With fans gearing up for the long-awaited premiere of Australian Survivor Brains vs Brawn this weekend, producers are now focusing on the next season of the reality franchise.
TV Blackbox is hearing Channel 10 in partnership with producers Endemol Shine Australia is looking towards a new location and a new format for the next season of the hugely popular franchise.
After receiving $3.9 million in funding from the Federal Government, the 10 Network opted to film the current season at Cloncurry in rural Queensland. The desolate location is set to provide a strong contrast to previous seasons of the show, which were filmed beachside in Fiji prior to COVID-19.
TV Blackbox understands the next season, which will air in 2022 and is due to commence filming soon, looks set to move east to a new location in the Charters Towers region of Queensland. It’s not known if the production will continue to receive Federal Government assistance.
While the latest Brains vs Brawn season is featuring an all-new line-up of contestants, the next season is likely to include the return of a number of previous contenders with producers understood to be considering a Blood vs Water theme.
The Blood vs Water theme has previously been used successfully in the US version of series. The format see’s previous castaways return to Survivor to compete with, and ultimately against their own blood relatives.
A spokesperson for Channel 10 declined to comment on the potential changes telling TV Blackbox:
“We have no news to share on this.”
While it’s too early to predict an airdate for the next season of Australian Survivor, the network has previously enjoyed success screening the format in February against Married At First Sight on Nine.
Interesting plot “is blood thicker than water” …we will see contestants compete to prove for or against this old school saying. The originality of this saying meant the blood of the holy covenant is thicker than than the water between family. Remember, it is stated that when the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, he was speared in his leg and “blood and water” poured out of his leg at his crucifixion site which I find an interesting claim in reference to the original meaning to this saying. This is quite the contrary to what this saying means in today’s day and age. In this new age we refer to this saying as ‘our family is thicker to those who are considered friends’.
It shall be an interesting season to say the least. I seem to think those with larger social media profiles are selected for these sorts of tv shows however i would love to be on the next season of Australian Survivor 2022!