nullify an idol, Parvati was able to convince Kassandre that she didn’t need it. Ultimately, the Canadian placed her trust in the wrong person and was sent home with four votes to the two Luke received and one Shonee received.

“Everything was so crazy tonight. The Aussies are crazy,” Kassandre exclaimed shortly after her torch was snuffed.

“Shout out to them, they did what they had to do, and it worked perfectly,” she added.

She may have started the season strong, but Kirby’s game unravelled not long after the merge when she was unable to secure Parvati’s vote, and that of her world alliance, at tribal council.

“Shattered. That’s all I have. I’m not too sure what Parvati turned on me. I don’t know why any of them did. Parvs’ vote probably hurt the most,” a “bamboozled” Kirby shared with the cameras shortly after her torch was snuffed.

Speaking with New Idea the morning after her onscreen elimination aired, the reality star confirmed that despite her devastation about being eliminated so soon in the game, she had no hard feelings for her tribe.

“I feel very lucky to have played with the calibre of players that are out there. It is what it is,” she admitted to New Idea.

“If I were in [Parvati’s] shoes, I would have made the same decision.”

When asked which player she believed had what it took to become Sole Survivor this season, Kirby was quick to respond: “Luke or Janine. I like how they are going about [their] business.”

Speaking of business, Kirby says she has plenty of “unfinished business” left in Samoa and would love to play another season of Australian Survivor.

“I’ve learnt so much from this world season about [people management]. I just need a break [between seasons], so people don’t remember me much, but if I can come back, I will,” she laughed. 

She may have survived until the merge, but the 2017 Australian Survivor runner-up was unable to survive her first post-merge tribal council after receiving a majority of four votes to the three each that Janine and Kassandre were given.

After her torch was snuffed, Sarah was quick to express he regrets over how she played the game, telling the camera that she had “messed up.”

“If I had played this game again, I would have sided with David from the get-go. That’s probably what would have worked for me.”

“I trust the commitments I made to Luke and Janine, and I don’t think they are the type of players to go back on their word. I also didn’t think Kirby was the kind of player who would go back on their word, [but] I think there are definitely two sides to her,” she added.

But it’s not all negative for Sarah, who is now the first member of the jury.

Despite starting in a strong position in his tribe with an ‘American strong’ alliance, Tony quickly found himself on the outside as Parvati and Cirie were given an ultimatum between voting him out or losing their allies Lisa and Kassandre.

While initially Parvati and Cirie attempted to keep him in the game and vote out Tommi instead, ultimately, Tony gave the rest of his tribe no choice after causing chaos at tribal council when he pretended he had a hidden immunity idol.

After his torch was snuffed following a majority of four votes, Tony had some choice words to share with the camera.

“I’m still trying to wrap my head around what the hell just went on. This is one of those times that I 100% believe that my instincts were right, that Parvati and Cirie turned on me, and that the four girls formed an alliance against the two boys.”

“You can see the pattern they’ve got going on here. They voted out Rob first, then the god, then the king, and then they voted out the two-time champ. They want to get rid of all the threats, and if that’s the case, Parvarti should be going next.”

In an exclusive interview with New Idea, the morning after his on-screen elimination, Tony said that while he was naturally disappointed to have his time cut short, he had plenty of fun in Samoa.

He also made the surprise admission that prior to starring in this season, he had never watched a season of Australian Survivor before!

“If I had hit the merge, it would have been a totally new game. It wouldn’t have been girls vs boys. I was looking forward to that merger because it would have given me a second life,” he then shared with us.

As for which all-star player he thinks will take out the title of Sole Survivor?

“I think Kirby has what it takes to win.”

Unfortunately for this Survivor superstar, his time in Samoa came to an end prematurely as he was voted out second in the Australian tribe following fellow former winner David Genat.

Despite his best efforts to skew votes towards Luke and Shonee, ultimately, Shonee was successful in her revenge plot to vote out George, aka the “King of Bankstown.”

“Shonee had a revenge mission to vote me out, and tonight, unfortunately for me, I fell one day short of my century, and [only spent] 99 days in the game,” he shared shortly after his torch was snuffed.

“I understand why the tribe voted me off. I’m one of the legacy players. The reason that we are playing this game is because of me. I made it go global, nobody will ever forget what I’ve done for Australian Survivor… and at least I went further than the golden god,” he jokingly added.

Read our exit interview with George here.

As the Australian tribe headed to their first tribal council, there were many plans in motion between players.

At the first vote count, Janine received one vote while George and David tied with three votes each. Sadly for David, at the revote, he then received the majority and subsequently had his torch snuffed.

“Congratulations, you guys retired me,” a blindsided David shared with his tribe, walking out to a standing ovation from the Aussie all-stars.

In a later on-camera confessional, the self-described “golden god” said he was “sour” about being eliminated so early.

“I wanted to stay in the game, but is there an honour to be bestowed upon the biggest threat going out early? Maybe? I would have much preferred to be still in there,” he lamented.

“It was really down to what Sarah was going to do, and that was such a 50/50. Her saying she wanted to play a loyalty game, I was like blarghhh.  I don’t know if she’s watched any of the newer seasons, but people don’t like that, I don’t like that. For what’s left of the Aussies, buckle up because it’s about to get rowdy!”

On the same night that David’s elimination was aired, Channel 10 confirmed he would be replacing Jonathan LaPaglia as the new host of Australian Survivor. You can read more about that here.

He may have won Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets in 2019, but Rob’s luck ran out at the very first tribal council of Australia V The World, where he received a majority vote of four from the World tribe.

“They tried to blindside me, and I understand why. I’m a massive threat in the game. I was the only thing standing between them and the Australians, and now they will be sliced apart. I truly thought they had brains in them to realise that the only way to beat the Australians was to work together as a team,” he remarked after his torch was snuffed.

“I can 100% guarantee that an Aussie will win Sole Survivor now, without a shadow of doubt,” he added.