South African Sole Survivor Rob BenteleStars in Survivor Australia: Australia vs The World

14 Survivors, 16 days, AU$250 000 (+- R2.9 million) – Survivor Australia: Australia vs The World pits some of the Aussie franchise’s best players against some of the top castaways from franchises around the world on M-Net from 31 August at 5:30 pm. 

 Returning to Samoa, where he emerged as the Sole Survivor on Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets, Rob Bentele joins six other castaways on the ‘World’ tribe.

Global Contenders: The World Tribe

A South African contestant who has competed in an international version of Survivor. The World tribe features three Survivor USA castaways – two-time winner Tony Vlachos, four-time player Cirie Fields, and Survivor: Cook Islands winner Parvati Shallow. 

Survivor New Zealand champion Lisa Stanger (Holmes); Survivor Québec’s Kassandre Bastarache, and 2022 Robinsonekspedisjonen runner-up Tommi Manninen round out the tribe.

Aussie Legends: The Australia Tribe

The ‘Australia’ Tribe features three-time castaway Shonee Bowtell; returning ‘Brains vs Brawn’ and ‘Heroes vs Villains’ star George Mladenov; recent Survivor: Titans vs Rebels competitor Kirby Bentley; 2020 Australian Survivor: All-Stars winner David Genat; Boost Juice founder Janine Allis; ‘Titans vs Rebels’ star Kirby Bentley; 2017 Australian Survivor, 2019 ‘Champions vs Contenders’ and former Big Brother housemate Luke Toki and Survivor Australia S4 alumnus Sarah Tilleke.

What to Know About Survivor Australia: Australia vs The World

Here are some interesting facts about this season, courtesy of the Survivor Wiki:

• Australia v The World is the first season to feature a four-time returning player (Shonee).
• It is the first season to feature multiple imported players—and the first season to import players from Survivor franchises other than the American version.
• It is the first English-language Survivor season to have more women than men, and the first Australian Survivor season to have an uneven number of men and women.
• Following Survivor: Winners at War, this season features the second-highest number of former Sole Survivors in a single season, with five (David, Parvati, Tony, Lisa and Rob).
• Counting their appearances from Survivor USA and Australia vs. The World, Cirie and Parvati’s fifth appearance overall is this one.

This season seems likely to be host Jonathan LaPaglia’s last. It also promises to be an unrelenting test of courage, endurance, and strength that will push the castaways to their limits—and beyond.
 
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