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‘Greatest of all time’: Survivor Australia blows fans away with stunning tribal council

Even superfans for the Survivor franchise could barely believe what they were watching as Sunday night’s episode ended.

Survivor Australia blows fans away with stunning tribal council

SPOILER WARNING for Australian Survivor.

Sunday night’s episode of Australian Survivor was hyped up as one of the greatest in the history of the decades-old global franchise, and it didn’t disappoint.

The episode culminated in a bitter tribal council, with beefcake villain Simon shooting multiple barbs at notorious schemer George, before the latter expertly blindsided his foes, leading to the ejection, out of nowhere, of Simon’s ally Fraser.

Simon’s face says it all. Picture: Ten
Simon’s face says it all. Picture: Ten
The schemer extraordinaire. Picture: Ten
The schemer extraordinaire. Picture: Ten

The topsy turvy tribal council, and George’s ability to run rings around his tribemates, left Simon’s faction isolated – and left viewers singing George’s praises.

Here is but a modest sample of the reaction. Note the enthusiasm of superfan and two-time contestant Nick Iadanza.

Speaking to 10Play after his elimination, Fraser opened up about what it had been like in perhaps the most tense tribal council in Australian Survivor history.

“That was the boiling point, that is exactly how I’d describe it,” he said. “We were a tiny tribe at that point in the game and it was crazy to see almost how quiet it became.

“The tension was there since day one and had been building up between George and Simon, how everything unfolded was so unexpected but, at the same time, there had to be a point where everything erupted. And it definitely did.”

George’s big move saw Fraser the sixth person voted out of this season of Survivor - all but one of them from the Villains tribe, leaving them in a precarious position compared to the Heroes, who have only voted out controversial contestant Rogue so far.

Australian Survivor continues 7:30pm tonight on Ten.

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