Truly gross Australian Survivor moment has viewers ‘traumatised’

ONE contestant’s stomach-churning behaviour on Australian Survivor had viewers reaching for the sick bags.

Australian Survivor contestant Benji has interesting eating habits.

ONE contestant’s stomach-churning lack of table manners on last night’s episode of Australian Survivor had many viewers reaching for the sick bucket.

Last night the underdog Contenders team won its first reward challenge of the season. The prize: A giant pile of nachos and a generous serve of margaritas.

As with most rewards in Survivor, there was a catch.

The team could not enjoy their meal together as a group — instead, they had to walk to a hut one by one, each person getting time alone with the giant meal. Their teammates would never know how much they ate — and they’d get time to themselves to search for a clue. (Clues are vital in Survivor, and often hidden around reward challenges.)

The first few contestants to enter the hut did as you’d expect, helping themselves to a hearty serve of nachos and a margarita or two while having a thorough scour of the hut for an as-yet-unlocated clue.

Then it was ‘self-made millionaire’ Benji’s turn.

Benji. Dude. We know you’re hungry. But there’s really no excuse for this:

I should be asleep but Benji eating nachos haunts my dreams #SurvivorAu pic.twitter.com/BpK7yZx4gr

— Catherine Kneen (@catherine_kneen) August 21, 2018

Forgoing a glass for his margarita, he instead sucked the cocktail directly from the tap. Pawing his way through the massive pile of nachos, he shoved fistful after fistful into his mouth — all with his head dangled over the meal so that loose, wet bits of chewed food fell back into the pile — for his two remaining teammates to unwittingly re-eat.

Honestly, the scene needed a trigger warning for anyone who gets grossed out by the sight of people eating.

THIS IS NACHO BEST LOOK BENJI #survivorau pic.twitter.com/PHAwwELOlS

— Jessica Lynch (@jesskalynch) August 21, 2018

Watching Benji eat and regurgitate those nachos makes me never want to eat nachos again #SurvivorAU

— KiannaStraya (@KiannaRoar) August 21, 2018

Benji dude.... the way u selfishly scoffed down those nachos- leaving ur gnarly leftover crumbs all over the communal pile, when u know ur mate Robbie and Heath are yet to eat the Nachos after you... was straight up disgusting and speaks volumes about ur character 🤮 #SurvivorAU pic.twitter.com/k3tisNXiGT

— Willy Alexander #Gamescom2018 (@sirwillyyXD) August 21, 2018

Seeing Benji eat those nachos was like watching footage of someone vomiting in reverse. 🤢#survivorAU

— f q (@f5ones) August 21, 2018

What the actual fark. Benji eating those nachos like an actual animal. With all his mouth juices going over the nachos which the guys have to then eat? Foul. Get some class dude.#SurvivorAU

— Kat Dumont (@Kat_Dumont) August 21, 2018

Benji fingering those nachos then eating with his mouth open got me like #SurvivorAU pic.twitter.com/YOOXAvaQAa

— Sophie Rogers (@SophieR81216936) August 21, 2018

Watching Benji eat nachos was actually traumatising #SurvivorAU

— Amelia Barnes (@ameliabarnes) August 21, 2018

Oh my god, Benji eating nachos and dropping them BACK ONTO THE PLATE FROM HIS MOUTH is the stuff of nightmares #SurvivorAU

— michelle clark (@michellejayne) August 21, 2018

Did anyone else want to vomit when Benji had his filthy hands in everyone else’s nachos??? And he ate open mouthed over the top of the whole pile of food! 🐷 🤮 #SurvivorAU @JLa_Paglia

— Jade Jones (@YesSixes) August 21, 2018

Still, perhaps there was method to his madness: Benji was the only contestant to find the clue — it was written on the serving board under the nachos, which he found after digging through the food with his bare hands like a dumpster raccoon.

Another moment in last night’s episode had viewers gasping — this time courtesy of host Jonathan LaPaglia.

Commentating a reward challenge that saw each team having to hurl coconuts into a basket held aloft by a member from the opposing team, LaPaglia watched as Steve ‘Commando’ Willis buckled under the weight of the coconuts he was doing his best to hold on to.

“Woah, Steve is taking nut after nut after nut!” LaPaglia exclaimed — a double entendre we really can’t explain on this, a family website.

"Matt puts one in Fenella's basket" "Steve's taking nut after nut after nut" @JLa_Paglia is the master of narration innuendo #SurvivorAU

— After Tribal (@AfterTribal) August 21, 2018

no producer thought that maybe the line 'steve's taking nut after nut after nut' shouldn't have made it to broadcast? #survivorau

— ✍️ (@neonacropolis) August 21, 2018

‘Steve taking nut after nut after nut’ Jonathan that sounded better in your head 😂😂 #SurvivorAU

— casey ♡ (@caseyalicee) August 21, 2018

"Steve taking nut nut after nut..."

This is a family show Jonathan! #survivorau

— Book of Bogan (@BookofBogan) August 21, 2018

“Steve taking nut, after nut, after nut” #SurvivorAU pic.twitter.com/C5rQ8fIizN

— Josh Forward 🌈 (@JoshFo) August 21, 2018

He was still at it on Twitter while the show aired last night — we see you, LaPaglia.

WOW! Massive effort from Fenella holding onto that sack of nuts! 😲 #SurvivorAU

— Jonathan LaPaglia (@JLa_Paglia) August 21, 2018

Australian Survivor airs 7.30pm Mondays and Tuesdays on Ten.