Celebrity Survivor

Infobox Television Survivor
caption = Celebrity Survivor


season_name = Celebrity Survivor
first_aired = 2006-08-17
last_aired = 2006-11-02
filming_started = circa 2006-05-14
filming_completed = 2006-06-18
location = Éfaté Island, Vanuatu
winner = Guy Leech
host = Ian "Dicko" Dickson
final_vote = 3-2
number_survivors = 12
number_days = 25
number_episodes = 12
previous_season = Australian Survivor,
(on the "Nine Network")
("aired" on "Nine Network")
next_season =
("aired" on "Nine Network")
tribes = colorbox|#FF5533 Kakula
colorbox|#0099CC Moso
colorbox|#DB2645 Tanna
all_stars =

"Celebrity Survivor", also known promotionally as "Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu" and "Australia's Celebrity Survivor", was an Australian television series that screened on the Seven Network in 2006, based on the popular reality television show "Survivor". The new series joined the many celebrity-oriented reality programs already in their lineup, such as "It Takes Two" and "Dancing with the Stars". It was hosted by Ian "Dicko" Dickson.

Guy Leech, the eventual winner, or "Sole Survivor", of the show donated AU$100,000 to the charity of his choice, [http://www.rideaid.net/home.html Ride Aid Inc] , with the other contestants' charities receiving AU$5000 each.

Although better received than the earlier "Australian Survivor", "Celebrity Survivor" was still only a modest success in the ratings and a follow-up series has not materialised.

Production

While the Nine Network currently hold the rights to screen the U.S. version of "Survivor", after the failure of their 2002 local "Survivor" project "Australian Survivor" the Seven Network found a loophole in their contract and obtained the rights to produce "Celebrity Survivor". [cite news
title = Celebs to survive on 7
url = http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,19289385-2902,00.html
publisher = Herald Sun
date = 2006-05-29
accessdate = 2006-08-31] Castaway Television, who produced "Australian Survivor", was again involved in the production of this second Australian version "Survivor".

The show was filmed on Éfaté Island in Vanuatu in the South Pacific. The series was filmed over twenty-five days, or three weeks, from late May to early June 2006, with promotional advertising beginning in July. From promos and footage shown on the Seven Network, it appeared that "Celebrity Survivor" borrowed many elements from the U.S. version's ninth season, "".

The one-hour show was rated PG (parental guidance recommended) and aired during Thursday nights on the Seven Network. The executive producer of "Celebrity Survivor" is David Mason, who also produces other shows on the Seven Network, such as "Medical Emergency".

Promotion

Before the series began, host Dickson and a select few of the "Celebrity Survivor" contestants appeared on the Seven Network's breakfast news show "Sunrise" to promote their series. This paralleled to what occurs in the U.S. version, with the show being promoted on "The Early Show", CBS' own breakfast news program and what happened during the Nine Network's "Australian Survivor" venture, with the series was featuring on the early morning show, "Today" and also on "A Current Affair".

Amber Petty and Nicolle Dickson also appeared in television commercials for Olay Total Effects anti-wrinkle cream, which were broadcast during the series.

Celebrity survivors

fnb|1 Due to the final four vote tie between Justin and Nicolle, the three current members of the jury had to vote to break the tie. They all voted for Nicolle to be voted out.

ee also

*Australian Survivor
*Survivor
*I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

References

External links

* [http://au.yahoo.com/celebrity-survivor/ Yahoo!7 Celebrity Survivor Official Site]
* [http://hemivision.typepad.com/hemivision/celebrity_survivor_vanuatu/index.html Australian Reality Television Blog]