Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains 2023 has been rocked by explosive claims the season was rigged.
As revealed in episode 272 of the So Dramatic! podcast, a Survivor producer who worked on the 2023 season spilled the literal beans, claiming that the show’s outcome isn’t as random as viewers may think.
“Producers deliberately rig challenges and idol locations to help the right people win,’ the producer dished.
“For example, if someone has to hold a sandbag or something, they will make the person they want to win hold a lighter bag.” OMG!
The producer also revealed that the show’s voting process is also heavily manipulated.
“They also tell certain contestants in interviews when they are being targeted to give them a heads up,” they claimed, adding that they also “tip off contestants” about the best time to play or not play their idol.
“They would also tell other contestants who had idols ‘don’t play it, you’re safe’, knowing that they would go home.” Yikes, that’s some serious interference…
Not only that but they also alleged that producers reveal the location of hidden immunity idols to contestants.
“They will hide idols on pathways they know a contestant is about to walk along,” they said.
Survivor Heroes V Villains was ‘rigged’ to keep George Mladenov in until the end
According to the producer, George Mladenov was the main contestant who had things rigged in his favour.
“Survivor producers rigged George to get to the end by openly telling him where hidden immunity idols were placed,” they claimed.
“When George is going to ‘the well’ the producers would race ahead and place idols there for him to find and then wait for him to arrive with a camera pointing at an idol.”
They also alleged that George winning the Set For Life cash reward challenge which saw him take home a whopping $60,000 was “no coincidence”.
“Shonee [Fairfax] was told by the show’s producers not to play her idol at one tribal council so that George didn’t go home. They told her she would be safe,” they said.
“They also rigged challenges to ensure the other team lost so George would be safe. In one challenge they weighted down a cart so that the opposing team had to push a heavier load.”
Absolutely wild! George is amazing television and an amazing player, so can we really blame them?
It’s not the first time the show has been rocked by similar claims.
Earlier this season, fans accused the producers of playing favourites after contestants Nina Twine and Gerry Geltch were voted out at Tribal Council but then seemingly thrown a lifeline during elimination.
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