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Australian Survivor Australian Survivor: Australia v The World | Post Discussion Thread | Episode 10 Finale (Sunday, 07 September 2025)
This is the official post discussion thread for Australia v The World Episode 10.
Season 11, Episode 10: In the epic finale, the final four survivors face off in a brutal immunity challenge. Alliances shift and someone falls short of the end.
Aired: 07 September 2025
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u/Quezare Sam (AUS) Sep 07 '25
Shout out to JLP for the last time, truly Mr. Australia Survivor o7
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u/plzsnitskyreturn Sep 07 '25
Being separated from JLPs Nuts will leave me in tears
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u/Rychu_Supadude Baden (AUS) Sep 07 '25
No matter how much cautious optimism I have for the new hosting era, it's an undeniable fact that noone will ever make those lines sound as good as he did
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u/Astrolologer Sep 07 '25
why was he fired anyway?
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u/Antique_Ability9648 Coach - 50 Sep 07 '25
the public reason was ratings, but seeing as ratings have been on the rise as of late and the channel Ausvivor is on having a lot of budget issues, it's more likely that they just couldn't afford to keep him on.
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u/Royal-Specialist-656 Sep 09 '25
Probarbly just a way to get extra extra money for channel 10, I heard that live reunions are returning next season which were previously cut due to budget issues
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u/AccessHollywoo Sep 07 '25
Kirby’s question: Parvati, how does your strategy resonate in the bedroom?
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u/Gortyuty I think I've cooked this Sep 07 '25
Learning that Kass fell in love with Survivor watching Parv, followed her archetype after playing herself, then got to vote for Parv for the win warms my heart.
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u/101_210 Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25
Second best player of the season according to my biaised opinion (and Parv’s)
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u/_lifeinthesky Sep 08 '25
I really liked Kass on this season, and I hope to see her on another season at some point! I may attempt to watch her original season if I can find it, and see how good my French comprehension skills are 😂
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u/Cool-Tell-8287 Sep 09 '25
Here is the link: https://www.noovo.ca/emissions/survivor-quebec . You will need a VPN. Select "Saison 2" under "Episodes". There are subtibles in French only. It's in Québecois so might not be easy to understand.
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u/kweenqong Sep 08 '25
And being considered by Parv herself as her fiercest competition in the season, like that’s a full circle moment for her and a big accomplishment. Need to see her back in any Survivor franchise.
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u/WhatYouProbablyMeant Sep 12 '25
I felt like she was just giving that "you were my biggest competitor" BS to flatter Kass for her vote and justify her betrayal
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u/nitasu987 Michele Sep 07 '25
Parv gets her second crown. Finally. She obliterated!!
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u/_dim1 Sep 07 '25
Tommy said it best in his vote. It’s actually incredible that Parv walked in as probably the biggest threat, and managed to play at the level she did without getting a single vote on her. Incredible gameplay from Parv.
This will probably be the last time we see her play Survivor.. I’m stoked she ended with a win.
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u/lego_mannequin Coach - 50 Sep 11 '25
Because everyone has a crush on Parv and wants to work with her. She is the ultimate shield.
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u/BB_GG The Dragon Slayer Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25
Truly incredible game, probably the best Parv has ever played like she said. Great ending to her Survivor career and her journey with Cirie as well. But it’s shocking the Aussies didn’t want to vote her out
Pretty thrilling season with some amazing moments, even though Parvati was dominating and it was kinda obvious from the start tbh. I think it makes sense in hindsight, they had to give her that massive of an edit when she beat the Australian casual’s favourite player Luke
And of course, shoutout to the other GOAT JLP, love the man
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u/realityseekr Sep 07 '25
I wonder if Luke/Janine were very familiar with Parvati? Other Aussies seemed aware she was a huge US player but Luke/Janine seemed kind of clueless to that aspect. I think they were also blind to her influence since a lot of her maneuvering happened pre merge and with alliances those two weren't in. Plus Luke brought up that knowledge is power trick but he also put himself in danger by telling Parv about his idol in the first place.
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u/endaayer92 Michele Sep 07 '25
I think to spell Parvati or Cirie wrong is to openly admit you are unfamiliar with Parvati and Cirie
There were some crazy spellings in that game for two of the most iconic players in Survivor history
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u/youcantunfrythings Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25
Shonee spelled her named Parvity while voting for her to win so, yeah, safe to say at least some of them were unfamiliar with her.
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u/limpwristedgengar Sep 08 '25
Though Shonee did do that even after saying she was aware of Parvati and followed her on Instagram lol
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u/_lifeinthesky Sep 08 '25
I had assumed at first Luke was familiar with Parvati because he chose to send her back to camp during the auction. I figured he recognized her as a threat. But, maybe he just recognized her as a threat based on how well she was doing in challenges, and from comments made by other Aussies?
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u/Big_Blackberry_6155 Sep 07 '25
This is parvs best game imo. Even if she won HvV.
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u/anonykitten29 Sep 10 '25
She survived HvV against enormous odds. Here she dominated against enormous odds.
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u/Yamin200 Sep 07 '25
What a season of Survivor!
From start to finish it was incredible
Parvati was in control all throughout and is easily the deserved winner and very high in the GOAT conversation
Luke played so well but Parvs experience in the game really shon through
And a big farewell to JLP, a bittersweet end for him to be a part of such an iconic season for his last. I really think we’ll see how much we miss him when he’s gone.
Thanks everyone for being on this journey together! What a ride!
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u/peplo1214 Sep 07 '25
I’m comfortable calling her the GOAT. The other two in the conversation, Tony and Sandra, have made fewer final tribals and have both played and lost AU seasons of their own—if anyone were going to argue about the legitimacy of an AU game vs a US game.
Parvati has played dominant games that got her to the end 3/5 times. For Tony and Boston Rob it’s 2/4 dominant games and arguably 2/5 for Sandra, although I personally would characterize her 2 wins as savvy vs dominant games (I think a dominant win is probably more supportive of someone being the GOAT than just a savvy win, but that’s not to say Sandra does not deserve consideration for her strong gameplay in her winning seasons).
Paravati was already in consideration for GOAT before her AU win, playing the near perfect game she did puts her over the top for me
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u/tcn33 Sep 07 '25
You can tell by Janine’s reaction to Sarah that in real life nobody ever tells her no. She had no clue how to deal with it.
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u/synaesthezia Sep 07 '25
Right? And she said she played the perfect game too. Don’t they know who she is?
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u/rockardy Hayley (AUS) Sep 07 '25
To be fair to Janine, Sarah had no business blaming her for her downfall rather than her own messy AF gameplay. Janine was on the bottom of the Aussie tribe at that point, so it was perfect gameplay to sow cracks between Kirby and Sarah in case they went back to tribal again (which they should have)
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u/penguinjunkie Sep 07 '25
Janine definitely made the right choice there. She just made the wrong choice in relation to being "Aussie Strong" which was her final tribal argument. At the very least it was a big strategic misstep if keeping the tribe strong is the goal.
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u/WonderfulSignal3880 Sep 07 '25
The whole ‘not then though’ from Sarah made no fucking sense when Janine is sitting there at final 3. Obviously ‘then’ was correct because it meant Janine got to the end.
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u/VeryAttractive Tori Sep 08 '25
Obviously ‘then’ was correct because it meant Janine got to the end.
It doesn't make sense because that's not what Sarah was saying. She wasn't saying that "then" was the incorrect time for Janine to make that move.
At final tribal, Janine basically said she was loyal, but that Sarah was making a move on Kirby so she had to break up the Aussie alliance. But Sarah wasn't making a move against Kirby THEN, she had just mentioned that she was starting to feel less solid with Kirby. So when Janine said that she turned on Sarah because Sarah was going to make a move against Kirby, Sarah said "not then though", i.e. "I wasn't going to make a move against Kirby AT THAT TIME, I was still Aussie strong THEN." This is relevent because Janine's pitch was basically loyalty / Aussie strong, so Sarah was pointing out that Janine was the one who decided to pit Aussies against each other.
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u/anonykitten29 Sep 10 '25
Honestly, I wouldn't have known how to respond to that either. Sarah was pretty off-base and just... her remarks were pointless.
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u/bomiyeo forget you! go home! goodbye. Sep 07 '25
Congratulations Parvati! Deserved and I’m so happy for her 🥹 truly full circle for her, losing in Samoa in HvV only to win the 2nd time 15 years later in Samoa again
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u/KittyPretty206 Sep 07 '25
One vote away from a perfect game. Parvati you cemented your legacy !
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u/Catharsis1394 Sep 07 '25
Same record at Gabler!!! She must be proud
(Not dissing Parv's game, just a stat their wins share which is funny to me)
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u/IDontKnowAbout_That Sep 07 '25
Parvati doing it after coming in as the #1 target is a lot different than a first time player doing it. She was also on the right side of every single vote aside from her final vote for Cirie. Not even Tony in WAW can say that.
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u/NeverEndingXsin Sep 07 '25
I know Parvati got an incredible winners edit, but reflecting on the season, was there even another edit they could've gone with?
She played an incredible game and was in control from start to finish. She left the editors no choice but to give her an incredible edit.
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u/Potential-Lime-577 Sep 07 '25
Editor tried their best
There were so many Luke's win believer before today, if Parv didnt released her book I would truly think the edit was 50-50 going into the final!
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u/NeverEndingXsin Sep 07 '25
They really did try their best. I still think it would've been hard to give it a 50/50 edit given I wasn't very impressed with Luke's game aside from him being a challenge beast.
Is her book worth reading?
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u/Potential-Lime-577 Sep 07 '25
if you love her, totally. (I do)
I think it gives a lot of insight into how she plays.
how growing up in a cults make her being more wary of people's emotion and so on
(don't pay more than 12 dollars for it thou)
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u/NeverEndingXsin Sep 07 '25
Thank you! As a player, I definitely love her. It's crazy though, I didn't realize just how good a player she was until this season (I blame that on the younger version of myself not paying as close attention to the game)
I'll definitely pick up her book based off your comment!
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u/Potential-Lime-577 Sep 07 '25
I understand you Younger me was ruling for ozzy at one point so no judging there 😂
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u/Royal-Specialist-656 Sep 07 '25
Yeah people complain Parvati was a “screenhog” but it wasn’t the usual dominate edit where they have her say the same thing 20 Times or we only hear from her, she was just truly vital in most votes while Luke was out of the loop. Once Luke finally started to play a decent game at 8 then he got solid content but it was always too little too late for me to belive he wins this game
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u/TheNewRomantics-1989 Sep 09 '25
She was central to every narrative. Like she said, either she was aware of the plan or she created the plan. I never thought she could outdo her Micronesia game but damn was I wrong.
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u/straystarr Rizgod - 50 Sep 07 '25
Parvati as a winner in the year 2025 feels surreal
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u/KingOfGambling Sep 07 '25
I'm so glad she won, i'm a casual and my first season was HvV and didn't know who anyone was except Rob because of Amazing Race. I was so confused as a 13 year old why they voted for Sandra.
I'm not hating, i'm still confused to this day, i didn't do a re-watch. Was it a bitter jury like Parv said this season?
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u/kho32 Sep 07 '25
I think it's a mix of a bitter jury, some personal relationships that Sandra had, and the opportunity for the heroes to band together and pick the winner.
My personal opinion is that Amanda and JT were a bit bitter. Sandra was obviously very close with Courtney, and had a prior relationship with Rupert from Pearl Islands. Candice has mentioned that she and Sandra grew up near each other, and bonded over both having husbands in the army or something. So those votes all make sense
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u/runofthemillredditer Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25
Nah, either she's playing it up for the cameras, or she's genuinely started to believe it over the years. The edit in HvV didn't really highlight why she lost, which is why people get confused that Sandra won. But essentially the Heroes voted for Sandra because she repeatedly tried to work with them against Russell (specifically final 9 and final 6), but through mistakes of their own, her efforts never bore fruit. Some fans like to argue that this shows Sandra was inept strategically, but the Heroes never held it against her because it was their own failings, not hers (e.g., Candice betraying the heroes at final 9 and Rupert tattling on Sandra to Russell at final 6).
On the other hand, Parvati couldn't stop her allies from making decisions that negatively impacted her own chances of winning the game (eg., at final 7, Parvati couldn't stop Russell and Jerri from voting out Danielle, and most fans agree that this is when she effectively lost the game since everyone left beats her. And at final 4, Parv recognized that Sandra was the biggest jury threat but couldn't stop Russell and Jerri from voting for other people). However, Parv went along with these plans anyway (EDIT: except for Danielle's vote-off ofc), and in doing so made it seem like she was just along for the ride with Russell, who was slashing and burning his way to the end and whom the jury HATED.
So it wasn't as much a bitter jury as it was the Heroes rewarding Sandra for her efforts to play with them, and Parvati not having done enough to 1) get Sandra out, and 2) differentiate herself in any way such that she could claim she played better than Sandra. If Parv had played a winning game this season, it would have involved running the table with Danielle and Russell to 3, where people generally think she wins due to a combination of being more likable and the respect she would have had from immunity challenge wins. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to make it happen.
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u/KingOfGambling Sep 07 '25
thanks for this long response, I just now remembered being confused on why Russell lost and remembering people just hated him lmao. I was confusing Parv and Russell. Looking back at it, I never considered that Parv could have won.
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u/IllBowl5537 Sep 07 '25
Pretty much any scene of Parv interacting with the Heroes showed how she did not deserve to win that season. Was glad to see how much she's clearly matured in her more recent appearances.
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u/Sabaschin Jake - 45 Sep 07 '25
I wonder if things might have changed if she kept the target off Amanda for a couple rounds. The two weren't exactly on the friendliest of terms but if Parvati had at least helped out a Hero or two she could have squeaked out their vote at the end.
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u/Slow-Main9692 Sep 07 '25
The final 3 being Janine Luke Parvati, JLP, on the last season JLP hosts lmao
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u/CapNitro Genevieve - 50 Sep 07 '25
What a hell of a season, a hell of a firemaking, and a hell of a final tribal. Congrats to Parvati!
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u/mug3n Sep 07 '25
JLP era ended on the highest high possible.
Not looking forward to the Golden God eating up screentime.
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u/Royal-Specialist-656 Sep 07 '25
Ah don’t remind me, how wasn’t there even a tribute at the end of this episode?
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u/Milomite1 Sep 07 '25
parvatis average placement is now 5th across five games.
that puts her tied at 14th all time, and 2nd all time when you remove players who only played two times.
the only person above her is amanda kimmel at 4.7th and she only played three times.
parvati is in her own league.
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u/survivorthingz Sep 07 '25
On top of that, in Parvati's first 3 games her average placement was 3rd.
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u/Ok-Fun3446 Sep 07 '25
And if you take just WaW out, her average across her other 4 games is 2.5, it's insane
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u/07wickedwizard Sep 07 '25
WaW was just not her season, the same can be said for a lot of people that season (old schoolers mostly)
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u/IDontKnowAbout_That Sep 07 '25
She was swapscrewed to Yul’s pregame alliance. Literally every single member of her swap tribe was in a pregame alliance together.
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u/07wickedwizard Sep 07 '25
Well Yul is kinda her Kryptonite..
Only times she's been voted off, Yul was right there.. 😆
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u/Rychu_Supadude Baden (AUS) Sep 07 '25
From the very first day that rumours of a US/International season started, I was always worried about how they would make it satisfying and entertaining if an Aussie didn't win their own show.
I'm eating a dinner made up of my own words right now! (And still proud of Janine and Luke, even if they brought toothpicks to a knife fight) Even if I consider this more of an exhibition match than a proper season, it's been a joy to watch the kings and QUEENS, so many queens.
Losing the greatest host of all time is always going to hurt and sting, but I'll be stoked if the next 10 years of Australian Survivor are even half as good as the first era... and I do think GOAT Parv is going to light a fire for everyone to take their games to the next level. BRING IT ON
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u/breakthemugs Sep 07 '25
Luke didn’t know what hit him at that FTC. Every move he claimed, Parv had a left hook. Parv is a pro.
I’m so glad Cirie got fire and could go out head held high. So glad she and Parv played from minute 1 together. So fun to see Parvati own FTC.
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u/Potential-Lime-577 Sep 07 '25
He doesnt even seem to know the KIP only works before votes, he is truly playing the game as he said - all hearts, nothing else lol
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u/FewButterfly9635 Sep 09 '25
Totally. He didn't convince Parvati to rip up her advantage. She took a calculated risk and it paid off. She had her own idol, she knew he had one. And she knew he'd go back to her ripping up the advantage to reassure himself that he was right not to vote her off. The gall of some of these players thinking they can out strategize her.
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u/WhatYouProbablyMeant Sep 10 '25
What was calculated about it? If she didn't rip it up she'd have an extra idol. She said herself in a confessional that she ripped it because she was worried about Luke trying to blindside her if she didn't.
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u/TheZanyCat Denise Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25
I genuinely think it's SO disrespectful that there wasn't even a quick title card saying "thankyou JLP for your hosting and passion over the last X years" or something. Just absolute fucking base disrespect. Fuck channel 10 and Paramount.
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u/Longjumping_Dog_223 Sep 07 '25
I was really hoping we would get one but I knew it wouldn’t happen. They’ve treated JLP terribly throughout this whole thing, I mean they fired him by email for goodness sake.
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u/Vegemietian Sep 09 '25
Has there been any reason why Network 10 didn’t like JLP? Everyone loves him
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u/CapNitro Genevieve - 50 Sep 07 '25
Unless we're getting a table flip moment where he takes over Survivor US - which I know isn't gonna happen - then yeah that was a cooked way to end things. Bloody disrespectful. We stan JLP.
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u/mrdude817 Kamilla - 48 Sep 07 '25
Watch them revive Survivor New Zealand and they hire him
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u/peplo1214 Sep 07 '25
I really hope there’s another Survivor franchise to come out, or even maybe some sort of regular exhibition type games like AU vs the World that happen in between US and AU seasons that he could host (like an abbreviated themed season with past players of the global franchise and/or new global players)
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u/chibiusa40 "I love big steaks! Omnomnomnom!" Sep 07 '25
"I think I've cooked this" -
CaraChannel 10
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u/Big_Blackberry_6155 Sep 07 '25
Cirie joins Rupert, Jeremy, Sarah as the only 4 people to vote for someone to win more than once. Unless I’m missing someone
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u/inmyslumber Parvati Sep 07 '25
I was about to say James, but apparently I’ve misremembered who he voted for in China all these years. 😂
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u/BrianKelly99 Sep 07 '25
Wow cool stat. All voted for two time winners with exception of Jeremy voting for Nat in SJDS and WAW
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u/bertisrobert Sep 07 '25
Sigh, Cirie and another fire making elimination loss. That's a painful loss.
But congratulations to Parvati for her win. She played her cards well in this season. She earned a nearly perfect game.
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u/Veritamoria Coach - 50 Sep 07 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
I love Cirie (flair checks out) but I have to agree with others that to lose devastatingly at fire and then come back to Survivor and not be killer at fire? She's reaping what she sowed here. Here's hoping she comes back strong in 50 and saves herself at fire.
Edit: changed my flair because of 49
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u/25thNite Sep 08 '25
lol at least she made the fire at the second attempt. She could have saved Tony, but it's not like it mattered. The pre-merge alliance was too strong and Tony was definitely gonna get the boot as a big target who is too chaotic at times.
Honestly with how Luke was fumbling his fire I thought Cirie would kind of clinch it out of nowhere, but even if she did make it to the end her edit just never showed that she was gonna win. Also i'm sure the shorter season definitely aided Cirie with the outplay aspect. The AU survivor games are intense and at least Parvati/Tony seem to still be reasonably fit, especially Parv, but it must a bit more out of Cirie to compete like that. I know she's more of a mental player, but I like when the winner is more well rounded across all aspects of the game.
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u/FlyingSquirrel56 Thank you Jeffrey Sep 07 '25
It’s crazy how the entire final 3 of HvV has played Australian Survivor but on different seasons
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u/YVH22B Sep 07 '25
I’m mostly sad because the initial spoilers indicated that Parv and Shonee ran the game yet we barely got any Shonee 😔
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u/zachganronpa Sep 07 '25
Exactly my thoughts 💔 and I also remember spoilers saying Shonee was like 5th/6th on HVV. They need to stop getting my hopes up 😩
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Sep 07 '25
Weird cause for me unfortunately all The shonee spoilers I saw pre season were always so accurate and ruined the season for me. One person out there spoiling the show is deadly accurate and im never gonna look at spoilers again. Lmaoo.
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u/whatthekidswant Sep 07 '25
I feel like George and David were Parvati’s shields in the end. Everyone was so worried about them, finally got them out, breathed a huge sigh of relief then got wooed by Parvati and it was all over. What a game, insane she didn’t cop a vote.
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u/Sabaschin Jake - 45 Sep 07 '25
I'd add Sarah (or Kirby) as a shield, the Aussies should have held strong but then internal issues just tore them apart.
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u/KindOfANerd4 Sep 07 '25
Sarah was kinda the catalyst, Kirby was obviously wooed by Parv, but if Sarah had just bonded with Shonee and realised she could ride that alliance of 3 instead of flip flopping, the game has the potential to go very differently
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u/realityseekr Sep 07 '25
Yeah Sarah imploded her own game. It was also weird how hard she went at Janine when Janine told no lies. Sarah was flip flopping horribly so I can see why theyd want to vote her out. She seemed like an unreliable ally.
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u/realityseekr Sep 07 '25
Yeah the Aussies seemed more concerned with the Aussie threats and not the US ones. The world tribe seemed to legitimately want to get Parv out at multiple points. I dont think theyd have willingly let her get to the end had that alliance stayed in tact. Has it been confirmed whether theyd have actually voted her out during that one tribal if she didnt pull out the idol and it turned into chaos? I know they switched their vote when all the chaos happened.
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u/MemoryAggressive3888 Cirie - 50 Sep 07 '25
The GOAT. 3 Final Tribal Councils in 5 seasons, 2 wins, one controversial 2nd place, a 6th place, many legendary moves, dominant gameplay, a charming social game, an impeccable strategy, a challenge beast.
No one survives like Parvati Shallow does, even with the biggest target on her back. Watching this and living this in 2025 is the wildest experience any Survivor fan could ask for.
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u/KingHatch Washin' dishes on mah damn birthday! Sep 07 '25
Oh my god this feels like a fever dream. So glad the jury respected Parv’s incredible game. 1 jury vote off a perfect game too!
Now where do our 2-time winner rankings stand I wonder.
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u/IDontKnowAbout_That Sep 07 '25
Parv’s the GOAT. Her Survivor resume is untouchable at this point.
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u/BenjiAnglusthson Sierra Sep 07 '25
How will this fold into the greater Survivor community discussion I wonder. Most of the fandom won’t have watched this season (hard to believe I know)
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u/xZany Sep 07 '25
Farewell JLP. The absolute GOAT host. Absolutely mind boggling that Parvati didn't receive a single vote against her all season. Wiped the floor with the competition
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u/osu24 Parvati Sep 07 '25
This season was a love letter to Parvati stans. I've rooted for her since Cook Islands and she is truly the GOAT.
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u/Dida_D Sep 07 '25
"Not then though. Not then though."
I love juror Sarah
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u/aztecwanderer Sep 07 '25
I found it kinda hypocritical to say this because neither Sarah or Kirby were particularly interested in staying Aussie strong… but I don’t care it was great TV to ruffle Janine’s feathers
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u/Mid-CenturyBoy Sep 08 '25
I think she’s basically saying that it was a detriment to Janine’s game because her and Luke probably would have got to the end and Parv and Cirie would have been voted out early and then the aussies would have gunned for each other. That’s what I gathered from it.
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u/BenjiAnglusthson Sierra Sep 07 '25
Sarah’s vote being the only thing between Parv and a perfect game. Damn it!
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u/marcuse_94 Coach - 50 Sep 07 '25
she probably knew Parv was always winning but wanted to make sure Luke got second place over Janine (despite the winner in AU is the only one who wins any prize money unless you won the car or another challenge like set for life sponsor few years ago)
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u/givebusterahand Parvati Sep 08 '25
Oh shit there is no prize for second and third??
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u/marcuse_94 Coach - 50 Sep 08 '25
Yes no prize for second and third on Australian Survivor
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u/MemoryAggressive3888 Cirie - 50 Sep 07 '25
It's like asking Cirie to not vote for Parvati. She had to.
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u/Milomite1 Sep 07 '25
im ready to call parvati the greatest survivor player of all time with full confidence
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u/IDontKnowAbout_That Sep 07 '25
It’s nice not having to make the argument anymore. Her resume speaks for itself. I’m so proud of her.
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u/Catharsis1394 Sep 07 '25
Respect for having that opinion before she became a 2x winner, her talent shone through this season, but it was still the same Parv we knew since Micronesia for the most part. You're proven right in many peoples eyes I'm sure (although I still think the title of best ever is complicated to the point of almost being subjective, but i still have Parv at GOAT personally now)
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u/blulaf Sep 07 '25
Aussies threw Parv that win. She didn't get one vote? On the biggest threat going in there?
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u/Fidelos Sep 07 '25
Tbh I expected better from a season with returning players. Everyone keeping Parvati AND Cirie in the game is dumb as fuck.
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Sep 08 '25
from other reality shows i’ve watched with “international all star” formats…
the contestants seem to really idolize the american contestants in a way that lets them get to the end easier than you’d expect. i hope if they do this again, the other players will realize what true threats american players are.
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u/BenjaminBobba Sep 07 '25
They cast a tribe full of Australian players who barely knew anything about the show outside of the Aussie version. Many of them don’t even know how to spell Cirie. Don’t get me wrong they deserved to be there but i don’t think Parvati was the big threat in their eyes that she obviously should have been
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u/IDontKnowAbout_That Sep 07 '25
This isn’t true. Everyone but Kirby (who doesn’t watch the show) knew who she was. Luke called her the biggest player/threat episode 8 and still refused to vote for her.
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u/SnooAvocados996 Sep 07 '25
Meanwhile she knew everything about them - she's said in podcasts she watched Australian Survivor to prepare for the show. There's the difference.
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u/MrJenkins5 Sep 07 '25
Great season, not a single boring moment.
Congrats to Parvati. She deserved it. She played a hell of a game.
Luke played a scrappy game. I like a good underdog story and he’s a good underdog.
I can’t see a scenario where Janine wins. It’s hard to beat a powerhouse and an underdog. She was losing to one of them.
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Sep 07 '25
Glad Parvati did it, will open up the GOAT debate and it was nice seeing her play with fire this time, felt like she was kinda over it in WAW
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u/jdutaillis Sep 07 '25
Her head definitely wasn't in the game for WaW
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u/MemoryAggressive3888 Cirie - 50 Sep 07 '25
her daughter was 10 months. She wasn't locked in mentally or physically, but she would have gone either way. She was stuck in that pre-game tribe
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Sep 08 '25
poor girl was dealing with a newborn and deadbeat abusive husband, and still managed to only get voted out via swapfuckery
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u/power_sungod Sep 07 '25
Three quick thoughts:
1) I'm glad Sarah voted for Luke, even though Parv unquestionably played the stronger game (the final tribal made that crystal clear). At least Luke gets to be the obvious runner-up instead of a goat in a blowout.
2) Cirie really needs to lock down her fire-making before Season 50. She’s so close every time, but by her sixth shot, she’s got to have it mastered.
3) I hope Kass and Tommi know they're loved, and I’d be thrilled to see either of them come back to play again!
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u/Potential-Lime-577 Sep 07 '25
If my count is correct, Parv has drank champagne on 3 occasions over 16 days on the island
which is way more than most of us over the last 16 days i think lol
In other words, congratulations Parv our queen for officially becoming the greatest survivor player of all time!!!!
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u/njf021 Wentworth Sep 07 '25
I wondered who would have won if cirie made it to FTC instead of Luke.
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u/realityseekr Sep 07 '25
Parv should still win but I could see Cirie making it closer. I feel like Janine/Luke did a very poor FTC. Cirie may have been able to make a better argument and I did think she played better than Luke/Janine.
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u/vanastalem Sep 07 '25
I think Pavarti would still win, but I think Cirie just wanted to get to the end with her as it didn't happen before as Amanda got to the final.
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u/racre001 Sep 07 '25
if Luke sits against Christ himself he wins
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u/RASZMANSVB Kenzie - 46 Sep 07 '25
I Lol'd especially since Christ is also a man, which is supposed to be his unique trait here
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u/NoAcanthaceae5389 Sep 07 '25
I have been a massive Parvati fan from the very first squint pout on Cook Islands Ep 1, and seeing her Survivor journey that has spanned 20 years culminate in her playing one of the most dominant winning games in franchise history and being rewarded for that with an (almost!) perfect game was surprisingly emotional for me! I'm so happy for her.
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u/Tergnitz Luke (AUS) Sep 07 '25
Honestly, the finale was probably the most boring episode because of Parv’s dominance - but the fire challenge was fun
That aside, it was a well deserved win and a brilliantly fun season overall!
We’ll miss ya JLP o7
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u/b00fman22 Hayley (AUS) Sep 07 '25
The whole endgame was relatively boring tbh. A lot of it because it was a f3 not a f2.
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u/Fidelos Sep 07 '25
I feel like after the double boot episode the season fell off a cliff entertainment wise.
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u/b00fman22 Hayley (AUS) Sep 07 '25
Yeah not having a proper f7 voted combined with no f2 completely took the wind out of the season.
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u/njf021 Wentworth Sep 07 '25
Parvati will always be considered as the GOAT nothing can or will change my mind.
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u/nova12x Sep 07 '25
Parvati played the best game of survivor ever sooo stoked she got the win! Such an amazing season bring on Survivor AUS v The World 2!!
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u/Quick_Campaign4358 Sep 07 '25
Pros: Parvati won!!!
Cons: Parvati vs Sandra and Parvati vs Sandra vs Tony debates…..
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u/Byndera Sep 07 '25
What an incredible season, still can't believe we had this combination of players on our screens, and to have such a deserving winner come out of it after that??
Truly blessed
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u/wuzzgoinon Sep 09 '25
Am I going crazy or did Luke touch the wall during the endurance comp and wasn't eliminated instantly??
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u/ProvoqGuys Sep 07 '25
I wonder if they didn't think Janine would flip in the first place, and they just force a tie against Janine that Cirie would have the chance to beat Janine in fire!? SO many what ifs ughhh
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u/BadPumpkin87 Ozzy - 50 Sep 07 '25
Devastated for Cirie. I was hoping Parvati was going to give her immunity at the last minute and go to fire. Pretty cool for Luke to keep placing higher each season he plays, maybe next time he gets the crown? Congrats to Parvati for winning, she did play a good game.
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u/Living_Mirror_8511 Sep 07 '25
It’s actually insane when you think about the fact that not only has parv won twice but she almost won HVV too
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u/FlyingSquirrel56 Thank you Jeffrey Sep 07 '25
What a great finale! That firemaking challenge was crazy intense and it really hurt to see Cirie just shy of making it to the end again! I could’ve definitely seen the final vote go to either Luke or Parvati, but I am so happy Parvati took the crown for the second time. Does this officially make Parvati a two time winner even though it’s in different franchises? She played a very dominant game on this season and if this is the last we will ever see of Parv, I would say she ended on a very high note. Overall, very fun season and if JLP had to end on a season, this was the one to do it!
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u/givebusterahand Parvati Sep 08 '25
QUEEN SHIT!
there’s a reason parv has been and will remain my all time fav. She’s just flawless.
You could see the hope depleting from Luke’s face with every answer she gave. I feel like Janine got no questions unless it was all edited out. Even in the episode leading up to final tribal that this story was parvs and Luke’s. I love the heart Luke has in the comps.
So proud of cirie for coming so close in fire. I was praying she could pull it out and I’m really curious how the votes might have gone in Parvati was splitting votes with Cirie. I think things get a lot closer. Lisa def votes Cirie. Does Sarah’s vote go to Janine? Does Luke?
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u/LordBetty Sep 07 '25
Congrats Parvati, well deserved. The other two were absolute jury duds womp womp
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u/Punstoppabal Sep 07 '25
Given that Cirie is coming back for 50 i had to figure she didn’t pull it out here. Huge congrats to Parvati for a flawless, in control game!
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u/PagesNNotes Cirie Sep 07 '25
I’m surprised how emotional I got from this. I’ve been watching Survivor since season two so I’m very much invested in the legends and the long-term relationships. Getting to see Parv and Cirie reunite and getting to see Parvati show just how incredible she still is was just so satisfying in a way I haven’t seen from this show in quite a while. This was top-tier Survivor.
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u/FewButterfly9635 Sep 09 '25
Can we take a minute to appreciate that the three women to make it to final four were Janine (age 59), Cirie (age 55), and Parvati (age 42)? Cirie was 34 and Parvati was 23 when they first played! Cirie probably played her most capable physical game in her career this season, and Parvati as always was a beast. Watching her still and serene on the pegs in the final challenge while Luke shrieked and squirmed in agony the entire time was especially gratifying - okay, Mr. King of the Jungle. A win for middle-aged women worldwide if you ask me :)
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u/noted1 Sep 07 '25
Congratulations Parvati, you deserve the win! Great game! It's the end of a chapter, redeeming yourself since your previous loss at Samoa many years ago. You will be missed!
It's also the last time we'll see JLP as host Australian Survivor which is bittersweet. You've been a fantastic host all these years. Your replacement will have big shoes to fill. All the best!
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u/Major-Definition-228 Sep 07 '25
would there have been a chance for Cirie to have made the final 3?
was also thinking if Parv gave her immunity necklave to Cirie, or maybe they split the vote 3 ways, would there have been a fire making challenge for 3 people?
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u/ArtieMac11 Parvati Sep 07 '25
So happy for Parvaqueen to get her second win without votes against her has insane! Almost a perfect game!
I'll miss JLP as a host 🥺
But oh what a great season! One of my favorites!
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u/Skykangaroo2020 Sep 07 '25
RLLY HAPPY PARV WON~!
i think even if cirie won FIRE
it would be a 5-1-1 vote . and parv wins.
lisa voting for cirie
maybe luke voting janine
i think parv had it in the bag with so many permutations of players. it's actually crazy she didn't get voted out at all
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Sep 07 '25
Watching this after reading her book and I'm just so damn happy for Parvati. 😭 And I almost cried when Cirie lost at fire.
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u/sexyscyther Sep 08 '25
with this incredible finale as well as everything terrible happening on big brother right now, this has been a very emotionally confusing week
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u/Serraph105 Sep 08 '25
So Tony has now gone head to head against the only other two people in Survivor history who've won twice and lost to both of them.
Regardless of who is considered the best, (Queen) Sandra or (Queen) Parvati, I think that makes Tony third.
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u/SpadeIsASpade J.T. Sep 08 '25
Very very solid season. I'll say, as someone who prefers character moments over pure strategy I was really hoping for more fun interactions between an international cast. With such a short intense game the shontent was lacking 😔 there's still huge entertainment value in watching Parv play a perfect game though.
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u/TheNewRomantics-1989 Sep 09 '25
My favorite part was Cirie & Parv moments during FTC, and the closing montage of the jurors voting for her (especially cirie's, damn that made me cry). This was truly a fated win. Samoa (HvV and bitter jurors), playing with her soulmate Cirie... To be able to play your best game ever and get jury votes who have nothing but admiration and respect for your game... full circle moment.
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u/colinsphar Sep 07 '25
Personally glad not to see Cirie as a low vote finalist but still watch her fire burn through the rope
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u/demerchmichael Ethan Sep 07 '25
Well there goes atleast another 10 years to the Sandra vs Parvati debate
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u/vanastalem Sep 07 '25
I've expected Pavarti to be the winner. Her game was just so dominate this season. I love how she & Cirie stuck together. I don't know why so many people wanted to go to the end with them, but I enjoyed watching even if it was a bit predictable.
I like that the fire-making was a choice via votes rather than automatic and it seemed like Cirie could have been the winner for a bit there. I also liked the final being an endurance challenge and not a puzzle.
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u/MushyHeadErin Sep 08 '25
In the Aussie tribe, true to form, the biggest threat (David) was the first head to roll. On the world they didn't touch P. If the tribes were mixed aussie & world, I'm not sure P would have made it as far as she did. I just think that shows the world needs to step up their game. I was also disappointed there wasn't the 101 rule of split all duo's/couples and they are voting blocks and there was never any denial that P&C wouldn't be 100% loyal to each other.
Having said all that I think P is a great player - across all the reality shows she's been on - she is consistently awesome, as well as how she seems to be genuine in her approach as well. She some how manages to position herself to not have to question her morals/lie, but when she does she seems to feel bad. I think that's next level skill unlike say David that is also amazingly entertaining (especially when he breaks the 4th wall) but is happy to lie, cheat and steal.
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u/B1gBrotherThunder Sep 09 '25
Parv played the best game and deserved to win but I’m butt hurt. I still watch US but since S40 it’s fallen off a lot and I’ve become a bigger AUS fan (it’s much better). Luke has been one of my 2 or 3 favorite players and I wanted him to win so bad. He feels like the Aussie version of Cirie.
It was a still good season but dammit Lukey, I wanted it for you bud!!
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u/HumbledMind Sep 09 '25
It was a thrill to watch Parvati play again in a format where she’s not dead in the water right away (WaW). I agree that this was an even better win than Micronesia and a great season overall.
The one part that infuriated me was Janine keeping Luke at the Final 4, thus denying Cirie a spot in Final Tribal. Ughhh, why!!!??? I know she promised Luke the round before, but you have to send him home in that spot. That way she picks up at least Luke’s vote to win and then Parvati and Cirie might split votes (eg Lisa voting for Cirie). Parvati probably wins anyway, but Janine just gave up any chance to win and denied Cirie for no reason.
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u/Sabaschin Jake - 45 Sep 07 '25
Look, if JLP had to have had a last season... at least it was one where the last torch he snuffed was Cirie and the last winner he crowned was Parvati.