Survivor has been a major part of popular culture since the turn of the millennium. As the game has branched out from other countries besides the United States, it has only further grown in popularity around the world. Australian Survivor 2025 is one such entry into the world catalog, and the season declared its winner on Monday, April 14. The season brought some chaos and scrambling at first, watching the winner rise from the bottom with a decisive and near-unanimous victory.
Australian Survivor 2025 Wraps Up A Solid Season
Survivor has had a massive impact on pop culture and the reality television landscape, and after some off-and-on consistency over the years, Australian Survivor has now established itself as a true international Survivor force. Many in the larger Survivor community consider the overall production better than the foundational US version, helping impact the direction of the entire franchise. In fact, a previous Australian Survivor winner has impacted US reality television this year as well.
There are differences between the two entries, though, as Australian Survivor lasts 47 or so days, nearly 20 longer than US Survivor. The episodes are longer and more frequent throughout the week. They start the season with 24 catsaways, more than any other English-speaking version. The prize money is also a bit different, and the two vary advantages and other mechanic changes in the game. However, for all the differences, the basic premise is the same. Outwit, outlast, and outplay to make it to the end of the game and convince the jury to vote for you to win.
Australian Survivor 2025 started strong, and while the merge got a bit snoozy, the ultimate winner felt deserved and satisfying. season was the second time Australian Survivor did a Brains vs. Brawn, and again it was a Brain that pulled out the win. Myles Kuah was crowned sole Survivor in a 7-1-0 vote, a decisive and dominant victory. But his win was not always obvious. Although many fans picked him to win, Myles started the season on the bottom and was constantly under scrutiny. Through scrappy play and massive idol finding and plays, he worked his way from the bottom of the tribe and gained control by the merge, never relinquishing it again on his way to the win.
In Myles’s words, “Sitting there and pitching my game to the jury, going through all the moves that I had made and having the jury ask me all sorts of different questions was so surreal,” Myles said. “I was just having such a fun time out there… I should have been voted out at the second vote. I got so incredibly lucky not to get voted out.”
In response to his Australian Survivor 2025 win, Myles continued, “It’s absolutely everything. I went on thinking I’d have a fun time, there’s no chance I’d win. A zero percent chance I’d win. It’s a completely surreal way to cap off what was an incredible experience. I think I achieved everything I could have imagined and then stuff I couldn’t have imagined achieving, like finding four idols.”
Australian Survivor 2025 host Jonathan LaPaglia went to social media to describe the newest winner. You overly strategizing, pole dancing, hidden immunity idol finding, kooky outfit wearing, dastardly scheming, chaos loving, bomb throwing, idol stealing, crazy game playing, odds defying, foggy glasses wearing, cheeky grinning, Beckham goal kicking, madman of a player! You literally left nothing on the field 👊🏻 You are KING OF THE JUNGLE RATS!”
That pretty well sums up Myles’s Australian Survivor 2025 game. Chaotic, crazy, bold, and in the end, successful. The runner-up, Kaelen, also played a great game, but in the end, Myles’s big moves and loud gameplay were enough to get him the victory. Next on tap for Australian Survivor comes this summer, with a special season entitled Australia versus the World. The season will pit Australian Survivor icons against legends from the other versions, including US Survivor. Tune in this summer to see which country will reign supreme!
