Survivor goes politically correct with a word cancelled from the show

A woke Australian Survivor has followed the lead of the US series and cancelled a word in an effort to be more politically correct.

Australian Survivor host Jonathan LaPaglia says the change is because of ‘the ever-growing conversation around inclusivity’. Picture: Channel 10

Hit reality series Australian Survivor has gone woke with a move towards non-gendered language meaning the words “guys” has been given the boot from one of the show’s most-known catchphrases.

The show, which with this year’s theme of Blood V Water sees loved ones pitted against each other in the rugged Queensland outback, has seen plenty of twists, turns and blindsides in its first week on air.

But perhaps the biggest surprise was the change to one of the show’s classic lines in the name of inclusivity.

The word “guys” is no longer being used in the famous call “Come on in, guys”, which host Jonathan LaPaglia has used since 2016 to welcome contestants into the show’s challenges.

LaPaglia no longer says ‘come on in, guys’.

Australian Survivor runs on the playbook created by the American version of the show and the de-gendering of the show’s language first kicked in on last year’s season of Survivor USA.

Host of the US series Jeff Probst had previously used the line “Come on in, guys” to call contestants into challenges for 40 seasons of Survivor, but as of last year ‘guys’ was gone.

And now it has emerged that Australian Survivor host LaPaglia has followed suit.

“With the ever growing conversation around inclusivity, it was a natural progression to adapt our language to reflect this. The US has also adopted a similar change,” LaPaglia said.

While the US series explained its change of language during one of the early episodes of the show last year, no mention was made of the tweak in the Australian version.

The change did not go unnoticed however by Survivor superfans who immediately noted LaPaglia’s truncated welcome at the first challenge last Monday.

Australian Survivor: Blood V Water this year features a cast including Sophie Cachia, Khanh Ong, Mark Wales, Samantha Gash, Michael Crocker, Alex Frost, Jay Bruno, twins Mel and Michelle Chiang, and Survivor US royalty Sandra Diaz and her daughter Nina Twine.