Survivor

Nominated for: Best Returning Format

Produced by: Endemol Shine Australia
For: Network Ten
Distributed by: Banijay Rights

Survivor is a show that tests the spirit of a group of ordinary, and yet extraordinary, people. Marooned on an uninhabited tropical island, with little more than the clothes on their backs and their own animal cunning, every second of their adventure as castaways is recorded over several weeks. As they catch their own food, build their own shelter and order their own society, castaways must compete in increasingly difficult tests of strategy, guile and ruthlessness.

With an unforgettable twist every episode climaxes with the tense drama of the Tribal Council. The castaways gather to vote one of their group off the island. The vote is by secret ballot, and the castaways may have different motives for casting their vote (resentment, jealousy or even a personality clash) but the result of the Tribal Council is final and one castaway must be eliminated in each episode