{"id":125380,"date":"2025-09-07T11:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/125380\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:22:11","slug":"australia-v-the-world-winner-announced-in-nail-biting-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/125380\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia V The World winner announced in nail-biting finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

After three weeks of what fans have described as the best gameplay they\u2019ve ever seen, Survivor: Australia V The World<\/a>\u00a0has finally come to an end. Sunday night\u2019s grand finale saw two Australian contestants, Luke Toki and Janine Allis<\/a>, go up against two American players, Parvati Shallow<\/a> and Cirie Fields<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Parvati won Individual Immunity in the gruelling final challenge, and a tie at Tribal Council meant that Cirie and Luke had to take part in a final four fire-making challenge. Luke won, sending Cirie to the jury while he advanced to the Final Tribal Council alongside Parvati and Janine.<\/p>\n

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Although this marked Parvati\u2019s third time making it to the end of the game \u2014 having won Micronesia in 2008 and coming second on Heroes vs. Villains in 2010 \u2014 this was the first time Janine and Luke had achieved this feat. Janine finished sixth in her original season in 2019, while Luke came seventh and fourth in his previous two seasons, respectively.<\/p>\n

This is the fifth time Cirie has played Survivor and not made it to the Final Tribal Council; however, she is set to compete on Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans<\/a>\u00a0next year.<\/p>\n

Who won Survivor: Australia V The World?<\/p>\n

After Parvati, Cirie, and Janine each delivered their speeches at Final Tribal Council, the members of the jury cast their votes for who they thought should win the game.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Parvati was announced as the winner after receiving six votes from the jury (Luke received one) and walked away with the $250,000 prize. The 42-year-old joins Sandra Diaz-Twine and Tony Vlachos as the only players to win Survivor twice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m so grateful\u00a0to have been a part\u00a0of this incredible experience\u00a0of Australia V The World,\u201d she said following her win. \u201cThere\u2019s something about this game\u00a0that just gets in my blood.\u00a0I was born to play Survivor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is the best game\u00a0of Survivor I’ve played\u00a0because I think\u00a0I made some pretty great moves, I kept myself in a majority alliance. This feels like a full circle moment for me personally. It feels like I\u2019m rewriting history in a way that feels so right.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Parvati Shallow won Survivor: Australia V The World. Photo: Channel 10<\/p>\n

Parvati’s strategy to win Survivor: Australia V The World<\/p>\n

Parvati previously told Yahoo Lifestyle<\/a>\u00a0that she was determined to win Survivor: Australia V The World as vindication for losing against Sandra on Heroes vs. Villains.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came in guns blazing,\u201d she shared. \u201cI was like, \u2018I’m gonna win this game\u2019, because this is righting the scales of the universe for the loss that I had on\u00a0Heroes vs. Villains\u00a0in Samoa. I was like, I am reclaiming my victory that should have been mine.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I came back with this sort of like, \u2018Vengeance is mine, I’m reclaiming what’s rightfully mine\u2019. It was sort of like this really intense vibe, but at the same time, also very light-hearted and very playful and very ready to do some silly damage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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How Parvati prepared for Australian Survivor<\/p>\n

Parvati, who last played Survivor on Winners At War in 2020, added that she was \u201cin a very different place\u201d when filming began for\u00a0Survivor: Australia V The World.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am much more grounded in myself,\u201d she explained. \u201cI worked out really hard, because I know the things that give a contestant the edge on\u00a0Australian Survivor\u00a0are if you suffer well in endurance pain challenges, and how strong you are in these gritty, hardcore strength obstacle courses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI trust myself socially and strategically. I know I can play well with idols, I can play well with twists, and I can play well adapting to the different types of people and personalities. How can I win some of these challenges? So that’s what I was focused on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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